June 7, 2009
Hempstead Lake State Park
Conditions: Partly cloudy, temperature in mid-70s, south breeze
Canada Geese (29, incl. 9 goslings)
Great Egret
Osprey
Mourning Dove
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Great Crested Flycatchers (2)
Warbling Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
Blue Jay
Fish Crow
Tree Swallow
Black-capped Chickadee
Tufted Titmice (3)
White-breasted Nuthatches (2)
Carolina Wrens (2)
Wood Thrush
American Robins (9)
Gray Catbirds (6)
Northern Mockingbird
European Starlings (10)
Yellow Warblers (5)
American Redstart
Eastern Towhee
Song Sparrows (4)
Northern Cardinals (4)
Red-winged Blackbirds (5)
Common Grackles (5)
Baltimore Orioles (3)
American Goldfinch
House Sparrows (3)
Submitted by Joe Landesberg
June 14, 2009
Marine Nature Study Area
Conditions: Cloudy, temperature in mid-60s, light ESE breeze
Canada Geese (6)
Mallards (2)
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Egrets (2)
Snowy Egrets (2)
Green Heron
Yellow-crowned Night-Herons (6)
Glossy Ibis (5)
Ospreys (5, incl. 1 fledgling seen from trail and 2 only on TV)
Clapper Rails (3)
American Oystercatcher
Willets (5)
Laughing Gull
Herring Gulls (2)
Common Tern
Forster's Tern
Least Tern
Mourning Doves (2)
Belted Kingfisher
Tree Swallow
Barn Swallows (2)
Marsh Wren (heard)
American Robin
Gray Catbirds (2)
European Starlings (12)
Saltmarsh Sharp-tailed Sparrows (2)
Song Sparrows (2)
Northern Cardinals (2)
Red-winged Blackbirds (6)
Submitted by Joe Landesberg and Jim Remsen