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
Cooper’s 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


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