Sunday, June 17, 2012

Sunday, June 17th, Far Rockaway breeding birds

date = 2012/06/17


sites = Far Rockaway: Arverne Beach site, Bayswater Pt State Park, Edgemere/Rockaway Community Park; Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge

observers = BBC led by Peter Dorosh

47 species

Double-crested Cormorant

Snowy Egret

Little Blue Heron

Black-crowned Night-Heron

Great Egret

Yellow-crowned Night-Heron

American Black Duck

Canada Goose

Ruddy Duck

Mallard

Osprey nesting ,perched and flying; Edgemere, JBWR

Piping Plover

American Oystercatcher

Willet

Gull-billed Tern

Laughing Gull

Great Black-backed Gull

Forster's Tern

Common Tern

Black Skimmer

Herring Gull

Least Tern

Rock Pigeon

Mourning Dove

Chimney Swift

American Crow

Tree Swallow

Barn Swallow

House Wren

American Robin

Gray Catbird

Brown Thrasher

Northern Mockingbird

European Starling

Cedar Waxwing

Yellow Warbler

Common Yellowthroat

Savannah Sparrow Edgemere

Song Sparrow

Boat-tailed Grackle

Red-winged Blackbird

Common Grackle

Brown-headed Cowbird

House Sparrow

Fish Crow
Common Yellowthroat
Ring billed Gull


Photo below taken by Dennis Hreshowsik, at JBWR , near Bench 11
Eastern Towhee consuming Autumn Olive fruit.