Sunday, December 11, 2011

December 11th Central Park Holidays Birding

LEADER: Peter Dorosh, + Dennis, Dolores & Bobbi in photo order




5.1 miles walk



Central Park, New York, US-NY

Dec 11, 2011 8:35 AM - 1:35 PM

Protocol: Traveling

4.5 mile(s)

36 species



Canada Goose X

Gadwall X

American Black Duck X

Mallard X

Northern Shoveler X

Bufflehead X

Hooded Merganser X

Ruddy Duck X

Double-crested Cormorant X

American Coot X

Ring-billed Gull X

Great Black-backed Gull X

Rock Pigeon X

Mourning Dove X

Red-bellied Woodpecker X

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker X

Downy Woodpecker X

Blue Jay X

American Crow X

Tufted Titmouse X

White-breasted Nuthatch X

Brown Creeper X

Carolina Wren X

Winter Wren X

Ruby-crowned Kinglet X

Hermit Thrush X

American Robin X

Gray Catbird X

Northern Mockingbird X

European Starling X

Song Sparrow X

White-throated Sparrow X

Northern Cardinal X

House Finch X

American Goldfinch X

House Sparrow X


New York Public Library, New York, US-NY

Dec 11, 2011 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM

Protocol: Stationary

4 species



Gray Catbird 1

Yellow-breasted Chat 1

White-throated Sparrow X

House Sparrow X



This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org)


Lighthearted funny moment on the NY Public Library terraced plaza: While Peter, Bobbie, and Dennis sat around one of the tables (near where the Yellow-breasted Chat initially was spotted), waiting for the Chat to reappear, a middle aged photographer with his two students approached us trio of birders and asked , " "are you birders?"... Dennis says: "no we're just here for a chat". :>


NY Public Library Xmas tree Yellow-breasted Chat last perched in before group departed. A "Smart Bird"

Monday, December 5, 2011

Waterfowl across the Terminal Moraine

Note: 19 species duck, 29 species waterfowl, EARED GREBE, AMERICAN AVOCET

Leading : Peter Dorosh

date = 2011/12/05


site = Coney Island Creek, Floyd Bennett Field, Ft Tilden/Riis beach, Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge

observers = 11 BBC members

59 species birds


Eared Grebe JBWR

American Avocet Coney Island Creek

Snow Goose ( including a “Blue Goose”)


Canada Goose

Brant


Common Loon

Red-throated Loon

Pied-billed Grebe

Horned Grebe

Northern Gannet

Double-crested Cormorant

Great Cormorant

Great Blue Heron

Mute Swan


Northern Shoveler


Lesser Scaup


Bufflehead


Gadwall


American Black Duck


Common Eider -Drake Floyd Bennett ; off archery road end


Black Scoter


Common Goldeneye


American Wigeon


Long-tailed Duck


Greater Scaup


Red-breasted Merganser


White-winged Scoter


Green-winged Teal

Hooded Merganser


Ruddy Duck


Northern Pintail


Surf Scoter

Mallard

Red-tailed Hawk

Sharp-shinned Hawk GAPlaza

American Kestrel

American Coot

Sanderling 

Great Black-backed Gull

Bonaparte's Gull

Ring-billed Gull

Herring Gull

Rock Pigeon

Mourning Dove

Belted Kingfisher

Northern Flicker

American Crow

Horned Lark

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (late)

American Robin

Hermit Thrush

Northern Mockingbird

European Starling

Yellow-rumped Warbler

Song Sparrow

White-throated Sparrow

Northern Cardinal

House Finch

Black-capped Chickadee