February 1, 2009
Massapequa Preserve
Conditions: Sunny, temperature in upper 30s, southwest breeze
Canada Geese (2)
Mute Swans (20)
Gadwall
American Black Ducks (4)
Mallards (47)
Northern Shoveler
Northern Pintails (2)
Green-winged Teals (14)
Ring-necked Duck
Ruddy Duck
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Belted Kingfisher
Red-bellied Woodpeckers (3)
Downy Woodpeckers (2)
Black-capped Chickadees (3)
Tufted Titmice (2)
White-breasted Nuthatch
American Robin
Song Sparrow
White-throated Sparrows (4)
Northern Cardinal
House Sparrows (5)
Submitted by Joe Landesberg
February 8, 2009
Jones Beach West End 2
Conditions: Mostly cloudy, temperature in upper 50s, west wind
Canada Geese (34)
Brant (17)
Long-tailed Ducks (12)
Buffleheads (3)
Red-breasted Mergansers (6)
Ring-billed Gulls
Herring Gulls
Snowy Owl
Northern Saw-whet Owl
Crow sp.
Horned Larks (3)
Northern Mockingbird
European Starling
Yellow-rumped Warblers (5 plus mixed 27-bird flock with American
Goldfinches)
Snow Buntings (25-30; Lapland Longspur maybe mixed in)
American Goldfinches (7 plus mixed flock listed above)
Submitted by Joe Landesberg
February 15, 2009
Mill Pond Park
Conditions: Sunny, temperature in mid-30s, NNW breeze
Canada Geese (54)
Mute Swans (2)
Gadwalls (15)
American Black Ducks (10)
Mallards (143)
Green-winged Teal
Hooded Mergansers (28)
Common Merganser
Ruddy Ducks (62)
Pied-billed Grebes (2)
Double-crested Cormorants (2)
Great Blue Herons (4)
Peregrine Falcon
American Coots (11)
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Mourning Doves (8)
Belted Kingfisher
Downy Woodpecker
Black-capped Chickadee
Brown Creepers (4)
Carolina Wren
American Robins (4)
Northern Mockingbird
European Starlings (2)
Submitted by Joe Landesberg
February 22, 2009
Point Lookout Town Park
Conditions: Rain, temperature in low 40s, light west breeze
Harlequin Ducks (3)
Long-tailed Duck
Red-breasted Mergansers (3)
Common Loons (4)
Horned Grebes (3)
Black-bellied Plover (small flock in flight)
Ruddy Turnstone
Sanderlings (6)
Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Submitted by Joe Landesberg