Sunday, September 4, 2011

September 3rd, A "Gateway" to birds: latest hotspots in Gateway National Recreation Area

September 3rd, A "Gateway" to birds: latest hotspots in Gateway National Recreation Area


Trip Leader: Peter Dorosh

7 participants

57 species total.


Canada Goose

Mute Swan

Gadwall

American Black Duck

Mallard

Northern Shoveler

Green-Winged Teal

Double-crested Cormorant

Great Blue Heron

Great Egret

Snowy Egret

Little Blue Heron

Black-crowned Night Heron

Yellow-crowned Night Heron

Glossy Ibis

Osprey

Peregrine Falcon

Black-bellied Plover

Semipalmated Plover

Semipalmated Sandpiper

White-rumped Sandpiper

American Oystercatcher

Spotted Sandpiper

Willet (Western)

Greater Yellowlegs

Ruddy Turnstone

Sanderling

Least Sandpiper

Short-billed Dowitcher

Laughing Gull

Ring-billed Gull

Herring Gull

Great Black-backed Gull

Common Tern

Forster's Tern

Royal Tern

Least Tern

Black Skimmer

Rock Pigeon

Mourning Dove

American Crow

Chimney Swift

Belted Kingfisher

Eastern Kingbird

Tree Swallow

Barn Swallow

Northern Flicker

American Robin

Gray Catbird

Northern Mockingbird

European Starling

Cedar Waxwing

Common Yellowthroat

Yellow Warbler

Song Sparrow

Northern Cardinal

House Sparrow


Photo by Dennis Hrehowsik, of Hurricane Irene's mark upon the road at Fort Tilden