-----Original Message-----
From: mjyuan@
To: Peter Dorosh
Sent: Sat, Jan 17, 2015 4:06 pm
Subject: waterfowl count - north brooklyn
Hi Peter-
Pleasant weather but not so birdy today. Nary a loon or grebe. Great to have access to two new locations this year - Brooklyn Army Terminal 58th st Pier and the new Bush Terminal Piers Park.
Birders: Bob Washburn, HJ Kim, Alie Ratay, and Heather Wolf
Locations:
Brooklyn Bridge Park, Brooklyn Army Terminal, Bush Terminal Piers Park, various spots around Red Hook, Ikea/Erie Basin, and the Columbia Street Pier.
Day totals:
Brant 169
Canada Goose 97
Gadwall 51
Eurasian Wigeon 1 Continuing at Bush Terminal Piers Park
American Wigeon 13
American Black Duck 22
Mallard 93
American Black Duck/Mallard 1
Northern Shoveler 1
Greater Scaup 81
Lesser Scaup 44
Bufflehead 115
Red-breasted Merganser 11
Ruddy Duck 34
Double-crested Cormorant 9
Great Cormorant 2 - Bush Terminal, Van Brunt St Pier,
Ring-billed Gull 349
Herring Gull 89
Great Black-backed Gull 11
Rock Pigeon 28
Peregrine Falcon 1 Brooklyn Bridge Park Pier 1
American Crow 1
Fish Crow 1
American Robin 1
Northern Mockingbird 1
European Starling 12
White-throated Sparrow 2
House Sparrow 21
