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
