August 11, 2002

Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge

Conditions: bright, sunny, and hot


Catbird
Osprey (3)
Starlings (flock)
Fish Crow
Ruddy Ducks
Mute Swans
Yellowlegs
Immature Black-crowned Night Heron
Laughing Gull
Double-crested Cormorant
Common Tern
Mallards
Northern Shovelers
American Black Ducks
American Goldfinch
Eastern Kingbird
Yellow-crowned Night Heron
Snowy Egret
Tricolored Heron
Least Tern
Common Moorhen
Willet
Solitary Sandpiper

Submitted by Wendy Murbach

August 18, 2002

Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge

Conditions: sunny, hot, and low wind


Ruddy Ducks
Common Tern
Mute Swan
Glossy Ibis
Double-crested Cormorants
American Black Ducks
Black-crowned Night Herons
Yellow-crowned Night Heron
Yellowlegs
Long-billed Dowitcher
Canada Goose
Forster’s Tern
Common Moorhen
Herring Gull
Osprey
Northern Harrier
Tricolored Heron
Little Blue Heron
Great Blue Heron
Snowy Egret
Laughing Gull
Purple Finch
Tree Swallow
American Goldfinch
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper

Submitted by Wendy Murbach

September 8, 2002

Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge

Conditions: temperature approx. 80 degrees, clear skies


Mute Swan (3)
White-eyed Vireo (1)
House Sparrows (19)
European Starlings (22)
Northern Flickers (3)
Mourning Doves (7)
Herring Gulls (64)
Laughing Gulls (36)
Ring-billed Gulls (51)
Glossy Ibis (9)
Double-crested Cormorants (33)
Cedar Waxwings (8)
Great Egrets (41)
Snowy Egrets (49)
Catbirds (2)
Red-winged Blackbirds (21)
Osprey (1)
Little Blue Herons (4)
American Goldfinches (4)
Mallards (71)
American Black Ducks (66)
Northern Shovelers (8)
Common Terns (22)
Canada Geese (40)
Tricolored Herons (5)
Mockingbirds (6)
Ruddy Ducks (29)
Greater Yellowlegs (5)
Short-billed Dowitchers (5)
American Redstarts (3)
Semipalmated Sandpipers (6)
Immature Night Herons sp. (2)
Great Blue Heron (1)
Eastern Kingbird (1)
House Finches (7)
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher (1)

Submitted by Doreen Remsen

September 22, 2002

Massapequa Preserve

Conditions: sunny, light breeze, temperature in the 70s


Catbird (10)
Downy Woodpecker (2)
Pekin Duck
Canada Geese
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Yellowlegs (425)
Mallards (7)
Green-winged Teal
Short-billed Dowitcher (2)
Common Snipe (1)
American Robin
Northern Mockingbird
European Starling
American Goldfinch
Scarlet Tanager
Blue Jay

September 29, 2002

Norman J. Levy Park and Preserve

Conditions: sunny, light breeze, temperature in the 60s


Double-crested Cormorant (7)
Great Blue Heron (2)
Great Egret (1)
Snowy Egret (4)
Canada Goose (6)
Mallard (32)
American Black Duck (2)
Sharp-shinned Hawk (1)
Northern Harrier (2)
Greater Yellowlegs (1)
Yellowlegs sp. (2)
Great Black-backed Gull (2)
Herring Gull (20)
Laughing Gull (13)
Mourning Dove (5)
Belted Kingfisher (3)
Common Flicker (12)
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (2)
Downy Woodpecker (2)
Tree Swallow (1)
American Crow (10)
Fish Crow (4)
Crow sp. (2)
Black-capped Chickadee (2)
Northern Mockingbird (6)
Gray Catbird (1)
Brown Thrasher (1)
Yellow-rumped Warbler (7)
Palm Warbler (1)
European Starling (11)
Red-winged Blackbird (41)
House Sparrow (3)
House Finch (3)
American Goldfinch (4)
Savannah Sparrow(12)
Song Sparrow (9)

Recorded by Doreen Remsen

October 6, 2002

Massapequa Preserve

Conditions: clear, sunny, 70 degrees, moderately windy


Eastern Phoebe (3)
Northern Mockingbird (2)
European Starling
Northern Flicker (3)
Pied-billed Grebe
Canada Goose (75)
Osprey (2)
Mallard (57)
Northern Cardinal (2)
Carolina Wren (2)
Mute Swan (2)
Pekin Duck
Catbird (3)
Black Duck (4)
Gadwall (2)
Belted Kingfisher
Blue Jay
Common Grackle
Yellowlegs, mostly Greater (340)
Goldfinch (12)
Black-throated Blue Warbler (2)
Common Yellowthroat
American Wigeon (6)
Common Snipe
Green-winged Teal (6)
American Redstart
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Hairy Woodpecker
Red-bellied Woodpecker
White-throated Sparrow
Red-winged Blackbird (3 female)
American Robin

Submitted by Wendy Murbach

October 13, 2002

Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge

Conditions: misty, warm, no wind


House Sparrows (36)
Yellow-rumped Warblers (12)
Downy Woodpecker (1)
Eastern Phoebe (1)
American Goldfinches (3)
Yellowlegs (45)
Great Egrets (6)
Ruddy Ducks (113)
Mallards (83)
Brant (554)
Lesser Yellowlegs (1)
Double-crested Cormorants (151)
American Black Ducks (154)
Song Sparrows (5)
Glossy Ibis (2)
Black-crowned Night Herons (6)
Northern Shovelers (44)
Red-winged Blackbird (1)
Northern Mockingbirds (2)
Tree Swallows (8)
Great Blue Heron (1)
Northern Shovelers (44)
European Starlings (105)
Canada Geese (4)
Carolina Wren (1)
Gadwall (1) female
Dunlin (1)
Herring Gulls (3)
American Crows (4)
Laughing Gulls (59)
Snowy Egrets (5)
Eastern Towhee (1)
Rock Dove (1)
Northern Cardinal (1)
Avocet (1) East Pond

Submitted by Wendy Murbach, numbers by Joe Grupp

October 20, 2002

JFK Sanctuary/Tobay Beach

Conditions: bright sunshine, 50+ degrees, low wind


American Robin
Northern Flickers (11)
Double-crested Cormorants (102)
Northern Harriers (4)
Herring Gulls (10)
Great Blue Herons (4)
Great Egrets (11)
American Bittern
Common Merganser
American Black Ducks (1120)
Mallard
Peregrine Falcons (2)
American Wigeon
Northern Pintail
Osprey
Merlins (2)
American Crow
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Cooper’s Hawk
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Laughing Gull

