November 2, 2003
Zach's Bay, Jones Beach
Conditions: Sunny, 70 degrees, low wind
Northern Mockingbird
Yellow-rumped Warbler
House Sparrow
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Hermit Thrush
Song Sparrow
Canada Goose
Dark-eyed Junco
American Crow
European Starling
Brant
Double-crested Cormorant
Merlin (2)
Fish Crow
Savannah Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Yellowlegs sp.
Gray Catbird
Submitted by Marcia Specht
November 9, 2003
Jones Beach, West End 2
Conditions: Sunny, temperature in 50s, windy
Northern Harrier
Dark-eyed Junco
Hermit Thrush
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Mourning Dove
Common Yellowthroat
Chipping Sparrow
Eastern Phoebe
Song Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Field Sparrow
Northern Flicker
Brown Creeper
Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Red-breasted Merganser
Brant
American Robin
White-crowned Sparrow
Eastern Towhee
Compiled by Robin Fishman, submitted by Wendy Murbach
November 16, 2003
Massapequa Preserve
Conditions: Temperature in the 50s, low wind, sunny
Mute Swans (4, including one cygnet)
Gadwall (11)
Pied-billed Grebe
Mallards (49)
Pekin Ducks (4)
Gull sp. (50)
American Robin
White-throated Sparrows (2)
American Goldfinch
Wilson's Snipe (2)
Canada Goose
Yellowlegs sp.
Green-winged Teal (10)
Blue Jay
Black-capped Chickadees (2)
Downy Woodpeckers (2)
Gray Catbird
Ruby-crowned Kinglets (3)
Submitted by Wendy Murbach
November 23, 2003
Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge
Conditions: 57 degrees, sunny, low wind
House Finches (6)
Herring Gull
Brant (too numerous to count)
Yellowlegs sp. (10)
Green-winged Teal (20)
Ruddy Ducks (too numerous to count)
Snow Geese (31)
American Wigeon
Pied-billed Grebe (2)
Double-crested Cormorants (3)
Northern Pintails (8)
Scaup sp. (too numerous to count)
Northern (Yellow-shafted) Flickers (2)
Mute Swans (2)
Horned Grebe (8)
American Black Ducks (3)
American Coot (7)
Buffleheads (11)
Mallards (10)
Dunlin (56)
Dowitcher sp. (3)
Red-breasted Merganser
Red-tailed Hawk (immature)
Northern Harriers (2)
Northern Mockingbird
Great Blue Heron
Peregrine Falcon
Submitted by Wendy Murbach
November 30, 2003
Hempstead Lake State Park
Conditions: 45 degrees, cloudy, moderate wind
American Black Ducks (370)
Ring-necked Ducks (4)
Hooded Mergansers (75)
Mallards (24)
Buffleheads (2)
Northern Mockingbird
Herring Gulls (256)
Great Black-backed Gulls (59)
Double-crested Cormorant
Downy Woodpeckers (4)
Black-capped Chickadees (4)
Red-bellied Woodpeckers (2)
Golden-crowned Kinglets (2)
White-breasted Nuthatch
Tufted Titmouse
American Robin
White-crowned Sparrow
Red-breasted Mergansers (2)
Submitted by Wendy Murbach