BBC WALK led by Sean Zimmer
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From: Sean Zimmer <seankzimmer@gmail.com>
Date:10/18/2015 7:04 PM (GMT-05:00)
To: Peter Dorosh <Prosbird@aol.com>
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Subject: Marine Park trip report
Hi Peter,
We had some cold but beautiful weather today for our Marine Park walk. 10 enthusiastic birders made for a great group, and everyone got to enjoy some quality birds. We had 60 species total; with 11 sparrow species (see below for the full list).
Special thanks to Kathy Toomey for being our registrar, and to Karen O'Hearn and Paul Chung for driving.
The ballfields near the salt marsh were by far our most productive locale, turning up some really great finds. After Marine Park, we continued on the Floyd Bennet Field where we checked out the Berm, Cricket Field, and Community Garden.
The best bird of the day was undoubtedly an Eastern Meadowlark, found in the ballfields. This same field turned up a Vesper Sparrow.
We observed many White-Crowned Sparrows throughout the walk; all of which were juveniles.
A Clapper Rail was spotted as it ran across the trail at Marine Park, not far from the Osprey nest platform.
Also of note: we observed an escapee Black Swan at Marine Park. It made for a dramatic comparison to the Mute Swans it was associating with.
All the best,
-Sean
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Song Sparrow
Chipping Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
White-Throated Sparrow
White Crowned Sparrow
Savannah Sparrow
Vesper Sparrow
Tree Sparrow
Field Sparrow
Junco
Towhee
House Sparrow
Ruby-Crowned Kinglet
Golden-Cronwed Kinglet
Brant
Canada Goose
Mallard
Black Duck
Wood Duck
Greater Yellowlegs
Great-Blue Heron
Great Egret
Snowy Egret
Laughing Gull
Ring-Bileld Gull
Herring Gull
Double-Crested Cormorant
American Crow
Robin
Phoebe
Mockingbird
Catbird
Blue Jay
Yellow-Rumped Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Palm Warbler
Pine Warbler
Downy Woodpekcer
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Brown Creeper
Flicker
House Finch
Goldfinch
Red-Winged Blackbird
Cowbird
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Cooper's Hawk
Red-tailed hawk
Northern Harrier
Kestrel
Hermit Thrush
Eastern Meadowlark
Mourning Dove
Rock Dove
Starling
Cardinal
Killdeer
Clapper Rail
Mute Swan
Black Swan
Tree Swallow
