Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge with Keith Michael, 8/18/23

Registrar: Mary Beth Kooper
Report Narrative by: Anne Lazarus
Participants: 16
Weather: 71 – 79°F, Gentle N – SW winds
Bird Species: 50 + 4 other taxa

Neither rain nor any weather possibility or high East Pond levels could stop us. We thank our amazing leader, Keith, for finding so many exciting birds for us. We appreciate it all. The skippers skipped away very quickly, and only one Pearl Crescent was cooperative. We also saw Green Darners and one Black Saddlebags.

Species Lists

Birds
Canada Goose
Mute Swan
Blue-winged Teal
Gadwall
Mallard
American Black Duck
Green-winged Teal
Ruddy Duck
duck sp.
Mourning Dove
Killdeer
Semipalmated Plover
Short-billed Dowitcher
Spotted Sandpiper
Lesser Yellowlegs
Greater Yellowlegs
Stilt Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
Semipalmated Sandpiper
peep sp.
Laughing Gull
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Black Skimmer
Least Tern
Forster’s Tern
Double-crested Cormorant
Yellow-crowned Night Heron
Black-crowned Night Heron
Little Blue Heron
Snowy Egret
Great Egret
Great Blue Heron
Glossy Ibis
Osprey
Peregrine Falcon
Empidonax sp.
Tree Swallow
Barn Swallow
swallow sp.
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Carolina Wren
European Starling
Gray Catbird
Northern Mockingbird
American Robin
House Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Red-winged Blackbird
Boat-tailed Grackle
Yellow Warbler
Northern Cardinal

Insects
Black Saddlebags
Cabbage White
Green Darner
Monarch Butterfly
Pearl Crescent
Spotted Lanternfly