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Nine Bird Club members and three guests caravanned to Sandy Hook, the Gateway National Recreation Area, on a sunny but somewhat windy day. Despite a puzzling absence of shorebirds thirty-five species were identified, and a great day was had by all.
Participants: Joe Costanza, Dino and Peggy Fiabane, Robert Koch, Alvin Migdal, Carol Neil, Louise Tompkins, David and Miriam Swartz. Guests: Don Jones, Loretta Kanieniecki, Mary Ellen Zitzler.
Bird List:
Canada Goose
American Black Duck
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Common Loon
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Turkey Vulture
Osprey
Cooper’s Hawk
Bald Eagle
Red-tailed Hawk
Belted Kingfisher
Northern Flicker
Merlin
Peregrine Falcon
Eastern Kingbird
Eastern Phoebe
American Crow
Tree Swallow
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Northern Mockingbird
European Starling
House Finch
American Goldfinch
Savannah Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Eastern Towhee
Red-winged Blackbird
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Northern Cardinal
