Sunday, January 27, 2013

January 26th "A Wintry Goose Chase"


Snowy Owl, photo by Bobbi Manian
Leader : Bob Washburn   

Locations: Belmont Lake State Park, Jones Beach State Park


Snow Buntings, photo by Bobbi Manian
Peter,

Happy to report there were actually geese on our goose chase. Plenty I arctic 
goodness. 

Greater white-fronted goose
Brant
Barnacle goose
Canada goose
Mute swan
Gadwall
American black duck
Mallard
Ring-necked duck
Greater scaup
Lesser scaup
Black scoter
Surf scoter
Long-tailed duck
Bufflehead
Common merganser 
Hooded merganser 
Red-breasted merganser 
Red-throated loon
Common loon
Pied-billed grebe
Horned grebe
Double-crested cormorant
Great cormorant
Great blue heron
Sharp-shinned hawk
Red-tailed hawk
American coot
Sanderling
Ring billed gull
Herring gull
Great black-backed gull
Rock pigeon
Mourning dove
Snowy owl
Belted kingfisher (heard only)
Northern flicker
Peregrine falcon
American crow
Horned lark
American robin
Northern mockingbird
European starling
American pipit
Lapland longspur
Snow bunting
Yellow-rumped warbler
Song sparrow
Dark-eyed junco
Northern cardinal
House sparrow
Jones Beach Snow Buntings , photo by Bobbi Manian