Leader: Peter Dorosh
observers = Brooklyn Bird Club
Total cumulative walk distance: 10.23 miles
12 participants: Mary E, Sandy P, Monica B ,Bob O ,Lenore S , Donna E , Edith G , Chris E , Bob W, Dennis H , Mike Y
sites = Wertheim NWR, Smith's Point, Shinnecock region, Montauk region, Amangansett, Hook Pond, Orient Pt, Narrow River Road, Marion Causeway, Lake Marratooka, Iron Pier, EPCAL
Species list
Note: 20 species duck; 2 auks species,2 owls species, blue bold "good birds"
Common Loon
Red-throated Loon
Pied-billed Grebe
Horned Grebe
Red-necked Grebe Smiths Pt.
Northern Gannet
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Cormorant
Black-crowned Night-Heron
Great Egret Shinnecock
Great Blue Heron
Turkey Vulture --5 f/o Orient Pt
Lesser Scaup --Eastport Seatuck Pond
Bufflehead
Gadwall
American Black Duck
Snow Goose --Orient Pt
Canada Goose
Ring-necked Duck --52 at Montauk's Tuthill Pond
Common Eider --mostly Montauk Pt.
Black Scoter various offshore sites
Common Goldeneye --Napeague harbor, Marion Causeway
American Wigeon
Long-tailed Duck
Greater Scaup
Red-breasted Merganser
White-winged Scoter --various offshore
Hooded Merganser
Common Merganser Hook Pond, 4
Canvasback Lake Marratooka, Eastport Lake
Ruddy Duck
Northern Pintail --Shinnecock
Surf Scoter --various offshore
Mute Swan
Mallard
Red-tailed Hawk
Northern Harrier --Smiths Pt Fire Island
American Kestrel Riverhead Sods
American Coot
Black-bellied Plover --Napeague Pt
Sanderling
Dunlin
Ruddy Turnstone
Great Black-backed Gull
Bonaparte's Gull
Lesser Black--backed Gull --Napeague, Lazy Pt
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Iceland Gull --Iron Pier, Jamestown
Common Murre --Offshore Hook Pond
Razorbill --Smith's Pt
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Snowy Owl
Eastern Screech Owl --heard, Amagansett
Belted Kingfisher
Downy Woodpecker
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
American Crow
Blue Jay
Horned Lark-- EPCAL
Tufted Titmouse
Black-capped Chickadee
White-breasted Nuthatch
Carolina Wren
American Robin
Northern Mockingbird
European Starling
Yellow-rumped Warbler
White-throated Sparrow
Savannah Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Saltmarsh Sharp-tailed Sparrow --Shinnecock
Northern Cardinal
Red-winged Blackbird
Common Grackle
Eastern Meadowlark --EPCAL
House Finch
American Goldfinch
House Sparrow
Wild Turkey--8 in tree along rte 27, 25+ Further Lane home front yard
82 species
other : Harbor Seal
Trip Photos
ICELAND GULL--photos by Chris Elliot
(click on pic to enlarge)
Photos from Sandy Paci : Black Scoters ,Bonaparte's Gull,LT Arctic Duck, Common Loon