January 4, 2004
Jones Beach West End 2
Conditions: Misty and rainy, 52 degrees, no wind
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
March 14, 2004
Massapequa Preserve
Conditions: not recorded
American Goldfinch
Gadwalls (6)
Mute Swans (4)
Mallards (26)
Northern Cardinal
Canada Geese (11)
Pekin Duck
American Robin
Ring-necked Duck
Pied-billed Grebe
Monk Parakeets (2)
Wilson's Snipe
Green-winged Teal (3)
Song Sparrow
Red-winged Blackbird
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Cooper's Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Submitted by Wendy Murbach
March 28, 2004
Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge
Conditions: not recorded
Red-winged Blackbirds (2)
Mourning Dove
Song Sparrow
Northern Mockingbird
Ospreys (2)
Snow Geese (too numerous to count)
Tree Swallows (7)
Boat-tailed Grackle
Red-breasted Mergansers (2)
House Finch
Canada Geese (6)
Northern Shoveler
Mallards (30)
Ruddy Duck
Herring Gulls (14)
Northern Flicker
Northern Harrier
American Oystercatchers (2)
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Submitted by Wendy Murbach
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
Glossy Ibis
Canada Geese (109)
Mute Swans (26)
Gadwalls (12)
American Black Ducks (18)
Mallards (94)
Duck sp. (120)
Northern Shoveler
Northern Harrier
Sharp-shinned Hawk
American Kestrel
Black-bellied Plovers (4)
Laughing Gull
Herring Gulls (10)
Forster's Terns (2)
Common Terns (103)
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Tree Swallows (2)
Gray Catbirds (4)
Northern Mockingbirds (2)
European Starlings (4)
Cedar Waxwings (20)
Eastern Towhee
Boat-tailed Grackle
House Sparrows (23)
Northern Flicker
Submitted by Joe Grupp
September 26, 2004
Massapequa Preserve
Conditions: Overcast followed by clearing, temperature in high 70s,
light wind
Black-capped Chickadees (3)
Red-eyed Vireos (2)
Gray Catbirds (4)
Mute Swans (5, incl. 3 cygnets)
House Sparrows (3)
Common Grackle
Pekin Duck
Canada Geese (50)
Mallards (36)
Blue Jays (20)
Northern Cardinals (2)
American Robins (50)
Thrush sp.
European Starlings (50)
Northern Mockingbirds (2)
Belted Kingfisher
Gull sp.
Greater Yellowlegs (15)
Gadwall
American Wigeon
Green-winged Teal (2)
Northern Shovelers (2 females)
Song Sparrow
Northern Flickers (2)
Cedar Waxwing
Great Blue Heron
Carolina Wren
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Parula
Eastern Kingbirds (2)
Submitted by Wendy Murbach
October 3, 2004
Norman J. Levy Park and Preserve
Conditions: sunny, temperature in 50s, 10-20 mph northwest wind
Laughing Gulls (41)
Mourning Doves (2)
Osprey
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Common Crows (6)
Fish Crow
Snowy Egret
Great Egrets (2)
Great Blue Heron
Double-crested Cormorant
Gray Catbird
Common Yellowthroat
Song Sparrows (3)
Belted Kingfisher
European Starlings (5)
Blue Jays (4)
Northern Cardinals (3)
Herring Gulls (21)
Ring-billed Gulls (7)
Mallards (4)
American Goldfinches (5)
Killdeer
Savannah Sparrow
Rock Pigeon
Submitted by Doreen Remsen
October 10, 2004
Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge
Conditions: Cloudy and cool changing to warmish and sunny, with a breeze
Ruddy Ducks (too many to count)
American Black Ducks (too many to count)
Gadwalls (too many to count)
Mallards (too many to count)
American Wigeon (too many to count)
Northern Pintails (too many to count)
Northern Shovelers (too many to count)
Northern Mockingbird
European Starlings (85)
Double-crested Cormorants (84)
Mute Swans (31)
Yellow-rumped Warblers (16)
Great Egrets (16)
Brant (too many to count)
Canada Geese (too many to count)
Ring-billed Gulls (20)
Laughing Gulls (37)
Black-crowned Night-Herons (12)
Glossy Ibis
American Oystercatchers (9)
Snow Geese (27)
Eastern Towhees (4)
Black-bellied Plovers (15)
American Goldfinches (3)
Northern Flicker
Hawk sp.
Falcon sp.
Tricolored Heron
Snowy Egret
Submitted by Wendy Murbach
October 17, 2004
Norman J. Levy Park and Preserve
Conditions: Overcast, unseasonably cool, moderate west wind
Double-crested Cormorants (4)
Great Blue Heron
Great Egrets (8)
Snowy Egret
Black-crowned Night-Heron
Brant (16)
Mute Swans (2)
Mallards (22)
American Wigeon
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Merlin
Ring-billed Gulls (4)
Herring Gulls (11)
Great Black-backed Gull
Rock Dove
Belted Kingfishers (2)
Northern Flickers (2)
Eastern Phoebe
Crow sp.
