Jamaica Bay Refuge August 19th

Leading : Peter Dorosh

Members: Maryjo E, Patricia S, Bobbi M, Monica B, Lenore S, Alice T, Chris H, Matthew R., Paige L

date = 2012/08/19

Comments: Quite low numbers shorebirds for this peak date. 14 species shorebirds, 5 tern species


site = Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge
(Later, Floyd Bennett Field 4-5pm  "FBF")

observers = Brooklyn Bird Club

73 Species

Double-crested Cormorant

Snowy Egret

Black-crowned Night-Heron

Green Heron

Great Egret

Yellow-crowned Night-Heron

Great Blue Heron

Glossy Ibis

Northern Shoveler

Blue-winged Teal

Gadwall

American Black Duck

Canada Goose

Green-winged Teal

Brant

Ruddy Duck

Mute Swan

Mallard

Osprey

Peregrine Falcon

American Kestrel  FBF

Merlin  FBF

Killdeer FBF

Black-bellied Plover

Semipalmated Plover

American Oystercatcher

Semipalmated Sandpiper

Stilt Sandpiper juvenile

Least Sandpiper

Short-billed Dowitcher

Dunlin

Lesser Yellowlegs

Spotted Sandpiper

White-rumped Sandpiper

Ruddy Turnstone

Greater Yellowlegs

Gull-billed Tern

Laughing Gull

Great Black-backed Gull

Forster's Tern

Common Tern

Black Skimmer

Herring Gull

Least Tern

Rock Pigeon

Mourning Dove

Belted Kingfisher FBF

Downy Woodpecker FBF

Willow Flycatcher

Eastern Kingbird FBF

American Crow

Fish Crow heard

Bank Swallow

Tree Swallow

Barn Swallow

Carolina Wren heard

American Robin

Gray Catbird

Brown Thrasher

Northern Mockingbird

European Starling

Cedar Waxwing

Yellow Warbler

Black-and-white Warbler

Common Yellowthroat heard

Northern Waterthrush

Song Sparrow

Eastern Towhee heard

Northern Cardinal

Boat-tailed Grackle

Red-winged Blackbird

American Goldfinch

House Sparrow


other non avian species: Raccoon, Eastern Cottontail, Red-spotted Purple, Cabbage White, Painted Lady, Common Sulphur, Monarch, Pearl Crescent,Common Buckeye,Black Swallowtail, Black Saddlebags, Carolina Saddlebags,Eastern Tiger Swallowtail, Familiar Bluet, Broad winged Skipper,Spot-winged Glider,Sachem Skipper, Darner species,Silver-spotted Skipper

Jamaica Bay Refuge, August 9th

Leading and reporting, Sandy Paci

Hi Peter,


It was a great trip with a large group of fun, skilled and eager birders. Through cooperation and team effort we had 58 total species with 16 shorebirds.

Best,

Sandy


Brooklyn Bird Club – Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, Saturday August 4, 2012

Sandy Paci with 16+ members and non-members: Lenore Swenson, Tom Preston, Rusty Harold, Bob Washburn, Dennis Hrehowsik, Mike Yuan, Matthew Rymkiewicz, Donna Evans, Bobbi Manion, Phil Hoff, Bambi Friedman, Ania G, Mike and Kim Wylie, Robert and Laurie Petrillo, Paige, and (briefly) Janet Zinn and Alan Baratz

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Pied Billed Grebe

Double Crested Cormorant

Great Blue Heron

Great Egret

Snowy Egret

Black Crowned Night Heron

Yellow Crowned Night Heron

Glossy Ibis

Mute Swan

Canada Goose

Mallard

Am. Black Duck

Osprey

Black Bellied Plover

Semi-Palmated Plover

American Oystercatcher

American Avocet (SLAM DUNK!)

Greater Yellowlegs

Lesser Yellowlegs

Solitary Sandpiper (1 half hidden in reeds, south end)

Ruddy Turnstone

Red Knot (2 picked out of a crowd, thanks to Mike)

Dunlin

Pectoral Sandpiper (1, north island, thanks to Lenore)

White-Rumped Sandpiper (1, south end, thanks to Matthew)

Semi-Palmated Sandpiper

Least Sandpiper

Stilt Sandpiper (many)

Short Billed Dowitcher (100s)

Laughing Gull

Ring Billed Gull

Herring Gull

Great Black Backed Gull

Gull Billed Tern (several)

Common Tern

Forster’s Tern

Least Tern

Rock Dove

Downy Woodpecker

Fish Crow

American Crow

Barn Swallow

Tree Swallow

Carolina Wren

Grey Catbird

Northern Mockingbird

European Starling

Cedar Waxwing

Yellow Warbler

Common Yellowthroat

Northern Cardinal

Eastern Towhee

Song Sparrow

Red-Winged Blackbird

Boat-Tailed Grackle

Brown-Headed Cowbird

House Sparrow

American Goldfinch