(Displaying Hooded Mergansers at Silver Lake in Belmar,
photo taken by Sandy Paci)
Leading : Bob Machover
Brooklyn Bird Club
NJ North Shore
January 28, 2012
From Bob:
All numbers are extremely rough estimates and have only a slight relationship with reality. But isn’t that better than none?
Bold face represents unexpected species.
1. Canada Goose.............................................................................200
2. Brant.............................................................................................400
3. Mute Swan........................................................................................6
4. Gadwall.............................................................................................2
5. American Wigeon..............................................................................4
6. American Black Duck........................................................................6
7. Mallard..........................................................................................250
8. Northern Shoveler...........................................................................12
9. Ring-necked Duck.............................................................................3
10. Greater Scaup...................................................................................6
11. Lesser Scaup...................................................................................40
12. Surf Scoter.........................................................................................5
13. White-winged Scoter.......................................................................3
14. Black Scoter.....................................................................................30
15. Long-tailed Duck..............................................................................22
16. Bufflehead........................................................................................20
17. Hooded Merganser..........................................................................75
18. Common Merganser........................................................................1
19. Red-breasted Merganser.................................................................15
20. Ruddy Duck.....................................................................................18
21. Red-throated Loon...........................................................................18
22. Common Loon.................................................................................60
23. Pied-billed Grebe...............................................................................1
24. Northern Gannet..............................................................................20
25. Double-crested Cormorant................................................................6
26. Great Blue Heron (I saw 4 before the group gathered)....................5
27. Black-crowned Night-Heron..............................................................6
28. Turkey Vulture...................................................................................1
29. Red-tailed Hawk................................................................................2
30. American Coot.................................................................................50
31. Purple Sandpiper..............................................................................20
32. Dunlin...............................................................................................40
33. Ring-billed Gull...............................................................................Lots
34. Herring Gull..................................................................................Likewise
35. Great Black-backed Gull................................................................Fewer
36. Rock Pigeon...................................................................................Some
37. Mourning Dove...........................................................................Not so many
38. Belted Kingfisher..................................................................................1
39. Blue Jay (I missed this one).................................................................?
40. American Crow............................................................................One or two
41. Carolina Chickadee (presumed)...........................................................1
42. Carolina Wren.......................................................................................2
43. American Robin....................................................................................3
44. Northern Mockingbird...........................................................................4
45. European Starling...........................................................................Of course
46. Song Sparrow.......................................................................................3
47. White-throated Sparrow........................................................................5
48. Dark-eyed Junco...................................................................................4
49. Northern Cardinal..................................................................................2
50. Red-winged Blackbird (singing).............................................................1
51. House Finch (heard only).....................................................................2-4
52. American Goldfinch (another miss for me)............................................?
53. House Sparrow (heard).....................................................................several
A nice day, great weather (especially in the morning), good company and fairly good birds...but (boohoo) no Razorbill (though one unsatisfactorily glimpsed by Gil?).
