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| Salt Marsh Marine Park, photo by Chris Laskowski |
Leader Keir Randall
We had a great trip yesterday with a group total of around 60 species. Sites and highlights:
Floyd Bennett Field:
Snowy Owl, Red-necked Grebe, FOS Osprey, Field Sparrow
Marine Park:
Redhead, Boat-tailed Grackle, Turkey Vulture, Tree Swalllow
Coney Island Creek/ Drier Offerman:
Red-necked Grebe (very close), Eurasian Wigeon, leucistic Ring-billed Gull
best
Keir
Location
Date
and Effort
Sat
Mar 22, 2014 7:30 AM
Protocol:
Traveling
Party
Size:
12
Duration:
2 hour(s)
Distance:
2.0 mile(s)
Observers:
, Bambi Friedman, Chris
Las, Dennis Hrehowsik, Janet Schumacher, Joshua Malbin, Kathleen Toomey, Keir
Randall, Monica Berger, Roberta Manian, kristin costello
Species
35
species total
45
|
Brant
(Atlantic)
|
12
|
Canada
Goose
|
5
|
Mute
Swan
|
2
|
American
Wigeon
|
3
|
American
Black Duck
|
3
|
Bufflehead
|
5
|
Red-breasted
Merganser
|
1
|
Ring-necked
Pheasant
Heard only, Ecology
Village
|
1
|
Red-throated
Loon
|
2
|
Common
Loon
|
2
|
Horned
Grebe
|
1
|
Red-necked
Grebe
Off of Archery Road,
probably two
|
2
|
Great
Cormorant
|
1
|
Osprey
|
4
|
Killdeer
|
X
|
Ring-billed
Gull
|
X
|
Herring
Gull
|
3
|
Great
Black-backed Gull
|
X
|
Rock
Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)
|
1
|
Snowy
Owl
A darker individual on
the fields
|
3
|
American
Crow
|
20
|
Horned
Lark
|
1
|
Carolina
Wren
|
7
|
American
Robin
|
1
|
Northern
Mockingbird
|
X
|
European
Starling
|
9
|
American
Tree Sparrow
|
1
|
Field
Sparrow
|
3
|
Song
Sparrow
|
2
|
White-throated
Sparrow
|
1
|
Dark-eyed
Junco (Slate-colored)
|
1
|
Northern
Cardinal
|
10
|
Red-winged
Blackbird
|
2
|
Brown-headed
Cowbird
|
2
|
House
Sparrow
|
Additional
species seen by Janet Schumacher:
|
|
1
|
Northern
Flicker
|
Additional
species seen by Dennis Hrehowsik:
|
|
1
|
Northern
Flicker
|
Additional
species seen by Roberta Manian:
|
|
1
|
Northern
Flicker
|
Additional
species seen by Kathleen Toomey:
|
|
6
|
Gadwall
|
1
|
Peregrine
Falcon
|
Additional
species seen by Joshua Malbin:
|
|
1
|
Northern
Flicker
|
1
|
Dark-eyed
Junco
|
Additional
species seen by kristin costello:
|
|
1
|
Northern
Flicker
|
Additional
species seen by Chris Las:
|
|
1
|
Northern
Flicker
|
1
|
Dark-eyed
Junco
|
Additional
species seen by Monica Berger:
|
|
1
|
Northern
Flicker
|
1
|
Dark-eyed
Junco
|
Additional
species seen by Bambi Friedman:
|
|
1
|
Northern
Flicker
|
Brown headed Cowbirds
Location
Date
and Effort
Sat
Mar 22, 2014 10:00 AM
Protocol:
Traveling
Party
Size:
12
Duration:
2 hour(s)
Distance:
1.0 mile(s)
Observers:
, Chris Las, Dennis
Hrehowsik, Janet Schumacher, Joshua Malbin, Keir Randall, Monica Berger,
Roberta Manian, kristin costello
Species
34
species (+1 other taxa) total
40
|
Brant
(Atlantic)
|
25
|
Canada
Goose
|
2
|
Mute
Swan
|
2
|
American
Wigeon
|
7
|
American
Black Duck
|
30
|
Mallard
|
1
|
American
Black Duck x Mallard (hybrid)
|
25
|
Northern
Shoveler
|
2
|
Green-winged
Teal (American)
|
1
|
Redhead
Female with Brant on
water near golf course. "Scaup like" but no white at bill base,
darker on cap and nape with lighter cheeks.