Submitted by Wendy Murbach

October 27, 2002

Massapequa Preserve

Conditions: sunny, low wind, temperature high 50s


Mute Swans (2)
Canada Geese (71)
Ruby-crowned Kinglets (8)
Double-crested Cormorant (1)
Mallards (96)
Pied-billed Grebe
Northern Cardinal
Downy Woodpeckers (2) (male and female)
Ring-billed Gulls (50)
Blue Jays (10)
White-throated Sparrows (6)
Green-winged Teal (2)
American Black Ducks (2)
Yellowlegs (81)
American Wigeon (10)
Yellow-rumped Warblers (4)
Herring Gulls (5)
Northern Mockingbird
Carolina Wrens (2)
Song Sparrow
Flycatcher sp.
Eastern Phoebe
Red-bellied Woodpeckers (3)
Eastern Towhees (2)
American Robins (2)
Thrush sp.

Submitted by Wendy Murbach

November 3, 2002

Jones Beach, West End 2

Conditions: 45 degrees, moderately windy, sunny


European Starlings (several large flocks)
American Crow
Northern Harrier
Yellow-rumped Warbler (13)
Dark-eyed Junco (2)
Sharp-shinned Hawks (5)
Canada Geese
Herring Gull (20)
Ruby-crowned Kinglet (8)
Brant (150)
Golden-crowned Kinglet (5)
Sanderling (eating a crab)
Great Blue Heron
Great Black-backed Gull (7)
Green-winged Teal
Yellowlegs (10)
Peregrine Falcon
Black-bellied Plover
Flycatcher sp.
White-crowned Sparrow

Submitted by Wendy Murbach

November 10, 2002

Zach’s Bay, Jones Beach

Conditions: 50 degrees, damp, and cloudy


Peregrine Falcon on the north side of the water tower
European Starlings (132)
Canada Geese (30)
Mockingbirds (4)
Rock Doves (16)
Brant (559)
Herring Gulls (14)
Double-crested Cormorants (30)
Great Black-backed Gulls (8)
Ring-billed Gulls (12)
Northern Flickers (4)
Great Blue Herons (5)
House Finches
Yellow-rumped Warblers (8)
Wood Duck
Eastern Phoebe
Hooded Merganser
Belted Kingfisher
American Black Ducks (25)
Northern Harriers (3)
Snowy Egret
Great Egret
Common Loons (2)
Sanderlings (24)
Black-crowned Night Herons (26)

Submitted by Wendy Murbach

November 17, 2002

No bird walk due to rain

November 24, 2002

Pelham Bay

Weather: sunny, breezy, temperature in the 40s


Saw-whet Owls (2)
Great Horned Owl
American Crow
Northern Flicker
Herring Gulls
Black-capped Chickadees
Blue Jay
Canada Geese
American Black Duck (18)
Tundra Swan
Red-breasted Merganser
Buffleheads (30)
Mallards
American Wigeon (12)
Brant (120)
Northern Cardinal
White-breasted Nuthatch
Northern Goshawk (juvenile)
Rough-legged Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk

Submitted by Joanne Del Prete

December 1, 2002

Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge


House Finches (6)
House Sparrows (12)
White-throated Sparrows (4)
Snow Geese (58)
Downy Woodpecker (1)
Yellow-rumped Warblers (6)
Northern Cardinal (1)
Song Sparrow (1)
Brant (89)
European Starlings (150)
Green-winged Teal (12)
Hooded Merganser (12)
American Wigeon (28)
Mallards (26)
Northern Pintail (1)
American Black Ducks (160)
Gadwalls (2)
Ruddy Ducks (5)
Canada Geese (233)
Tree Swallows (5)
Herring Gulls (55)
Great Blue Heron (1)
Northern Harrier (1)
American Crows (2)
American Robins (12)
Ruby-crowned Kinglet (1)
Great Black-backed Gulls (4)
Sharp-shinned Hawks (2)
Hawk sp. (3)

Data collected by Dolores Rogers, counts by Joe Grupp, typed and submitted by Wendy Murbach

December 8, 2002

Zach’s Bay Parking Field #4, N.E. corner

Walk moved to West End Coast Guard Station due to unplowed parking lots

Conditions: bright and sunny, temperature in the 30s, increasingly brisk wind


Northern Harrier
American Oystercatchers (50)
Red-breasted Mergansers (20)
Sanderlings (100+)
Herring Gulls (6)
Brant (500+)
Canada Geese (20)
American Black Duck
Great Blue Heron
Northern Shoveler
Blue-winged Teal
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Great Black-backed Gull
House Finch
Semipalmated Plover
American Crows (6)
Shorebird sp. (200)
Cooper’s Hawk

Submitted by Wendy Murbach

December 15, 2002

Jones Beach, West End 2

Conditions: partly sunny, windy, temperature in the low 40s


Canada Geese (8)
Dark-eyed Juncos (6)
Herring Gulls (90)
Great Black-backed Gulls (28)
Horned Larks (10)
Sanderlings (2)
Red-breasted Mergansers (20)
Tree Swallows (9)
Ring-billed Gulls
Common Loon
Long-tailed Ducks (3)
Mockingbird
Peregrine Falcon (on jetty, harassing gulls)
White-winged Scoters (75)
Bonaparte’s Gulls (2)
American Crows (18)
Yellow-rumped Warblers (7)
Yellow-shafted Flickers (5)

Submitted by Wendy Murbach

January 5, 2003

Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge

Conditions: cloudy, wind under 5 mph, temperature 33 degrees


House Finches (50)
Canada Geese (101)
Yellow-rumped Warblers (2)
American Wigeon (16)
Mockingbirds (2)
American Black Ducks (76)
Brant (70)
Buffleheads (10)
Red-breasted Mergansers (6)
Green-winged Teal (2)
Great Blue Heron
Northern Harrier
Mallard (9)
Song Sparrow (3)
Hooded Mergansers (10)
Great Black-backed Gulls (6)
Cormorants (12)
Peregrine Falcon
American Tree Sparrows (20)
Scaup sp. (175)
Ruddy Ducks (225)
Shovelers (18)
Red-winged Blackbird
Mourning Doves (6)
Gadwalls (2)
Ring-billed Gull
Horned Grebe
American Robins (12)
White-throated Sparrows (9)
Cardinals (2)
House Sparrow
Downy Woodpecker
Goldfinches (2)
Carolina Wren

