Fwd: Trip recap: Waning Winter Days at Jamaica Bay Refuge

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From: Ryan Goldberg <ryan.goldberg@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, Mar 7, 2022, 4:57 PM
Subject: Trip recap: Waning Winter Days at Jamaica Bay Refuge
To: Peter Dorosh <prosbird@gmail.com>

Hi Peter,

We had a great turnout of 22 people for the "Waning Winter Days" field trip to Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge on Saturday, March 5. It was cloudy but not cold, in the low 40s with very little wind and occasional sunshine. For a few folks, this was their first time at the refuge. It didn't disappoint. 

Some of the highlights were the massive rafts of ruddies staging for migration on the West Pond, about 700 in all, plus approximately another 200 on the East Pond; a drake Eurasian Wigeon mixed in with American Wigeons; a drake and hen Northern Pintail; and many hundreds Snow Geese. We also detected an Orange-crowned Warbler by its call in some thick scrub bordering the West Pond, but it never emerged for proper looks. A lone Tree Swallow, getting a jump on migration, buzzed over the visitor center as we gathered at 8 a.m.

Here is our eBird checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S104236143

Leader: Ryan Goldberg

Participants: Angie Co, Tina Alleva, Indigo Goodson, Justin Fields, Kevin Rolwing, Russ Comeau, Terry & Erik Von Ploennies, Charles Tang, Valerie Masten, Xinyi Zhang, Danielle Khalife, Haowen Zheng, Marcela Mulholland, Vicki Seabrook, Cecilia Cho, Matt Fischer, Kathy Toomey, Allan Scholl, Anita Haravon, Michele Truong, Chris Laskowski.

Looking forward to spring now!

Best,

Ryan