Category: Field Trip Reports

Registrar: Anne Lazarus
Bird Species: 38

Species Lists

Birds
Snow Goose
Canada Goose
American Wigeon
Mallard
American Black Duck
Bufflehead
Common Merganser
Rock Pigeon
Ring-billed Gull
Turkey Vulture
Cooper’s Hawk
Bald Eagle
Red-tailed Hawk
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
American Kestrel
Peregrine Falcon
Blue Jay
American Crow
Fish Crow (h)
Common Raven
Black-capped Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
Horned Lark
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Golden-crowned Kinglet
White-breasted Nuthatch
Carolina Wren
European Starling
Northern Mockingbird
American Goldfinch
American Tree Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
White-throated Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Northern Cardinal

Registrar: Louise Fraza
Bird Species: 62

We had a perfect early December day for this trip.  The sun was out and it was almost windless. The grass had a coating of hoarfrost that was beginning to melt in the early morning sun. On the bay the water had just a light ripple.  Everyone showed up on time and the mood was gregarious.  An early surprise was the number of Great Blue Herons (about nine) on the island in the pond as well as a lot of Double-crested Cormorants.  We had excellent, long looks at a posse of Common Goldeneye as they swam in the smooth water on the bay just offshore.  Attention was called to a raptor in the big tree near the field, which turned out to be a Merlin.  A bit later we saw an eagle fly over. After a bird-filled morning at the Playlands Edith Reid Sanctuary, we drove to a nearby town park where we had great looks at Purple Sandpipers on the rocks in the bay.  From there it was on the Marshlands Nature Center. While we had our lunch at the picnic benches a Wild Turkey came strolling by — a survivor of last week’s Thanksgiving, someone remarked.  In a tree at the top of the field that slopes down towards the marsh, we counted three Field Sparrows together with some Song Sparrows.  All together, we tallied 62 bird species.

Species Lists

Birds
Brant
Canada Goose
Mute Swan
American Wigeon
Mallard
American Black Duck
Greater Scaup
Lesser Scaup
Long-tailed Duck
Bufflehead
Common Goldeneye
Hooded Merganser
Common Merganser
Red-breasted Merganser
Ruddy Duck
Wild Turkey
Pied-billed Grebe
Horned Grebe
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Purple Sandpiper
Laughing Gull
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Red-throated Loon
Common Loon
Great Cormorant
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Cooper’s Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
eagle sp.
Belted Kingfisher
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker (h)
Northern Flicker
Merlin
Blue Jay
American Crow
Fish Crow
Black-capped Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
White-breasted Nuthatch
Winter Wren (h)
Carolina Wren
European Starling
Northern Mockingbird
American Robin
House Sparrow
American Pipit
House Finch
American Goldfinch
Field Sparrow
American Tree Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
White-throated Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Northern Cardinal

Registrar: Pearl Broder
Bird Species: 42

Species Lists

Birds
Brant
Canada Goose
Mute Swan
Northern Shoveler
Gadwall
American Wigeon
Mallard
American Black Duck
Northern Pintail
Green-winged Teal
Greater Scaup
Bufflehead
Hooded Merganser
Red-breasted Merganser
Ruddy Duck
Pied-billed Grebe
Horned Grebe
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
American Coot
Killdeer
Dunlin
Greater Yellowlegs
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Common Loon
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Northern Harrier
Red-tailed Hawk
Eastern Phoebe
European Starling
Northern Mockingbird
House Sparrow
House Finch
Dark-eyed Junco
White-throated Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Northern Cardinal

Registrar: Miriam Rakowski
Bird Species: 43

Species Lists

Birds
Canada Goose
Mute Swan
Wood Duck
Northern Shoveler
Mallard
American Black Duck
Bufflehead
Ruddy Duck
Pied-billed Grebe
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
American Coot
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Red-tailed Hawk
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Merlin
Blue-headed Vireo
Blue Jay
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Golden-crowned Kinglet
White-breasted Nuthatch
Northern Mockingbird
Hermit Thrush
American Robin
House Sparrow
American Pipit (h)
House Finch
Chipping Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
White-throated Sparrow
Vesper Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
Red-winged Blackbird
Common Grackle
Nashville Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Northern Cardinal

Registrar: Sandra Maury
Bird Species: 27

Species Lists

Birds
Canada Goose
Rock Pigeon
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Double-crested Cormorant
Black Vulture
Turkey Vulture
Osprey
Northern Harrier
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Cooper’s Hawk
Bald Eagle
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Peregrine Falcon
Blue Jay
American Crow
Common Raven
Tufted Titmouse
Carolina Wren (h)
Northern Mockingbird
American Robin
House Sparrow
American Goldfinch
Chipping Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco

