Sunday, January 10, 2016

eBird Checklist – Pelham Bay Park, New York – Sat Jan 09, 2016 – 31 species (+1 other taxa) Brooklyn Bird Club

http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S26807030
Leader Jack Rothman

leader's blog post http://www.cityislandbirds.com/Bronx_Brooklyn_Walk_2016.html

BBC post from Monica Berger

Hi Peter: Here is the trip list for the Pelham trip. There seemed to be three groups on the trip: BBC, Jack Rothman's City Island group, and, to our surprise, Bob DeCandido. The highlight of the Pelham walk were the good numbers of Goldeneyes as well as the two eagles spotted by Tom.

After Pelham, the group went on to Flushing Meadows to chase the clay-colored and lark sparrows as well as the cackling geese and we had a clean sweep of all three species! The cackling geese were super close and it was a special opportunity to absorb the ID.

Pelham Bay Park Brant Canada Goose Gadwall American Wigeon American Black Duck Mallard Greater Scaup Bufflehead Common Goldeneye Red-breasted Merganser Pied-billed Grebe Horned Grebe Double-crested Cormorant Great Cormorant Bald Eagle Ring-billed Gull Herring Gull Great Black-backed Gull Mourning Dove Great Horned Owl Red-bellied Woodpecker Downy Woodpecker Blue Jay crow sp. White-breasted Nuthatch Carolina Wren American Robin Northern Mockingbird European Starling White-throated Sparrow Song Sparrow Northern Cardinal American Goldfinch House Sparrow

Flushing Meadows Corona Park Snow Goose Cackling Goose Canada Goose Mallard Bald Eagle Ring-billed Gull Herring Gull Great Black-backed Gull Mourning Dove Red-bellied Woodpecker Downy Woodpecker Blue Jay White-breasted Nuthatch American Robin Northern Mockingbird European Starling Pine Warbler Clay-colored Sparrow Lark Sparrow Dark-eyed Junco Northern Cardinal Brown-headed Cowbird House Sparrow