June 21st Birds & Butterflies of Sparta Mountain WMA & Canal Road

Leader: Peter Dorosh  

Participants : Sandy Paci, Kellie Quinones, Louise Burns, Kathy Witten, Jerry Layton, Rusty Harold

Sandy Paci's Facebook gallery 

http://tinyurl.com/SpartaCanal

Rusty Harold gallery

https://picasaweb.google.com/105668412117293290482/SpartaMountainWMA?feat=email

Hackberry Emperor at Canal Road lot , photo by Jerry Layton

Species list

Birds

Double-crested Cormorant f/o 
Great Blue Heron
Turkey Vulture
Black Vulture
Hairy Woodpecker 

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Willow Flycatcher
Great Crested Flycatcher
Eastern Phoebe
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Eastern Kingbird
Warbling Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
American Crow
Tree Swallow
Black-capped Chickadee
Carolina Wren
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
American Robin
Wood Thrush
Veery
Gray Catbird
European Starling
Cedar Waxwing
Yellow Warbler
American Redstart
Common Yellowthroat
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Blue-winged Warbler
Northern Parula
Scarlet Tanager
Chipping Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Northern Cardinal
Indigo Bunting
Baltimore Oriole
Red-winged Blackbird
Common Grackle
Brown-headed Cowbird
American Goldfinch

Blue Jay

Downy Woodpecker

Tufted Titmouse

Eastern Towhee

House Sparrow

Chipping Sparrow

Northern Flicker

Ovenbird

Butterflies

52 species

Powdered Dancer Damselfly, photo by Sandy Paci
http://wiatri.net/inventory/odonata/SpeciesAccounts/SpeciesDetail.cfm?TaxaID=27

Butterflies :  

Black Swallowtail

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail

Summer Azure

Great Spangled Fritillary

Eastern Comma

Red -spotted Purple

Viceroy

Hackberry Emperor

Appalachian Brown

Little Wood Satyr

Silver Spotted Skipper

Least Skipper

Zabulon Skipper

Cabbage White

14 Species

Click Beetle on Jerry, photo by Rusty Harold ( Canal Road)

Odonata (list courtesy of Sandy )

Eastern Pondhawk


Widow Skimmer

Common Whitetail

Chalk-fronted Corporal

Eastern Forktail

Dot-tailed Whiteface

Unicorn Clubtail 

Blue Dasher

Ebony Jewelwing

Swamp Spreadwing

Variable Dancer 



          Blue-tipped Dancer




POWERED DANCER-young male (see photo)


Swamp Darner ( expired)

Slaty Skimmer ( Sparta Mt)



     Carolina saddlebags



        Black Saddlebags



       12 Spotted Skimmer

     18 species 

June 14th Nickerson Beach , Long Island

Leading Steve Nanz

Hello Everyone,

Thank you for joining the Nickerson trip. I had a lot of fun! Please take a look 
at the list below and let me know what I missed so Peter can add it to his blog.

I uploaded some photos to my website:

http://www.stevenanz.com/Main%5FDirectory/Recent%20Photos/2014/2014%5F06%5F14%5FNIckerson%5FOceanside/

Best Regards,

Steve

date = 6/14/14
site = Nickerson Beach Park, Lido Beach, NY & Marine Nature Study Area, 
Oceanside, NY
observers = Steve Nanz, Janet Zinn, Lenore Swenson, Sandy Paci, Louise Burns

Double-crested Cormorant 
Snowy Egret 
Black-crowned Night-Heron 
Green Heron 
Great Egret 
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 
Glossy Ibis 
Turkey Vulture 
American Black Duck 
Canada Goose 
Osprey 
Clapper Rail 
Piping Plover 
American Oystercatcher 
Sanderling 
Willet 
Laughing Gull 
Great Black-backed Gull 
Forster's Tern 
Common Tern 
Ring-billed Gull 
Herring Gull 
Least Tern 
Rock Pigeon 
Mourning Dove 
Willow Flycatcher 
American Crow 
Tree Swallow 
Barn Swallow 
American Robin 
Northern Mockingbird 
European Starling 
Yellow Warbler 
Song Sparrow 
Red-winged Blackbird 
Common Grackle 
House Finch 
House Sparrow

Black Skimmer 

  1 Attached Images

Central New Jersey Weekend June 7th-9th

Leader Peter Dorosh

Members: Donna Evans, Jerry Layton, Alie Ratay, Sandy Paci

Sandy Paci's Photo gallery  https://www.facebook.com/sandra.paci.5/media_set?set=a.890383850978081.1073741870.100000194238064&type=1

date = June 7th-9th

sites =

 Day 1 : Negri-Nepote Grassland, Plainsboro Preserve, Pole Farm 

Day 2 : Assunpink WMA,Trenton /Hamilton Marsh, Brightview Farm

Day 3 : Brigatine NWR ( Edward Forsythe NWR), Brigatine at Barnegat

Bird list  101 species

Double-crested Cormorant 
Snowy Egret 
Little Blue Heron Brigatine NWR ( Barnegat)
Green Heron Negri Nepote Grasslands
Great Egret 
Great Blue Heron 
Tricolored Heron Brigatine NWR 
Glossy Ibis 
Turkey Vulture 
Black Vulture 
American Black Duck 
Canada Goose 
Wood Duck Brigatine NWR 
Mute Swan 
Mallard 
Red-tailed Hawk 
Osprey 
Sharp-shinned Hawk 
Peregrine Falcon Brigatine NWR 
American Kestrel 
Clapper Rail 3 Brigatine NWR 
Killdeer 
Black-bellied Plover Brigatine NWR 
Semipalmated Plover Brigatine NWR 
American Oystercatcher Brigatine NWR 
Semipalmated Sandpiper Brigatine NWR , several flocks
Dunlin Brigatine NWR 
White-rumped Sandpiper Brigatine NWR 
Willet Brigatine NWR 
Ruddy Turnstone Brigatine NWR 
Greater Yellowlegs Brigatine NWR 
Gull-billed Tern Brigatine NWR 6
Laughing Gull 

Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull 
Caspian Tern Brigatine NWR 
Forster's Tern Brigatine NWR 
Common Tern Brigatine NWR 
Black Skimmer Brigatine NWR 
Rock Pigeon 
Mourning Dove 
Chimney Swift 
Downy Woodpecker 
Red-bellied Woodpecker  
Northern Flicker 
Willow Flycatcher Negri Nepote
Great Crested Flycatcher Pole Farm
Olive-sided Flycatcher Negri Nepote
Eastern Wood-Pewee 
Eastern Kingbird 
White-eyed Vireo 
Red-eyed Vireo 
American Crow 
Blue Jay 
Fish Crow 
Bank Swallow flyover Assunpink NWR
Tree Swallow 
Purple Martin Brigatine NWR , good numbers
Barn Swallow 
Northern Rough-winged Swallow Brigatine NWR 
Tufted Titmouse 

Carolina Chickadee
House Wren 
Carolina Wren 
Marsh Wren Brigatine NWR 
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Assunpink NWR
American Robin 
Eastern Bluebird Pole Farm
Wood Thrush Assunpink NWR
Veery Assunpink NWR
Gray Catbird 
Brown Thrasher several sites
Northern Mockingbird 
European Starling 
Cedar Waxwing 
Prairie Warbler 
Yellow Warbler 
Ovenbird 
Common Yellowthroat 
Grasshopper Sparrow over 10  Negri Nepote
Chipping Sparrow 
Savannah Sparrow Brigatine NWR 
Song Sparrow 
Seaside Sparrow Brigatine NWR , at least 7 seen
Field Sparrow Negri Nepote
Eastern Towhee 
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 
Northern Cardinal 
Indigo Bunting 
Blue Grosbeak pair Brightview Farm
Baltimore Oriole 
Boat-tailed Grackle Brigatine NWR 
Bobolink 6 males displaying Brightview Farm
Red-winged Blackbird 
Orchard Oriole 1st yr male Negri Nepote
Common Grackle 
Eastern Meadowlark 2 Pole Farm
Brown-headed Cowbird 
House Finch 
American Goldfinch 
House Sparrow 

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Butterflies,Skippers

Black Swallowtail
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail
Spicebush Swallowtail
Cabbage White
Clouded Suplur
Orange Sulphur
Red-banded Hairstreak
Summer ( spring) Azure
Red-spotted Purple
Little Wood Satyr
Silver spotted skipper
Least Skipper
Pecks's Skipper
Zabulon Skipper

14 species

Dragonflies, Damsels

Widow Simmer
Painted Skimmer
Common Whitetail 
Spangled Skimmer
Ebony Jewelwing
12 spotted ?
Variable Dancer
Blue Dasher
Ashy Clubtail 
Slaty Skimmer
darner species
Golden Skimmer

Other

Scorpionfly species ( Assunpink WMA )
Groundhog
Muskrat
Painted Turtle
Bog Turtle ?
White-tailed deer
Eastern Chipmunk
Black Bear (with antlers).   

Weird looking bear with antlers.Sandy saw it.

American Toad
Diamond Terraphin
Southern Leopard Frog
Raccoon (seen sauntering across salt marsh chased by Black Skimmers at Brigatine)
Eastern Cottontail Rabbit
Eastern Grey Squirrel

June 1st, Jamaica Bay & the Rockaways

Leader : Mike Yuan  

Thanks everyone for a terrific day on the marshes and the beach.  Great day with a great group. 

Harald, you can get us that "lifer" round of drinks at the next trip, and Marc, you can do the same for the next 18 BBC trips!

Here are the ebird checklists for each location.  Let me know if you want it for your ebird account and I can share it with you.

Participants : Bobbi Manian , Monica Berger, Leslie Coleman , Marc Brawer (driver), Rusty Harold, Randy Burton, Harald Parzer

Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge - http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S18651725

Big Egg Marsh - http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S18651764

Rockaway Park/Arverne Nesting Area - http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S18651797

Complete list:

62 species total

Brant
Canada Goose
Mute Swan
Gadwall
American Black Duck
Mallard
Ruddy Duck
Common Loon
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Snowy Egret
Little Blue Heron
Black-crowned Night-Heron
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron
Glossy Ibis
Osprey
American Oystercatcher
Black-bellied Plover
Semipalmated Plover
Piping Plover
Spotted Sandpiper
Willet
Ruddy Turnstone
White-rumped Sandpiper
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Laughing Gull
Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Least Tern
Common Tern
Forster's Tern
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Barn Owl
Great Horned Owl
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Willow Flycatcher
Great Crested Flycatcher
White-eyed Vireo
American Crow
Fish Crow
Tree Swallow
Barn Swallow
House Wren
Carolina Wren
American Robin
Gray Catbird
Brown Thrasher
Northern Mockingbird
European Starling
Cedar Waxwing
Common Yellowthroat
American Redstart
Yellow Warbler
Eastern Towhee
Song Sparrow

Indigo Bunting
Red-winged Blackbird
Boat-tailed Grackle
Brown-headed Cowbird
House Sparrow