Sunday, December 9, 2012

December 9th Long Island State parks and duck ponds

Note : this trip original trip locations from Fort Tilden and Floyd Bennett were changed due to Hurricane Sandy severe impact on these parks and their closures. 

Red Crossbills at Hecksher SP, by Mike Yuan

Changed Locations: Hecksher State Park, Seatuck NWR, Belmont State Park, Massepequa Preserve, Massepequa Lake, Mill Pond

Leader Peter Dorosh
11 trip participants
White-winged Crossbills at Hecksher SP, by Bobbi Manian

date = 2012/12/10
site = Hecksher State Park, Seatuck NWR, Belmont State Park, Massepequa Preserve, 
Massepequa Lake, Mill Pond
 
observers = BBC members 11
 
57 species birds
Red Crossbills, by Bobbi Manian
White-winged Crossbill ~9 Hecksher State Park field 7
Red Crossbill ~10 Hecksher State Park field 7
Common Loon 
Red-throated Loon 
Pied-billed Grebe 
Double-crested Cormorant 
Snowy Egret Mill Pond-1
Great Egret Mill Pond
Great Blue Heron 
Northern Shoveler 
Bufflehead 
Gadwall 
American Black Duck 
Canada Goose 
American Wigeon 
Long-tailed Duck 
Greater Scaup Hecksher SP
Red-breasted Merganser Hecksher SP
Green-winged Teal Belmont Lake SP
Brant 
Hooded Merganser abundant
Ruddy Duck 
Northern Pintail Massepequa Lake
Mute Swan 
Mallard 
Red-tailed Hawk Southern State Highway
Sharp-shinned Hawk Hecksher SP
American Coot 
Killdeer 7 Seatuck NWR
Dunlin Seatuck NWR
Wilson's Snipe Seatuck NWR
Great Black-backed Gull 
Ring-billed Gull 
Herring Gull 
Rock Pigeon 
Belted Kingfisher Hecksher SP
Downy Woodpecker 
Red-bellied Woodpecker 
Northern Flicker 
Blue Jay 
Black-capped Chickadee 
Red-breasted Nuthatch 
Carolina Wren 
American Robin 
Tufted Titmouse
Northern Mockingbird 
European Starling 
Swamp Sparrow 
White-throated Sparrow 
Savannah Sparrow 
Song Sparrow 
American Tree Sparrow Common but difficult
Dark-eyed Junco 
Field Sparrow 2 Seatuck NWR
Northern Cardinal 
Red-winged Blackbird Seatuck NWR
Brown-headed Cowbird 
American Goldfinch 
Red Crossbills at Hecksher SP, by Mike Yuan