Leader Tom Stephenson
Note added location Plum Beach
Hi Peter,
It turned out to be a great day at Jamaica Bay (and also Plumb Beach). A fun group and lots of good birds.
The rain held off until the very end, so the weather was actually perfect.
I tallied 57 species but I think Sameer may have logged a couple more. If you didn't get his email link let him know.
Highlights were the Little Gull, distant Black-necked Stilt, a Clapper Rail parade, and more. Below is the list I put together.
And thanks very much to the drivers. We can't do these trips without you.
Don't forget to give them the BBC car fare for gas!
See everyone in the park again soon.
Best regards,
Tom
| Double-crested Cormorant |
| Great Blue Heron |
| Great Egret |
| Snowy Egret |
| Green Heron |
| Black-crowned Night-Heron |
| Yellow-crowned Night-Heron |
| Glossy Ibis |
| Brant |
| Mute Swan |
| Gadwall |
| American Black Duck |
| Mallard |
| Bufflehead |
| Ruddy Duck |
| Osprey |
| Clapper Rail |
| Black-bellied Plover |
| Semipalmated Plover |
| Killdeer |
| American Oystercatcher |
| Black-necked Stilt |
| Willet |
| Semipalmated Sandpiper |
| Laughing Gull |
| Little Gull |
| Ring-billed Gull |
| Herring Gull |
| Great Black-backed Gull |
| Gull-billed Tern |
| Common Tern |
| Forster's Tern |
| Least Tern |
| Rock Dove |
| Mourning Dove |
| Willow Flycatcher |
| Eastern Kingbird |
| Warbling Vireo |
| Fish Crow |
| Tree Swallow |
| Bank Swallow |
| Barn Swallow |
| Carolina Wren |
| House Wren |
| American Robin |
| Gray Catbird |
| Northern Mockingbird |
| European Starling |
| Cedar Waxwing |
| Yellow Warbler |
| Common Yellowthroat |
| Eastern Towhee |
| Song Sparrow |
| Red-winged Blackbird |
| Boat-tailed Grackle |
| Baltimore Oriole |
| House Sparrow Sameers' s checklists Hi all, here are the two eBird checklists; I've also shared each with this group via eBird. Plumb Beach: https://ebird.org/checklist/ I also created a trip report containing both checklists; we identified 58 species today: https://ebird.org/ Here are our group photos: Video semipalmated sandpipers by Marisa https://drive.google.com/file/d/114xHvnDDopcEP7fSob1sk-Jan0dTV5Vh/view?usp=drivesdk |
