May 4, 2003
Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge
Conditions: Fair skies, temperature in the low 60s, not much wind
American Robins (2)
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Glossy Ibis (17)
Eastern Towhees (4)
American Goldfinches (2)
Gray Catbirds (5)
Canada Geese (24)
Red-winged Blackbirds (8)
Yellow Warblers (8)
Great Egrets (9)
Chimney Swift
Tree Swallows (> 70)
Double-crested Cormorants (5)
American Crows (4)
Carolina Wren
Brant (168)
Black-crowned Night Heron
Yellow-crowned Night Herons (2)
Ruddy Ducks (>30)
Scaup sp.
Song Sparrows (2)
Bank Swallow
Northern Cardinal
Willets (3)
Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gulls (25)
Common Tern
Mallards (15)
Laughing Gulls (6)
Northern Mockingbird
Mute Swans (2)
Semipalmated Sandpipers (3)
Gadwall
Brown Thrasher
House Wren
Gull-billed Tern
Clapper Rail
Submitted by Wendy Murbach
May 11, 2003
Norman J. Levy Park and Preserve
Conditions: 58 degrees, misty, no wind
Willets (4)
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Northern Parula
American Redstart
Gray Catbirds (3)
Black-and-White Warblers (2)
Northern Mockingbirds (3)
Common Grackle
Clapper Rail
Red-winged Blackbirds (14)
Yellow Warbler
Brant (43)
Greater Yellowlegs
Long-billed Dowitcher
Killdeer
Semipalmated Sandpipers (10)
Dunlin (8)
Common Terns (2)
Laughing Gulls (10)
Mourning Doves (3)
Black-bellied Plovers (2)
Glossy Ibis (2)
Green Heron
Belted Kingfisher
Snowy Egret
European Starling (8)
House Sparrow
Great Egret
American Robin
Double-crested Cormorant
Song Sparrows (7)
Common Yellowthroat
American Crows (2)
Osprey
Brown Thrasher
Ring-billed Gulls (20)
Herring Gulls (4)
Tree Swallow
Submitted by Wendy Murbach
May 18, 2003
Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge
Conditions: 55 degrees, sunny, breeze from northeast
American Black Ducks (4)
American Crow
American Oystercatcher
American Redstarts (4)
American Robins (7)
Baltimore Orioles (2)
Black-and-white Warbler
Black-bellied Plovers (2)
Brant (63)
Brown Thrasher
Canada Geese (13)
Carolina Wren
Clapper Rail (3)
Common Grackle
Common Nighthawk (from the parking lot)
Common Terns (3)
Common Yellowthroats (8)
Double-crested Cormorants (12)
Eastern Phoebe
Eastern Towhees (4)
European Starling
Fish Crow
Forster’s Terns (6)
Glossy Ibis (> 44)
Gray Catbirds (12)
Great Black-backed Gulls (2)
Great Egret
Herring Gulls (> 39)
House Finches (5)
House Sparrows (2)
House Wrens (2)
Laughing Gulls (> 23)
Little Blue Heron
Magnolia Warbler
Mallards (3)
Mourning Doves (4)
Mute Swan
Northern Cardinals (2)
Northern Mockingbird
Northern Parulas (2)
Osprey
Ovenbird
Red-winged Blackbird (18)
Ring-billed Gulls (7)
Rose-breasted Grosbeak (female)
Ruddy Ducks (11)
Semipalmated Plovers (3)
Snowy Egrets (5)
Song Sparrows (2)
Tree Swallows (> 22)
White-crowned Sparrows (2)
White-eyed Vireos (2)
Willets (3)
Wilson’s Warbler
Yellow-breasted Chat
Yellow-crowned Night Herons (4)
Yellow-rumped Warblers (2)
Yellow Warblers (15)
Submitted by Michael Sperling
