May 22, 2020

Time: 6:50-12:15
Date: 5/22/2020
Location: Wantagh County Park
Weather: 70 deg. Fahrenheit, sunny, no wind
Habitat: Ocean seashore, mudflats, riparian forest, open field

This session made me realize my ID skills are much stronger for water birds then other habitat-linked species so I know what to work on. I also realized that I definitely saw a lot of Piping Plovers at Monday's location without realizing it.
I am wondering how a colony of Monk Parakeets established themselves and continue to survive so far away from their native habitat? Does science have any hypotheses?

P.S.- I decided not to include the woodpecker because I could not get a solid ID on it, tho I suspect it may have been a Yellow-Bellied Sapsucker based upon previous observations at the same park.

Posted on May 22, 2020 10:49 PM by benjaminrosen benjaminrosen

Observations

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Boat-tailed Grackle (Quiscalus major)

Observer

benjaminrosen

Date

May 22, 2020

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Great Egret (Ardea alba)

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benjaminrosen

Date

May 22, 2020

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Snowy Egret (Egretta thula)

Observer

benjaminrosen

Date

May 22, 2020

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Wood Thrush (Hylocichla mustelina)

Observer

benjaminrosen

Date

May 22, 2020

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Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus)

Observer

benjaminrosen

Date

May 22, 2020

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Double-crested Cormorant (Nannopterum auritum)

Observer

benjaminrosen

Date

May 22, 2020

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Ruddy Turnstone (Arenaria interpres)

Observer

benjaminrosen

Date

May 22, 2020

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Tree Swallow (Tachycineta bicolor)

Observer

benjaminrosen

Date

May 22, 2020

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Piping Plover (Charadrius melodus)

Observer

benjaminrosen

Date

May 2020

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Osprey (Pandion haliaetus)

Observer

benjaminrosen

Date

May 22, 2020

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Laughing Gull (Leucophaeus atricilla)

Observer

benjaminrosen

Date

May 22, 2020

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Willet (Tringa semipalmata)

Observer

benjaminrosen

Date

May 22, 2020

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Ring-billed Gull (Larus delawarensis)

Observer

benjaminrosen

Date

May 22, 2020

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Herring Gull (Larus argentatus)

Observer

benjaminrosen

Date

May 22, 2020

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Great Black-backed Gull (Larus marinus)

Observer

benjaminrosen

Date

May 22, 2020

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Monk Parakeet (Myiopsitta monachus)

Observer

benjaminrosen

Date

May 22, 2020

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