Fwd: BBC Trip 4/30/17

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From: Steve Nanz <steve@stevenanz.com>
To: Peter Dorosh <prosbird@aol.com>
Cc: Janet Schumacher <janets33@optonline.net>; Lenore Swenson <lenoreswenson@gmail.com>; Elliotte Rusty Harold <elharo@macfaq.com>
Sent: Thu, May 4, 2017 04:30 AM
Subject: BBC Trip 4/30/17


Hi Peter,

We had a small group, just four of us. We spent the early morning at Hempstead Lake Park, which was a little slow. We then went to Marine Nature Study Area only to find out it was closed on Sundays. So we decided to try something different by going to Idlewild Park in Queens. They built a really nice nature trail there. After lunch we hit Plumb Beach where it was extremely windy but still very productive. So despite the slow start we ended up hitting 80 species.

Observers: Janet Schumacher, Lenore Swenson, Elliotte Rusty Harold, Steve Nanz

Bird List: 80 species

Brant
Canada Goose
Mute Swan
Wood Duck
Mallard
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Chimney Swift
Clapper Rail
American Oystercatcher
Killdeer
Spotted Sandpiper
Solitary Sandpiper
Greater Yellowlegs
Willet
Peep sp.
Laughing Gull
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Least Tern
Forster's Tern
Black Skimmer
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Snowy Egret
Green Heron
Black-crowned Night-Heron
Glossy Ibis
Osprey
Red-tailed Hawk
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Great Crested Flycatcher
Blue-headed Vireo
Warbling Vireo
Blue Jay
Fish Crow
American Crow
Tree Swallow
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Barn Swallow
Black-capped Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
White-breasted Nuthatch
Carolina Wren
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Wood Thrush
American Robin
Gray Catbird
Brown Thrasher
Northern Mockingbird
European Starling
House Sparrow
Purple Finch
American Goldfinch
Northern Waterthrush
Blue-winged Warbler
Black-and-white Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Northern Parula
Yellow Warbler
Blackpoll Warbler
Palm Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Eastern Towhee
Chipping Sparrow
Song Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Northern Cardinal
Red-winged Blackbird
Brown-headed Cowbird
Common Grackle
Boat-tailed Grackle
Orchard Oriole
Baltimore Oriole

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Best,

Steve