Submitted by Wendy Murbach

January 12, 2003

Massapequa Preserve

Conditions: sunny, moderate wind from west, temperature 25-30 degrees


Great Blue Heron
Mute Swans (2)
Canada Geese (148)
Mallards (181)
American Black Ducks (7)
Gadwalls (8)
Green-winged Teal (14)
American Wigeon (6)
Wood Duck
Bufflehead
Hooded Mergansers (2)
Killdeer (2)
Greater Yellowlegs (2)
Wilson’s (formerly Common) Snipe (2)
Dowitcher sp. (2)
Great Black-backed Gull
Herring Gull
Ring-billed Gulls (142)
Mourning Doves (3)
Belted Kingfisher
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpeckers (2)
Blue Jays (2)
White-breasted Nuthatches (3)
Northern Mockingbird (4)
American Robins (4)
Northern Cardinal (3)
House Finch
American Goldfinches (2)
White-throated Sparrows (14)

Submitted by Joe Grupp

January 19, 2003

Jones Beach, West End 2 and Point Lookout

Conditions: sunny, 5 mph wind, temperature 20 degrees

Weatherproof Birders: 10 (walk officially cancelled due to low temperature)


American Crows (5)
Brant (9)
Herring Gulls (150)
Surf Scoter (female)
Northern Shoveler (9)
Gadwall
Peregrine Falcon
American Black Ducks (19)
Red-throated Loons (3)
Great Black-backed Gulls (20)
Sanderlings (8)
Long-tailed Duck (Oldsquaw)
Red-breasted Mergansers (4)
Dunlin (5)
Mourning Doves (2)
Yellow-rumped Warblers (10)
European Starlings (24)
Northern Mockingbird
House Sparrows (2)
Double-crested Cormorants (3)
Bonaparte’s Gull

We drove over to Point Lookout Town Park, walked along the beach toward the rocks that line the inlet, and saw:
Black-bellied Plovers (2 in parking lot)
Dark-eyed Junco
House Sparrows (2)
Brant (too many to count)
White-winged Scoter
Red-breasted Mergansers (16)
Sanderlings (4)
Herring Gulls (30)
Horned Grebes (2)
Red-necked Grebe
Double-crested Cormorant
Northern Harrier
Ruddy Turnstone
Red-throated Loons (3)
Harlequin Duck (5; two males and three females)
Bonaparte’s Gulls (150)
Purple Sandpipers (30)

Submitted by Wendy Murbach

January 26, 2003

Hempstead Lake State Park

Conditions: Cloudy, little wind, temperature 29 degrees


Canada Goose (100)
White-breasted Nuthatch
Downy Woodpeckers (3)
Herring Gulls (too many to count)
Black-capped Chickadee
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Red-bellied Woodpeckers (3)
Brown Creeper
Tufted Titmouse
Hawk sp.
Ruddy Ducks (5)
Great Black-backed Gulls (50)
American Black Ducks (2)
Blue Jay
Northern Cardinals (3)
American Crows (10)
White-throated Sparrows (6)
American Robins (2)
Mallards (13)
Hairy Woodpecker (2; male & female)
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Unidentified different ducks (2)

Submitted by Wendy Murbach

February 2, 2003

Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge

Conditions: Sunny, windy, temperature 35 degrees


Northern Mockingbirds (2)
White-throated Sparrow
Herring Gulls (78)
Great Black-backed Gulls (3)
Snow Geese (10)
Northern Harrier
Mallards (6)
Canada Geese (33)
American Crow
Northern Shovelers (12)
American Black Ducks (78)
Downy Woodpecker
House Finches (8)
House Sparrows (57)
Mourning Dove
Scaup sp. (15)
Buffleheads (5)
Yellow-rumped Warblers (2)
Carolina Wren
Red-breasted Mergansers (6)
Peregrine Falcon
Red-winged Blackbirds (2)
Black Scoters (10)

Submitted by Wendy Murbach via Joanne Del Prete

February 9, 2003

Zach’s Bay

Conditions: Mostly sunny, moderate west wind, temperature 30 degrees, 4 inches of snow on ground


Great Blue Heron
Canada Geese (17)
Brant
Mallards (4)
American Black Ducks (62)
Bufflehead
Red-breasted Mergansers (12)
Northern Harrier
Greater Yellowlegs
Sanderlings (17)
Great Black-backed Gulls (2)
Herring Gulls (59)
Rock Doves (4)
Northern Flickers (2)
Northern Mockingbirds (3)
European Starlings (14)
Yellow-rumped Warblers (8)
Song Sparrows (2)

Submitted by Joe Grupp and Wendy Murbach

February 16, 2003

Norman J. Levy Park and Preserve

Conditions: Cloudy, 5 mph wind, snow on ground, temperature 12 degrees

Weatherproof Birders: 10 (walk officially cancelled due to low temperature)


Green-winged Teal (7)
Canada Geese (63)
Mallards (6)
Ring-billed Gulls (28)
Rock Doves (13)
Gadwalls (12)
Song Sparrows (2)
Northern Harrier
American Tree Sparrow
Herring Gulls (54)
Double-crested Cormorant
American Black Ducks (22)
American Wigeon
Belted Kingfisher
Merlin
European Starlings (2)
Yellowlegs sp.
American Crows (6)

Submitted by Wendy Murbach

February 23, 2003

Pelham Bay

Conditions: Light fog, soggy snow on ground, temperature in the 40s


Great Horned Owl
Saw-whet Owl
American Crow
Canada Geese (26)
Mute Swans (3)
Blue Jay
American Wigeon (5)
American Black Ducks (3)
Gadwalls (2)
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
White-throated Sparrows (16)
Herring Gulls
Ring-billed Gulls
Red-tailed Hawk (at Pelham Manor)
American Robins (13 at Pelham Manor)
Northern Cardinals (5 at Pelham Manor)
Mourning Dove (at Pelham Manor)

Submitted by Jonathan Staller

March 9, 2003

Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge

Conditions: Sunny, 50 degrees, moderate southwest wind, West Pond 80% ice covered


Pied-billed Grebe
Canada Geese (47)
Brant (103)
American Wigeon (2)
Green-winged Teal (9)
Mallards (19)
American Black Ducks (282)
Northern Shovelers (35)
Canvasbacks (7)
Scaup sp. (30)
Buffleheads (3)
Hooded Merganser
Red-breasted Mergansers (18)
Ruddy Ducks (60)
American Coot
Ring-billed Gulls (20)
Great Black-backed Gulls (9)
Herring Gulls (146)
Mourning Dove
Downy Woodpecker
Crow sp. (2)
Song Sparrow
White-throated Sparrows (7)
Dark-eyed Junco
Northern Cardinals (2)
Red-winged Blackbirds (10)
House Finches (6)

