Jamaica Bay breeding birds June 10th

Prickly Pear

Leading:Peter Dorosh

List courtesy of Lisa Detert

Boardwalk through Sensitive Ferns

Here is the list of what we saw at JBWR today:

Canada Goose
Mute Swan
Northern Shoveler
Gadwall
Mallard
American Black Duck
Ring-necked Duck
Ruddy Duck
Chimney Swift
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
White-rumped Sandpiper
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Laughing Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Tern, sp.?
Double-crested Cormorant 

Diamondback Terrapin

Great Egret
Snowy Egret
Night-Heron, sp.?
Glossy Ibis
Osprey
Willow Flycatcher
Great Crested Flycatcher
American Crow
Fish Crow
Purple Martin
Tree Swallow
House Wren
European Starling
Gray Catbird
Northern Mockingbird
American Robin
Cedar Waxwing
House Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Eastern Towhee
Red-winged Blackbird
Common Grackle
Boat-tailed Grackle
Common Yellowthroat
Yellow Warbler
Northern Cardinal

At Sunset Cove Park, we added:
Killdeer
Great Blue Heron

We also saw a few Cabbage White butterflies and two Diamondback Terrapins.

A few photos are attached.

Thanks for a fun day!
Lisa

"The Journey of a Thousand Miles begins With One Step." --Lao Tzu

JBWR West Pond

Fwd: BBC Nickerson Beach 6/3/23

Common Tern

Led by Tom Stephenson

All photos taken by Tom Stephenson

A fantastic trip!

"The Journey of a Thousand Miles begins With One Step." --Lao Tzu

---------- Forwarded message ---------
From: Tom Stephenson <12toms@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, Jun 4, 2023, 8:18 AM
Subject: Re: BBC Nickerson Beach 6/3/23
To: Peter Dorosh <prosbird@gmail.com>
>, 

Hi Peter,

Despite potentially damp weather forecasts and car-eating sinkholes, we had a great day at Nickerson and surrounding parks. 

The weather turned out to be perfect; cool, cloudy, and with the right winds to drive some oceanic birds our way.

We ended up with 61 species. 

Numerous highlights included a slow flyby of a Roseate Tern (thanks to Marisa for spotting this), a breaching Humpback Whale, several pods of dolphins, Wilson's Storm-petrels, 2 Sooty Shearwater (great spotting by Kathy, who sacrificed the Roseate to add these to the list), great views of close Saltmarsh and Seaside Sparrows, Black and Surf Scoters, a close Gull-billed Tern, and more.

Here's the list. I'll send a few photos later.

Best regards,

Tom

Common Loon

Sooty Shearwater

Wilson's Storm-Petrel

Double-crested Cormorant

Great Blue Heron

Great Egret

Snowy Egret

Black-crowned Night-Heron

Yellow-crowned Night-Heron

Glossy Ibis

Canada Goose

Mallard

Surf Scoter

Black Scoter

Osprey

Peregrine Falcon

Clapper Rail

Piping Plover

Killdeer

American Oystercatcher

Ruddy Turnstone

Red Knot

Sanderling

Semipalmated Sandpiper

Laughing Gull

Ring-billed Gull

Herring Gull

Great Black-backed Gull

Gull-billed Tern

Roseate Tern

Common Tern

Forster's Tern

Least Tern

Black Skimmer

Rock Dove

Mourning Dove

Chimney Swift

Willow Flycatcher

Eastern Phoebe

Blue Jay

Fish Crow

Purple Martin

Tree Swallow

Barn Swallow

Carolina Wren

American Robin

Gray Catbird

Northern Mockingbird

European Starling

Yellow Warbler

Common Yellowthroat

Saltmarsh Sharp-tailed Sparrow

Seaside Sparrow

Song Sparrow

Northern Cardinal

Red-winged Blackbird

Boat-tailed Grackle

Brown-headed Cowbird

House Finch

American Goldfinch

House Sparrow

May 31st Tribute to Shorebirds eBird Checklist - 29 May 2023 - Plumb Beach - 37 species (+1 other taxa)

All photos taken by Marisa Hernandez

Led by Peter Dorosh

https://ebird.org/checklist/S139781297

(checklist courtesy of Danielle Khalife)

"The Journey of a Thousand Miles begins With One Step." --Lao Tzu