How to Get Free Gogo Inflight WiFi : Click on “Watch for Free” in the Delta Studio to watch free movies.
> Choose your movie and select "Watch Now." > asked if you have the Gogo app or need to download the app.
> select the option to “Download on the App Store.” (or Google Play) > Leave the App Store once Gogo takes you there.
How to Access Google in China (& All Google Services) :
1. Access the Internet in China -
Via Wi-Fi.
Via a China SIM card: Although a bit
time consuming, it’s not difficult for a foreigner to get a local SIM card to
access the internet via any unlocked phone. You’ll need your passport to
register the number but monthly service can be unbelievably cheap. In some major
airports (Beijing, Shanghai) you’ll find kiosks where you
can purchase a China SIM card. Otherwise, you’ll have to go to a China
Telecom, China Unicom or China Mobile store to purchase.
Via a Rented China Phone: Of course,
if you want to eliminate all the hassle of the above options, you can also
consider renting
a phone in China. There are services that will mail you a phone to your home
that will work the moment you land in China. You can rent cheap Android phones
or nicer Apple iPhones.
2. Connect to a VPN (Virtual Private Network)
3. Log on to Google in China!
Periodical cicada Brood X (10)will emergein
the spring of 2021inDelaware,
Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, Michigan, North Carolina, New
Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia, and
Washington D.C.
The last time this brood emerged was in 2004.
When:Typically beginning in mid-May and ending in
late June. These cicadas will begin to emerge approximately when the soil 8″
beneath the ground reaches64
degrees Fahrenheit. A nice, warm rain will often trigger an emergence. Back
in 2004, people began reporting emergences around May, 13th.
Other tips: these cicadas will emerge after the trees have grown leaves, and, by
my own observation, around the same time Iris flowers bloom.
Chinese officials punished over COVID-19 outbreak that led to Xi'an lockdown
1.
the number of local symptomatic cases in Xi'an - there were 255 during the Dec 9-Dec 23 period.
New locally transmitted cases with confirmed symptoms in the city fell to 49 for
Dec. 23, down from 63 a day earlier, the first decline since Dec. 10.
2. Nationwide, China confirmed 87 new symptomatic cases for Dec. 23, down from
100 a day earlier, its health authority said on Friday.
Of those, 55 were locally transmitted, according to a statement by the National
Health Commission, compared with 71 from a day earlier.
There were no new deaths, leaving the death toll at 4,636. Mainland China had
100,731 confirmed COVID-19 cases as of Dec. 23.
The city of 13 million, which entered its fourth day of lockdown, detected 155
domestically transmitted cases with confirmed symptoms for Saturday, up from 75
a day earlier, official data showed on Sunday.
The city managed to quickly detect those cases through three rounds of mass
testing, He Wenquan, a Xian official, told a press conference on Sunday, adding
that high case numbers could persist into the next couple of days.
The city has announced no infections caused by the Omicron variant, although
Chinese authorities have reported a handful of Omicron infections among
international travelers and in southern China.
John P. Humes Japanese Stroll Garden
347 Oyster Bay Road, Mill Neck, NY 11765
Sat 10am-2pm
Sun 1-5pm
Mon-Fri Closed
Brooklyn birding places:
Brooklyn Botanic Garden
ebird | saw Bobolink on 22 Apr 2018
(in reeds of water garden just south of Conservatory), 8 Oct 2017
(Pic-1,
smaller) & 14 Sep 2014 | saw Dickcissel on 9 Oct 2017 | saw European Goldfinch
(is considered a rare bird in New York) on 22 Oct 2017
Prospect Park (next to Brooklyn Botanic Garden)
Green-Wood Cemetery (near to Prospect Park)
Bush Terminal Piers Park (near to Green-Wood Cemetery)
So the above 4 are formed a cluster.
Note:
(1) European Goldfinch - native to Europe, North Africa, and central Asia. The European Goldfinch has been introduced to other areas, such as southern Australia, New Zealand, and even the US. About 100 years ago these birds were established on
Long Island, but those colonies died out and now they’re considered rare in North America. In recent years, there have been many sightings of them in the Mid-West where they are believed to be nesting. They are hardy birds and able to withstand cold winters. Like their American cousins, these little birds like sunflower and nyjer seed, so you may be able to keep this visitor around for a while!
