Thursday, July 17, 2014

Sunrise to Sunset: Jamaica Bay to Dune Road, Hampons

I was out all day starting at Jamaica Bay and went out east to Dune Road stopping at several spots along the way.  Hghlights were:

Jamaica Bay East Pond: Black and Yellow Crowned Night Herons, Glossy Ibis, Black Skimmers
Jamaica Bay West Pond: immature Little Blue Heron
marsh west of West Pond trail: Tri-Colored Heron, Short Billed Dowitcher, Clapper Rail, Yellowlegs
Oceanside Marine Nature Study Area: Saltmarsh Sparrows
Cow Meadow Park: Muscovy
Jones Beach Coast Guard Marina/ sandbar: 2 Common Loons (nonbreeding plumage), Red Breasted Merganser, continuing female Greater Scaup, Gulled Billed Tern, Black Bellied Plover
Teddy Roosevelt Preserve by Zachs Bays: Marsh Wrens
Massapequa Preserve: Goldfinch, Hummingbirds
Connetquot State Park: Blue Gray Gnatcatcher
Captree Island ~100 Glossy Ibis
South Haven County Park: Domestic Goose
Dune Road: Short Billed Dowitchers, Black Skimmers

American Goldfinch

Common Tern

Laughing Gull

Wood Duck

Hummingbird


Gulled Billed Tern

Black Bellied Plover

Red Tailed Hawk - banded

Great Egret


Marsh Wren

Mix of shorebirds off Dune Road

Goose

Glossy Ibis

Glossy Ibis 100+


Muscovy

Green Heron

Osprey


Black Crowned Night Heron

Yellow Warbler

Yellow Crowned Night Heron

Mute Swan

Saltmarsh Sparrow

Barn Swallow

Barn Swallow

Common Loon and Great Scaup

Little Blue Heron

Tri-Colored Heron

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