January 6, 2008
Jones Beach West End 2
Conditions: Overcast, low-to-mid 40s, light southwest wind
Brant (88)
Canada Geese (32)
American Black Duck
Mallards (4)
Green-winged Teals (2)
Harlequin Ducks (4)
Black Scoters (2)
Long-tailed Ducks (10)
Red-breasted Mergansers (21)
Common Loons (2)
Double-crested Cormorant
Herring Gulls (73)
Great Black-backed Gulls (2)
Northern Saw-whet Owl
American Crows (3)
European Starlings (80)
Yellow-rumped Warblers (3)
Song Sparrows (4)
Submitted by Joe Grupp
January 13, 2008
Massapequa Preserve
Conditions: Sunny, low-to-mid 40s, light northeast wind
Canada Geese (62)
Mute Swans (3)
Gadwalls (11)
Mallards (46)
Green-winged Teals (8)
Hooded Mergansers (5)
American Coot (2)
Dowitcher sp. (9)
Wilson's Snipe (6)
Ringed-billed Gulls (62)
Belted Kingfisher
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpeckers (2)
Blue Jay
Crow sp. (2)
Black-capped Chickadee
Tufted Titmice (3)
European Starlings (158)
Northern Cardinal
Submitted by Joe Grupp
January 20, 2008
Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge
Conditions: Sunny, 25 degrees, 25 mph northwest wind
Snow Geese (362)
Brant (136)
Canada Geese (260)
American Black Ducks (21)
Scaup sp. & Ruddy Ducks (raft of 2000 combined)
Bufflehead
Great Blue Heron
Northern Harriers (2)
Herring Gulls (49)
Great Black-backed Gulls (5)
American Crows (3)
Carolina Wrens (3)
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Gray Catbird
Northern Mockingbirds (2)
European Starlings (222)
Yellow-rumped Warblers (9)
Tree Sparrow
Song Sparrow
White-throated Sparrows (14)
Northern Cardinals (9)
House Finch
Submitted by Joe Landesberg & Joe Grupp
January 27, 2008
Zach's Bay
Conditions: Overcast followed by clearing, low-to-mid 30s, moderate
north wind
Brant (2750)
Canada Geese (30)
American Black Ducks (4)
Red-breasted Mergansers (18)
Northern Harriers (2)
Peregrine Falcons (2)
Herring Gulls (8)
Great Black-backed Gulls (2)
Rock Pigeons (6)
Crow sp. (5)
Northern Mockingbirds (2)
European Starlings (4)
American Tree Sparrows (8)
Song Sparrows (7)
White-throated Sparrows (3)
Northern Cardinal
House Sparrow
Submitted by Joe Grupp and Joe Landesberg