Friday, October 31, 2014

Floyd Bennett October 25th

Leader Rob Jett
Bald Eagle perched at North 40, photo by Paul Chung

One of the highlights with the whole group was great views of an adult Bald Eagle perched in a tree above the North 40 trail.

Rob

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Floyd Bennett Field, Kings, US-NY
Oct 25, 2014 7:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Protocol: Traveling
5.0 mile(s)
Comments:     I led a Brooklyn Bird Club trip.
58 species
Participants: Monica Berger, Paul Chung, Peter Colen, Rusty Harold, Rob Jett, Phil Malek, Stephen Nadler, Sandy Paci, Kevin Rolwing, Kevin Stern, Oona Stern

Canada Goose  X
Mute Swan  X
Ring-necked Pheasant  1     Heard calling from area near North 40 at around 7:30am.
Double-crested Cormorant  X
Northern Harrier  2
Sharp-shinned Hawk  X
Cooper's Hawk  X
Bald Eagle  1     Adult perched in tree along North 40 trail.
Red-shouldered Hawk  1
Ring-billed Gull  X
Herring Gull  X
Great Black-backed Gull  X
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  X
Mourning Dove  X
Red-bellied Woodpecker  X
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker  1
Downy Woodpecker  2
Northern Flicker  X
American Kestrel  2
Merlin  1
Eastern Phoebe  10
Blue Jay  X
American Crow  X
Tree Swallow  5     Flying over cricket field at around 7:30am.
Winter Wren  1
Golden-crowned Kinglet  X
Ruby-crowned Kinglet  X
Hermit Thrush  3
American Robin  X
Gray Catbird  1
Northern Mockingbird  X
European Starling  X
American Pipit  X
Cedar Waxwing  X
Common Yellowthroat  2
Palm Warbler  6 
Golden Crowned Kinglet , photo by Paul Chng

Yellow-rumped Warbler  X
Eastern Towhee  1
Chipping Sparrow  X
Field Sparrow  1
Vesper Sparrow  4
Savannah Sparrow  X     At least 15-20.
Song Sparrow  X
Lincoln's Sparrow  2     Community Gardens.
Swamp Sparrow  X
White-throated Sparrow  X
White-crowned Sparrow  10     Only two adults.
Dark-eyed Junco  X     Several hundred between North 40 trail and community gardens.
Northern Cardinal  X
Red-winged Blackbird  X
Eastern Meadowlark  1     Mugwort patch at back of cricket field at around 7:20am.
Rusty Blackbird  1     Flipping leaves in muddy base of Return-a-Gift Pond.
Brown-headed Cowbird  X
House Finch  X
Purple Finch  5
Pine Siskin  150     Many calling flyovers throughout the morning. One flock of approximately 75-100 individual perched briefly along North 40 trail.
American Goldfinch  X
House Sparrow  X

View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S20335664

This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org)


White-crowned Sparrow , photo by Paul Chung
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