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(2)
European Goldfinch in Socrates Sculpture Park,
Queens - European Goldfinches presently found in New York are believed to all be escaped cage birds or, at best, a handful of their first-generation descendants. In order for introduced birds to become countable in the high-stakes world of official bird-counting, they must establish a self-sustaining breeding population.
Note on patch birding: Carrie Laben saw 76 species of birds at Socrates Sculpture
Park (21 minute drive from home).
2020-21 Winter 成績單:
1. Twenty five species of ducks seen in 2020-21 winter:
Redhead
Canvasback
American Wigeon
Eurasian Wigeon (at
Oakland Lake, 11/26 Thanksgiving)
Gadwall
Ruddy Duck
Bufflehead
Red-breasted Merganser
Hooded Merganser
Common Merganser
Ring-necked Duck
Northern Shoveler
Mallard
American Black Duck
Greater Scaup
Lesser
Scaup
Wood Duck
Northern Pintail
Blue-winged Teal (seen at JBWR on 8/20/2011)
Green-winged Teal
Common Eider
King Eider
White-winged Scoter (seen at Dead Horse Bay / Floyd Bennett Field on 1/8/2012)
Black Scoter
Surf Scoter
Long-tailed Duck (seen at Fort Tilden [Riis Landing
& coastal beach, the Atlantic shore] on 2/18/2012)
Harlequin Duck
Black-bellied Whistling Duck
Mottled Duck
Muscovy Duck
Year
2020 Life bird:
Canvasback. Common Merganser. Harlequin Duck.
Black Scoter. Surf Scoter. Eared Grebe.
Red-throated Loon. Red Crossbill. Horned Lark. Snowy Owl. Purple Sandpiper. American Woodcock.
2020成績單:
1. ducks seen in 2019-20 winter:
Redhead
Canvasback (male, 1/1/2020 at World's
Fair Marina)
American Wigeon
Gadwall
Ruddy Duck
Bufflehead
Red-breasted Merganser (1/1/2020 at World's
Fair Marina; 11/9 probably)
Hooded Merganser
Common Merganser (Martha Weintraub saw
2 at JBWR on 12 Dec 2019)
Ring-necked Duck
Northern Shoveler
Mallard
American Black Duck
Scaup (Greater Scaup + Lesser
Scaup)
Wood Duck
Northern Pintail
Blue-winged Teal (seen at JBWR on 8/20/2011)
Green-winged Teal
Common Eider
White-winged Scoter (seen at Dead Horse Bay / Floyd Bennett Field on 1/8/2012)
Long-tailed Duck (seen at Fort Tilden [Riis Landing
& coastal beach, the Atlantic shore] on 2/18/2012)
Harlequin Duck
(3/28/2020 at Point Lookout)
Note:
During winter, location can be a deciding factor. Greater Scaup tend to choose
saltwater bodies, while Lesser Scaup are found in freshwater zones further
inland. So try to see Lesser at Alley Pond Park. src
Purple Martin House, Broad
Channel, south of JBWR HQ
October
JBWR - Bufflehead. Scaup, possible.
Point Lookout - sea ducks. Scaup.
Northern Gannet (not a
duck).
Oakland Lake - Green-winged Teal.
Baisley Pond Park - American Wigeon. Gadwall. Northern Shoveler.
November-March
JBWR - Red-breasted Merganser. Hooded Merganser. Redhead.
Scaup.
Point Lookout (even early April) - Harlequin Duck. Long-tailed Duck.
Baisley Pond Park - Redhead. Ring-necked Duck. [eBird: 10/28/2020 both
ducks were seen.]
Restoration Pond - Bufflehead. Scaup.
World's Fair Marina (1 Marina Rd, Corona, NY 11368; GCP Exit 9E) - Canvasback. Red-breasted Merganser. Bufflehead. Scaup of both species.
How about Long-tailed Duck? Try after New Year or even Christmas.
Meadow Lake - Common Merganser. Bufflehead. Hooded Merganser.
