11/15/09 - Jamaica Bay W.R., Broad Channel, Queens Co., NY
Time: 9:15am to 11:30am
Observers: Andrew Block
15+ Horned grebes
7+ Double-crested Cormorants
4 Black-crowned Night-Herons
1 Great Blue heron
12+ Snow Geese (+1 Blue Goose)
several Canada geese
many Brants
several Gadwalls
8+ American Wigeons
several American Black Ducks
many Mallards
many Northern Shovelers
9+ Northern Pintails
6 Green-winged Teals
1 Canvasback
many Greater Scaups
several Lesser Scaups
several Buffleheads
2 Hooded Mergansers
several Red-breasted Mergansers
many Ruddy Ducks
7+ American Coots
many Herring Gulls
several Great Black-backed Gulls
1 Fish Crow
1 Black-capped chickadee
2 Tufted Titmice
2 Carolina Wrens
1 American Robin
3 Gray Catbirds
2 Northern Mockingbirds
15 Cedar Waxwings
several Yellow-rumped Warblers
3 Song Sparrows
2 Swamp Sparrows
several White-throated Sparrows
4 Red-winged Blackbirds
4 House Finches
- Sunken meadow S.P., Smithtown, Suffolk Co., NY
Time: 12:30pm to 1:30pm
Observers: Andrew Block
30+ Common Loons
1 Red-throated Loon
3 Long-tailed Ducks
many White-winged Scoters
7 Hooded Mergansers
30+ Canada Geese
4 Mute Swans
4 Double-crested Cormorants
1 Pied-billed Grebe
8+ gadwalls
5 Mallards
5 Dark-eyed Juncos
several White-throated Sparrows
2 Northern Flickers
1 Blue Jay
6 Fish Crows
many European Starlings
40+ Brown-headed Cowbirds
several Herrings gulls
several Ring-billed Gulls
6 Great Black-backed Gulls
- Kings Park High School, Rte. 25A, Kings Park, Suffolk Co., NY
Time: 2pm to 2;15pm
Observers; Andrew Block, Mark Schwartz, Tom Burke, Gail Benson
50+ Canada Geese
1 Cackling Goose
1 Pink-footed Goose
1 Barnacle Goose
Andrew
Andrew v. F. Block
Consulting Field Biologist & Eco-tour Leader
37 Tanglewylde Avenue
Bronxville, Westchester Co., New York 10708-3131
Phone: (914) 337-1229; Cell: (914) 886-5124; Fax: (914) 771-8036
"When the last individual of a race of living things breathes no more, another
heaven and another earth must pass before such a one can be again..." - William
Beebe, first Curator of Birds, Bronx Zoo
"Crikey! Have a look at that!" - Steve Irwin, The Crocodile Hunter
"Just like the white winged dove sings a song, sounds like she's singing whoo,
baby...whoo...said whoo" - Stephanie L. Nicks, Edge of 17, Bella Donna
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