Jamaica Bay Saturday June 22, 2019 OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, Deborah Allen, m.ob.
Highlights: Yellow- and Black-billed Cuckoos, White-eyed Vireo, Barn Owl Canada Goose - 2 family groups West Pond Trail, many on opposite shore Mute Swan - many Gadwall - flyover flock of 4 Mallard Mourning Dove - a few Yellow-billed Cuckoo - 1 Garden Area north of Visitors' Center Black-billed Cuckoo - 2 seen together Garden Area north Visitors' Center Clapper Rail - heard West Pond Trail (C.K.) Willet - 2 West Pond Trail near repaired breach Laughing Gull - 50+ Herring Gull - not many Forster's Tern - 2 fishing near repaired breach on West Pond Trail (Ryan Serio) Double-crested Cormorant - a few flyovers Great Egret - 1 seen from West Pond Trail Snowy Egret - flyover Green Heron - 2 Big John's Pond Black-crowned Night-Heron - 3 Big John's Pond Yellow-crowned Night-Heron - 4 or 5 (Ryan Serio) seen from West Pond Trail Glossy Ibis - flyover West Pond Trail (C. K.) Osprey - 2 active nests with adults & young Barn Owl - visible in nest box at Big John's Pond (Ryan Serio) Great Crested Flycatcher - pair near crossing for Big John's Pond Willow Flycatcher - 3 White-eyed Vireo - near blind at Big John's Pond Crow - silent flyover Tree Swallow - many Barn Swallow - near repaired breach on West Pond Trail House Wren - 4 or 5 (3 pairs occupying nest boxes) Carolina Wren - pair in Garden American Robin - several Gray Catbird - many Brown Thrasher - 1 West Pond Trail Northern Mockingbird - 2 or 3 Cedar Waxwing - 6 House Finch - male & female near Visitors' Center American Goldfinch - male & female Eastern Towhee - 3 (pair & singing male) Song Sparrow - 3 Red-winged Blackbird - many Brown-headed Cowbird - 3 (2 males, 1 female) Common Grackle - 2 Boat-tailed Grackle - 4 to 6 (including 1 male close to Visitors' Center) Common Yellowthroat - 3 or 4 American Redstart - 3 to 5 including first-summer male collecting food for young Yellow Warbler - many Northern Cardinal - 2 males near Visitors' Center Butterflies: Monarch laying eggs on milkweed, Snout. Deb Allen Follow us on twitter @BirdingBobNYC & @DAllenNYC -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
