May 4, 2008
Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge
Conditions: Cloudy, temperature in mid-50s, light NNW wind
Brant (290+)
Canada Geese (31)
Mute Swans (4)
Gadwalls (6)
American Black Ducks (15)
Mallards (11)
Blue-winged Teals (4)
Green-winged Teals (6)
Greater Scaup (100+)
Lesser Scaup (5)
Ruddy Ducks (100+)
Double-crested Cormorants (7)
Great Egrets (5)
Snowy Egrets (7)
Little Blue Heron
Glossy Ibises (10)
Ospreys (2)
American Coot
Semipalmated Plover
American Oystercatchers (2)
Greater Yellowlegs
Willets (4)
Laughing Gulls (3)
Herring Gulls (11)
Great Black-backed Gulls (3)
Forster’s Terns (4)
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Doves (3)
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Yellow-throated Vireo
Blue-headed Vireo
Fish Crows (2)
Tree Swallows (43)
Carolina Wren
House Wren
American Robins (2)
Gray Catbirds (7)
Northern Mockingbirds (2)
Brown Thrashers (5)
European Starlings (7)
Blue-winged Warbler
Yellow Warblers (14)
Yellow-rumped Warblers (4)
Eastern Towhees (3)
Song Sparrows (2)
White-throated Sparrow
Northern Cardinal
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Red-winged Blackbirds (12)
American Goldfinches (2)
Submitted by Steve Schellenger and Joe Landesberg
May 11, 2008
Massapequa Preserve
Conditions: Sunny, temperature in upper 50s, southeast wind
Canada Geese (19)
Mute Swans (3)
Gadwalls (2)
Mallards (7)
Double-crested Cormorant
Green Heron
Solitary Sandpiper
Ring-billed Gulls (7)
Forster’s Tern
Mourning Doves (4)
Red-bellied Woodpeckers (2)
Hairy Woodpecker
Warbling Vireo
Red-eyed Vireos (3)
Blue Jay
Fish Crow
Black-capped Chickadee
White-breasted Nuthatch
Carolina Wren
American Robins (4)
Gray Catbirds (5)
Northern Mockingbird
European Starling
Yellow Warbler
Ovenbird
Song Sparrow
Northern Cardinal
Red-winged Blackbirds (15)
Common Grackles (9)
Brown-headed Cowbird
Orchard Oriole
Baltimore Orioles (4)
American Goldfinches (5)
House Sparrow
Submitted by Joe Landesberg
May 18, 2008
Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge
Conditions: Increasing cloudiness, temperature in mid-60s, variable wind
Canada Goose
Brant (500)
Mute Swan
American Black Duck
Mallard
Scaup sp.
Red-breasted Merganser
Ruddy Duck
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Glossy Ibis
Osprey
Black-bellied Plover
Semipalmated Plover
American Oystercatcher
Willet
Sanderling
Laughing Gull
Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Forster’s Tern
Willow Flycatcher
Great Crested Flycatcher
Blue-headed Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
Blue Jay
Fish Crow
Tree Swallows (all around)
Carolina Wren
House Wren
Wood Thrush
American Robin
Gray Catbird
Northern Mockingbird
European Starling
Yellow Warblers (lots)
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Blackburnian Warblers (3 or 4)
Bay-breasted Warbler
American Redstarts (lots)
Common Yellowthroat (lots)
Eastern Towhee
Song Sparrow
Northern Cardinal
Red-winged Blackbird
Common Grackle
Brown-headed Cowbirds (6)
House Sparrow
Submitted by Joe Landesberg