Submitted by Joe Grupp

March 16, 2003

Norman J. Levy Park and Preserve

Conditions: Sunny, 60 degrees, no wind


Rock Dove
Ring-billed Gulls (41)
Brant (775)
Herring Gulls (58)
Crow sp. (7)
American Crows (14)
Song Sparrows (25)
Killdeer
Red-winged Blackbirds (22)
American Goldfinches (3)
Northern Mockingbirds (2)
Belted Kingfishers (2)
Canada Geese (11)
Mallards (27)
Northern Harrier
American Black Ducks (7)
Green-winged Teal (28)
Hooded Mergansers (3)
Gadwalls (9)
European Starlings (6)
Fish Crows (93)
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Great Blue Heron (2)
Red-breasted Mergansers (15)
Yellow-rumped Warblers (2)
Yellowlegs sp. (2)
American Robin (4)
Common Loon
Red-throated Loon
Great Black-backed Gulls (4)
Brown-headed Cowbird
Horned Grebe
Red-necked Grebe
Downy Woodpecker
Scaup sp. (50)
Peregrine Falcon
American Wigeon (21)
Mourning Doves (3)
House Sparrows (2)

Submitted by Doreen Remsen (includes birds seen with Jim Remsen at 9 A.M.)

March 23, 2003

Massapequa Preserve

Conditions: Sunny, 54 degrees, light wind


Sharp-shinned Hawks (3)
American Robin (2)
Fish Crow
Mourning Doves (3)
Common Grackles (2)
Northern Cardinals (2)
Mallards (58)
Mute Swans (2)
Canada Geese (57)
Black-capped Chickadees (2)
Ring-billed Gulls (6)
Song Sparrows (4)
Green-winged Teal (2)
Red-bellied Woodpeckers (2)
Yellowlegs sp. (11)
Pied-billed Grebe
Belted Kingfisher
American Black Ducks (10)
White-throated Sparrow

Submitted by Wendy Murbach

April 6, 2003

Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge

Conditions: Sunny, 35 degrees, windy


House Finch
Canada Geese (36)
Osprey
Great Black-backed Gulls (15)
American Black Ducks (34)
Brant (124)
Tree Swallows (60)
Ruddy Ducks (150)
American Crow
Buffleheads (6)
Mute Swans (2)
Bonaparte’s Gulls (32)
Double-crested Cormorants (2)
Northern Shovelers (34)
Herring Gulls (28)
Glossy Ibis (6)
Ring-billed Gulls (4)
Red-winged Blackbirds (3)
American Robins (2)
Downy Woodpecker
White-throated Sparrows (2)
Mourning Dove
Northern Cardinals (3)
Green-winged Teal (2)
Mallards (8)
Scaup sp. (8)
American Goldfinch
Great Egret

Submitted by Wendy Murbach

April 13, 2003

Massapequa Preserve

Conditions: Sunny, temperature in high 40s, moderately breezy


Common Grackles (8)
Common Loon
Double-crested Cormorants (23)
Mute Swans (4)
Ospreys (2)
Tree Swallows (2)
Great Egrets (3)
American Black Ducks (18)
Yellow-rumped Warblers (5)
Red-winged Blackbirds (4)
Mourning Doves (3)
Mallards (9)
American Crows (4)
American Goldfinches (4)
American Robins (2)
Canada Geese (18)
Black-capped Chickadees (2)
Hairy Woodpecker
Northern Cardinals (2)
Gull sp. (4)
Northern Mockingbird
Belted Kingfishers (2)
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Palm Warbler
Yellowlegs sp. (6)
White-throated Sparrow (3)
Song Sparrows (2)
Eastern Phoebe
Sharp-shinned Hawk

Submitted by Wendy Murbach

April 20, 2003

Jones Beach West End 2

Conditions: Sunny, about 50 degrees, light breeze


Sharp-shinned Hawk
Canada Geese
Great Black-backed Gulls (40)
Northern Harriers (2)
Double-crested Cormorant
American Crows (2)
Red-winged Blackbird
Great Egrets (2)
Snowy Egret
Common Loons (3)
American Robins (4)
Brown-headed Cowbirds (2)
Tree Swallow
Northern Flicker
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Song Sparrows (2)
Red-throated Loons (2)
Red-necked Grebes (2)
Hermit Thrush
House Finch
American Oystercatchers (4)
Long-tailed Ducks (10)
Mute Swan
Horned Grebes (2)
Mourning Dove

Submitted by Wendy Murbach

April 27, 2003

Norman J. Levy Park and Preserve

Conditions: Sunny, about 60 degrees, breezy


Song Sparrows (21)
Brown-headed Cowbirds (7)
Herring Gulls (24)
Yellow Warblers (3)
Ring-billed Gulls (12)
Laughing Gulls (17)
Red-winged Blackbirds (25)
European Starlings (6)
House Sparrows (2)
Northern Mockingbirds (3)
Killdeer (4)
Canada Geese (8)
Belted Kingfisher
Gadwalls (4)
Double-crested Cormorants (3)
Crow sp. (8)
American Goldfinches (3)
American Robins (9)
Mallards (3)
Great Black-backed Gull
Sharp-shinned Hawk
House Finches (2)
Downy Woodpecker
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Yellow-rumped Warblers (4)
Mourning Doves (4)
Snowy Egrets (6)
Greater Yellowlegs (6)
Barn Swallows (3)
Great Blue Heron
Common Tern
Great Egrets (2)
Brant (145)
Red-breasted Mergansers (3)
Forster’s Tern
Little Blue Heron
Glossy Ibis (20)
Tree Swallows (40)
Northern Cardinal
Savannah Sparrows (3) (plus 1 Ipswich form)
Bobolink
Common Grackles (3)

Submitted by Jim Remsen (includes birds seen from 9 A.M. to noon)

