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