Tuesday, February 17, 2015

Fwd: Jones Beach - Jan 10 '15

Leader Steve Nanz

Hi Everyone,

Despite the cold, I had a lot of fun last weekend with all you hard core birders. Thank you all for joining in!

Thank you Monica for sending me the list. I added a few more that I remembered which are asterisked. 41 bird species in all not to mentions the seals. I also added a few photo shots from Point Lookout.

Common Loon - Coast Guard Station*
Red-throated Loon 
Horned Grebe 
Double-crested Cormorant 
Great Cormorant 
Great Blue Heron - Meadowbrook State Pkwy on the way home seen by Janet S.*
Harlequin Duck
Bufflehead 
American Black Duck  - Several flying over dunes near the Nature Center*
Canada Goose 
Common Eider 
Black Scoter 
Long-tailed Duck 
Red-breasted Merganser 
Brant 
Mallard - Point Lookout*
Red-tailed Hawk - Meadowbrook State Pkwy percher in a tree on the way home*
Northern Harrier
Black-bellied Plover 
Sanderling 
Dunlin 
Ruddy Turnstone 
Black-headed Gull 
Great Black-backed Gull 
Bonaparte's Gull 
Ring-billed Gull 
Herring Gull 
Rock Pigeon 
Mourning Dove 
Northern Flicker 
American Crow 
Horned Lark 
Northern Mockingbird 
European Starling 
Yellow-rumped Warbler 
Snow Bunting 
Song Sparrow 
White-throated Sparrow
Brown-headed Cowbird 
House Finch 
House Sparrow 

Harbor Seals

Best Regards,

Steve Nanz