Sunday, March 29, 2015

BBC Canarsie Pier, Mar 28, 2015

Leader Bobbi Manian



-----Original Message-----
From: roberta.manian@yahoo.com
To: Peter Dorosh
Sent: Sun, Mar 29, 2015 1:14 pm
Subject: Fw: eBird Report - Canarsie Pier, Mar 28, 2015

Hi Peter,

Eleven hearty souls braved morning snow squalls at Canarsie Pier.  We enjoyed a chilly but productive day starting at the Pier, then we walked along the beach to Spring Creek inlet.  Tom spotted a boat-tailed grackle and laughing gulls which were first of year for most of us.  The rough-legged hawk continues above the landfill.  Then onto Hendrix  and a quick look thru the fence at Spring Creek.  We finished up at Canarsie Park.  The fresh water pond was not very active, 2 hooded mergansers and 1 wood duck.   Down by Paerdergast Basin, Kristin found us a beautiful, near-breeding plumage Red-necked Grebe.

A big thanks to Mike for being registrar and to all our drivers.

Participants:
Bobbi Manian, Mike Yuan, Dennis Hrehowsik, Kristin Costello, Monica Berger, Tom Preston, Alie Ratay, Lynne Hertzog, Gina Goldstein, Nina Bai and Bob O'Neill

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On Sunday, March 29, 2015 4:53 PM, "ebird-checklist@cornell.edu" <ebird-checklist@cornell.edu> wrote:


Canarsie Pier, Kings, US-NY
Mar 28, 2015 8:05 AM - 8:45 AM
Protocol: Traveling
0.2 mile(s)
Comments:    <br />Submitted from BirdLog NA for iOS, version 1.8
16 species

Brant (Atlantic)  60
Canada Goose  15
Bufflehead  18
Red-breasted Merganser  16
Horned Grebe  2
American Oystercatcher  6
Ring-billed Gull  35
Herring Gull  20
Great Black-backed Gull  6
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  7
Peregrine Falcon  1
Fish Crow  6
European Starling  2
American Tree Sparrow  1
Song Sparrow  5
Boat-tailed Grackle  1

View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S22561730

This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org)

Fresh Creek - inlet, Kings, US-NY
Mar 28, 2015 8:54 AM - 9:39 AM
Protocol: Traveling
0.5 mile(s)
Comments:    <br />Submitted from BirdLog NA for iOS, version 1.8
23 species (+5 other taxa)

Brant (Atlantic)  35
Brant x Snow Goose (hybrid)  2    Continuing pair.  Gray under wing but lacking the SNGO black primaries.
Canada Goose  8
American Wigeon  3
American Black Duck  4
Mallard  12
Greater Scaup  18
Greater/Lesser Scaup  6
Bufflehead  27
Red-breasted Merganser  7
Ruddy Duck  14
Horned Grebe  3
Great Cormorant  1
cormorant sp.  2
Rough-legged Hawk  1    Light morph hovering over landfill.
American Oystercatcher  2
Killdeer  1
Laughing Gull  2    One flying over, then to the west. The other loafing on the eastern point of the inlet.
Ring-billed Gull  12
Herring Gull  8
Great Black-backed Gull  2
Belted Kingfisher  1
American Kestrel  1
Eastern Phoebe  2
American Robin  4
Northern Mockingbird  1
grackle sp.  1
blackbird sp.  8

View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S22561725


This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org)

 Hendrix Creek, Kings, US-NY
Mar 28, 2015 10:45 AM - 11:35 AM
Protocol: Traveling
0.4 mile(s)
Comments:    <br />Submitted from BirdLog NA for iOS, version 1.8
22 species

Brant (Atlantic)  6
Gadwall  5
Mallard  6
Northern Shoveler  7
Green-winged Teal (American)  13
Bufflehead  15
Red-breasted Merganser  2
Ruddy Duck  60
Ring-necked Pheasant  1    Heard
Northern Harrier  1
Red-tailed Hawk  2
American Coot  2
Killdeer  2
Ring-billed Gull  9
Herring Gull  5
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  2
Belted Kingfisher  1
Merlin  1
American Crow  1
European Starling  1
Song Sparrow  2
House Sparrow  5

View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S22561724


This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org)

Spring Creek Park - Kings, Kings, US-NY
Mar 28, 2015 11:40 AM - 11:50 AM
Protocol: Stationary
Comments:    <br />Submitted from BirdLog NA for iOS, version 1.8
4 species

Gadwall  1
Northern Shoveler  1
Hooded Merganser  2
Pied-billed Grebe  1

View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S22561720


This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org)


Canarsie Beach Park, Kings, US-NY
Mar 28, 2015 12:25 PM - 2:15 PM
Protocol: Traveling
1.25 mile(s)
Comments:    <br />Submitted from BirdLog NA for iOS, version 1.8
28 species (+1 other taxa)

Brant (Atlantic)  605
Canada Goose  84
Mute Swan  2
Wood Duck  1
American Black Duck  4
Mallard  2
Bufflehead  8
Hooded Merganser  2
Red-breasted Merganser  5
Horned Grebe  1
Red-necked Grebe  1    Near-breeding plumage in bay at the west of the mouth of the Paerdergat basin.
Killdeer  13
Ring-billed Gull  8
Herring Gull  3
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  2
Belted Kingfisher  1
Downy Woodpecker  1
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)  1
Eastern Phoebe  4
American Crow  1
crow sp.  1
Black-capped Chickadee  1
American Robin  8
European Starling  60
Song Sparrow  2
Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored)  1
Red-winged Blackbird  61
Brown-headed Cowbird  80    In large mixed flock of RWBL and EUST feeding on eastern ballfields.
American Goldfinch  1

View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S22561715


This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org)