September 3rd, A "Gateway" to birds: latest hotspots in Gateway National Recreation Area
Trip Leader: Peter Dorosh
7 participants
57 species total.
Canada Goose
Mute Swan
Gadwall
American Black Duck
Mallard
Northern Shoveler
Green-Winged Teal
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Snowy Egret
Little Blue Heron
Black-crowned Night Heron
Yellow-crowned Night Heron
Glossy Ibis
Osprey
Peregrine Falcon
Black-bellied Plover
Semipalmated Plover
Semipalmated Sandpiper
White-rumped Sandpiper
American Oystercatcher
Spotted Sandpiper
Willet (Western)
Greater Yellowlegs
Ruddy Turnstone
Sanderling
Least Sandpiper
Short-billed Dowitcher
Laughing Gull
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Common Tern
Forster's Tern
Royal Tern
Least Tern
Black Skimmer
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
American Crow
Chimney Swift
Belted Kingfisher
Eastern Kingbird
Tree Swallow
Barn Swallow
Northern Flicker
American Robin
Gray Catbird
Northern Mockingbird
European Starling
Cedar Waxwing
Common Yellowthroat
Yellow Warbler
Song Sparrow
Northern Cardinal
House Sparrow
Photo by Dennis Hrehowsik, of Hurricane Irene's mark upon the road at Fort Tilden