Registrar: Miriam Rakowski
Participants: 14
Weather: 35-39 degrees; 2-8 MPH easterly winds with higher gusts
Bird Species: 25
The morning began with bright sunny skies and temperate winds. The Coast Guard Station had some lovely winter birds, with highlights including a White-winged Scoter and numerous Bonaparte’s Gulls. We then went to Point Lookout, where we saw six Harlequin Ducks (which was a real treat), Purple Sandpipers, and hundreds of Dunlin.
We then lunched at Jones Beach and saw some Horned Larks. After lunch, the weather turned, becoming cloudier and windier. Nonetheless, we caravanned to Robert Moses State Park, Field 2, with some highlights being lovely Long-tailed Ducks and a couple of Surf Scoters. At Field 5, we had one Black-bellied Plover. Also, everyone had great looks at a Northern Gannet.
Species List
Jones Beach SP–Coast Guard Station
Brant
Canada Goose
White-winged Scoter
Black Scoter
Bufflehead
Red-breasted Merganser
Rock Pigeon
American Oystercatcher
Bonaparte’s Gull
Ring-billed Gull
American Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Common Loon
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Merlin
Black-capped Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
Northern Mockingbird
Red-winged Blackbird
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Point Lookout
Brant
Common Eider
Harlequin Duck
Surf Scoter
Rock Pigeon
American Oystercatcher
Sanderling
Dunlin
Purple Sandpiper
Bonaparte’s Gull
American Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Red-throated Loon
Palm Warbler
Jones Beach SP–Theodore Roosevelt Nature Center
Horned Lark
Robert Moses SP–East End of Field 2
Surf Scoter
Black Scoter
Long-tailed Duck
Bonaparte’s Gull
Ring-billed Gull
American Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Red-throated Loon
Common Loon
Northern Gannet
Robert Moses SP–parking field 5
White-winged Scoter
Black Scoter
Red-breasted Merganser
Black-bellied Plover
Bonaparte’s Gull
Ring-billed Gull
American Herring Gull
Red-throated Loon
Common Loon
Northern Gannet
Double-crested Cormorant
Northern Harrier
Horned Lark
