Monday, May 30, 2011

Jamaica Bay Refuge May 29th

Location: Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge






Observation date: 5/29/11



Number of species: 61



Leading : Peter Dorosh



30 Brant



x Canada Goose



x Mute Swan



2 Wood Duck



x Gadwall



x American Black Duck



x Mallard



2 Greater Scaup



1 Bufflehead



2 Red-breasted Merganser



80 Ruddy Duck



x Double-crested Cormorant



1 Great Blue Heron



x Great Egret



x Snowy Egret



1 Little Blue Heron



x Black-crowned Night-Heron



x Yellow-crowned Night-Heron



x Glossy Ibis



5 Osprey



x Black-bellied Plover



x Semipalmated Plover



x American Oystercatcher



x Willet



x Ruddy Turnstone



30 Red Knot



x Semipalmated Sandpiper



x Least Sandpiper



x White-rumped Sandpiper



2 Dunlin



x Laughing Gull



x Herring Gull



x Great Black-backed Gull



x Common Tern



x Forster's Tern



1 Rock Pigeon



x Mourning Dove



x Chimney Swift



x Willow Flycatcher



x Great Crested Flycatcher



x American Crow



x Tree Swallow



x Barn Swallow



x Carolina Wren



x House Wren



x Marsh Wren



x American Robin



x Gray Catbird



x Northern Mockingbird



x Brown Thrasher



x European Starling



1 Cedar Waxwing



x Yellow Warbler



x Common Yellowthroat



x Eastern Towhee



x Song Sparrow



x Northern Cardinal



x Red-winged Blackbird



x Boat-tailed Grackle



x Brown-headed Cowbird



x House Sparrow







Wildflowers: Yellow Goatsbeard, Kings Devil Hawkweed, Bird Foot Trefoil, Spiderwort, Hyssop Skullcap, Vipers Bugloss, Red Clover,