|
5
|
Lesser
Scaup
|
9
|
Bufflehead
|
1
|
Red-breasted
Merganser
|
20
|
Ruddy
Duck
|
1
|
Ring-necked
Pheasant
HO near golf course
|
1
|
Common
Loon
|
1
|
Pied-billed
Grebe
|
1
|
Horned
Grebe
|
1
|
Turkey
Vulture
|
5
|
American
Coot
|
2
|
American
Oystercatcher
|
1
|
Killdeer
|
25
|
Ring-billed
Gull
|
12
|
Herring
Gull (American)
|
2
|
Great
Black-backed Gull
|
X
|
Rock
Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)
|
1
|
Peregrine
Falcon
|
1
|
Fish
Crow
|
2
|
Tree
Swallow
|
1
|
Northern
Mockingbird
|
X
|
European
Starling
|
5
|
Song
Sparrow
|
1
|
Northern
Cardinal
|
5
|
Red-winged
Blackbird
|
2
|
Boat-tailed
Grackle
|
Additional
species seen by Janet Schumacher:
|
|
1
|
Double-crested
Cormorant
|
1
|
American
Goldfinch
|
Additional
species seen by Dennis Hrehowsik:
|
|
1
|
Double-crested
Cormorant
|
1
|
American
Goldfinch
|
Additional
species seen by Roberta Manian:
|
|
1
|
Double-crested
Cormorant
|
1
|
American
Goldfinch
|
Additional
species seen by Joshua Malbin:
|
|
1
|
Double-crested
Cormorant
|
1
|
Greater
Yellowlegs
|
1
|
American
Goldfinch
|
Additional
species seen by kristin costello:
|
|
1
|
Double-crested
Cormorant
|
Additional
species seen by Unknown Observer:
|
|
1
|
Double-crested
Cormorant
|
Additional
species seen by Chris Las:
|
|
1
|
Double-crested
Cormorant
|
Additional
species seen by Monica Berger:
|
|
1
|
Double-crested
Cormorant
|
1
|
American
Goldfinch
|
Date and Effort
Sat Mar 22, 2014 2:21 PM
- Protocol:
- Traveling
- Party Size:
- 8
- Duration:
- 2 hour(s), 45 minute(s)
- Distance:
- 2.0 mile(s)
- Observers:
- , Chris Las, Dennis Hrehowsik, Joshua Malbin, Keir Randall, Monica Berger, Roberta Manian, kristin costello
Species
27 species (+2 other taxa) total
300 | Brant (Atlantic) |
|---|---|
12 | Canada Goose |
4 | Gadwall |
3 | American Wigeon |
1 | Eurasian x American Wigeon (hybrid)
Swimming near the piers off the restored habitat on the west side of the inlet (opposite Six Diamonds). Originally identified as Eurasian Wigeon but it has been suggested that the hint of green around eye, the extended pink into the gray in flanks etc. make this better for hybrid. A very distant record shot:
|
25 | American Black Duck |
30 | Mallard |
8 | Lesser Scaup |
2 | Greater/Lesser Scaup |
13 | Bufflehead |
5 | Red-breasted Merganser |
1 | Common Loon |
2 | Horned Grebe |
1 | Red-necked Grebe
Continues in the creek between Home Depot and the Cropsey Ave. bridge.
|
2 | American Coot |
2 | Killdeer |
250 | Ring-billed Gull
Including one presumed leucistic (or partially so) Ring-billed Gull
|
20 | Herring Gull |
2 | Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) |
1 | Mourning Dove |
1 | Downy Woodpecker |
5 | Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) |
1 | Eastern Phoebe |
3 | American Robin |
2 | Northern Mockingbird |
35 | European Starling |
1 | Field Sparrow |
8 | Song Sparrow |
2 | Northern Cardinal |
| Additional species seen by Dennis Hrehowsik: | |
| 1 | Eurasian Wigeon |
| 1 | Belted Kingfisher |
| Additional species seen by Roberta Manian: | |
| 1 | Eurasian Wigeon |
| Additional species seen by Joshua Malbin: | |
| 1 | Eurasian Wigeon |
| 5 | Great Black-backed Gull |
| 3 | American Crow |
| 3 | Red-winged Blackbird |
| Additional species seen by kristin costello: | |
| 1 | Eurasian Wigeon |
| Additional species seen by Unknown Observer: | |
| 1 | Eurasian Wigeon |
| Additional species seen by Chris Las: | |
| 1 | Eurasian Wigeon |
| 5 | Great Black-backed Gull |
| 3 | American Crow |
| 3 | Red-winged Blackbird |
| Additional species seen by Monica Berger: | |
| 1 | Eurasian Wigeon |
| 5 | Great Black-backed Gull |
| 3 | American Crow |
| 3 | Red-winged Blackbird |
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| Drier- Offerman /Calvert Vaux Park, photo by Chris Laskowski |
