Highlite:Gannet Feeding frenzy video --->
https://vimeo.com/39213854
Bob's report and master list:
We had a good day Sunday. Based on the scouting done earlier we covered just about everything we thought would be around an the misses were commoners like Red Tails, Blue Jays and American Widgeon. Of note was the barn owl at Big John’s Pond that had been eluding some of us for years. It was looking out of the box both Saturday and Sunday late into the morning. It’s probably getting crowded in there. Chicks appear to be almost the size of the adult except just a big white ball of fluff with a barn owl face. We also saw the first little blue heron reported in NY State this season. One thing I think we were all pretty impressed by was the Northern Gannet feeding display we witnessed from the Beach 44th Street area of Rockaway Park. Chris Elliot captured the spectacle digitally for us here. We even heard a Ring-necked Pheasant at the same location and got to see it when flushed by a spaniel.
Here’s our list for the day:
American Black Duck
American Coot
American Crow
American Oystercatcher
American Robin
Barn Owl
Black Scoter
Boat-tailed Grackle
Brant
Brown-headed Cowbird
Bufflehead
Canada Goose
Carolina Wren
Common Loon
Dark-eyed Junco
Double-crested Cormorant
Downy Woodpecker
European Starling
Gadwall
Great Black-backed Gull
Great Egret
Greater Scaup
Green-winged Teal
Herring Gull
Horned Grebe
House Sparrow
Killdeer
Laughing Gull
Lesser Scaup
Little Blue Heron
Mallard
Mourning Dove
Mute Swan
Northern Cardinal
Northern Gannet
Northern Harrier
Northern Mockingbird
Northern Shoveler
Osprey
Pied Billed Grebe
Piping Plover
Purple Sandpiper
Red-breasted Merganser
Red-throated Loon
Red-winged Blackbird
Ring-billed Gull
Ring-necked Pheasant
Rock Pigeon
Ruddy Duck
Snow Goose
Snowy Egret
Song Sparrow
Tree Swallow
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Photos by Roberta Manian
Lists (Courtesy of Dennis H.)
Subject: eBird Report - Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, Mar 25, 2012
Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, Queens, US-NY
Mar 25, 2012 8:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Protocol: Traveling
3.0 mile(s)
Comments: bobs bbc trip
33 species
Brant X
Canada Goose X
Mute Swan X
Gadwall X
Mallard X
Northern Shoveler X
Green-winged Teal X
Greater Scaup X
Bufflehead X
Red-breasted Merganser X
Ruddy Duck X
Pied-billed Grebe X
Horned Grebe X
Snowy Egret X
Little Blue Heron 1 west pond in frags on sandbar
Osprey X
Northern Harrier X
American Oystercatcher X
Ring-billed Gull X
Herring Gull X
Great Black-backed Gull X
Barn Owl X
American Crow X
Carolina Wren X
American Robin X
Northern Mockingbird X
European Starling X
Yellow-rumped Warbler X
Song Sparrow X
White-throated Sparrow X
Northern Cardinal X
Red-winged Blackbird X
Boat-tailed Grackle X
Rockaway Park, Queens, US-NY
Mar 25, 2012 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Protocol: Traveling
0.25 mile(s)
Comments: bobs bbc trip
13 species
Red-breasted Merganser X
Ring-necked Pheasant X
Common Loon X
Horned Grebe X
Northern Gannet X
Piping Plover X
American Oystercatcher X
Laughing Gull X
Ring-billed Gull X
Herring Gull X
Great Black-backed Gull X
American Robin X
Northern Cardinal X
Spring Creek Park, Queens, US-NY
Mar 25, 2012 12:30 PM - 12:40 PM
Protocol: Stationary
Comments: Bobs BBC Trip
4 species
Brant X
Mallard X
Pied-billed Grebe X
European Starling X
Hendrix Creek, Kings, US-NY
Mar 25, 2012 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Protocol: Traveling
0.5 mile(s)
Comments: bobs big bbc trip
16 species
Canada Goose X
Gadwall X
Mallard X
Green-winged Teal X
Greater Scaup X
Lesser Scaup X
Bufflehead X
Great Egret X
Snowy Egret X
Northern Harrier X
Northern Flicker X
American Robin X
European Starling X
Dark-eyed Junco X
Red-winged Blackbird X
Brown-headed Cowbird X
Prospect Park, Kings, US-NY
Mar 25, 2012 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Protocol: Traveling
2.0 mile(s)
Comments: big bobbis stratigic strike
6 species
Black-crowned Night-Heron X
Laughing Gull X
Eastern Phoebe X
Pine Warbler X
Field Sparrow X
Swamp Sparrow X
This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org)
