October
6, 2002
Massapequa Preserve
Conditions:
clear, sunny, 70 degrees, moderately windy
Eastern
Phoebe (3)
Northern Mockingbird (2)
European Starling
Northern
Flicker (3)
Pied-billed
Grebe
Canada Goose (75)
Osprey
(2)
Mallard (57)
Northern
Cardinal (2)
Carolina Wren
(2)
Mute Swan (2)
Pekin
Duck
Catbird (3)
Black
Duck (4)
Gadwall (2)
Belted
Kingfisher
Blue Jay
Common
Grackle
Yellowlegs, mostly
Greater (340)
Goldfinch
(12)
Black-throated Blue
Warbler (2)
Common Yellowthroat
American Wigeon (6)
Common
Snipe
Green-winged Teal
(6)
American Redstart
Ruby-crowned
Kinglet
Hairy Woodpecker
Red-bellied Woodpecker
White-throated Sparrow
Red-winged Blackbird (3 female)
American Robin
Submitted by Wendy Murbach
October 13, 2002
Jamaica
Bay Wildlife Refuge
Conditions: misty, warm,
no wind
House Sparrows (36)
Yellow-rumped Warblers (12)
Downy Woodpecker (1)
Eastern Phoebe (1)
American Goldfinches (3)
Yellowlegs (45)
Great Egrets (6)
Ruddy Ducks (113)
Mallards (83)
Brant (554)
Lesser
Yellowlegs (1)
Double-crested Cormorants (151)
American Black Ducks (154)
Song Sparrows (5)
Glossy Ibis (2)
Black-crowned Night Herons (6)
Northern Shovelers (44)
Red-winged Blackbird (1)
Northern Mockingbirds (2)
Tree Swallows (8)
Great Blue Heron (1)
Northern Shovelers (44)
European Starlings (105)
Canada Geese (4)
Carolina Wren (1)
Gadwall (1) female
Dunlin (1)
Herring Gulls (3)
American Crows (4)
Laughing Gulls (59)
Snowy Egrets (5)
Eastern Towhee (1)
Rock Dove (1)
Northern Cardinal (1)
Avocet (1) East Pond
Submitted by Wendy Murbach, numbers by Joe Grupp
October
20, 2002
JFK Sanctuary/Tobay Beach
Conditions:
bright sunshine, 50+ degrees, low wind
American Robin
Northern Flickers (11)
Double-crested Cormorants (102)
Northern
Harriers (4)
Herring Gulls
(10)
Great Blue Herons (4)
Great Egrets (11)
American Bittern
Common
Merganser
American Black Ducks (1120)
Mallard
Peregrine Falcons (2)
American
Wigeon
Northern Pintail
Osprey
Merlins
(2)
American Crow
Golden-crowned
Kinglet
Coopers Hawk
Sharp-shinned
Hawk
Laughing Gull
Submitted by Wendy Murbach
October 27, 2002
Massapequa Preserve
Conditions: sunny, low wind, temperature high 50s
Mute Swans (2)
Canada Geese (71)
Ruby-crowned Kinglets (8)
Double-crested Cormorant (1)
Mallards (96)
Pied-billed Grebe
Northern Cardinal
Downy Woodpeckers (2) (male and female)
Ring-billed
Gulls (50)
Blue Jays (10)
White-throated
Sparrows (6)
Green-winged
Teal (2)
American Black Ducks (2)
Yellowlegs
(81)
American Wigeon (10)
Yellow-rumped
Warblers (4)
Herring Gulls
(5)
Northern Mockingbird
Carolina
Wrens (2)
Song Sparrow
Flycatcher
sp.
Eastern Phoebe
Red-bellied
Woodpeckers (3)
Eastern
Towhees (2)
American Robins (2)
Thrush sp.Submitted by Wendy Murbach