February 7, 2010
Jones Beach West End 2
Conditions: Sunny, 25 degrees, north wind
Canada Geese
Brant (lots)
American Black Ducks
Common Eider
Long-tailed Ducks (8)
Red-breasted Merganser
Red-throated Loon
Common Loons (2)
Dunlin
Ring-billed Gulls
Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Downy Woodpecker
American Crow
Horned Lark (8)
American Robin
Northern Mockingbird
European Starlings
Yellow-rumped Warblers
American Tree Sparrow
Savannah Sparrow
Song Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrows (2)
Dark-eyed Juncos
Lapland Longspurs
Brown-headed Cowbirds
House Sparrow
Submitted by Joe Landesberg
Feb 14
Hempstead Lake State Park
Conditions: Mostly cloudy, snow on ground, temperature in low 30s, west wind
Canada Geese
Mallards
Hooded Mergansers (6)
Common Mergansers (5)
Great Blue Heron
Red-tailed Hawk
American Coots (4)
Ring-billed Gulls
Mourning Doves (25)
Belted Kingfisher
Red-bellied Woodpeckers (3)
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Hairy Woodpeckers (3)
Blue Jay
Black-capped Chickadee
Tufted Titmice (3)
White-breasted Nuthatches (4)
American Robins (6)
Gray Catbird
Fox Sparrow
Song Sparrows (2)
White-throated Sparrows (9)
Northern Cardinals (4)
American Goldfinch
Submitted by Joe Landesberg
February 21, 2010
Point Lookout Town Park
Conditions: Partly cloudy, 40 degrees, W-NW wind
Brant (too numerous to count)
Common Eiders (108)
Red-breasted Mergansers (2)
Red-throated Loons (3)
Common Loon
Horned Grebe
Great Cormorant
Northern Harrier
Herring Gulls (4)
Great Black-backed Gulls (3)
Mourning Doves (3)
Carolina Wren
American Robins (7)
Northern Mockingbird
European Starlings (24)
House Sparrows
Submitted by Joe Landesberg
February 28, 2010
Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge
Conditions: Mostly cloudy, temperature in upper 30s, W-SW wind
Canada Goose
Brant
American Wigeon
American Black Duck
Mallard
Northern Shoveler
Green-winged Teal
Greater Scaup
Bufflehead
Common Goldeneye
Hooded Merganser
Common Merganser
Red-breasted Merganser
Ruddy Duck
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Downy Woodpecker
American Crow
Carolina Wren
Hermit Thrush
American Robin
Gray Catbird
Northern Mockingbird
European Starling
Yellow-rumped Warbler
American Tree Sparrow
Song Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Northern Cardinal
Red-winged Blackbird
Submitted by Joe Landesberg