This trip focused on the coastal areas of Brooklyn, along the west shore towards southwest region, by Coney Island.
51 species
Photo by Dennis Hrehowsik
From Steve, bird list attached
Locations: Owl's Head Park, Gravesend Bay, Calvert Vaux Park, Coney Island,
Floyd Bennett Field
Including me, there were ten people on the trip.
52 species see or heard. Here's the list:
Common Loon - Coney Island
Horned Grebe
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Cormorant - Floyd Bennett Field
Turkey Vulture - Floyd Bennett Field
Bufflehead
Gadwall
American Black Duck
Canada Goose
Common Goldeneye - Floyd Bennett Field
American Wigeon
Long-tailed Duck - Coney Island
Greater Scaup
Red-breasted Merganser
Brant
Mute Swan
Mallard
Red-tailed Hawk
Peregrine Falcon
American Kestrel
American Coot
Killdeer
American Oystercatcher - Floyd Bennett Field
Purple Sandpiper - Owl's Head Park
Laughing Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Eastern Phoebe
American Crow
Blue Jay
Tree Swallow - Floyd Bennett Field
Carolina Wren
American Robin
Northern Mockingbird
European Starling
Pine Warbler - Owl's Head Park
Yellow-rumped Warbler
White-throated Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Northern Cardinal
Red-winged Blackbird
Common Grackle
Brown-headed Cowbird
House Finch
American Goldfinch
House Sparrow
