Leader : Rob Jett
Here is the list from Saturday's trip to Coney Island. While the weather felt more like early-Spring than early-January, we still managed to see most of the expected winter coastal species. Highlights include dozens of NORTHERN GANNET diving for fish offshore, a pair of PURPLE SANDPIPER on the western-most jetty, a first year LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL on the sand spit at Coney Island Creek and a single SNOW GOOSE in the creek behind Mark Twain Junior High School:
Date: 01/07/12
Locations: Coney Island, Coney Island Creek
Species: 27
Leader: Rob Jett
Observers: David B., Rusty Harold, Dennis Hrehowsik, Rob Jett, Heydi Lopes, Bobbi Manian, Janet Schumacher, Bob Washburn, Michael Yuan, Ann (?), Phil (?)
SNOW GOOSE (Coney Island Creek)
Brant
Canada Goose
Gadwall
American Black Duck
Mallard
Greater Scaup
Long-tailed Duck
Bufflehead
Red-breasted Merganser
Ruddy Duck
Red-throated Loon
Common Loon
NORTHERN GANNET
Great Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Cooper's Hawk
Peregrine Falcon
PURPLE SANDPIPER
Bonaparte's Gull
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL (Coney Island Creek)
Great Black-backed Gull
Rock Pigeon
European Starling
House Sparrow=
