October 5, 2003
JFK Sanctuary / Tobay Beach
Conditions: Brilliant sun, moderate winds, temperature in the 60s
Tree Swallows (too many to count, incl. several large clouds)
Ospreys (2)
Merlin
Great Egrets (6)
Gray Catbirds (3)
Great Blue Herons (2)
Snowy Egret
Northern Harriers (2)
American Black Ducks (6)
Red-winged Blackbirds (2)
Yellow-rumped Warblers (6)
Black-capped Chickadee
Canada Geese (4)
Brant
Black-crowned Night-Herons (13)
Northern Flickers (22)
American Robin
Kinglet sp.
Common Yellowthroat
Cedar Waxwing
American Crows (2)
Cooper's Hawk
Northern Pintail
Belted Kingfisher
Eastern Towhee
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Submitted by Wendy Murbach
October 19, 2003
Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge
Conditions: Temperature in low 50s, raw and damp,
rain and wind at 11:30
Chipping Sparrows (5)
Double-crested Cormorant
Herring Gulls (3)
Yellow-rumped Warblers (30)
Great Egrets (5)
Northern Harrier
Brant (too numerous to count)
Black-crowned Night-Heron
Gadwall
Green-winged Teal
Northern Shovelers (10)
American Wigeon (10)
American Coot
Mallards (15)
Dark-eyed Juncos (2)
Northern Pintail
Mute Swans (4)
Pied-billed Grebe
Ruddy Ducks (5)
Canada Geese (11)
Great Black-backed Gull
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Sandpiper sp.
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Yellowlegs sp. (4)
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Snow Geese (5, incl. 2 juveniles)
American Black Duck
Blue-winged Teal
Scaup sp. (raft)
Dunlin
Snowy Egret
Black-bellied Plovers (13)
Northern Flickers (2)
Ruddy Turnstones (3)
Submitted by Wendy Murbach
October 26
Massapequa Preserve
Conditions: Overcast with some light showers, seasonably warm, calm
Bald Eagle (immature, flying low, migrating)
Pied-billed Grebe
Mute Swans (3)
Canada Geese (5)
Brant (50 flying over)
American Wigeon (12)
Green-winged Teal (7)
Gadwalls (8)
Mallards (118)
American Black Ducks (2)
Northern Shovelers (4)
Pekin Duck (1)
Common Snipe (6)
Dowitcher sp. (18)
Greater Yellowlegs (1)
Lesser Yellowlegs (1)
Yellowlegs sp. (161)
Ring-billed Gulls (15)
Downy Woodpeckers (2)
Northern Flicker
Crow sp. (4)
Black-capped Chickadees (2)
Carolina Wren
Yellow-rumped Warblers (3)
Northern Cardinals (2)
White-crowned Sparrow
Song Sparrows (2)
Submitted by Joe Grupp, recorded by Dolores Grupp