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Longtails in Love – February 12, 2022

Leaders: Chuck Slugg, Janet Crawford, Steve Weis

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Avalon – 8th St. Jetty: 10:05am

7 species

Species Count
Black Scoter 1
Long-tailed Duck 11
Ruddy Turnstone 1
Herring Gull 5
Great Black-backed Gull 1
Common Loon 2
Yellow-rumped Warbler 1

 

Avalon – 3rd Ave Jetty: 10:45am

4 species

Species Count
Herring Gull 6
Great Black-backed Gull 3
Red-throated Loon 1
Common Loon 2

 

Avalon – 7th St: 11:03am

6 species

Species Count
Brant 2
Herring Gull 40
Great Black-backed Gull 7
Red-throated Loon 1
Common Loon 4
Turkey Vulture 2

 

Avalon – 1025 Dune Dr: 11:35am

1 species

Species Count
Red-tailed Hawk 1

 

Ocean Drive at 53rd St: 11:54am

7 species

Species Count
American Black Duck 3
Red-breasted Merganser 1
Black-bellied Plover 1
Dunlin 10
Herring Gull 9
Double-crested Cormorant 2
Great Blue Heron 1

 

Stone Harbor – Municipal Marina (80th-81st): 12:09pm

6 species

Species Count
Brant 100
Bufflehead 78
Horned Grebe 1
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 4
Bald Eagle 1
Boat-tailed Grackle 4

 

Stone Harbor – 9001-9099 Sunset Drive: 12:27pm

8 species

Species Count
Brant 110
American Black Duck 1
Long-tailed Duck 8
Dunlin 12
Herring Gull 20
Common/Forster’s Tern 1
Double-crested Cormorant 1
Turkey Vulture 1
Bald Eagle 1

Stone Harbor – 1 95th St.: 1:22pm

6 species

Species Count
Long-tailed Duck 6
Horned Grebe 2
Herring Gull 11
Great Black-backed Gull 3
Red-throated Loon 3
Common Loon 1

 

Sunset Lake: 2:31pm

6 species

Species Count
Greater Scaup 2
Lesser Scaup 16
Bufflehead 20
Horned Grebe 1
Herring Gull 5
Bald Eagle 1