Leader : Bob Machover
Trip List
Brooklyn Bird Club trip to Sandy Hook, NJ
October 2, 2011
1. Canada Goose – About 30 feeding on lawn near Bird Observatory
2. American Black Duck – About 20, Spermaceti Cove
3. Mallard – 2 Plum Island lagoon
4. Double-crested Cormorant – About 50, various locales
5. Great Egret – 1 on Plum Island
6. Turkey Vulture – About 12, most flying north
7. Osprey – About 10, various locales, often carrying fish
8. Sharp-shinned Hawk About 5 total, 3 active over Raccoon Alley
9. Red-tailed Hawk - 1 perched near Bird Observatory
10. American Kestrel - 1 over dunes at north end
11. Merlin – 1 “
12. Peregrine Falcon – 1(possibly 2), also at north end
13. Black-bellied Plover - 2-3, False Hook area; another 3, Spermaceti Cove (possibly)
14. American Oystercatcher – 1 on sand spit at Spermaceti Cove
15. Sanderling – 80-100 (?) at the False Hook
16. Semipalmated Sandpiper – 1 in Lot K rain pool
17. Stilt Sandpiper – 1 in Lot K rain pool (odd plumage, probably juvenile molting into basic)
18. Buff-breasted Sandpiper – 1 in Lot K rain pool, practically tame, almost friendly
19. Laughing Gull - 5 at Plum Island, several at the False Hook
20. Ring-billed Gull – A few
21. American Herring Gull – Abundant at the False Hook, others elsewhere
22. Great Black-backed Gull – Common at the False Hook, a few elsewhere
Dovekie – (just checking)
23. Forster’s Tern - A few at the north end
24. Black Skimmer – A few at Plum Island (I missed these – before I arrived)
25. Mourning Dove – Several seen from Lot B before I arrived
26. Yellow-billed Cuckoo – 3 separate individuals seen in 3 different places…amazing!
27. Red-bellied Woodpecker – 2, 1 along bike path and 1 in garden
28. Downy Woodpecker – 1 in garden
29. Northern Flicker – At least 20, various places
30. Eastern Wood-Pewee – 1 across from the garden
31. Eastern Phoebe – 3, various places
32. Blue-headed Vireo – 1 seen by two people (not including yours truly)
33. Red-eyed Vireo – Perhaps 20, various places
34. American Crow – Several
35. Fish Crow – 1 heard, at the north end
36. Tree Swallow – Pretty much everywhere, especially at the north end
37. Carolina Wren 1 – heard (probably)
38. House Wren – 1 along the bike bath
39. Winter Wren – 1 at the north end
40. American Robin – Maybe as many as 50, various places
41. Gray Catbird – Lots, pretty much everywhere
42. Northern Mockingbird – Several
43. Brown Thrasher – 1, Raccoon Alley
44. European Starling –
45. Tennessee Warbler – 2, 1 along bike path; other across from the garden
46. Northern Parula – Lots~ 20, perhaps the commonest warbler of the day
47. Magnolia Warbler – 1 in woods behind rusty barn
48. Cape May Warbler – At least 4…2 very gray birds (first fall females) along the bike path and 2 bright individuals across from the garden
49. Black-throated Blue Warbler – 1 male, across from the garden
50. Black-throated Green Warbler – 1 (seen by others)
51. Prairie Warbler – 1, at the edge of the salt marsh at Spermaceti Cove
52. Blackpoll Warbler – About 15, after N.Parula, the most common warbler of the day
53. Black-and-white Warbler - 3, various places
54. American Redstart – 3, all in the garden or across the street
55. Common Yellowthroat – 4, behind the rusty barn and in the garden
56. Scarlet Tanager – 1, across from the garden
57. Eastern Towhee – Lots everywhere
58. Song Sparrow – 1 in the woods behind the barn
59. White-throated Sparrow – 2 “
60. Northern Cardinal – Several heard along the bike path
61. Indigo Bunting –
62, Red-winged Blackbird 1 flyover at north end and a small flock at Spermaceti Cove
63. House Sparrow –
64 House Finch
Notable Misses:
Egregious – Yellow-rumped Warbler, Palm Warbler
Significant – Northern Harrier, Royal Tern, Blue Jay, Black-capped Chickadee, American Goldfinch
Tragic – Clay-colored Sparrow (seen by other birders on the fisherman’s path)
Typical – Connecticut Warbler
