The Brooklyn Waterfowl count includes incidental sightings besides waterfowl. Below is one area covered by the Brooklyn Bird Club team of 4 skilled members covering the western Rockaway peninsula, Dead Horse Bay and Prospect Park. Greenwood Cemetery was skipped due to all ponds frozen.
Location: Breezy Point Tip
Observation date: 1/16/11
Number of species: 18
Brant X
American Black Duck X
Long-tailed Duck X
Red-breasted Merganser X
Common Loon X
Double-crested Cormorant X
Great Cormorant X
Ring-billed Gull X
Herring Gull X
Great Black-backed Gull X
Rock Pigeon X
American Crow X
European Starling X
American Pipit X
Yellow-rumped Warbler X
Song Sparrow X
Northern Cardinal X
House Sparrow X
Location: Fort Tilden
Observation date: 1/16/11
Number of species: 34
Brant X
Canada Goose X
Mute Swan X
American Black Duck X
White-winged Scoter X
Black Scoter X
Long-tailed Duck X
Bufflehead X
Red-breasted Merganser X
Red-throated Loon X
Common Loon X
Horned Grebe X
Red-tailed Hawk X
Sanderling X
Ring-billed Gull X
Herring Gull X
Great Black-backed Gull X
Rock Pigeon X
American Crow X
European Starling X
Yellow-rumped Warbler X
Song Sparrow X
White-throated Sparrow X
Northern Cardinal X
Brown-headed Cowbird X
House Sparrow X
Location: Dead Horse Bay
Observation date: 1/16/11
Number of species: 16
Brant X
Mute Swan X
American Black Duck X
Mallard X
Redhead X
Greater Scaup X
Bufflehead X
Horned Grebe X
Northern Harrier X
Cooper's Hawk X
Red-tailed Hawk X
Rough-legged Hawk X
Black-bellied Plover X
Sanderling X
Northern Flicker X
House Sparrow X
Location: Prospect Park
Observation date: 1/16/11
Number of species: 6
Mute Swan: 6
Canada Goose: 39
Mallard: 205
Northern Shoveler: 68
Ruddy Duck: 1
American Coot: 13
