MARCH 28 March in Marine Park

Leader Heydi Lopes

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From: Heydi Lopes <
Date: Sun, Mar 29, 2026 at 6:26 PM
Subject: Re: Yesterday's walk
To: Peter Dorosh <prosbird@gmail.com>

Hey Peter,

Well, it was a chilly morning and certainly did not feel like Spring, but it was a nice walk regardless.  Below is a list of the birds seen and/or heard.  I shared the list with participants who wanted it, while others kept their own lists.

As always with BBC walks, it was a great group!  I did not take any photos, but many participants did (I know that Sameer, Marleny did).

If you need anything else, please don't hesitate to let me know!

Best regards,

Heydi

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Salt Marsh Nature Center at Marine Park, Kings, New York, US
Mar 28, 2026 7:32 AM - 11:18 AM
Protocol: Traveling
1.316 mile(s)
Checklist Comments:     BBC Walk.
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Clear sky
Temperature: 33 - 36°F
Wind: Moderate breeze - fresh breeze
Wind Direction: N - NW
Cloud Cover: 3 - 4%
Humidity: 35 - 50%
Dew point: 13 - 18°F
Sunrise: 6:45am
Sunset: 7:15pm
Weather generated by <a href="https://raincrow.app/">RainCrow</a>
44 species (+1 other taxa)

Brant (Branta bernicla)  3
Canada Goose (Branta canadensis)  3
Northern Shoveler (Spatula clypeata)  8
Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)  12
American Black Duck (Anas rubripes)  2
Greater Scaup (Aythya marila)  6
Lesser Scaup (Aythya affinis)  2
Bufflehead (Bucephala albeola)  7
Red-breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator)  4
Ruddy Duck (Oxyura jamaicensis)  55
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) (Columba livia (Feral Pigeon))  2
Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura)  5
Laughing Gull (Leucophaeus atricilla)  1
Ring-billed Gull (Larus delawarensis)  49
American Herring Gull (Larus smithsonianus)  10
Horned Grebe (Podiceps auritus)  1
Common Loon (Gavia immer)  1
Double-crested Cormorant (Nannopterum auritum)  3
Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura)  2
Osprey (Pandion haliaetus)  4
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (Sphyrapicus varius)  2
Red-bellied Woodpecker (Melanerpes carolinus)  1
Downy Woodpecker (Dryobates pubescens)  2
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) (Colaptes auratus auratus/luteus)  6
American Kestrel (Falco sparverius)  1
Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe)  2
Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata)  5
American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos)  4
Fish Crow (Corvus ossifragus)  1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet (Corthylio calendula)  3
Brown Creeper (Certhia americana)  2
European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)  8
Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos)  4
American Robin (Turdus migratorius)  32
House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)  3
Purple Finch (Haemorhous purpureus)  2
Fox Sparrow (Red) (Passerella iliaca iliaca/zaboria)  1
Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored) (Junco hyemalis hyemalis/carolinensis)  3
Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia)  4
Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus)  8
Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater)  5
Boat-tailed Grackle (Quiscalus major)  3
grackle sp. (Quiscalus sp.)  4
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) (Setophaga coronata coronata)  2
Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis)  3

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S314037667

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

On Sun, Mar 29, 2026 at 4:09 PM Peter Dorosh <prosbird@gmail.com> wrote:

Hi Heydi

How did your walk go in MP ?

Hoped you had nice stuff..

P

"Lines Written in Early Spring" (excerpt)

I heard a thousand interwoven notes of birdsong while I lay in a grove, where I was enjoying the kind of mood in which happy thoughts remind you of sad ones.

Nature connected my soul to all the beautiful creatures around me—and I felt terribly sad to think about what humanity has done to itself.

poet William Wordsworth

for full poem , see link below:

https://www.litcharts.com/poetry/william-wordsworth/lines-written-in-early-spring













   

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