11/3/10 - Captree S.P./Jones Beach S.P., L.I., NY
Time: 3:15pm to 6pm
Observers: Andrew Block
many Double-crested Cormorants
several Canada Geese
many Brants
several American Black Ducks
hundreds of Black Scoters
4 Red-breasted Mergansers
4 Northern Harriers
1 Sharp-shinned Hawk
1 Cooper's Hawk
several Black-bellied Plovers
200+ American Oystercatchers
many Dunlins
1 Wilson's Snipe
many of all 3 spp. of usual gulls
several Rock Pigeons
7 Mourning Doves
1 COMMON GROUND-DOVE (seen along boat access road but flushed by moronic
photographer)
2 Northern Flickers
2 Eastern Phoebes
1 NORTHERN SHRIKE (looked most like one from the distance I saw it)
200+ Tree Swallows
1 Red-breasted Nuthatch
1 Hermit Thrush
3 Northern Mockingbirds
4 European Starlings
many Yellow-rumped Warblers
1 Chipping Sparrow
3 Savannah Sparrows
many Song Sparrows
4 Swamp Sparrows
many White-throated Sparrows
1 White-crowned Sparrow
several Dark-eyed Juncos
2 Northern Cardinals
15 Common Grackles
1 BOAT-TAILED GRACKLE
1 House Finch
4 PINE SISKINS
1 American Goldfinch
12+ House Sparrows
Andrew
Andrew v. F. Block
Consulting Naturalist/Wildlife Biologist
37 Tanglewylde Avenue
Bronxville, Westchester Co., New York 10708-3131
Phone: 914-337-1229; Fax: 914-771-8036
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