August 12th Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, Queens

leader Tom Stephenson

-----Original Message-----
From: Tom Stephenson <12toms@gmail.com>
To: ProsBird@aol.com <prosbird@aol.com>
Sent: Mon, Aug 14, 2017 7:06 am
Subject: Re: Jam Bay Trip

3 species to add to the list I forgot:

Bald Eagle (one flew in and landed on the mud)

Marsh Wren

House Finch

I'm happy to report that the trip to Jamaica Bay yielded a good number of shorebirds and some other species. It was a bit dicey walking around Dead Man's Cove but otherwise the water levels were fine and there was a reasonably good selection of species. Nothing rare but at least good views of almost everything we had.

Highlights included

Lots of Juv Short-billed Dowitchers

Several Stilt Sandpipers

Several White-rumped Sandpipers

Juv and adult Semipalmated and Least Sandpipers

Nice fly-bys of Yellow-crowned NIght-heron

A snout butterfly (thanks to Tom and Gail)

A sand wasp covering over a hole it had dug in the sand.

Below is the list and attached a few photos.

Best regards,

Tom

Double-crested Cormorant

Great Blue Heron

Great Egret

Snowy Egret

Little Blue Heron

Black-crowned Night-Heron

Yellow-crowned Night-Heron

Glossy Ibis

Canada Goose

Mute Swan

Wood Duck

Gadwall

Mallard

Osprey

Peregrine Falcon

Black-bellied Plover

Semipalmated Plover

Killdeer

American Oystercatcher

Greater Yellowlegs

Lesser Yellowlegs

Willet

Spotted Sandpiper

Semipalmated Sandpiper

Least Sandpiper

White-rumped Sandpiper

Pectoral Sandpiper

Stilt Sandpiper

Short-billed Dowitcher

Laughing Gull

Ring-billed Gull

Herring Gull

Great Black-backed Gull

Common Tern

Forster's Tern

Rock Dove

Mourning Dove

Chimney Swift

Willow Flycatcher

Blue Jay

Fish Crow

Tree Swallow

Barn Swallow

Carolina Wren

House Wren

Gray Catbird

European Starling

Cedar Waxwing

Yellow Warbler

Northern Waterthrush

Common Yellowthroat

Eastern Towhee

Song Sparrow

Northern Cardinal

Red-winged Blackbird

Common Grackle

Boat-tailed Grackle

American Goldfinch

House Sparrow