Tree Swallows (10)
Common Yellowthroat
Song Sparrows (3)
Swamp Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Northern Cardinals (6)
Common Grackles (4)
Submitted by : Joe Grupp
October 24, 2004
Zach's Bay
Conditions: 50 degrees, cloudy, northeast breeze
Wood Duck (female)
Black-crowned Night-Heron
Dunlin
Black-bellied Plover
Common Loon
Double-crested Cormorant
Brant
Mute Swan
Northern Flicker
Belted Kingfisher
Peregrine Falcons (2)
Eastern Phoebe
Great Egret
Laughing Gull
Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Ring-billed Gull
Brown Creeper
Dark-eyed Juncos
Song Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Savannah Sparrow
European Starling
Common Loon
Canada Goose
Merlin
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Recalled by Marcia Specht, Rick Kopitsch, Therese Lucas, and Dolores Rogers
October 31, 2004
Jones Beach West End 2
Conditions: 64 degrees, sunny, light wind
Northern Flicker
Tree and Barn Swallows (in waves, too numerous to count)
Savannah Sparrow
American Crows (12)
Crow sp. (6)
Gull sp. (65 in mixed flock)
Greater Black-backed Gulls (2)
Yellow-rumped Warblers (21)
European Starlings (45)
Pine Siskins (4)
Cooper's Hawk
Downy Woodpecker
Rock Pigeons (39)
Northern Cardinal
Northern Mockingbird
Double-crested Cormorants (6)
Golden-crowned Kinglets (9)
Ruby-crowned Kinglets (2)
Red-breasted Nuthatches (7)
White-breasted Nuthatches (2)
Dunlin (45)
American Oystercatchers (100)
Black-bellied Plovers (55)
Canada Geese (25)
Common Terns (5)
Sanderlings (110)
Brant (25)
Forster's Terns (36)
Winter Wren
Swamp Sparrow
Song Sparrows (7)
Common Loon
Greater Yellowlegs (3)
Eastern Meadowlark
Submitted by Doreen Remsen
November 7, 2004
Massapequa Preserve
Conditions: 48 degrees, sunny, light wind
Gull sp. (37)
Mute Swans (4)
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpeckers (2)
Hairy Woodpecker
White-breasted Nuthatch
Black-capped Chickadees (5)
Green-winged Teals (17)
Mallards (22)
Northern Shovelers (2)
Gadwalls (4)
American Wigeons (18)
Yellowlegs sp. (21)
Common Snipe
Red-tailed Hawks (3)
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Yellow-rumped Warblers (8)
Northern Cardinals (3)
Blue Jay
House Sparrows (4)
Belted Kingfishers (2)
American Goldfinches (5)
Double-crested Cormorants (2)
Submitted by Doreen Remsen, with help from Mary May and Dolores Rogers
November 14, 2004
Jones Beach West End #2
Conditions: 48 degrees, sunny, light wind
American Crows (8)
Rock Pigeons (35)
Northern Harriers (3)
Mourning Doves (2)
American Goldfinches (5)
Merlin
Red-breasted Nuthatches (5)
Saw-whet Owl
European Starlings (too numerous to count)
Song Sparrow
Double-crested Cormorants (19)
Yellow-rumped Warblers (15)
American Black Ducks (16)
Brant (38)
Sanderling (4)
Black-bellied Plovers (22)
Dunlin (4)
Ruddy Turnstone
Merganser sp. (8 in flight)
Red-breasted Mergansers (5)
Buffleheads (2)
House Sparrows (3)
Blue-headed Vireo
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Great Black-backed Gull (?)
Herring Gull (?)
Dark-eyed Juncos (2)
Black-capped Chickadee
Red-winged Blackbird
Northern Cardinal
Submitted by Wendy Murbach
December 5, 2004
Pelham Bay
Conditions: Partly sunny, temperature in upper 40s, breeze from west
Long-eared Owl
Red-tailed Hawks (2, one immature)
Rock Pigeons (2)
Black-capped Chickadees (3)
Canada Geese (85)
Ring-billed Gulls (135)
Great Horned Owls (2)
Blue Jays (6)
American Crow
Mute Swans (5)
Red-breasted Mergansers (10)
Pied-billed Grebe
Grebe sp. (2)
American Black Ducks (5)
Bufflehead (13)
American Goldfinch
Common Mergansers (2)
American Wigeon (2)
Mallards (4)
Herring Gulls (30)
Saw-whet Owl
Submitted by Michael Sperling, with help from a bunch of people
December 12, 2004
Massapequa Preserve
Conditions: Mostly cloudy, temperature in low 40s, 10 mph west wind
Mute Swans (6)
Hooded Mergansers (11)
Gray Catbirds (2)
Downy Woodpeckers (2)
Gadwalls (6)
Mallards (45)
Pekin Duck
Herring Gulls (13)
Great Blue Heron
Carolina Wren
Hairy Woodpecker
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Black-capped Chickadees (2)
Belted Kingfisher
American Wigeons (29)
Northern Shovelers (2)
Blue Jays (2)
Northern Cardinals (4)
European Starlings (5)
House Sparrows (6)
American Goldfinches (2)
Short-billed Dowitchers (6)
American Black Ducks (6)
Red-tailed Hawk
White-throated Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Green-winged Teals (2)
Tufted Titmouse
White-breasted Nuthatch
Compiled by East Islip High School students Charles Howe, Cassie Howe, and Andrew Baranec, with assistance from Rick Kopitsch and Michael Sperling
December 19, 2004
Jones Beach West End 2
Conditions: Cloudy, 40 degrees, 5 mph southeast wind
Great Black-backed Gulls (30)
Snowy Owl (near jetty)
Snow Buntings (30)
Sanderlings (30)
Canada Geese (5)
Brant
Red-throated Loon
Common Loon
White-winged Scoters (2)
Great Cormorant
Northern Gannets (3)
Bonaparte's Gulls (5)
Northern Flickers (2)
European Starlings (40)
American Crows (5)
Submitted by Wendy Murbach