list courtesy of Mike Yuan
13 participants braved the chill at Jones Beach and Point Lookout to
enjoy a nice day out. Highlights were 2 late Semipalmated Plovers at
the West End 2 swale, Snow Buntings, Horned Larks, and brief looks at
a Common Redpoll and 5 White-winged Crossbills at the Roosevelt Nature
Center parking lot. At Point Lookout, the group easily found 3
Harlequin Ducks around the jetties at Point Lookout Town Park, and
observed all 3 scoter species. 50 species total.
Snow Goose
Brant
American Black Duck
Common Eider
Harlequin Duck - Point Lookout jetties
Surf Scoter - Point Lookout jetties
White-winged Scoter - Point Lookout jetties
Black Scoter - Point Lookout jetties
Long-tailed Duck
Red-breasted Merganser
Red-throated Loon
Common Loon
Northern Gannet
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Cormorant
Northern Harrier
Red-tailed Hawk
Black-bellied Plover
Semipalmated Plover - 2 in WE2 swale
American Oystercatcher
Greater Yellowlegs
Sanderling
Dunlin
Bonaparte's Gull
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Northern Flicker
Merlin
Peregrine Falcon
American Crow
Horned Lark
Black-capped Chickadee
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Hermit Thrush
American Robin
Northern Mockingbird
European Starling
Snow Bunting
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Song Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Northern Cardinal
House Finch
White-winged Crossbill - Nature Center
Common Redpoll - Nature Center
American Goldfinch
House Sparrow
