Saturday, January 4, 2014

January 4th,2014 Coney Island

Leader: Mike Yuan
On the Pier, Photo by Chris Laskowski

Lots of sun+good company+great birds=Great walk around Coney Island today. The day turned out to be pretty comfortable despite the frigid forecast for the morning.

Highlights from the beach were a Surf scoter and 9 poor, huddled Purple Sandpipers on the land side of the 37th st jetty. At Coney Island Creek, Bobbi added to the recent run of good gulls at this location by spotting a Black-headed Gull in the creek, and shortly after a trio of Black Vultures passed over us from the south.

To top off a fun morning, the group split a couple of classic NY pizzas at Totonno's. 13 birders, 40 species

Brant
Canada Goose
Mute Swan
Gadwall
American Black Duck
Mallard
Surf Scoter - Coney Island Beach
Long-tailed Duck
Bufflehead
 Common Goldeneye
Common Merganser - two drakes and a hen, Coney Island Creek
Red-breasted Merganser Ruddy Duck
Red-throated Loon
Common Loon
Horned Grebe
Northern Gannet
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
 Black Vulture - 3 flying over Coney Island Creek
Cooper's Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
 American Coot
 Killdeer
Sanderling
 Purple Sandpiper
Black-headed Gull - adult at Coney Island Creek
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
 Great Black-backed Gull
 Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
 Peregrine Falcon
American Crow
 European Starling
American Pipit
Song Sparrow
Brown-headed Cowbird
House Finch
House Sparrow

Thanks, -Mike
On Coney Island Creek,  Photo by Chris Laskowski


adult Black-headed Gull, photo by Bobbi Manian who discovered the rare gull
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