Location: Suffolk County Sunday 10/24/10 Observers: Arie Gilbert and Jean Loscalzo A picture perfect fall day was spent in 3 locations inSuffolk County . Highlights as follows: Belmont Lake State Park: BARNACLE GOOSE (on the lake) and HOODED WARBLER (male, chipping loudlyand well observed for approx 5 min. near the “balance beam” exercise station);also: Wood Duck Gadwall American Wigeon Northern Shoveler Ring-necked Duck Pied-billed Grebe Double-crested Cormorant Great Blue Heron Northern Flicker Eastern Phoebe Fish Crow Black-capped Chickadee White-breasted Nuthatch Carolina Wren Winter Wren Golden-crowned Kinglet Ruby-crowned Kinglet Hermit Thrush American Robin Northern Mockingbird Yellow-rumped Warbler Blackpoll Warbler Song Sparrow Swamp Sparrow White-throated Sparrow Dark-eyed Junco RUSTY BLACKBIRD Purple Finch Gardiner’s Park: COMMON LOONS (a group of 3 were joined by 2more, and then all 5 started loudly vocalizing and swimming together in acircle); also: Bufflehead Osprey Ring-billed Gull Herring Gull Red-bellied Woodpecker Downy Woodpecker Eastern Phoebe BLUE-HEADED VIREO Black-capped ChickadeeX White-breasted Nuthatch Carolina Wren Golden-crowned Kinglet Ruby-crowned Kinglet Hermit Thrush American Robin Yellow-rumped Warbler Blackpoll Warbler Song Sparrow White-throated Sparrow Dark-eyed Junco Robert Moses State Park; east end of field 2: FIELD SPARROW; also: Brant (on the bay) American Kestrel Ring-billed Gull Great Black-backed Gull Eastern Phoebe Red-breasted Nuthatch Golden-crowned Kinglet Yellow-rumped Warbler Savannah Sparrow Song Sparrow Swamp Sparrow White-throated Sparrow White-crowned Sparrow Dark-eyed Junco
Jean Loscalzo Richmond Hill, NY -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
