February 15, 2004

Massapequa Preserve

Conditions: temperature in mid-20s, moderate wind from north

Great Blue Heron
Mute Swans (2)
Canada Geese (32)
Mallards (94)
American Black Ducks (8)
Gadwall (6)
Green-winged Teal (8)
American Wigeon (7)
Wood Duck
Hooded Mergansers (5)
Red-tailed Hawk
Ring-billed Gulls (207)
Herring Gulls (8)
Belted Kingfisher
Blue Jay
Black-capped Chickadees (3)
European Starlings (18)
Northern Cardinals (4)
House Sparrows (8)
Eastern Towhee
Song Sparrows (2)

Submitted by Joe Grupp

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February 22, 2004

Norman J. Levy Park and Preserve

Conditions: 37 degrees, brisk wind

Hooded Merganser
American Black Ducks (2)
Mute Swans (6)
Crows (sp.) (2)
Great Blue Herons (2)
American Robin
Great Black-backed Gull
Scaup (sp.) (30)
Common Crows (2)
Red-breasted Mergansers (34)
Song Sparrow
Mallards (13)
Herring Gulls (12)
Ring-billed Gulls (6)
Green-winged Teal (8)
Canada Geese (15)
Belted Kingfisher
Mourning Dove
Downy Woodpecker
Great Cormorants (2)
Brant (144)
White-throated Sparrow

Submitted by Doreen Remsen

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February 29, 2004

Hempstead Lake State Park

Conditions: sunny, 55 degrees, low wind

Tufted Titmouse
Hooded Mergansers (52)
American Crow
Great Black-backed Gulls (24)
Herring and Ring-billed Gulls (450)
American Black Ducks (4)
Mallards (8)
Eurasian Green-winged Teal
Green-winged Teal (2)
Fish Crows (2)
Bufflehead (4)
Canada Geese (50)
Brant (120)
Great Blue Heron
Redheads (5)
American Robins (5)

Submitted by Wendy Murbach