White-winged Scoter [eBird: 23
Oct 2020]
Dead Horse Bay - Red-breasted Merganser. Bufflehead.
*(from a 1/2010 article about Dead Horse Bay) you are likely to see are Red-throated
Loon, Common
Loon, Horned
Grebe, Brant, American
Black Duck, Long-tailed
Duck, Bufflehead and Red-breasted
Merganser. Now the Scaup seemed to have returned in epic numbers.
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Jones Beach Coast Guard Station - Long-tailed Duck.
Jones Beach - Surf Scoter.
Note:
(1) Wintering ducks are birds often with whimsical names - goldeneyes,
scaup, scoters, mergansers, and more - that nest near the water during the
summer in northern New England, northern New York State, or far northern waters
in Canada. As temperatures drop, many water birds will migrate south as northern
waters freeze over. They fly to find refuge in open ice-free water, especially
saltwater which has a lower temperature at which it freezes between 29 or 28
degrees F. They arrive to fish, feed, and rest before another busy breeding
season begins. ...
Once daylight increases and temperatures rise in the spring, the birds
[Buffleheads] are off again to nest near lakes, ponds, and rivers in the forests
of Canada. They will raise a family in an old woodpecker hole, usually a
Flicker, in which the entrance hole is enlarged to a little more than three
inches in diameter to accommodate the bird’s chubby body. A pair of Buffleheads
will raise 8 to 12 chicks, providing none of the little birds are victims of
predation.
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(2) Bufflehead breed primarily in northwestern North America and winter on
both coasts. On the Atlantic coast they winter from Newfoundland to Florida,
with concentrations in Maine and between Cape Cod and North Carolina. The New
York Bight accounts for about one-quarter of the Atlantic flyway wintering
population. Bufflehead feed on a variety of food items, and in northern
estuaries the primary winter foods are crustaceans such as isopods, amphipods,
and shrimp, mollusks, some fish, pondweeds, and widgeon grass. Bufflehead are
distributed in small flocks throughout the backbarrier lagoons of the New York
Bight along the New Jersey and Long Island coasts, with significant
concentration areas in Barnegat Bay and the Cape May Atlantic coast marshes.
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12/31/2021 (Fri) with Winnie and Ivy.
Jones Beach West End /
Norman J Levy Park & Preserve (1600 Merrick Rd, Merrick, NY 11566) / Cammanns Pond County Park
(235 Lindenmere Dr, Merrick, NY 11566)
Jones Beach:
Snow Bunting, a flock (20+), lifer.
Cannot find Harlequin Duck.
Purple Sandpiper (20+). Unknown Shorebird. Turnstone.
Loon. Song Sparrow.
Long-tailed Duck (2).
Seal.
Norman J Levy:
Hunt for Northern Shrike & Yellow-breasted Chat but fail.
Robin (3). Mourning Dove (5+). Red-shouldered Hawk.
Bufflehead (2). White-throated Sparrow.
12/26/2021 (Sun)
Norman J Levy Park & Preserve (1600 Merrick Rd, Merrick, NY 11566) / Cammanns Pond County Park
(235 Lindenmere Dr, Merrick, NY 11566)
Hunt for Northern Shrike but fail.
Monk Parakeet (3). Mourning Dove. Song Sparrow. White-throated
Sparrow. Gull. Double-crested Cormorant. Junco (1),
possible.
Cammanns: Hooded Merganser (FOS). Northern Shoveler. American Black Duck. Mallard. Canada Goose. Brant. Black-crowned Night Heron. Double-crested Cormorant.
This is a Monk Parakeet Christmas. See a colony at Kissena Blvd in 12/24
afternoon. See 3 at Norman J Levy in the morning and see a few near
Kissena Blvd around 1:15pm today.
12/19/2021 (Sun)
Baisley Pond Park
Redhead (FOS). Ring-necked Duck (FOS). American Wigeon. Gadwall.
Northern Shoveler. Ruddy Duck. Mallard.
Coot. Gull. Swan. Turkey Vulture.
12/12/2021 (Sun) with Ivy
Great Kills Park (GPS address: 188 Buffalo St, Staten Island, NY 10306) &
Kissam Ave/Oakwood Beach
Long-tailed Duck. Red-breasted Merganser (M+F). Bufflehead (M+F).
