October 3, 2004
Norman J. Levy Park and Preserve
Conditions: sunny, temperature in 50s, 10-20 mph northwest wind
Laughing Gulls (41)
Mourning Doves (2)
Osprey
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Common Crows (6)
Fish Crow
Snowy Egret
Great Egrets (2)
Great Blue Heron
Double-crested Cormorant
Gray Catbird
Common Yellowthroat
Song Sparrows (3)
Belted Kingfisher
European Starlings (5)
Blue Jays (4)
Northern Cardinals (3)
Herring Gulls (21)
Ring-billed Gulls (7)
Mallards (4)
American Goldfinches (5)
Killdeer
Savannah Sparrow
Rock Pigeon
Submitted by Doreen Remsen
October 10, 2004
Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge
Conditions: Cloudy and cool changing to warmish and sunny, with a breeze
Ruddy Ducks (too many to count)
American Black Ducks (too many to count)
Gadwalls (too many to count)
Mallards (too many to count)
American Wigeon (too many to count)
Northern Pintails (too many to count)
Northern Shovelers (too many to count)
Northern Mockingbird
European Starlings (85)
Double-crested Cormorants (84)
Mute Swans (31)
Yellow-rumped Warblers (16)
Great Egrets (16)
Brant (too many to count)
Canada Geese (too many to count)
Ring-billed Gulls (20)
Laughing Gulls (37)
Black-crowned Night-Herons (12)
Glossy Ibis
American Oystercatchers (9)
Snow Geese (27)
Eastern Towhees (4)
Black-bellied Plovers (15)
American Goldfinches (3)
Northern Flicker
Hawk sp.
Falcon sp.
Tricolored Heron
Snowy Egret
Submitted by Wendy Murbach
October 17, 2004
Norman J. Levy Park and Preserve
Conditions: Overcast, unseasonably cool, moderate west wind
Double-crested Cormorants (4)
Great Blue Heron
Great Egrets (8)
Snowy Egret
Black-crowned Night-Heron
Brant (16)
Mute Swans (2)
Mallards (22)
American Wigeon
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Merlin
Ring-billed Gulls (4)
Herring Gulls (11)
Great Black-backed Gull
Rock Dove
Belted Kingfishers (2)
Northern Flickers (2)
Eastern Phoebe
Crow sp.
Tree Swallows (10)
Common Yellowthroat
Song Sparrows (3)
Swamp Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Northern Cardinals (6)
Common Grackles (4)
Submitted by : Joe Grupp
October 24, 2004
Zach's Bay
Conditions: 50 degrees, cloudy, northeast breeze
Wood Duck (female)
Black-crowned Night-Heron
Dunlin
Black-bellied Plover
Common Loon
Double-crested Cormorant
Brant
Mute Swan
Northern Flicker
Belted Kingfisher
Peregrine Falcons (2)
Eastern Phoebe
Great Egret
Laughing Gull
Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Ring-billed Gull
Brown Creeper
Dark-eyed Juncos
Song Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Savannah Sparrow
European Starling
Common Loon
Canada Goose
Merlin
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Recalled by Marcia Specht, Rick Kopitsch, Therese Lucas, and Dolores Rogers
October 31, 2004
Jones Beach West End 2
Conditions: 64 degrees, sunny, light wind
Northern Flicker
Tree and Barn Swallows (in waves, too numerous to count)
Savannah Sparrow
American Crows (12)
Crow sp. (6)
Gull sp. (65 in mixed flock)
Greater Black-backed Gulls (2)
Yellow-rumped Warblers (21)
European Starlings (45)
Pine Siskins (4)
Cooper's Hawk
Downy Woodpecker
Rock Pigeons (39)
Northern Cardinal
Northern Mockingbird
Double-crested Cormorants (6)
Golden-crowned Kinglets (9)
Ruby-crowned Kinglets (2)
Red-breasted Nuthatches (7)
White-breasted Nuthatches (2)
Dunlin (45)
American Oystercatchers (100)
Black-bellied Plovers (55)
Canada Geese (25)
Common Terns (5)
Sanderlings (110)
Brant (25)
Forster's Terns (36)
Winter Wren
Swamp Sparrow
Song Sparrows (7)
Common Loon
Greater Yellowlegs (3)
Eastern Meadowlark
Submitted by Doreen Remsen