April 5, 2009
Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge
Conditions: Partly cloudy, 55 degrees, WNW wind
Snow Geese (22)
Canada Geese (48)
Brant (550)
Mute Swans (3)
American Black Ducks
Mallard
Northern Shovelers (4)
Green-winged Teal
Canvasback
Scaup (mixed with Ruddy Ducks, total over 275)
Bufflehead
Red-breasted Mergansers (8)
Ruddy Ducks (mixed with Scaup)
Horned Grebe
Double-crested Cormorants (12)
Great Egret
Glossy Ibises (13)
Ospreys (4)
American Coots (2)
American Oystercatchers (8)
Willet
Laughing Gulls (2)
Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Northern Flicker
Eastern Phoebes (2)
American Crows (3)
Tree Swallows (27)
Carolina Wrens (3)
American Robins (2)
Northern Mockingbird
Yellow-rumped Warblers (2)
Song Sparrows (4)
White-throated Sparrow
Dark-eyed Juncos (2)
Northern Cardinal
Indigo Bunting
Red-winged Blackbirds (10)
Common Grackle
Brown-headed Cowbird
House Finches (2)
Submitted by Joe Landesberg
April 19, 2009
Marine Nature Study Area
Conditions: Mostly cloudy, temperature in upper 50s, NE wind
Canada Geese (15)
Brant (over 1000)
American Wigeons (2)
Mallard
Ring-necked Pheasant
Double-crested Cormorants (309)
Great Egrets (2)
Snowy Egrets (2)
Glossy Ibis (3)
Ospreys (2)
Clapper Rail
Yellowlegs sp. (5)
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Great black-backed Gull
Roseate Tern
Common Tern
Forster's Tern
Blue Jay
Fish Crow
Tree Swallow
Barn Swallow
European Starling
Scarlet Tanager
Savannah Sparrows (3)
Song Sparrows (5)
White-throated Sparrow
Northern Cardinal
Red-winged Blackbird
House Finch
House Sparrow
Submitted by Joe Landesberg
April 26, 2009
Point Lookout and Lido Preserve
Conditions: Mostly sunny, temperature in low 80s, north breeze
Canada Geese (5 LP)
Brant (6 PL, 193 LP)
Scoter sp. (7 PL)
Long-tailed Duck (PL)
Common Loons (2 PL, 1 LP)
Horned Grebe (PL)
Double-crested Cormorants (73 PL, 5 LP)
Great Egrets (2 LP)
Snowy Egrets (2 LP)
Glossy Ibis (3 LP)
Ospreys (2 LP)
Black-bellied Plovers (large mixed flock with Dunlin LP)
American Oystercatchers (2 PL, 2 LP)
Willet (4 LP)
Purple Sandpiper (PL)
Dunlin (large mixed flock with Black-bellied Plovers LP)
Herring Gulls (1 PL, 5 LP)
Great Black-backed Gulls (2 PL)
Common Tern (LP)
Forster’s Terns (3 LP)
Tern sp. (PL)
Eastern Kingbird (LP)
Crow sp. (LP)
Tree Swallows (more than 2 LP)
American Robin (LP)
Northern Mockingbirds (2 PL)
European Starling (3 LP)
Yellow Warblers (2 LP)
Song Sparrow (PL, LP)
White-throated Sparrows (2 LP)
Red-winged Blackbirds (4 LP)
Common Grackles (8 LP)
Boat-tailed Grackles (4 LP)
American Goldfinch (LP)
House Sparrow (PL)
Submitted by Joe Landesberg