Fwd: BBC Walk: eBird Report - Salt Marsh Nature Center at Marine Park, Mar 26, 2022

Leader Heydi Lopes

Date: Sat, Mar 26, 2022, 3:20 PM
Subject: BBC Walk: eBird Report - Salt Marsh Nature Center at Marine Park, Mar 26, 2022
To: Peter Dorosh <prosbird@gmail.com>

Hi Peter,

Great group of birders on the walk today!! Weather held up till the end, so perfect timing.  And you were right, the Ospreys put on a show today; lots of them around.   One of them was particularly entertaining as it kept carrying around its fish.  We also were treated to the slightly gory sight of it eating the fish.

I didn't take any photos, but Charles got some great shots.  I can ask him to send pics to you if you'd like.  And everyone enjoyed seeing (and hearing) a male Ring-necked Pheasant.  

A bit disappointed that the orange-crowned warbler I saw yesterday did not make an appearance today.  But guess you can't have it all 😜

I did take group shots, which I've attached.

And could you give me the e-mail addresses of the participants?  I told them I would share the list with them!

If you need anything else from me, please let me know.

Heydi

Sent from my iPhone

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From: do-not-reply@ebird.org
Date: March 26, 2022 at 3:05:56 PM EDT
To: kiskadee20@gmail.com
Subject: eBird Report - Salt Marsh Nature Center at Marine Park, Mar 26, 2022

Salt Marsh Nature Center at Marine Park, Kings, New York, US
Mar 26, 2022 8:10 AM - 11:45 AM
Protocol: Traveling
1.888 mile(s)
Checklist Comments:     BBC Walk.
39 species (+1 other taxa)

Brant  120
Mute Swan  2
Mallard  6
American Black Duck  2
Greater Scaup  6
Bufflehead  22
Red-breasted Merganser  9
Ring-necked Pheasant  2     One calling from golf course, other on "inner" trail.
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  1
Mourning Dove  5
Killdeer  2
Ring-billed Gull  122
Herring Gull  6
Common Loon  1
Double-crested Cormorant  10
Great Blue Heron  1
Osprey  5     Lots of Osprey action today.
Buteo sp.  3
Peregrine Falcon  1
Eastern Phoebe  2
Blue Jay  4
American Crow  2
Fish Crow  8
Tree Swallow  4
Golden-crowned Kinglet  2
Carolina Wren  2
European Starling  60
Northern Mockingbird  2
American Robin  8
House Sparrow  2
Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored)  2
White-throated Sparrow  1
Savannah Sparrow  2
Song Sparrow  11
Red-winged Blackbird  21
Brown-headed Cowbird  3
Common Grackle  1
Boat-tailed Grackle  2
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)  2
Northern Cardinal  4

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S105631691

This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (https://ebird.org/home)