Registrar: Anne Lazarus (thank you Anne)
Participants: 7 
Weather: Sunny, upper 40 to 50 degrees Fahrenheit, calm.
Bird Species: 54

Species Lists

Birds
Snow Goose
Brant
Canada Goose
Mallard
American Black Duck
Bufflehead
Red-breasted Merganser
Ruddy Duck
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Killdeer
Laughing Gull
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Red-throated Loon
Common Loon
Great Cormorant
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Cooper’s Hawk
Red-shouldered Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
American Kestrel
Eastern Phoebe
Blue Jay
American Crow
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Brown Creeper
Carolina Wren
European Starling
Northern Mockingbird
Hermit Thrush
American Robin
House Sparrow
American Pipit
House Finch
American Goldfinch
Chipping Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
White-throated Sparrow
Savannah Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
Eastern Towhee
Red-winged Blackbird
Brown-headed Cowbird
Palm Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Northern Cardinal

Butterflies
Cabbage White
Orange Sulfur
Painted Lady
Common Buckeye 
Monarch

Leader: Richard Lieberman
Registrar: N/A
Weather: See checklists

Fall 2017 eBrid lists for Central Park walks: 

Registrar: Karen Asakawa
Participants: 4
Weather: Sunny, 60 degrees Fahrenheit, windy, sometimes 20 mph in pm.
Bird Species: 35

Species Lists

Birds
Brant
Canada Goose
Mallard
Black-bellied Plover
Dunlin
Wilson’s Snipe
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Turkey Vulture
Osprey
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Cooper’s Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Northern Flicker
Merlin
American Crow
Common Raven
Tree Swallow
Carolina Wren (h)
European Starling
Northern Mockingbird
American Robin
House Sparrow
House Finch
American Goldfinch
Chipping Sparrow
Field Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
White-throated Sparrow
Lincoln’s Sparrow
Red-winged Blackbird
Yellow-rumped Warbler

Butterflies
Cabbage White
Clouded Sulfur
Orange Sulfur
Painted Lady
Common Buckeye 
Monarch

Registrar: Pearl Broder
Bird Species: 44

Species Lists

Birds
Brant
Canada Goose
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Killdeer (h)
Sanderling
Laughing Gull
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Forster’s Tern
Royal Tern
Double-crested Cormorant
Osprey
Northern Harrier
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
American Kestrel
Merlin
Eastern Phoebe
American Crow
Black-capped Chickadee
Tree Swallow
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Carolina Wren
European Starling
Northern Mockingbird
Hermit Thrush
American Robin
House Sparrow
House Finch
Chipping Sparrow
Field Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
White-crowned Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Nelson’s Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Eastern Towhee
Red-winged Blackbird
Palm Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler

Butterflies
Cabbage White
Variegated Frittilary
Painted Lady
Checkered White
Clouded Sulfur
Eastern Comma
Common Buckeye
Red Admiral
Orange Sulfur
Mourning Cloak
Monarch

Odonates
Green Darner
Black Saddlebag
Wandering Glider

Herps
Spring Peeper (h)

Mammals
Pilot Whales (4)
Harbor Seal
Eastern Gray Squirrel

Registrar: No Registration. Central Park walk met at 103rd Street and Central Park West at 7:30 am
Participants:  22
Weather:  Mainly overcast, about 70 degrees Fahrenheit, light southwest wind.
Bird Species: 44

Species Lists

Birds
Canada Goose
Northern Shoveler
Gadwall
Mallard
American Black Duck
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Chimney Swift
Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Great Blue Heron
Red-tailed Hawk
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Peregrine Falcon
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Eastern Phoebe
Blue-headed Vireo
Blue Jay
American Crow
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Golden-crowned Kinglet
White-breasted Nuthatch
Winter Wren
European Starling
Gray Catbird (h)
Brown Thrasher
Northern Mockingbird
Hermit Thrush
American Robin
House Finch
Chipping Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
White-throated Sparrow
Brown-headed Cowbird
Common Grackle
Northern Waterthrush
Cape May Warbler
Palm Warbler
Scarlet Tanager
Northern Cardinal

Butterflies
Cabbage White
Painted Lady
Monarch

Mammals
Eastern Gray Squirrel
Eastern Chipmunk
Northern Raccoon