On Friday, I ended my last day of school at noon. I then ate lunch and went to meet my friend, Ryan at the ferry terminal. We were going to look for birds that can be found at Governor's Island, but not in Manhattan. When we got there, we ran into another birder on the island. He told us of a Yellow-Crowned Night Heron nest on the island and offered to show it to us. At the same time, we started seeing Fish Crows, a species we may have seen up to 30 of today. When we got to the nest, we saw two adult herons and got amazing looks at them. We then went to search for a Killdeer he saw earlier at a place he called the nesting field, because of the Herring and Great Black-Backed Gulls that nest there. As we headed to the spot, we spotted a Common Tern, Peregrine Falcon, a pair of American Black Ducks fly by, and a Red-Winged Blackbird attacking a Fish Crow. When we got there, it took a bit of scanning, but eventually we found the Killdeer very camouflaged. After that, we went to the Yankee Pier tern colony to check out the nesting Common Terns. We were able to see 15-20 birds from our viewing platform, as well as the American Black Ducks, which flew down to the water. 22 species and 3 new year birds bring my total to 137 species seen this year. Which means I have officially beaten last years total of 135!
My new aditions:
135. Yellow-Crowned Night Heron
136. Common Tern
137. Killdeer
Species seen/heard:
American Black Duck
Mallard
Double-Crested Cormorant
Peregrine Falcon
YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT HERON
KILLDEER
Herring Gull
Great Black-Backed Gull
Common Tern
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Northern Flicker (heard)
Chimney Swift
Barn Swallow (many)
Cedar Waxwing (heard)
European Starling
Fish Crow
American Robin
Song Sparrow (heard)
Common Grackle
Red-Winged Blackbird
House Sparrow
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