May 4, 2003

Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge

Conditions: Fair skies, temperature in the low 60s, not much wind


American Robins (2)
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Glossy Ibis (17)
Eastern Towhees (4)
American Goldfinches (2)
Gray Catbirds (5)
Canada Geese (24)
Red-winged Blackbirds (8)
Yellow Warblers (8)
Great Egrets (9)
Chimney Swift
Tree Swallows (> 70)
Double-crested Cormorants (5)
American Crows (4)
Carolina Wren
Brant (168)
Black-crowned Night Heron
Yellow-crowned Night Herons (2)
Ruddy Ducks (>30)
Scaup sp.
Song Sparrows (2)
Bank Swallow
Northern Cardinal
Willets (3)
Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gulls (25)
Common Tern
Mallards (15)
Laughing Gulls (6)
Northern Mockingbird
Mute Swans (2)
Semipalmated Sandpipers (3)
Gadwall
Brown Thrasher
House Wren
Gull-billed Tern
Clapper Rail

Submitted by Wendy Murbach

May 11, 2003

Norman J. Levy Park and Preserve

Conditions: 58 degrees, misty, no wind


Willets (4)
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Northern Parula
American Redstart
Gray Catbirds (3)
Black-and-White Warblers (2)
Northern Mockingbirds (3)
Common Grackle
Clapper Rail
Red-winged Blackbirds (14)
Yellow Warbler
Brant (43)
Greater Yellowlegs
Long-billed Dowitcher
Killdeer
Semipalmated Sandpipers (10)
Dunlin (8)
Common Terns (2)
Laughing Gulls (10)
Mourning Doves (3)
Black-bellied Plovers (2)
Glossy Ibis (2)
Green Heron
Belted Kingfisher
Snowy Egret
European Starling (8)
House Sparrow
Great Egret
American Robin
Double-crested Cormorant
Song Sparrows (7)
Common Yellowthroat
American Crows (2)
Osprey
Brown Thrasher
Ring-billed Gulls (20)
Herring Gulls (4)
Tree Swallow

Submitted by Wendy Murbach

May 18, 2003

Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge

Conditions: 55 degrees, sunny, breeze from northeast


American Black Ducks (4)
American Crow
American Oystercatcher
American Redstarts (4)
American Robins (7)
Baltimore Orioles (2)
Black-and-white Warbler
Black-bellied Plovers (2)
Brant (63)
Brown Thrasher
Canada Geese (13)
Carolina Wren
Clapper Rail (3)
Common Grackle
Common Nighthawk (from the parking lot)
Common Terns (3)
Common Yellowthroats (8)
Double-crested Cormorants (12)
Eastern Phoebe
Eastern Towhees (4)
European Starling
Fish Crow
Forster’s Terns (6)
Glossy Ibis (> 44)
Gray Catbirds (12)
Great Black-backed Gulls (2)
Great Egret
Herring Gulls (> 39)
House Finches (5)
House Sparrows (2)
House Wrens (2)
Laughing Gulls (> 23)
Little Blue Heron
Magnolia Warbler
Mallards (3)
Mourning Doves (4)
Mute Swan
Northern Cardinals (2)
Northern Mockingbird
Northern Parulas (2)
Osprey
Ovenbird
Red-winged Blackbird (18)
Ring-billed Gulls (7)
Rose-breasted Grosbeak (female)
Ruddy Ducks (11)
Semipalmated Plovers (3)
Snowy Egrets (5)
Song Sparrows (2)
Tree Swallows (> 22)
White-crowned Sparrows (2)
White-eyed Vireos (2)
Willets (3)
Wilson’s Warbler
Yellow-breasted Chat
Yellow-crowned Night Herons (4)
Yellow-rumped Warblers (2)
Yellow Warblers (15)

Submitted by Michael Sperling

June 8, 2003

Massapequa Preserve

Conditions: 62 degrees, cloudy, still air


Gray Catbirds (25+)
Yellow Warblers (12)
Mute Swans (4, incl. 2 cygnets)
Canada Geese (40)
Double-crested Cormorant
Red-winged Blackbirds (15)
American Robins (3)
Warbling Vireos (2)
Red-eyed Vireo
Forster’s Terns (2)
Mourning Dove
Baltimore Orioles (8)
Orchard Oriole
Song Sparrows (2)
Great Egrets (2)
Northern Cardinal
Eastern Kingbirds (4)
Belted Kingfisher
Tufted Titmouse (nesting)
Carolina Wren
Boat-tailed Grackles (2)
Mallards (6)
Great Crested Flycatcher
Northern Mockingbird

Submitted by Wendy Murbach

August 24, 2003

Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge

Conditions: 79 degrees, sunny


Glossy Ibis (17)
European Starlings (22)
House Finches (4)
Mourning Doves (5)
Cedar Waxwings (5)
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Yellow Warbler
Eastern Kingbirds (5)
Herring Gulls (4)
Tree Swallows (4)
Double-crested Cormorants (12)
Least Sandpiper
Sanderling
Long-billed Dowitchers (4)
American Oystercatchers (4)
Yellow-crowned Night Heron
Great Blue Heron
Immature night herons (6)
Common Terns (100)
Forster’s Tern
Laughing Gulls (3)
American Goldfinch
Eastern Phoebe
American Robin
Gray Catbirds (2)
Ospreys (4)
Black-crowned Night Heron
Mute Swans (6)
Northern Shovelers (4)
American Black Ducks (36)
Mallards (270)
Canada Geese (48)
Little Blue Heron
Song Sparrows (2)
Tricolored Heron
Northern Cardinal
American Redstart

Submitted by Wendy Murbach

September 7, 2003

Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge

Conditions: Sunny, temperature in the 70s, slight breeze


Glossy Ibis (17)
Flycatcher sp.
American Redstarts (5)
Yellow Warbler
Ospreys (2)
Glossy Ibis (9)
Great Egret (10)
Double-crested Cormorants (43)
American Robins (2)
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Canada Geese (14)
Northern Cardinal
Mourning Doves (3)
White-eyed Vireo
Magnolia Warbler
Green-winged Teal (8)
American Black Ducks (349)
Mallards (35)
Northern Shovelers (42)
Gadwall (11)
Mute Swans (2)
American Wigeon (2)
Black Swan
Herring Gulls (20)
Black-crowned Night Herons (4)
Song Sparrow
Semipalmated Plover
Wilson’s Phalarope
Little Blue Heron
Tricolored Heron
Yellow-crowned Night Heron (3)
Snowy Egret
Eastern Kingbirds (4)
Blackburnian Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Gray Catbirds (2)

Submitted by Wendy Murbach

 

