Greenwood Cemetery Insects Walk June 25th

Green-Wood Insect Walk June 25, 2022

Leader : Matthew Wills

Common Green Darner

Pantala gliders

Blue Dasher

Eastern Amberwing

Fragile Forktail 

Eastern Tailed-blue

Cabbage White

Unidentified moths (2)

Megachile species bees

Bombus species bees

Halictus (?) species bee

Western Honey Bee

European Paper Wasp

Organpipe Mud-dauber mud nest chambers

Horned Oak Gall Wasp on Pin Oak

Spotted Lanternfly (nymph stage)

Witch-hazel Cone Gall Aphid on witch-hazel

Unknown aphid species on Tuliptree

Unknown aphid species on thistle

Poison Ivy Gall Mite on Fragrant Sumac

Red Nail Gall Mite on linden

Condylostylus genus flies

Margined Calligrapher

Calcomyza genus fly (larva leafmines on White Snakeroot)

Liriomyza genus fly (larval leafmines on White Snakeroot

Several other fly species

Conocephalus lesser meadow katydids

Melanoplus grasshopper

Unknown cricket

Asian Lady Beetle (larvae, pupae, and adults)

Common Eastern Firefly

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" Preserve and cherish the pale blue dot,the only home we've ever known"

                                                                            --Carl Sagan

Fwd: Rockaway/Jamaica Bay Bird Walk June4th

Leader Chris Laskowski

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Chris Laskowski <celaskowski@yahoo.com>
Date: Saturday, June 4, 2022
Subject: Re: Rockaway/Jamaica Bay Bird Walk

Hi Peter,

I had 9 people show up for the walk today.  It was a fun and friendly group.  We had great weather and some really nice birds.  Highlights included:  piping plover, nesting least and common terns, barn owl and some ruddy ducks in breeding plumage.  We managed 46 species for the trip. 

Thanks again everyone for supporting green birding!!

I sent the ebird lists please let me know if you didn't get it.

If the photographers got any good shots please share.  Charles, please send the group photo.

Checklists included in this summary:
(1): Rockaway Beach--Edgemere (Beach 32nd-56th St.)
Date: Jun 4, 2022 at 7:15 AM
(2): Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge
Date: Jun 4, 2022 at 10:36 AM

40 Canada Goose -- (1),(2)
15 Mute Swan -- (2)
3 Gadwall -- (2)
8 Mallard -- (2)
4 Ruddy Duck -- (2)
3 Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) -- (1)
6 Mourning Dove -- (1),(2)
3 Chimney Swift -- (1)
2 Piping Plover -- (1)
1 Killdeer -- (1)
12 Semipalmated Sandpiper -- (2)

1 Semipalmated Plover -- (2)
2 Willet -- (2)
60 Laughing Gull -- (1),(2)
5 Herring Gull -- (1),(2)
8 Least Tern -- (1)
6 Common Tern -- (1)
2 Forster's Tern -- (2)
72 Double-crested Cormorant -- (1),(2)
1 Great Blue Heron -- (2)
1 Great Egret -- (2)
2 Snowy Egret -- (2)
2 Yellow-crowned Night-Heron -- (2)
12 Glossy Ibis -- (1),(2)
3 Osprey -- (2)
1 Barn Owl -- (2)
2 Northern Flicker -- (1),(2)
6 Willow Flycatcher -- (1),(2)
1 Tree Swallow -- (1)
4 House Wren -- (1),(2)
2 Carolina Wren -- (1),(2)
15 European Starling -- (1),(2)
10 Gray Catbird -- (1),(2)
1 Brown Thrasher -- (2)
6 Northern Mockingbird -- (1),(2)
9 American Robin -- (1),(2)
9 House Sparrow -- (1),(2)
5 House Finch -- (1)
5 Song Sparrow -- (1),(2)
2 Eastern Towhee -- (2)
20 Red-winged Blackbird -- (1),(2)
1 Common Grackle -- (1)
1 Boat-tailed Grackle -- (2)
5 Common Yellowthroat -- (1),(2)
12 Yellow Warbler -- (1),(2)
5 Northern Cardinal -- (1),(2)

American Oystercatcher

Spring is nature's way of saying, 'Let's party!'

--Robin Williams