List from Ryan Goldberg
Hey Peter,
The weather was brutal, but mainly due to the wind. Just unrelenting and vicious. When we were in wooded areas blocking the wind, it wasn't all that bad. Quite a few people canceled because of it, but we had 11 in all: five from BBC and the rest from Joe's LI crew.
We never could find snow bunting and lapland longspur, but at Point Lookout, the second leg of the trip, we saw 250+ Gannet plunge-diving and seven harlequin ducks hugging a jetty (two drake and five hen). The harlequins made it all worth it. The drakes were sunning themselves on the rocks. Also saw five red-throated loon together in the inlet there, as well as three drake long-tailed ducks.
Here's the list. Richard Payne was compiling one as well, but I think I got everything.
Jones Beach SP, Nassau, New York, US
Mar 5, 2017 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Protocol: Traveling
4.0 mile(s)
Comments: BBC walk led by Joe Giunta. Very windy, low 20s, sunny. Coast Guard, West End 1, West End 2, Field 6.
30 species
Brant X
Canada Goose X
Bufflehead 3
Red-breasted Merganser 5
Red-throated Loon 1
Common Loon 2
Horned Grebe 1
Northern Gannet 2
Northern Harrier 2
Killdeer 20
Ring-billed Gull X
Herring Gull X
Great Black-backed Gull X
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) X
Peregrine Falcon 1
American Crow 8
Horned Lark 1
Tree Swallow 14
Red-breasted Nuthatch 3
American Robin 2
Northern Mockingbird 10
European Starling 75
Yellow-rumped Warbler 6
Dark-eyed Junco 2
White-throated Sparrow 1
Song Sparrow 8
Northern Cardinal 2
Red-winged Blackbird 50
Common Grackle 1
House Sparrow X
Mar 5, 2017 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Protocol: Traveling
4.0 mile(s)
Comments: BBC walk led by Joe Giunta. Very windy, low 20s, sunny. Coast Guard, West End 1, West End 2, Field 6.
30 species
Brant X
Canada Goose X
Bufflehead 3
Red-breasted Merganser 5
Red-throated Loon 1
Common Loon 2
Horned Grebe 1
Northern Gannet 2
Northern Harrier 2
Killdeer 20
Ring-billed Gull X
Herring Gull X
Great Black-backed Gull X
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) X
Peregrine Falcon 1
American Crow 8
Horned Lark 1
Tree Swallow 14
Red-breasted Nuthatch 3
American Robin 2
Northern Mockingbird 10
European Starling 75
Yellow-rumped Warbler 6
Dark-eyed Junco 2
White-throated Sparrow 1
Song Sparrow 8
Northern Cardinal 2
Red-winged Blackbird 50
Common Grackle 1
House Sparrow X
Point Lookout, Nassau, New York, US
Mar 5, 2017 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM
Protocol: Traveling
1.0 mile(s)
Comments: BBC walk led by Joe Giunta. Very windy, low 20s, sunny.
Mar 5, 2017 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM
Protocol: Traveling
1.0 mile(s)
Comments: BBC walk led by Joe Giunta. Very windy, low 20s, sunny.
19 species
Brant 50
Canada Goose 15
American Black Duck 1
Mallard 1
Harlequin Duck 7
Long-tailed Duck 3
Red-throated Loon 8
Common Loon 2
Northern Gannet 250 Massive plunge-diving flock within binocular range of the shore.
Red-tailed Hawk 1
Sanderling 25
Ring-billed Gull X
Herring Gull X
Great Black-backed Gull X
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) X
Mourning Dove 14
American Kestrel 1
American Crow 2
House Sparrow X
Brant 50
Canada Goose 15
American Black Duck 1
Mallard 1
Harlequin Duck 7
Long-tailed Duck 3
Red-throated Loon 8
Common Loon 2
Northern Gannet 250 Massive plunge-diving flock within binocular range of the shore.
Red-tailed Hawk 1
Sanderling 25
Ring-billed Gull X
Herring Gull X
Great Black-backed Gull X
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) X
Mourning Dove 14
American Kestrel 1
American Crow 2
House Sparrow X
I hope I covered it all.
Ryan
