11/15/09 - Jamaica Bay W.R., Broad Channel, Queens Co., NY Time: 9:15am to 11:30am Observers: Andrew Block
15+ Horned grebes 7+ Double-crested Cormorants 4 Black-crowned Night-Herons 1 Great Blue heron 12+ Snow Geese (+1 Blue Goose) several Canada geese many Brants several Gadwalls 8+ American Wigeons several American Black Ducks many Mallards many Northern Shovelers 9+ Northern Pintails 6 Green-winged Teals 1 Canvasback many Greater Scaups several Lesser Scaups several Buffleheads 2 Hooded Mergansers several Red-breasted Mergansers many Ruddy Ducks 7+ American Coots many Herring Gulls several Great Black-backed Gulls 1 Fish Crow 1 Black-capped chickadee 2 Tufted Titmice 2 Carolina Wrens 1 American Robin 3 Gray Catbirds 2 Northern Mockingbirds 15 Cedar Waxwings several Yellow-rumped Warblers 3 Song Sparrows 2 Swamp Sparrows several White-throated Sparrows 4 Red-winged Blackbirds 4 House Finches - Sunken meadow S.P., Smithtown, Suffolk Co., NY Time: 12:30pm to 1:30pm Observers: Andrew Block 30+ Common Loons 1 Red-throated Loon 3 Long-tailed Ducks many White-winged Scoters 7 Hooded Mergansers 30+ Canada Geese 4 Mute Swans 4 Double-crested Cormorants 1 Pied-billed Grebe 8+ gadwalls 5 Mallards 5 Dark-eyed Juncos several White-throated Sparrows 2 Northern Flickers 1 Blue Jay 6 Fish Crows many European Starlings 40+ Brown-headed Cowbirds several Herrings gulls several Ring-billed Gulls 6 Great Black-backed Gulls - Kings Park High School, Rte. 25A, Kings Park, Suffolk Co., NY Time: 2pm to 2;15pm Observers; Andrew Block, Mark Schwartz, Tom Burke, Gail Benson 50+ Canada Geese 1 Cackling Goose 1 Pink-footed Goose 1 Barnacle Goose Andrew Andrew v. F. Block Consulting Field Biologist & Eco-tour Leader 37 Tanglewylde Avenue Bronxville, Westchester Co., New York 10708-3131 Phone: (914) 337-1229; Cell: (914) 886-5124; Fax: (914) 771-8036 "When the last individual of a race of living things breathes no more, another heaven and another earth must pass before such a one can be again..." - William Beebe, first Curator of Birds, Bronx Zoo "Crikey! Have a look at that!" - Steve Irwin, The Crocodile Hunter "Just like the white winged dove sings a song, sounds like she's singing whoo, baby...whoo...said whoo" - Stephanie L. Nicks, Edge of 17, Bella Donna -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES Archives: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --