November 2, 2008
Point Lookout [PL] and Lido Preserve [LP]
Conditions: Mostly cloudy, temperature in mid-40s, NE wind
Brant (too numerous to count) [LP]
Mute Swan [LP]
Long-tailed Ducks (3) [PL]
Double-crested Cormorants (16) [LP]
Great Egrets (4) [LP]
Northern Harrier [PL]
Peregrine Falcon [LP]
Black-bellied Plovers (mixed flock with Dunlin) [PL]
Greater Yellowlegs [LP]
Sanderling (14) [PL]
Purple Sandpiper [PL]
Dunlin (mixed flock with Black-bellied Plovers) [PL]
Ring-billed Gulls [PL and LP]
Herring Gulls [2 at PL; also at LP]
Great Black-backed Gulls (2) [PL]
Downy Woodpecker [LP]
Golden-crowned Kinglet [LP]
Ruby-crowned Kinglets (3) [LP]
Hermit Thrushes (2) [LP]
Cedar Waxwings (3) [LP]
Yellow-rumped Warblers [5 at PL; 5 at LP]
Song Sparrows (4) [LP]
White-throated Sparrows (5) [LP]
White-crowned Sparrow [LP]
Dark-eyed Juncos (5) [LP]
House Finches [2 at PL; also at LP]
American Goldfinch [LP]
Submitted by Joe Landesberg
November 9, 2008
Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge
Conditions: Mostly sunny, temperature in mid-50s, WSW wind
Snow Geese (36)
Canada Geese (406)
Brant (too numerous to count)
Mute Swans (5)
Gadwall
American Black Duck
Mallards (13)
Northern Shoveler
Northern Pintail
Green-winged Teal
Scaup sp. (mixed raft with Ruddy Ducks)
Bufflehead
Red-headed Mergansers (2)
Ruddy Ducks (mixed raft with scaup)
Double-crested Cormorants (10)
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Black-crowned Night-Herons (11)
Bald Eagle (immature)
Northern Harrier
American Coot
Long-billed Dowitchers (24)
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Crow sp.
Carolina Wrens (2)
Ruby-crowned Kinglets (7)
American Robins (2)
Brown Thrasher
Cedar Waxwings (19)
Yellow-rumped Warblers (6)
Song Sparrows (2)
Northern Cardinal
House Finch
American Goldfinches (7)
Submitted by Joe Landesberg
November 16, 2008
Jones Beach West End 2
Conditions: Mostly cloudy, 50 degrees, gusty west wind
Snow Goose
Canada Goose
Brant
American Black Duck
Mallard
Northern Pintail
Long-tailed Duck
Red-throated Loon
Common Loon
Double-crested Cormorants (15)
Northern Harrier
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Merlin
Black-bellied Plover
Semipalmated Plovers (9)
American Oystercatchers (over 200)
Red Knot
Sanderling
Dunlin
Laughing Gull
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Royal Terns (2)
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
American Crow
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Northern Mockingbird
European Starling
White-throated Sparrow
Red-winged Blackbird
House Finch
Pine Siskin
American Goldfinches (10)
House Sparrows (33)
Submitted by Joe Landesberg and Steve Schellenger