Monday, November 5, 2018

Fwd: BBC Trip to Breezy Point 11/3/2018


Leader Steve Nanz

Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower  --Albert Camus



-----Original Message-----
From: Steve Nanz <steve@stevenanz.com>
To: Peter Dorosh <ProsBird@aol.com>
Cc: Heidi Steiner <heidi.steiner.bklyn@gmail.com>
Sent: Mon, Nov 5, 2018 12:11 pm
Subject: BBC Trip to Breezy Point 11/3/2018

Hi Peter,

We had a very windy day on Saturday with light rain for the first couple hours. Despite the windy conditions, we did rack up 47 species which included Lesser Black-backed Gull at the Riis Park  parking lot and Lincoln's Sparrow at the Fort Tilden community garden.

Participants: 5

Locations: Breezy Point, Fort Tilden, Riis Park, Floyd Bennett

47 species:

Brant
Mallard
Green-winged Teal
Black Scoter
Long-tailed Duck
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
American Oystercatcher
Black-bellied Plover
Sanderling
Laughing Gull
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Royal Tern
Red-throated Loon
Common Loon
Northern Gannet
Double-crested Cormorant
Red-tailed Hawk
Accipiter sp.
Northern Flicker
American Kestrel
Merlin
Peregrine Falcon
Eastern Phoebe
Blue Jay
American Crow
Tree Swallow
Tufted Titmouse
Carolina Wren
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Hermit Thrush
American Robin
Northern Mockingbird
European Starling
House Finch
American Goldfinch
White-crowned Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Lincoln's Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
Common Yellowthroat
Yellow-rumped Warbler
House Sparrow

Best,

Steve