April 11, 2010
Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge
Conditions: Sunny, temperature in mid-60s, light SW wind
Canada Goose
Brant
Mute Swan
Gadwall
American Black Duck
Mallard
Northern Shoveler
Scaup sp.
Bufflehead
Ruddy Duck
Pied-billed Grebe
Horned Grebe
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Snowy Egret
Little Blue Heron
Tricolored Heron
Glossy Ibis
Osprey
American Coot
American Oystercatcher
Dunlin
Laughing Gull
Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Forster’s Tern
Northern Flicker
Tree Swallow
Carolina Wren
American Robin
European Starling
Eastern Towhee
Song Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Northern Cardinal
Red-winged Blackbird
Boat-tailed Grackle
House Finch
House Sparrow
Submitted by Joe Grupp
April 18, 2010
Marine Nature Study Area
Conditions: Mostly cloudy, 50 degrees, NW breeze
Canada Geese (8, all on nests)
Brant (too numerous to count)
Mallard
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Egrets (3)
Little Blue Heron
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron
Osprey (on nest with 3 eggs)
Greater Yellowlegs (18)
Forster’s Terns (4)
Mourning Doves (2)
American Crows (5)
Tree Swallows
Northern Mockingbirds (3)
European Starling
Song Sparrows (2)
Red-winged Blackbird
Common Grackle
House Sparrow
Submitted by Joe Landesberg