Sunday, May 13, 2012

BBC Birdathon Saturday May 12th results

Results of the Brooklyn Bird Club team , submitted by Mike Yuan. See his note:

The unnamed Brooklyn Bird Club team of Bob Washburn, Donna Evans, Matthew Rymkiewicz (subbing for Dennis Hrehowsik) and Mike Yuan totaled 113 species for yesterday's Bird-a-Thon, birded in locations throughout Brooklyn and Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, Queens.

Highlights of a great day: Tennessee, Cape May, Bay-Breasted Warblers, Solitary Sandpiper, and Lincoln's Sparrow at Prospect, Bobolinks at Dreier-Offerman, Bonaparte's Gull at Plum Beach, and a Black-Billed Cuckoo at the West Pond at Jamaica Bay. 
Species List:
Brant
Canada Goose
Mute Swan
Wood Duck
Gadwall
American Black Duck
Mallard
Blue-winged Teal
Green-winged Teal
Bufflehead
Red-breasted Merganser
Ruddy Duck
Northern Gannet
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Snowy Egret
Green Heron
Black-crowned Night-Heron
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron
Glossy Ibis
Osprey
Red-tailed Hawk
Semipalmated Plover
Killdeer
American Oystercatcher
Spotted Sandpiper
Solitary Sandpiper
Greater Yellowlegs
Willet
Lesser Yellowlegs
Least Sandpiper
Purple Sandpiper
American Woodcock
Bonaparte's Gull
Laughing Gull
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Common Tern
Forster's Tern
Black Skimmer
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Black-billed Cuckoo
Chimney Swift
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Willow Flycatcher
Least Flycatcher
Great Crested Flycatcher
Eastern Kingbird
Yellow-throated Vireo
Warbling Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
Blue Jay
American Crow
Fish Crow
Tree Swallow
Barn Swallow
Tufted Titmouse
Carolina Wren
House Wren
Veery
Swainson's Thrush
Wood Thrush
American Robin
Gray Catbird
Northern Mockingbird
Brown Thrasher
European Starling
Cedar Waxwing
Ovenbird
Northern Waterthrush
Black-and-white Warbler
Tennessee Warbler
Nashville Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
American Redstart
Cape May Warbler
Northern Parula
Magnolia Warbler
Bay-breasted Warbler
Blackburnian Warbler
Yellow Warbler
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Blackpoll Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Canada Warbler
Wilson's Warbler
Eastern Towhee
Chipping Sparrow
Savannah Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Lincoln's Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Scarlet Tanager
Northern Cardinal
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Indigo Bunting
Bobolink
Red-winged Blackbird
Common Grackle
Boat-tailed Grackle
Brown-headed Cowbird
Orchard Oriole
Baltimore Oriole
American Goldfinch
House Sparrow