Loon, probably Red-throated Loon, not Common Loon. Grebe, probably Horned
Grebe, possibly Red-necked Grebe.
Horned Lark (7+).
Birder looks for Gray Kingbird.
Cannot locate the young male King Eider. Ivy sees it on the next day
(12/13 Mon).
Note:
(1) Common Loon can stay underwater for up to five minutes, its signature red eyes helping it locate prey while submerged.
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(2) Why Do Some Birds Have Red Eyes?
There are many species of birds in which red eyes are a natural occurrence.
Due to the high variability of eye color in birds, there are some species whose
irises range from yellow to red.
For the sake of simplicity, they are included with other red-eyed species.
Red-eyed species include but are not limited to:
Nov 9
12:00pm departs.
George Bush Intercontinental (IAH).
HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS HOUSTON SPACE CTR - CLEAR LAKE
900 Rogers Court, Webster, TX United States 77598
Nov 10-12
On route to Galveston:
Armand Bayou Nature Center
Kemah Boardwalk – 215 Kipp Ave, TX 77565
Holiday Inn Club Vacations Galveston Beach Resort
11743 Termini-San Luis Pass Road, Galveston, TX United States 77554
Nov 13-15
HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS PORT ARTHUR CENTRAL-MALL AREA
3115 Central Mall Drive, Port Arthur, TX United States 77642
Nov 16
STAYBRIDGE SUITES HOUSTON - MEDICAL CENTER
9000 South Main Street, Houston, TX United States 77025
Note:
(1) Lake Kanawauke - nice pictures taken there in 10/2017. Visited with
Becky.
(2) Lake Askoti -
info
(3)
Lake Tiorati
10/23/2021 (Sat) am cloudy
Kissena Park
Nikon D7500
+ Tamron 100-400mm f/4.5-6.3
Hermit Thrush. Ruby-crowned Kinglet. Hairy Woodpecker. Wood
Duck. Blue Jay. RWBB. White-throated Sparrow. Song
Sparrow. Mourning Dove. Starling. Rabbit.
10/17/2021 (Sun) am partly cloudy/sunny
Baisley Pond Park & Meadow Lake
Nikon D7500
+ Tamron 100-400mm f/4.5-6.3
American Wigeon. Gadwall. Ruddy Duck. Scaup. American Black Duck. Coot.
Warbler.
Meadow Lake:
Flycatcher with a yellow belly, a Yellow-bellied Flycatcher?
Or Least Flycatcher or Great Crested Flycatcher or others?
Savannah Sparrow, not 100% sure.
Ruddy Duck. A lot of Cormorants.
No Bufflehead (last year FOS is 10/24 at JBWR).
Photo:
Pigeon in flight (landing) -
Double-crested Cormorant (in flight) -
Gull (in flight) -
Flycatcher -
Savannah Sparrow -
10/9/2021 (Sat) am cloudy
JBWR (13th visit)
Nikon D7500
+ Tamron 100-400mm f/4.5-6.3
Yellow-rumped Warbler, a lot. Yellowlegs.
Moth.
Photo:
Yellow-rumped Warbler -
Mockingbird -
Double-crested Cormorant (in flight) -
Gull (in flight) -
Moth -
10/3/2021 (Sun) am to 3pm with Ivy
Fort Tryon Park &
Central Park Conservatory Garden (1233 5th Ave, New York, NY 10029)
Nikon D7500
+ Tamron 100-400mm f/4.5-6.3
Note:
(1) Jewelweed (鳳仙花) - Ruby-throated Hummingbirds' favorite at Kissena, Alley Pond and
Oakland Lake.
(2)
Impatiens capensis,
theorange
jewelweed,common
jewelweed,spotted
jewelweed,jewelweed,ororange
balsam,is
anannual
plantwhich
is native toNorth
America.
The angle of the nectar spur is very important in the pollination of the
flower and in determining the most efficient pollinator. Hummingbirds are
major pollinators. They remove more pollen per visit from flowers with curved
nectar spurs than with perpendicular nectar spurs.[16] But
hummingbirds are not the only pollinators of Impatiens capensis. Bees,
especially bumblebees play
an important role in pollination as well. Due to hummingbirds and bees, the
pollination of Impatiens capensis is very high.[17]
Northern Flicker.