September 21, 2003

Massapequa Preserve

Conditions: Sunny, low wind, 78 degrees

Red-bellied Woodpeckers (2)
Green Heron
Red-eyed Vireo
Mute Swans (family of 8)
Belted Kingfisher
Canada Geese (30)
Mallards (15)
Eastern Kingbird
American Redstart
Great Blue Heron
Dowitcher sp. (18)
Great Egret
Gray Catbirds (7)
Ring-billed Gulls (10)
Flycatcher sp.
American Black Ducks (6)
Greater Yellowlegs (15)
Solitary Sandpiper
Green-winged Teal
Blue Jays (6)
Northern Flickers (3)
Song Sparrow
Cedar Waxwings (6)
Carolina Wren
Wilson's Warbler
Black-capped Chickadee
Common Yellowthroat
American Goldfinch (adult and nestlings)

Compiled by Therese Lucas, submitted by Wendy Murbach


October 5, 2003

JFK Sanctuary / Tobay Beach

Conditions: Brilliant sun, moderate winds, temperature in the 60s

Tree Swallows (too many to count, incl. several large clouds)
Ospreys (2)
Merlin
Great Egrets (6)
Gray Catbirds (3)
Great Blue Herons (2)
Snowy Egret
Northern Harriers (2)
American Black Ducks (6)
Red-winged Blackbirds (2)
Yellow-rumped Warblers (6)
Black-capped Chickadee
Canada Geese (4)
Brant
Black-crowned Night-Herons (13)
Northern Flickers (22)
American Robin
Kinglet sp.
Common Yellowthroat
Cedar Waxwing
American Crows (2)
Cooper's Hawk
Northern Pintail
Belted Kingfisher
Eastern Towhee
Black-throated Blue Warbler

Submitted by Wendy Murbach

October 19, 2003

Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge

Conditions: Temperature in low 50s, raw and damp,

rain and wind at 11:30

Chipping Sparrows (5)
Double-crested Cormorant
Herring Gulls (3)
Yellow-rumped Warblers (30)
Great Egrets (5)
Northern Harrier
Brant (too numerous to count)
Black-crowned Night-Heron
Gadwall
Green-winged Teal
Northern Shovelers (10)
American Wigeon (10)
American Coot
Mallards (15)
Dark-eyed Juncos (2)
Northern Pintail
Mute Swans (4)
Pied-billed Grebe
Ruddy Ducks (5)
Canada Geese (11)
Great Black-backed Gull
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Sandpiper sp.
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Yellowlegs sp. (4)
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Snow Geese (5, incl. 2 juveniles)
American Black Duck
Blue-winged Teal
Scaup sp. (raft)
Dunlin
Snowy Egret
Black-bellied Plovers (13)
Northern Flickers (2)
Ruddy Turnstones (3)

Submitted by Wendy Murbach



October 26

Massapequa Preserve

Conditions: Overcast with some light showers, seasonably warm, calm

Bald Eagle (immature, flying low, migrating)
Pied-billed Grebe
Mute Swans (3)
Canada Geese (5)
Brant (50 flying over)
American Wigeon (12)
Green-winged Teal (7)
Gadwalls (8)
Mallards (118)
American Black Ducks (2)
Northern Shovelers (4)
Pekin Duck (1)
Common Snipe (6)
Dowitcher sp. (18)
Greater Yellowlegs (1)
Lesser Yellowlegs (1)
Yellowlegs sp. (161)
Ring-billed Gulls (15)
Downy Woodpeckers (2)
Northern Flicker
Crow sp. (4)
Black-capped Chickadees (2)
Carolina Wren
Yellow-rumped Warblers (3)
Northern Cardinals (2)
White-crowned Sparrow
Song Sparrows (2)

Submitted by Joe Grupp, recorded by Dolores Grupp

November 2, 2003

Zach's Bay, Jones Beach

Conditions: Sunny, 70 degrees, low wind

Northern Mockingbird
Yellow-rumped Warbler
House Sparrow
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Hermit Thrush
Song Sparrow
Canada Goose
Dark-eyed Junco
American Crow
European Starling
Brant
Double-crested Cormorant
Merlin (2)
Fish Crow
Savannah Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Yellowlegs sp.
Gray Catbird

Submitted by Marcia Specht

November 9, 2003

Jones Beach, West End 2

Conditions: Sunny, temperature in 50s, windy

Northern Harrier
Dark-eyed Junco
Hermit Thrush
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Mourning Dove
Common Yellowthroat
Chipping Sparrow
Eastern Phoebe
Song Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Field Sparrow
Northern Flicker
Brown Creeper
Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Red-breasted Merganser
Brant
American Robin
White-crowned Sparrow
Eastern Towhee

Compiled by Robin Fishman, submitted by Wendy Murbach

November 16, 2003

Massapequa Preserve

Conditions: Temperature in the 50s, low wind, sunny

Mute Swans (4, including one cygnet)
Gadwall (11)
Pied-billed Grebe
Mallards (49)
Pekin Ducks (4)
Gull sp. (50)
American Robin
White-throated Sparrows (2)
American Goldfinch
Wilson's Snipe (2)
Canada Goose
Yellowlegs sp.
Green-winged Teal (10)
Blue Jay
Black-capped Chickadees (2)
Downy Woodpeckers (2)
Gray Catbird
Ruby-crowned Kinglets (3)

Submitted by Wendy Murbach

November 23, 2003

Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge

Conditions: 57 degrees, sunny, low wind

House Finches (6)
Herring Gull
Brant (too numerous to count)
Yellowlegs sp. (10)
Green-winged Teal (20)
Ruddy Ducks (too numerous to count)
Snow Geese (31)
American Wigeon
Pied-billed Grebe (2)
Double-crested Cormorants (3)
Northern Pintails (8)
Scaup sp. (too numerous to count)
Northern (Yellow-shafted) Flickers (2)
Mute Swans (2)
Horned Grebe (8)
American Black Ducks (3)
American Coot (7)
Buffleheads (11)
Mallards (10)
Dunlin (56)
Dowitcher sp. (3)
Red-breasted Merganser
Red-tailed Hawk (immature)
Northern Harriers (2)
Northern Mockingbird
Great Blue Heron
Peregrine Falcon

Submitted by Wendy Murbach

November 30, 2003

Hempstead Lake State Park

Conditions: 45 degrees, cloudy, moderate wind

American Black Ducks (370)
Ring-necked Ducks (4)
Hooded Mergansers (75)
Mallards (24)
Buffleheads (2)
Northern Mockingbird
Herring Gulls (256)
Great Black-backed Gulls (59)
Double-crested Cormorant
Downy Woodpeckers (4)
Black-capped Chickadees (4)
Red-bellied Woodpeckers (2)
Golden-crowned Kinglets (2)
White-breasted Nuthatch
Tufted Titmouse
American Robin
White-crowned Sparrow
Red-breasted Mergansers (2)

