( this trip changed from Sandy Hook NWR)
Brooklyn
Bird Club
Trip
to Liberty State Park and Glenhurst Meadows *
October
26, 2013
Participants:
Emily Goldstein, Sandy Paci, Kathy Toomey, Bob Machover (leader – sort
of)
Weather: Clear,
breezy, cold in morning, warming up in the afternoon
LSP = Liberty State Park GM = Glenhurst Meadows
1. Canada
Goose: LSP – not too many
2. Brant: LSP – a few more
3. Gadwall: LSP – about 20
4. American
Black Duck: LSP – about 30
5. Mallard:
LSP – several
6. Bufflehead: LSP – 4
7. Double-crested
Cormorant: LSP – a dozen or so
8. Great Blue
Heron: LSP – 1
9. Turkey
Vulture: LSP – 1; GM – 8
10. Sharp-shinned Hawk: LSP – 1
11. Red-tailed Hawk: GM – 1
12. American Kestrel: LSP – 1
13. Killdeer:
LSP – 5 seen, lots more heard; GM – 1 heard
14. Ring-billed Gull: LSP – common
15. Herring Gull:
LSP – not quite as many
16. Great Black-backed Gull: LSP – I noticed only 2
17. Rock Pigeon:
LSP – I remember seeing 1....there were probably more
18. Mourning Dove:
LSP – 3 or 4; GM – at least 1
19. Belted Kingfisher: GM – 1
20. Red-bellied Woodpecker: GM – a few seen, lots more heard
21. Downy Woodpecker: LSP – 1; GM – 1
22. Hairy Woodpecker: GM – 1
23. Northern Flicker: LSP – 2
24. Blue Jay:
LSP – 2; GM – some more
25. American Crow:
GM – one flock with maybe half a dozen
26. Black-capped Chickadee: GM – 2 or 3
27. Tufted Titmouse: GM – several small flocks, maybe a dozen
birds in all
28. White-breasted Nuthatch: GM – 1 heard
29. Carolina Wren:
LSP – a couple heard; GM – 1 seen, 3 or 4 more heard
30. Golden-crowned Kinglet: LSP – 2 heard
31. Ruby-crowned Kinglet: LSP – 2 seen; GM – 8 seen
32. Eastern Bluebird: GM (at adjacent garden) – 3 or 4
33. Hermit Thrush:
LSP at least 6, including 4 seen together
34. American Robin: LSP – 3
35. Gray Catbird:
LSP – 2
36. European Starling: LSP – many
37. Yellow-rumped Warbler: LSP – many; GM – likewise
38. Palm Warbler:
LSP – lots; GM – fewer
39. Eastern Towhee: LSP – a couple heard
40. Savannah Sparrow: GM – 1 (at adjacent garden)
41. Song Sparrow:
LSP – very many; GM – not so many
42. Lincoln’s
Sparrow: LSP – 1 seen separately
and less than satisfactorily by each of
us...that should be enough to count it!
43. Swamp Sparrow:
LSP – abundant; GM – a few
44. White-throated Sparrow: LSP – more than abundant; GM – several flocks
45. White-crowned
Sparrow: LSP – 1 immature seen
briefly by just me
46. Dark-eyed Junco: LSP – one small flock
47. Northern Cardinal GM – big surprise – only 1
48. Red-winged Blackbird: LSP – one male perched and a small flock
flying over
49. Common Grackle: LSP – 1
50. Boat-tailed
Grackle: LSP – 1 perched on
jetty (surprised to see it at LSP)
51. Brown-headed Cowbird: LSP – 1
52. American Goldfinch: GM – 1 (at adjacent garden)
54 Brown Creeper- LSP
55. Field Sparrow (1 at LSP, 1 at GM)
56. Northern Mockingbird (a bunch at LSP)
