Sunday, November 17, 2019

Nov 16th " New Horizons" Trip Checklists

Leader Ryan Goldberg

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From: Ryan Goldberg <ryan.goldberg@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, Nov 17, 2019, 2:16 PM
Subject: Re: Trip Checklists
To: Peter Dorosh <prosbird@gmail.com>


Hey Peter,

Here are our checklists from the "New Horizons" trip. We had 10 participants in total on a windy, sunny, frigid day. Each stop brought several surprises.

We made four stops: Marine Park southwest, Shirley Chisholm SP, Jamaica Bay East Pond, and Sunset Cove Park. We were all impressed by the new trail system at Marine Park, with its mix of marsh, creek, meadow, and maritime forest. Shirley Chisholm offers prime habitat on the way to Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge. And Sunset Cove is still a work-in-progress -- they just planted a dozen acres of beachgrass -- but it has great views of NYC and should be a beautiful spot one day once it grows in.

The highlights included a late pair of Indigo Buntings at the new Marine Park trails, as well as two Black-bellied Plovers, a Northern Harrier over White Island, and close-up views of a Cooper's Hawk; six sparrows species at Shirley Chisholm, among them Vesper, American Tree, and Savannah; and a quartet of Redheads at the East Pond.

Marine Park, southwest: https://ebird.org/checklist/S61501118
Jamaica Bay, East Pond: https://ebird.org/checklist/S61501048
Sunset Cove Park (aka Big Egg Marsh): https://ebird.org/checklist/S61500981

Photos from Dan Smith and Ryan Mandelbaum appear in the eBird checklists. Ryan also provided links to additional photos of his:


On Sat, Nov 16, 2019 at 8:21 PM Peter Dorosh <prosbird@gmail.com> wrote:
Ryan

No hurry. Anybody take pics?

Thanks again for leading. Glad it was a fun day with nice boids

P


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Ryan Goldberg
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