Submitted by Wendy Murbach

January 4, 2004

Jones Beach West End 2

Conditions: Misty and rainy, 52 degrees, no wind


White-winged Scoter
Red breasted Merganser
Brant (too numerous to count)
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Cormorant
Canada Goose
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Hooded Merganser
Long-tailed Ducks (4)
Yellow-rumped Warblers (5)
American Crows (15)
Northern (Yellow-shafted) Flickers (3)
House Finches (15)
Song Sparrows (4)
Dark-eyed Junco
Northern Mockingbird
Horned Larks (5)
Snow Buntings (4)
Lapland Longspurs (2)
American Black Ducks (15)
Harlequin Ducks (10, on inlet side of jetty)
Purple Sandpipers (3 at jetty)
Common Loons (3)
Grebe sp.
Savannah Sparrow
American Tree Sparrow
Northern Harrier

Submitted by Wendy Murbach

February 1, 2004

Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge

Conditions: Sunny, 25 degrees, light breeze, snow on ground

Northern Cardinals (4)
European Starlings (10)
Gray Catbird
White-throated Sparrows (21)
Eastern Towhee
Ruddy Duck
Greater Black-backed Gull
American Tree Sparrows (12)
Northern Harriers (2)
Yellow-rumped Warbler
House Finches (6)
Dark-eyed Junco
Northern Mockingbird
Song Sparrow
House Sparrow
Fox Sparrows (2)

Submitted by Wendy Murbach

February 8, 2004

Zach's Bay, Jones Beach

Conditions: very cold (below 25 degrees) and windy

Canada Geese (7)
Brant (2)
Northern Mockingbird (2)
American Black Duck
Northern Harrier
American Robin
Herring Gulls (19)
Buffleheads (5)
Great Black-backed Gull
American Crows (13)
Song Sparrow
Sharp-shinned Hawk

Compiled by Robin Fishman, submitted by Wendy Murbach

February 15, 2004

Massapequa Preserve

Conditions: temperature in mid-20s, moderate wind from north

Great Blue Heron
Mute Swans (2)
Canada Geese (32)
Mallards (94)
American Black Ducks (8)
Gadwall (6)
Green-winged Teal (8)
American Wigeon (7)
Wood Duck
Hooded Mergansers (5)
Red-tailed Hawk
Ring-billed Gulls (207)
Herring Gulls (8)
Belted Kingfisher
Blue Jay
Black-capped Chickadees (3)
European Starlings (18)
Northern Cardinals (4)
House Sparrows (8)
Eastern Towhee
Song Sparrows (2)

Submitted by Joe Grupp

February 22, 2004

Norman J. Levy Park and Preserve

Conditions: 37 degrees, brisk wind

Hooded Merganser
American Black Ducks (2)
Mute Swans (6)
Crows (sp.) (2)
Great Blue Herons (2)
American Robin
Great Black-backed Gull
Scaup (sp.) (30)
Common Crows (2)
Red-breasted Mergansers (34)
Song Sparrow
Mallards (13)
Herring Gulls (12)
Ring-billed Gulls (6)
Green-winged Teal (8)
Canada Geese (15)
Belted Kingfisher
Mourning Dove
Downy Woodpecker
Great Cormorants (2)
Brant (144)
White-throated Sparrow

Submitted by Doreen Remsen

February 29, 2004

Hempstead Lake State Park

Conditions: sunny, 55 degrees, low wind

Tufted Titmouse
Hooded Mergansers (52)
American Crow
Great Black-backed Gulls (24)
Herring and Ring-billed Gulls (450)
American Black Ducks (4)
Mallards (8)
Eurasian Green-winged Teal
Green-winged Teal (2)
Fish Crows (2)
Bufflehead (4)
Canada Geese (50)
Brant (120)
Great Blue Heron
Redheads (5)
American Robins (5)

Submitted by Wendy Murbach

March 7, 2004

Zach's Bay, Jones Beach

Conditions: 42 degrees, sunny, brisk wind

Peregrine Falcons (2)
Common Grackles (8)
American Crows (6)
Herring Gulls (22)
House Sparrows (7)
European Starlings (3)
Red-winged Blackbirds (14)
Yellow-rumped Warblers (4)
Ring-billed Gulls (19)
Canada Geese (17)
Great Black-backed Gulls (6)
Song Sparrows (5)
White-throated Sparrows (3)
American Black Ducks (3)
Northern Mockingbirds (2)
Brant (49)
Red-breasted Mergansers (8)

Submitted by Doreen Remsen

April 4, 2004

Norman J. Levy Park and Preserve

Conditions: 50 degrees, mostly cloudy

Green-winged Teal (4)
Killdeer (2)
American Robins (6)
European Starlings (15)
Song Sparrows (15)
Belted Kingfishers (2)
Red-winged Blackbirds (27)
Canada Geese (17)
Hooded Mergansers (2)
Northern Mockingbirds (2)
Brant (63)
Northern Flickers (7)
Gadwalls (6)
Mallards (6)
Herring Gulls (35)
Northern Cardinals (3)
House Sparrows (6)
Fish Crows (5)
American Crows (6)
Mourning Doves (2)
Great Blue Heron
Tree Swallows (12)
Red-breasted Mergansers (16)
Great Black-backed Gulls (4)
Mute Swans (4)
Great Cormorant
Double-crested Cormorants (2)
Common Loon
Great Egret
American Black Duck
Crow sp. (20)
Snowy Egrets (4)
Osprey
Red-tailed Hawk

Submitted by Doreen Remsen

April 18, 2004

Jones Beach West End 2

Conditions: Sunny, seasonably warm, light east wind

Common Loon
Double-crested Cormorants (54)
Snowy Egret
Canada Geese (6)
Brant (8)
Merlin
Black-bellied Plovers (30)
American Oystercatchers (3)
Greater Yellowlegs
Sanderlings (15)
Dunlin (2)
Great Black-backed Gulls (3)
Herring Gulls (26)
Rock Pigeons (3)
Mourning Doves (2)
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Yellow-bellied Sapsuckers (2)
Northern Flickers (5)
Eastern Phoebe
Blue-headed Vireos (3)
Fish Crow
Crows (sp?) (6)
Tree Swallows (12)
Red-breasted Nuthatches (2)
Ruby-crowned Kinglets (8)
Hermit Thrush
American Robins (13)
Northern Mockingbirds (2)
Brown Thrasher
European Starlings (24)
Eastern Towhees (4)
Chipping Sparrows (3)
Song Sparrows (2)
Red-winged Blackbirds (23)
Brown-headed Cowbirds (5)
Orchard Oriole
House Finches (3)
House Sparrows (6)

