April 1, 2007
Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge
Conditions: Occasional light drizzle, moderate east wind, temperatures
in mid-40s
Snow Geese (220)
Brant (31)
Mute Swans (3)
Canada Geese (38)
Horned Grebe
Gadwalls (6)
American Black Ducks (2)
Northern Shovelers (517 plus)
Northern Pintail
Green-winged Teal (8)
Scaup sp. (1002 plus)
Buffleheads (8)
Red-breasted Mergansers (7)
Ruddy Ducks (351 plus)
Double-crested Cormorants (2)
Ospreys (2 on platform)
Northern Harrier
Ring-billed Gulls (8)
Herring Gulls (47)
Great Black-backed Gull
American Oystercatchers (5)
Mourning Dove
Northern Flicker
American Crows (2)
Carolina Wren
American Robins (6)
Northern Mockingbird
European Starlings (5)
Red-winged Blackbirds (5)
Song Sparrows (2)
Northern Cardinal
Common Grackle
Submitted by Joe Grupp and Joe Landesberg
April 8, 2007
Massapequa Preserve
Conditions: sunny, cold, windy
Tufted Titmouse
Black-capped Chickadee
American Robin
Common Grackles (4)
Red-winged Blackbird
Golden-crowned Kinglets (2)
White-throated Sparrow
Northern Mockingbird
Belted Kingfisher
Northern Flicker (yellow-shafted)
Red-bellied Woodpecker
European Starling
House Sparrow
Double-crested Cormorants (7)
Gadwalls (4)
American Coots (7)
American Wigeons (7)
Green-winged Teals (17)
Canada Geese (8)
Pied-billed Grebes (3)
American Black Ducks
Ring-necked Duck
Yellowlegs sp.
Mallards (14)
Mute Swan
American Crow
Great Egrets (4)
Northern Cardinal
Winter Wren
Ring-billed Gull
Ospreys (2)
Submitted by Joe Landesberg
April 22, 2007
Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge
Conditions: Sunny, 70 degrees, southeast breeze
Brant (400)
Canada Geese (110)
Mute Swans (17)
Mallards (6)
Northern Shovelers (16)
Lesser Scaup (405)
Buffleheads (6)
Red-breasted Mergansers (17)
Ruddy Ducks (405)
Red-throated Loon
Horned Grebes (30+)
Double-crested Cormorants (60)
Great Egret
Tricolored Heron
Ospreys (8, incl. three occupied nests)
American Coots (2)
Killdeer
American Oystercatchers (8)
Greater Yellowlegs
Laughing Gulls (2)
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gulls (18)
Great Black-backed Gull
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker (yellow-shafted)
Fish Crow
Crow sp.
Tree Swallows (75)
Carolina Wrens (2)
American Robins (2)
Northern Mockingbirds (2)
European Starling
Eastern Towhee
Song Sparrows (3)
Northern Cardinals (3)
Brown-headed Cowbird
Red-winged Blackbirds (28)
Submitted by Joe Grupp and Joe Landesberg
April 29, 2007
Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge
Conditions: Mostly sunny, light northwest wind, temperatures in
low-to-mid 60s
Brant (229)
Canada Geese (81)
Mute Swans (29)
Northern Shovelers (62)
Scaup sp. (350)
Buffleheads (8)
Red-breasted Mergansers (2)
Ruddy Ducks (200)
Horned Grebes (3)
Double-crested Cormorants (120)
Great Blue Herons (2)
Great Egrets (2)
Snowy Egret
Black-crowned Night-Heron
Glossy Ibises (49)
Ospreys (2)
American Coot
Killdeer (3)
American Oystercatchers (4)
Greater Yellowlegs
Willets (6)
Laughing Gulls (11)
Herring Gulls (25)
Great Black-backed Gull
Forster's Tern
Northern Flicker
Eastern Kingbird
Common Crow
Tree Swallows (32)
Carolina Wren
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
American Robin
Northern Mockingbirds (4)
Brown Thrashers (3)
Yellow Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Black-and-white Warbler
Eastern Towhees (3)
Song Sparrows (2)
Red-winged Blackbirds (12)
Boat-tailed Grackle
Brown-headed Cowbirds (4)
Submitted by Joe Grupp