Wednesday, August 26, 2015

August 22nd & 23rd: An overnight weekend to New Jersey's shorebirds

Whitesbog Preserve


Leader  Peter Dorosh
Participants : Mary E, Donna E, Chris L, Karen O', Kathy T,Bobbi M.

Locations in order of visit: Allentown Sod Fields, Whitesbog Preserve , Corson's Inlet State Park; Edward G Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge  ( Brigantine)

Note: height of notorious Greenhead Flies season

 Canada Goose
 Mute Swan
 Wood Duck
 American Black Duck
 Mallard
 Blue-winged Teal
 Northern Shoveler
Green-winged Teal
 Double-crested Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
 Great Egret
 Snowy Egret
 Little Blue Heron (white form)
Black-crowned Night-Heron
Glossy Ibis
 Turkey Vulture
Osprey
Northern Harrier
 Cooper’s Hawk
Clapper Rail (juv)  
Digiscoped WESTERN SANDPIPER at Forsythe NWR, photo by Bobbi Manian

Shorebirds= 19 species

Black-bellied Plover
Semipalmated Plover
Killdeer
 Spotted Sandpiper
Solitary Sandpiper
Greater Yellowlegs
Willet
Lesser Yellowlegs
 Marbled Godwit
 Ruddy Turnstone
Red Knot
Sanderling
Baird’s Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
White-rumped Sandpiper
 Pectoral Sandpiper
 Semipalmated Sandpiper
Western Sandpiper
Short-billed Dowitcher
Dowitcher species

 Laughing Gull
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Caspian Tern
Royal Tern
 Common Tern
 Forster’s Tern
Least Tern
Gull-billed Tern
Black Skimmer
 Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Forsythe NWR Goldenrods
Chimney Swift
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Belted Kingfisher
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
American Kestrel
Peregrine Falcon
Eastern Phoebe
Eastern Kingbird
White-eyed Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
Blue Jay
American Crow
Fish Crow
Horned Lark
Tree Swallow
Bank Swallow
Barn Swallow
Tufted Titmouse
Marsh Wren
Carolina Wren
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
American Robin
Gray Catbird
Northern Mockingbird
European Starling
American Pipit
Cedar Waxwing
Ovenbird
Common Yellowthroat
Eastern Towhee
Chipping Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Northern Cardinal
Red-winged Blackbird
Common Grackle
Boat -tailed Grackle
Brown-headed Cowbird
Digiscoped RED KNOTS at Fosythe NWR, photo by Bobbi Manian
House Finch
American Goldfinch
House Sparrow 

93 species





Wednesday, August 19, 2015

Fwd: Jamaica Bay WR, Aug 16, 2015





-----Original Message-----
From: ticornis@yahoo.com
To: Peter Dorosh
Sent: Wed, Aug 19, 2015 1:46 am
Subject: Jamaica Bay WR, Aug 16, 2015

 
Brooklyn Bird Club Field Trip 
Jamaica Bay WR, Queens, New York, US
Aug 16, 2015 7:35 AM - 1:00 PM
Protocol: Traveling
4.5 kilometer(s)
Observers: Nina Bai, Monica Berger, Marc Brawer, Rafael G Campos (trip leader), Chris Laskowski, Richard Lefkowitz, & Jane Simmons.
48 species + 2 species seen by other members of the group - Ring-billed Gull-

Brant (Atlantic) (Branta bernicla hrota)  1
Canada Goose (Branta canadensis)  X
Mute Swan (Cygnus olor)  X
American Black Duck (Anas rubripes)  X
Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)  X
Double-crested Cormorant (Phalacrocorax auritus)  20
Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias)  3
Great Egret (Ardea alba)  X
Snowy Egret (Egretta thula)  X
Green Heron (Butorides virescens)  1
Black-crowned Night-Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax)  1
Glossy Ibis (Plegadis falcinellus)  X
Osprey (Pandion haliaetus)  2
American Avocet (Recurvirostra americana)  1
American Oystercatcher (Haematopus palliatus)  3
Black-bellied Plover (Pluvialis squatarola)  X
Semipalmated Plover (Charadrius semipalmatus)  X
Greater Yellowlegs (Tringa melanoleuca)  3
Lesser Yellowlegs (Tringa flavipes)  6
Sanderling (Calidris alba)  3
Least Sandpiper (Calidris minutilla)  X
White-rumped Sandpiper (Calidris fuscicollis)  1
Semipalmated Sandpiper (Calidris pusilla)  X
Short-billed Dowitcher (Limnodromus griseus)  10
Laughing Gull (Leucophaeus atricilla)  22
Herring Gull (American) (Larus argentatus smithsonianus)  X
Great Black-backed Gull (Larus marinus)  4
Gull-billed Tern (Gelochelidon nilotica)  1
Common Tern (Sterna hirundo)  2
Forster's Tern (Sterna forsteri)  4
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) (Columba livia (Feral Pigeon))  15
Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus)  1    Seen flying across the E Pond with a prey in its talons, later identified as a Feral Pigeon.
Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe)  1
Eastern Kingbird (Tyrannus tyrannus)  2
Fish Crow (Corvus ossifragus)  3
Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica)  6
Gray Catbird (Dumetella carolinensis)  2
Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos)  3
European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)  X
Northern Waterthrush (Parkesia noveboracensis)  3
Palm Warbler (Setophaga palmarum)  1    Single individual landed near the picnic tables at the VC, seen by all.
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) (Setophaga coronata coronata)  1    seen by all the participants a close range. yellow rump was the field mark we all agreed
Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis)  1
Rose-breasted Grosbeak (Pheucticus ludovicianus)  1
Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus)  1
Boat-tailed Grackle (Quiscalus major)  2
American Goldfinch (Spinus tristis)  3
House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)  2

Here are some pics from the trip:
1 white-rumped sandiper; 2 the group; 3 rose-breasted grosbeak