Sunday, June 21, 2026

Summer Insects at East Arverne in Far Rockaway

American Sand Wasp. Cellphone pic Kenelma Perez


Leader Rusty Harold

Rusty Harold's I naturalist checklist


Osprey

Killdeer

Piping Plover

American Oystercatcher

Laughing Gull

Herring Gull

Great Black-backed Gull

Least Tern

Common Tern

Rock Pigeon

Mourning Dove

Chimney Swift

Willow Flycatcher

Crow (sp)

Tree Swallow

Barn Swallow

American Robin

European Starling

Northern Mockingbird

Grey Catbird

Yellow Warbler

Song Sparrow

Red-winged Blackbird

Common Grackle

House Sparrow


Wildflower checklist 

Spiderwort species ( Virginian or Ohio )
Yucca
Pasture rose 
Milkweed
Chicory
Red clover
Alfalfa
Ditch Lily 
Butterfly weed
Japanese honeysuckle
Common mullein
False Sunflower
St Johns Wort
Autumn hawkbit
Hedge bindweed
Rabbits foot clover
Queen Anne's lace
Ditch Lily

Deptford Pink
Yarrow 
Black eyed Susan
Prickly Pear
Purple Coneflower

Reference for images

"Woods are filled with the music of birds, and all nature is laughing under the glorious influence of Summer"

. ~Charles Lanman, "The Dying Year," 1840