Submitted by Joe Grupp


April 25, 2004

Massapequa Preserve

Conditions: Sunny followed by very light overcast, temperature in mid

50s, light north wind

Double-crested Cormorants (4)
Great Egrets (2)
Snowy Egrets (2)
Mute Swans (4)
Canada Geese (10)
Mallards (20)
American Black Ducks (2)
Gadwalls (6)
Green-winged Teal (8)
American Wigeon
Pekins (2)
Osprey (2)
Solitary Sandpiper
Greater Yellowlegs (2)
Ring-billed Gulls (7)
Mourning Doves (6)
Northern Flickers (5)
Red-bellied Woodpeckers (4)
Downy Woodpeckers (6)
Tree Swallows (14)
Rough-winged Swallow
Barn Swallow
Fish Crows (2)
Crows (sp?) (2)
Carolina Wrens (4)
Northern Mockingbird
Gray Catbirds (2)
American Robins (9)
Ruby-crowned Kinglet (2)
European Starlings (6)
Blue-headed Vireo
Yellow-rumped Warblers (12)
Red-winged Blackbirds (20)
Common Grackles (35)
Boat-tailed Grackles (2)
Brown-headed Cowbirds (2)
Northern Cardinals (8)
House Finch
American Goldfinches (11)
White-throated Sparrows (2)
Song Sparrows (11)
House Sparrows (6)

Submitted by Joe Grupp


May 16, 2004

Massapequa Preserve

Conditions: Sunny, temperature in the 70s, light west wind

Double-crested Cormorant
Mute Swans (8, including 6 cygnets)
Canada Geese (10)
Mallards (7)
Gadwall
Osprey (2)
Spotted Sandpiper
Forster's Terns (2)
Mourning Dove
Red-bellied Woodpeckers (3)
Blue Jay
Tufted Titmouse
Carolina Wren
Northern Mockingbird
Gray Catbirds (13)
American Robins (11)
Wood Thrush
Red-eyed Vireos (2)
Warbling Vireos (2)
Yellow Warblers (6)
Common Yellowthroat
American Redstart
House Sparrows (3)
Red-winged Blackbirds (8)
Baltimore Orioles (8)
Common Grackles (9)
Scarlet Tanager
Northern Cardinal
American Goldfinches (4)
Song Sparrows (6)

Submitted by Joe Grupp

August 15, 2004

Norman J. Levy Park and Preserve

Conditions: cloudy, warm, and humid

Brown Thrasher
Song Sparrows (6+)
American Robins (4+)
Northern Mockingbird
Mourning Doves (many)
Yellow Warblers (2)
House Sparrows (many)
Tree Swallows (many)
Mallard
Downy Woodpecker
Gray Catbirds (2)
Green Heron
Semipalmated Sandpipers (13)
Semipalmated Plover
Least Sandpipers (2)
Northern Waterthrush
Double-crested Cormorants (2)
Red-winged Blackbird
Black-crowned Night-Herons (4 immature)
Belted Kingfisher
Snowy Egrets (7)

Submitted by Joseph Landesberg


August 22, 2004

Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge

Conditions: 79 degrees, light wind, sunny

Snowy Egrets (2)
Ospreys (2)
Red-tailed Hawk
Great Egrets (4)
Common Yellowthroat
House Finches (4)
American Black Ducks (25)
Canada Geese (30)
Song Sparrows (2)
Double-crested Cormorants (61)
Yellowlegs sp.
Red-winged Blackbirds (16)
Mute Swans (5, including 4 cygnets)
Pied-billed Grebe
Tree Swallows (5)
Yellow Warbler
Semipalmated Plovers (58)
American Goldfinch
Yellow-crowned Night-Herons (3, including 1 juvenile)
Herring Gull
Laughing Gulls (2)
Common Terns (100)
Sanderlings (20)
Little Blue Heron (immature, white form)
Glossy Ibis (6)
Clapper Rail
Flycatcher sp.
Cedar Waxwing
Canada Warbler
Gray Catbirds (2)
Eastern Phoebe
House Wren
Northern Cardinal

Submitted by Wendy Murbach

August 29, 2004

Massapequa Preserve

Conditions: Sunny, hazy, humid, low 80s, light south-southwest wind

Double-crested Cormorants (2)
Canada Geese (50)
Mute Swans (7, including 4 young)
Gadwall
Mallards (40)
Blue-winged Teal
Green-winged Teal
Pekins (2)
Greater Yellowlegs (8)
Ring-billed Gulls (5)
Mourning Dove
Yellow-billed Cuckoo Red-eyed Vireo
Eastern Kingbird
Blue Jays (2)
Crow sp. (16)
Tree Swallows (4)
Barn Swallow
Black-capped Chickadee
Carolina Wren
Red-winged Blackbirds (6)
American Robins (8)
Gray Catbirds (10)
American Redstarts (3)
Common Grackle
American Goldfinches (10)
House Sparrows (5)


Submitted by Joe Grupp

September 12, 2004

Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge

Conditions: mostly sunny, temperature in high 70s, light variable wind

Pied-billed Grebe
Double-crested Cormorants (9)
Great Egrets (2)
Snowy Egrets (4)
Black-crowned Night-Herons (2)
Night Heron sp. Immature (2)
Glossy Ibis (2)
Canada Geese (250)
Mute Swans (18)
American Black Ducks (275)
Mallards (225)
Northern Shovelers (6)
Northern Pintail
Green-winged Teal (5)
Osprey
American Kestrel
Clapper Rail
Lesser Yellowlegs (3)
Dowitcher sp.
Red-necked Phalarope
Laughing Gulls (7)
Ring-billed Gulls (22)
Herring Gulls (30)
Common Terns (2)
Tern sp. (125)
Belted Kingfisher
Eastern Kingbird
Crow sp. (6)
Tree Swallows (57)
Gray Catbird
Northern Mockingbird
Brown Thrasher
European Starlings (45)
Cedar Waxwings (2)
Red-winged Blackbird
House Sparrows (15)

Submitted by Joe Grupp

September 19, 2004

Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge

Conditions: Sunny, unseasonably cool (upper 50s), moderately strong north wind

Double-crested Cormorants (19)
Great Blue Heron
Great Egrets (14)
Snowy Egrets (9)
Tricolored Heron
Black-crowned Night-Herons (3)
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron
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