-----Original Message-----
From: kiskadee20@gmail.com
To: Peter Dorosh
Sent: Sat, Apr 18, 2015 6:15 pm
Subject: Floyd Bennett Field & Marine Park Salt Marsh Walk
Hi Peter,
It was a beautiful day for a walk! 16 enthusiastic birders met at Floyd Bennett Field, the first stop on our trip. It was nice to hear the Savannah Sparrows singing. We then got good looks at two Ring-necked Pheasants as they stepped out of the edge of the North 40 and onto the runway.On our next stop, the Salt Marsh Nature Center at Marine Park, we saw many of the same birds we had seen at Floyd. There were still some Ruddy Ducks hanging around, Greater Yellowlegs, Forster's Terns and a very close, low-flying Turkey Vulture. The last bird of our trip, the long-lingering male Northern Pintail, was a highlight.
Floyd Bennett Field, Kings, US-NY
Apr 18, 2015 7:35 AM - 12:55 PM
Protocol: Traveling
5.0 mile(s)
45 species
Brant (Atlantic) 542 300 in raft in Jamaica Bay
Canada Goose 24
Mute Swan 10
Mallard 2
Red-breasted Merganser 1
Ring-necked Pheasant 2 Male and female pair, moseying down edge of runway.
Common Loon 2
Double-crested Cormorant 28
Great Blue Heron 4 Flyover
Snowy Egret 2
Black-crowned Night-Heron 19
Turkey Vulture 4
Osprey 1
Sharp-shinned Hawk 1
Red-tailed Hawk 2
Killdeer 3
Laughing Gull 5
Ring-billed Gull 8
Herring Gull 20
Great Black-backed Gull 4
Mourning Dove 3
Downy Woodpecker 2
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 3
American Kestrel 3
Eastern Phoebe 1
American Crow 11
Tree Swallow 4
Black-capped Chickadee 2
Carolina Wren 2
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 1
Hermit Thrush 2
American Robin 15
Northern Mockingbird 4
European Starling 18
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 5
Eastern Towhee 2
Field Sparrow 3
Savannah Sparrow 7
Song Sparrow 4
White-throated Sparrow 3
Northern Cardinal 2
Red-winged Blackbird 15
Brown-headed Cowbird 5
American Goldfinch 4
House Sparrow 6
