Leader: Della and Alan Wells
Participants: Dan Albantides, Ron Conzo,
Karen D’Alessandri, Peter Johnson, Jane Lampkin,
Weather: Hazy, hot (~93 degrees), and humid...ugh.
Highlights: Oystercatcher chicks on island at north end of East Pond. Air conditioned visitor center.
Note: Next year we need to check the tides before scheduling this trip…. it was low tide and there were few shorebirds in the East Pond or on the beaches adjacent to the West Pond trail.
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Pied-billed Grebe |
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Double-crested Cormorant |
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Great Blue Heron |
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Great Egret |
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Snowy Egret |
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Little Blue Heron |
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Green Heron |
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Black-crowned Night Heron |
Adults and juveniles |
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Yellow-crowned Night Heron |
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Glossy Ibis |
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Mute Swan |
Numerous! |
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Brant |
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Canada Goose |
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Wood Duck |
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American Black Duck |
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Mallard |
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Northern Shoveler |
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Gadwall |
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Ruddy Duck |
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Osprey |
Flyover carrying a fish |
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Red-tailed Hawk |
On lamppost over Exit 17S |
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Black-bellied Plover |
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Semipalmated Plover |
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American Oystercatcher |
Adults and two chicks!! |
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Greater Yellowlegs |
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Lesser Yellowlegs |
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Least Sandpiper |
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Stilt Sandpiper |
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Short-billed Dowitcher |
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Laughing Gull |
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Ring-billed Gull |
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Herring Gull |
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Great Black-backed Gull |
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Common Tern |
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Forster’s Tern |
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Rock Dove |
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Mourning Dove |
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Ruby-throated Hummingbird |
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Tree Swallow |
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Barn Swallow |
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Blue Jay |
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American Crow |
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Fish Crow |
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American Robin |
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Gray Catbird |
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Northern Mockingbird |
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Cedar Waxwing |
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European Starling |
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Northern Cardinal |
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Red-winged Blackbird |
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Song Sparrow |
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Click to Enlarge Photos
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| Lone Brant at Jamaica Bay NWR. Photo: Alan W. Wells |
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| Greater Yellowlegs. Photo: Alan W. Wells |
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| Least Sandpiper. Photo: Alan W. Wells |
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| Common Tern. Photo: Alan W. Wells |
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| Immature Little Blue Heron. Photo: Alan W. Wells |