Registrar: Dom Ricci
Participants: 7
Weather: Around 59-62 F, overcast, light breeze, light rain & mist
Bird Species: 41
With forecasts of a nor’easter bearing down on the Eastern Seaboard for the original walk date, trip leader Alan Drogin decided to explore Randall’s Island a day early. Although the group persevered through drizzle and damp, they still encountered a wide variety of avian species around the island.
The route wound through several ballfields, the former driving range, the urban farm, and the freshwater woodlands, with the most productive stretch being the northern edge along the Bronx Kill. There, several Killdeer were seen feeding on the mudflats, and Spotted Sandpipers bobbed and jerked their way across the rocky opposite shore.
The group lingered in a meadow patch where they were treated to an immature Dickcissel. And although they missed a reported Orange-crowned Warbler, a few members managed to catch sight of a Vesper Sparrow.
Species List
Canada Goose
Mallard
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)
Mourning Dove
Killdeer
Spotted Sandpiper
Laughing Gull
Ring-billed Gull
American Herring Gull
Double-crested Cormorant
Red-tailed Hawk
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
American Kestrel
Eastern Phoebe
Blue-headed Vireo
Blue Jay
American Crow
Tufted Titmouse
Carolina Wren
European Starling
Gray Catbird
Northern Mockingbird
Hermit Thrush
American Robin
House Sparrow
House Finch
White-throated Sparrow
Vesper Sparrow
Savannah Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Lincoln’s Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
Eastern Towhee
Common Grackle
Common Yellowthroat
Palm Warbler (including one Western)
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Northern Cardinal
Dickcissel
