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 HawkSubmitted
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
