June 4th, Breeding Birds of Fresh Kills Park, Staten Island

Leader: Seth Wollney 

Hi Peter,

 

Our Staten Island trip, led by Seth Wollney, was a great success!  The group went to Freshkills Park/Landfill, Mt. Loretto Unique Area, Great Kills Park (Mudflats), and Oakwood beach.  All of the locations were amazing, but Freshkills was a special treat, as it is closed to the public.  We had the entire 2200 acres almost entirely to ourselves and while there, we were able to find Grasshopper Sparrows on one of the mounds.  We also visited with a small group of bird banders who were working in the park. 

 

Thanks to Anthony Ciancimino for compiling the list!

 

Best,

Karen

 

Total Species: 73

Canada Goose
Wood Duck
Gadwall
Mallard
Double crested Cormorant
Great Egret
Snowy Egret
Little Blue Heron
Tricolored Heron
Black-crowned Night-Heron
Glossy Ibis
Black Vulture Turkey Vulture
Osprey
Coopers Hawk
Red tailed Hawk
American Oystercatcher
Killdeer
Spotted Sandpiper
Laughing Gull
Ring billed Gull
Herring Gull
Great black backed Gull
Common Tern
Forsters Tern
Royal Tern
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Yellow billed Cuckoo Chimney Swift
Ruby throated Hummingbird
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
American Kestrel
Eastern Wood Pewee
Willow Flycatcher
Eastern Kingbird
White eyed Vireo
Warbling Vireo
Red eyed Vireo
Blue Jay
Fish Crow
Tree Swallow
Bank Swallow colonyBarn Swallow
Black capped Chickadee
House Wren
Marsh Wren
Carolina Wren
American Robin
Gray Catbird
Brown Thrasher
Northern Mockingbird
European Starling
Cedar Waxwing
Common Yellowthroat
American Redstart
Yellow Warbler
Grasshopper Sparrow
Savannah Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Eastern Towhee
Northern Cardinal
Indigo Bunting
Red winged Blackbird
Common Grackle
Boat tailed Grackle
Brown headed Cowbird
Orchard Oriole
Baltimore Oriole
House Finch
American Goldfinch
House Sparrow