December 6, 2009
Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge
Conditions: Scattered clouds, gusty NW wind, temperature in upper 30s
Snow Geese (86)
Canada Goose
Brant
Gadwall
American Wigeon
American Black Duck
Mallard
Northern Shoveler
Northern Pintail
Green-winged Teal
Scaup (probably both Greater and Lesser)
Bufflehead
Hooded Merganser
Red-breasted Merganser
Ruddy Duck
Pied-billed Grebe
Great Blue Heron
Ring-billed Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Mourning Dove
American Crow
Golden-crowned Kinglets (2)
American Robin
European Starlings
Cedar Waxwing
White-throated Sparrow
American Goldfinches (2)
Submitted by Joe Landesberg and Don Temple
December 13, 2009
Point Lookout Town Park
Conditions: Cloudy followed by light rain, south wind, temperature in
40s
Brant (too numerous to count)
American Black Ducks (4)
Common Eiders (111)
Long-tailed Duck
Red-throated Loons (2)
Northern Gannet
Double-crested Cormorant
Northern Harrier
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Submitted by Joe Landesberg
December 27, 2009
Hempstead Lake State Park
Conditions: Scattered clouds, west wind, 50 degrees
Canada Goose
Mute Swan
American Black Duck
Mallard
Northern Shoveler
Hooded Merganser
Cooper’s Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
American Coot
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Mourning Dove
Great Horned Owl
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
American Crow
Black-capped Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
White-breasted Nuthatch
Carolina Wren
American Robin
European Starling
Song Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Northern Cardinal
Submitted by Steve Schellenger