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

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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