Red-bellied Woodpecker. Hairy Woodpecker. Towhee. Hermit
Thrush. Great Egret. Snowy Egret. Great Blue Heron. Double-crested Cormorant.
Yellow-rumped Warbler. Ruby-crowned Kinglet. Eastern Phoebe (or other flycatcher).
Catbird.
9/25/2021 (Sat) am
Kissena (Corridor) Park
Nikon D7500
+ Tamron 100-400mm f/4.5-6.3
Northern Flicker. Robin, a lot. Red-eyed Vireo. Warbler.
No hummingbird.
Note:
(1) Red-eyed Vireo. One of the most numerous summer birds in eastern woods. It is not the most often seen, because it tends to stay out of sight in the leafy treetops, searching methodically among the foliage for insects.
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9/19/2021 (Sun) am
JBWR (12th visit)
Nikon D7500
+ Tamron 100-400mm f/4.5-6.3
Eastern Phoebe, a lot. Yellow-rumped Warbler. Warbler, unknown.
Vireo. Mockingbird, a juvenile coming very close to me. Catbird.
Shorebird, probably Yellowlegs.
Photo:
Moth -
Damselfly -
Mockingbird -
Note: Heather
Wolf photo
taken in Brooklyn Bridge Park of a “Dark-eyed Junco” (when?).
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9/18/2021 (Sat) am
Oakland Lake (met Woo Park leading a bird tour with many Asians) & Alley Pond
Park
Nikon D7500
+ Tamron 100-400mm f/4.5-6.3
Oakland: Belted Kingfisher. Red-tailed Hawk. I did not see Ruby-throated
Hummingbird but someone saw it.
Alley Pond Park: Ruby-throated Hummingbird.
9/12/2021 (Sun) am
Alley Pond Park Restoration Pond / Oakland Lake / Kissena Park
Nikon D7500
+ Tamron 100-400mm f/4.5-6.3
Kissena: many hummingbirds.
Oakland: will possibly see hummingbirds. Keep an eye on it.
Restoration Pond: Wood Duck, many.
9/11/2021 (Sat) am
JBWR (11th visit)
Nikon D7500
+ Tamron 100-400mm f/4.5-6.3
Ruddy Duck. Shoveler. Mallard. Wood Duck.
9/4/2021 (Sat) am with Terri Chu
Nickerson Beach and Oceanside Marine Study Area
Nikon D7500
+ Tamron 100-400mm f/4.5-6.3
Shorebird including Semipalmated Plover.
Green Heron.
Note: Today a birder saw one
Ruby-throated Hummingbird at Kissena Park.
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8/29/2021 (Sun) am, cloudy
JBWR (10th visit)
Nikon D7500
+ Tamron 100-400mm f/4.5-6.3
Lifer: Tufted Puffin. Common Murre. Pigeon Guillemot. Pelagic Cormorant
(I think not Double-crested Cormorant).
Cannon Beach: Harlequin Duck, a group of males in non-breeding plumage.
Western Gull. Steller's Jay.
Any Brandt's Cormorant?
Junco.
7/31/2021 (Sat) am, partly sunny
JBWR (9th visit)
Nikon D7500
+ Tamron 100-400mm f/4.5-6.3
FOS: Cicada. Sand Swap.
Greater Yellowlegs, possibly. Lesser Yellowlegs. Short-billed Dowitcher.
Semipalmated Sandpiper. Least Sandpiper.
Cowbird, female. Glossy Ibis. Tree Swallow. Barn Swallow.
Photo:
Lesser Yellowlegs - <1>
Sand Swap -
7/11/2021 (Sun) am, cloudy, meet many birders
JBWR (8th visit) - a Lifer Day
Nikon D7500
+ Tamron 100-400mm f/4.5-6.3
Lifer: Hudsonian Godwit. Gull-billed Tern.
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck, First time in NYC. Second time in my life
see it in wild.
FOS: Cedar Waxwing. Yellowlegs.
