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| At Marine Park,south team. Photo by Sandy Paci |
NYC Bird Report
date = 2015/01/17 site = Brooklyn Marine Park,Dead Horse Bay,Fort Tilden sites,Breezy Point
observers = BBC Waterfowl count
Common Loon Red-throated Loon Pied-billed Grebe Horned Grebe Northern Gannet Double-crested Cormorant Great Cormorant Northern Shoveler Lesser Scaup Bufflehead Gadwall American Black Duck Canada Goose Common Eider Redhead Black Scoter American Wigeon Long-tailed Duck Greater Scaup Red-breasted Merganser Brant Canvasback Ruddy Duck Mute Swan Mallard Sharp-shinned Hawk Killdeer Sanderling Ruddy Turnstone Purple Sandpiper Great Black-backed Gull Ring-billed Gull Herring Gull Rock Pigeon Snowy Owl American Crow Black-capped Chickadee Northern Mockingbird European Starling American Pipit Yellow-rumped Warbler Swamp Sparrow White-throated Sparrow Snow Bunting Song Sparrow American Goldfinch House Sparrow
Waterfowl numbers
date = 2015/01/17
sites = Marine Park,Dead Horse Bay,Fort Tilden,Breezy Point
observers =Peter Dorosh (L),Rob Bate,Sandy Paci,Joshua Malbin,Monica Berger
Common Loon 18
Red-throated Loon 4
Pied-billed Grebe 1
Horned Grebe 13
Double-crested Cormorant 1
Great Cormorant 27
Northern Shoveler 8
Lesser Scaup 6
Bufflehead 75
Gadwall 6
American Black Duck 65
Canada Goose 148
Common Eider 1
Redhead 4
Black Scoter 4
American Wigeon 11
Long-tailed Duck 52
Greater Scaup 3416
Red-breasted Merganser 151
Brant 694
Canvasback 1
Ruddy Duck 6
Mute Swan 2
Mallard 66
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North team.(waterfowl in purple tint)
Leader Mike Yuan
Hi Peter-Pleasant weather but not so birdy today. Nary a loon or grebe. Great to have access to two new locations this year - Brooklyn Army Terminal 58th st Pier and the new Bush Terminal Piers Park.Birders: Bob Washburn, HJ Kim, Alie Ratay, and Heather WolfLocations:Brooklyn Bridge Park, Brooklyn Army Terminal, Bush Terminal Piers Park, various spots around Red Hook, Ikea/Erie Basin, and the Columbia Street Pier.Day totals:Brant 169Canada Goose 97Gadwall 51Eurasian Wigeon 1 Continuing at Bush Terminal Piers ParkAmerican Wigeon 13American Black Duck 22Mallard 93American Black Duck/Mallard 1Northern Shoveler 1Greater Scaup 81Lesser Scaup 44Bufflehead 115Red-breasted Merganser 11Ruddy Duck 34Double-crested Cormorant 9Great Cormorant 2 - Bush Terminal, Van Brunt St Pier,Ring-billed Gull 349Herring Gull 89Great Black-backed Gull 11Rock Pigeon 28Peregrine Falcon 1 Brooklyn Bridge Park Pier 1American Crow 1Fish Crow 1American Robin 1Northern Mockingbird 1European Starling 12White-throated Sparrow 2House Sparrow 21
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Prospect park/Greenwood cemetery
Leader Dennis Hrehowsik
To: prosbird Sent: Sat, Jan 17, 2015 12:30 pm Subject: Re: Waterfowl count Lots of ice and Canada Geese on a cold bright morning. Five birders 33 species during waterfowl count. Highlight was two peregrines over park circle. http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S21381070
