August 15, 2010
Norman J. Levy Preserve
Conditions: Mostly cloudy, temperature in mid-70s, south breeze
Canada Goose
Mallards (27)
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Egret
Black-crowned Night-Heron
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron
Glossy Ibis
Osprey
American Oystercatcher
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
Laughing Gull
Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Forster’s Tern
Mourning Dove
Belted Kingfisher
Eastern Kingbird
Crow sp.
Tree Swallow
Barn Swallow
European Starling
Red-winged Blackbird
Brown-headed Cowbird
Baltimore Oriole
American Goldfinch
House Sparrows
Submitted by Joe Landesberg
August 22, 2010
Marine Nature Study Area
Conditions: Light showers, temperature in mid-70s, southeast breeze
Canada Goose
Mute Swan
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Egret
Snowy Egret
Little Blue Heron (white phase)
Green Heron
Osprey
Black-bellied Plover
American Oystercatcher
Semipalmated Plover
Yellowlegs (prob. Greater)
Willet
Spotted Sandpiper
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
Short-billed Dowitcher
Clapper Rails (7 young and 1 female)
Laughing Gull
Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Forster’s Tern
Black Skimmer
Belted Kingfisher
Crow sp.
Tree Swallow
Barn Swallow
Northern Mockingbird
European Starling
Saltmarsh Sharp-tailed Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Submitted by Joe Landesberg
August 29, 2010
Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge
Conditions: Partly cloudy, temperature in low 80s, light north breeze
Canada Goose
Mute Swan
American Black Duck
Mallard
Blue-winged Teal
Northern Shoveler
Scaup sp.
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Snowy Egret
Black-crowned Night-Heron
Glossy Ibis
Osprey
Semipalmated Plover
American Oystercatcher
Yellowlegs sp.
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Baird’s Sandpiper
Short-billed Dowitcher
Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Forster’s Tern
Downy Woodpecker
Eastern Phoebe
Great Crested Flycatcher
Eastern Kingbird
Red-eyed Vireo
American Crow
Tree Swallow
Black-capped Chickadee
Carolina Wren
Gray Catbird
Northern Mockingbird
Cedar Waxwing
Yellow Warbler
American Redstart
Northern Waterthrush
Common Yellowthroat
Song Sparrow
Northern Cardinal
Common Grackle
Baltimore Oriole
American Goldfinch
Submitted by Joe Landesberg