Osprey. Least Sandpiper. Black-crowned Night Heron, immature.
7/10/2021 (Sat) am, partly cloudy, with Winnie
Nickerson Beach - a Common Tern Young Day
Nikon D7500
+ Tamron 100-400mm f/4.5-6.3
Babies everywhere.
Oystercatcher babies and juveniles, just a few, not many.
Common Tern, incubating, babies and juveniles waiting for parents to feed.
Piping Plover juveniles.
Skimmer, incubating. I see one couple copulation, probably.
Least Tern, incubating and 2 eggs are seen.
Laughing Gull and other Gulls.
Many are bathing in the shallow water after yesterday/mid-night rain from
tropical storm Elsa.
Note for today: Too early to see Skimmer babies. May see Least Tern
juveniles later. But why it is so hard to see a Least Tern young during my
birding life?
The Asilid (Robber flies), many on the sand.
Fly bits my leg even it is in sock.
Examples of Robber flies:
(1)
Promachus rufipes,
known generally as thered-footed
cannibalflyorbee
panther,
New York is not its terrority.
(2) Promachus hinei may be the one I see at Nickerson Beach and Fort
Tilden (7/7/2012).
Note;
(1) Least Tern: Most commonly the clutch size
is two or three, but it is not rare to consist of either one or four eggs.
Adults are known to wet themselves and shake off water over the eggs when
arriving at the nest.[10] Both
female and male incubate the
eggs for a period of about three weeks, and both parents tend the semiprecocial young.
6/26/2021 (Sat) am, partly sunny / pm, sunny
JBWR (7th visit) / Kissena Park
Nikon D7500
+ Tamron 100-400mm f/4.5-6.3
Turtle. Muskrat. Probably Chipmunk. A dead Raccoon on the
roadside.
Brown Thrasher. Boat-tailed Grackle.
Tree Swallow. Song Sparrow. Wren. Yellow Warbler.
Kissena: Amberwing (FOS). Damselfly (FOS in NYC). A large
turtle, look like a Softshell Turtle. Probably a Florida Softshell Turtle
trading as pet to NYC; then released to Kissena Park.
6/22/2021 (Tue) 6-8pm
Back to Al Oerter Recreation Center playing racquetball with Terri Chu.
6/20/2021 (Sun) whole day, mostly sunny, with Ivy
Croton Point Park (1 Croton Point Ave, Croton-On-Hudson, NY 10520)
Nikon D7500
+ Tamron 100-400mm f/4.5-6.3
Lifer:
Bobolink. Dickcissel.
Purple Martin. Tree Swallow. Song Sparrow. Killdeer. Great
Blue Heron and/or Greater Egret. RWBB. Goldfinch and/or Yellow
Warbler.
Failed to find Grasshopper Sparrow. Not see Horned Lark.
Note:
Croton Point Park
- $10 fee per car [(1) weekends only in May and September until Sunday, Sept. 26;
(2) daily Saturday, May 29 through Labor Day. Open seven days a week, 8 a.m. to dusk, year-round.]
So visiting before late May on weekdays are free.
- "As a Local I like to visit in the quiet off season (free of charge). On any
sunny January or February day one can enjoy hikes to the Southern tip or around
the Northern end. On the Northern promontory is a small Nature museum which is
supposedly open Friday, Saturday and Sunday but was closed when we visited in
January. On snow days the terrain is ideal for cross country skiing. The Winter
views from any point are impressive with the possibility of spotting eagles and
other wild life. "
6/13/2021 (Sun) whole day, partly sunny, with Ivy
Canarsie Park (GPS: 1500 Paerdegat Ave N, Brooklyn, NY 11236; a restaurant address) /
Fort Tilden Beach / Plumb Beach (last visit on 6/13/2009)
Nikon D7500
+ Tamron 100-400mm f/4.5-6.3
Lifer: Cliff Swallow.
Canarsie: Cliff Swallow nest (1). Barn Swallow nest (5 babies). Both
are under the Belt Parkway bridge. Ivy
finds a lot of amazing large and tiny insects, spiders and alike (Opiliones 盲蛛目 commonly called daddy longlegs).
