March 28th Staten Island Tour

Leader : Peter Dorosh

Locations: Fort Wadsworth, Clove Lake Park, Mount Loretto Preserve, Wolf's Pond ak, Sharrot Ave pier ( Lemoncreek Preserve south), Great Kills Park

date = 2010/03/28

note: heavy overcast,cold conditions, low 40's , windchill mid 30's)

51 species

observers = Brooklyn Bird Club
Common Loon
Red-throated Loon
Pied-billed Grebe
Horned Grebe
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Cormorant
Black-crowned Night-Heron
Great Egret
Turkey Vulture
Northern Shoveler
Bufflehead
Gadwall
American Black Duck
Canada Goose
Greater Scaup
Red-breasted Merganser
Green-winged Teal
Brant
Hooded Merganser
Mute Swan
Mallard
Sharp-shinned Hawk
American Oystercatcher
Wilson's Snipe Mt Loretto
Ruddy Turnstone
Great Black-backed Gull
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Downy Woodpecker
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Eastern Phoebe
American Crow
Blue Jay
Tufted Titmouse
Black-capped Chickadee
Carolina Wren
American Robin
Northern Mockingbird
European Starling
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Swamp Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Northern Cardinal
Common Grackle
Brown-headed Cowbird
House Finch
House Sparrow
Belted Kingfisher

March 21st Spring Profile: Carnarsie,Brooklyn

Leader : Peter Dorosh

Locations: Carnarsie Park, Carnarsie Pier, Fresh Creek Preserve, Hendrix Creek, Fountain Ave /Spring Creek

48 species

date = 2010/03/21
site = Carnarsie region, Brooklyn
observers = Brooklyn Bird Club

Horned Grebe -one in breeding plumage + 3 basic
Double-crested Cormorant
Little Blue Heron
Northern Shoveler
Bufflehead
Gadwall
American Black Duck
Snow Goose --2 blue morph immature variants Carnarsie Pier
Canada Goose
Wood Duck
Greater Scaup
Red-breasted Merganser
Green-winged Teal
Brant
Hooded Merganser
Mallard
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Peregrine Falcon --enroute home, perched on BBG tower
Ring-necked Pheasant
American Coot
Killdeer
American Oystercatcher
Great Black-backed Gull
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Monk Parakeet
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Eastern Phoebe
American Crow
Fish Crow
Tree Swallow
American Robin
Northern Mockingbird
European Starling
Yellow-rumped Warbler
White-throated Sparrow
Song Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow --Hendrix Creek
Dark-eyed Junco
Northern Cardinal
Red-winged Blackbird
Common Grackle
Brown-headed Cowbird
American Goldfinch
House Sparrow