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| Drake BLACK SCOTER at Fort Tilden's Coast Guard Station Photo by Sandy Paci |
Mike Yuan
Peter-
Results of Saturday's waterfowl count at Brooklyn Bridge Park and Red Hook.
-Mike
Date: Jan 18, 2014
Locations: Brooklyn Bridge Park, Louis Valentino Jr Park, Pier 44 Waterfront Garden, Van Brunt Street Pier, Ikea Brooklyn, Columbia Street Pier/Gowanus Bay
Brant-28
Canada Goose - 49
Gadwall- 23
American Black Duck - 11
Mallard - 40
Greater Scaup - 4
Greater/Lesser Scaup - 88
Long-tailed Duck - 1, Van Brunt St pier
Bufflehead-76
Red-breasted Merganser - 12
Common Loon - 4
Double-crested Cormorant - 10
American Coot - 1
Other non waterfowl species
Red-tailed Hawk - 1
Purple Sandpiper - 2, Fly-by Louis Valentino Pier
Ring-billed Gull - 489
Herring Gull - 56
Great Black-backed Gull - 7
Rock Pigeon - 29
Peregrine Falcon - 1, scattered gulls over Industry City/Gowanus Bay
crow sp. - 4
Common Raven - 1, Chased by gulls over Gowanus Bay
Northern Mockingbird - 1 European Starling - 10
Song Sparrow - 2
House Sparrow - 7
January 19th. Prospect Park/Greenwood Cemetery
Dennis Hrehowsik
Lots of ice. Obs were Kristin, Janet Z. and Alan B. and myself and covered pp water in 2 hours. Non waterfowl Highlight was close views of male kingfisher at esdale bridge. (One of few areas not frozen!)
Hoodies 6 Shovelers 27 Mallard 139 Canada 187 Black duck 8 Ruddy 9 Coot 24 Swan 9
Orrin reported gwc water frozen no wAter fowl other than canada flyover heard not seen.
January 20th Coastal Ft Tilden,Breezy Pt, Dead Horse Bay,Gerritsen Creek
Peter Dorosh,with Mary Eyster,Sandy Paci,Joshua Malbin
date = 2014/01/20
Coastal sites= Fort Tilden, Rockaway Yacht Club, Breezy Point ,Dead Horse Bay (Floyd Bennett), Marine Park Gerritsen Creek
observers = Waterfowl Count Team
Common Loon 27
Red-throated Loon 35
Pied-billed Grebe 3
Horned Grebe 15
Red-necked Grebe 2 Breezy Pt
Double-crested Cormorant 2
Great Cormorant 8
Northern Shoveler 38
Lesser Scaup 1
Bufflehead 41
American Black Duck 38
Canada Goose 199
Black Scoter 22
American Wigeon 40
Long-tailed Duck 5656
Greater Scaup 17507; massive flock at Dead Horse Bay marina
Red-breasted Merganser 151
White-winged Scoter 6
Brant 230
Ruddy Duck 2
Surf Scoter 37
Mute Swan 4
Mallard 144
American Coot 1
Scoter species 275
Gallery coastal photos
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| Sunset upon grasses against the backdrop of Dead Horse Bay; beyond at the docks,17,000 Greater Scaup wintering this day. |
