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
