February 27th, Winter Waterfowl Wildcard Duckathon Brooklyn and Queens

Leader Peter Dorosh

participants : Mary E, Bob O,Kathy T, Adelia H

Locations in visited order : Bush Terminal Park, Army Terminal pier 4, Gravesend south lot ( Belt Parkway), Coney Island creek, Coney Island 37th Jetty and Pier, Baisley Pond ( Queens) , Hendrix Creek, Salt Marsh Center 

http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S27893859   Bush Terminal

http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S27893877   Gravesend Bay Lot

http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S27893884  Coney Island Creek

http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S27893902  Coney Island 37th Jetty

http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S27893920  Coney Island Pieer

http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S27893944  Baisley Pond

http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S27893966  Hendrix Creek

http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S27893975  Marine Park Salt Marsh Center


18 species duck

Brant Branta bernicla 
Canada Goose B. canadensis * 
Mute Swan Cygnus olor (I) * 
 Gadwall Anas strepera * 
American Wigeon A. americana * 
American Black Duck A. rubripes * 
Mallard A. platyrhynchos * 
Northern Shoveler A. clypeata * 
Green-winged Teal A. crecca *  25 birds
Redhead A. americana *  58 birds
Ring-necked Duck A. collaris * 
Greater Scaup A. marila 
Lesser Scaup A. affinis * 
Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata 
Black Scoter M. americana 
Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 
Bufflehead Bucephala albeola 
Common Goldeneye B. clangula * 
Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus * 
Red-breasted Merganser M. serrator * 
Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis *

Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata 

Common Loon G. immer * 

Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps * 
Horned Grebe Podiceps auritus 

Double-crested Cormorant P. auritus * 
Great Cormorant P. carbo

Northern Harrier Circus cyaneus * 

American Coot Fulica americana *

Killdeer C. vociferus *

Purple Sandpiper C. maritima 

Ring-billed Gull L. delawarensis * 
Herring Gull L. argentatus * 
Great Black-backed Gull L. marinus * 

Rock Pigeon Columba livia (I) * 
Mourning Dove Z. macroura * 

American Kestrel Falco sparverius * 

Peregrine Falcon F. peregrinus *

Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata * 

American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos * 
Common Raven C. corax *

American Robin T. migratorius * 

Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos *

European Starling Sturnus vulgaris (I) *

Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia * 

Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus * 

House Sparrow Passer domesticus (I) *