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