Fort Tilden: Oystercatcher parents and 2 babies. Two oystercatcher eggs
are incubating. Piping Plover couple attacking the oystercatcher parents
(the one with 2 babies). br>
Plumb Beach: Least Tern. Black-crowned Night Heron.
Yellow-crowned Night Heron. Laughing Gull. Shorebird, probably
Willet.
6/7/2021 (Mon) whole day, sunny
New Jersey Princeton - Updike Farmstead on Quaker Road / Charles H. Rogers Wildlife Refuge
/ Princeton University
Nikon D7500
+ Tamron 100-400mm f/4.5-6.3
Periodical Cicada.
Damselfly. Dragonfly. Many different insects.
6/5/2021 (Sat) am, sunny
JBWR (6th visit)
Nikon D7500
+ Tamron 100-400mm f/4.5-6.3
FOS: Yellow-billed Cuckoo. Green Heron.
Wren. Shorebirds. Yellow Warbler. Towhee. Glossy Ibis,
flying over, not 100% sure. Tern. Black-crowned Night Heron.
5/31/2021 (Mon) am, cloudy
/ pm, partly sunny
Cunningham Park with QCBC (Ian and 3 more participants excluding me) / Kissena
Park
Nikon D7500
+ Tamron 100-400mm f/4.5-6.3
Kentucky Warbler (0.5 since I don't see it clearly but 100% sure). House
Wren. The dead tree site for Owl returning each year.
Baby Mockingbird. Swift (3+), low and close.
5/22/2021 (Sat) am, sunny
Nickerson Beach
Nikon D7500
+ Tamron 100-400mm f/4.5-6.3
FOS: Skimmer. Least Tern. Piping Plover. Oystercatcher baby.
Common Eider. Common Tern, many with fish in the beak. Laughing Gull. Willet (1), not 100%
sure.
Photo:
Least Tern -
Piping Plover -
Oystercatcher / baby -
Common Tern -
5/11-19/2021 (Tue-Wed)
Tampa, Clearwater, St. Petersburg, Fort Myers, Sanibel Island.
Nikon D7500
+ Tamron 100-400mm f/4.5-6.3
5/11 Tue to 5/15 Sat Holiday Inn Madeira Beach 4816 100th way North, St. Petersburg, FL 33708
Tampa International Airport
Kia Forte rental car DZY114
Courtney Campbell Causeway / Ben T Davis Beach
Honeymoon Island State Park 1 Causeway Blvd, Dunedin 34698
Sand Key Park 1060 Gulf Blvd, Clearwater 33767
John's Pass Boardwalk 33708
Fort De Soto Park – 3500 Pinellas Bayway S. , Tierra Verde FL 33715
Boyd Hill Nature Park & Lake Maggiore (spend the whole day there. Open
at 9am. We arrive earlier and wait for a while to walk the trail.)
...
Manatee (2), probably mother and cub, black in color.
Dolphin
Gopher Tortoise.
Catch a live Conch. Sand Dollar.
A small Yellow stingray (Urobatis), like the ones seen in Mexico (4/7-14/2016).
White Ibis, many. Saw in 11/19/2010 at West Lake Park/Anne Kolb Nature Center.
Skimmer. Brown Pelican. Royal Tern. Sandwich
Tern. Boat-tailed Grackle. Common Grackle. Great Horned Owl.
Willet. Black-bellied Plover. Ruddy Turnstone. Sanderling.
Short-billed Dowitcher, a few. Long-billed Dowitcher (1). Semipalmated Plover, may be other plovers.
Dunlin.
Zenaida Dove, not sure. Common Ground Dove. Reddish Egret.
Yellow-crowned Night Heron. Towhee. Moorhen. Swallow-tailed
Kite. Roseate Spoonbill.
Anhinga (saw before in 4/2015). Double-crested Cormorant.
Loggerhead Shrike.
Green Heron.
Note:
1. Fort De Soto Park ebird
2.
BOYD HILL NATURE PRESERVE:
"The
preserve supports more than 60 species of reptiles and amphibians, including
gopher tortoise, Florida box turtle, and eastern indigo snake; young alligators
hiding in the lake shallows are a delight for the whole family. More than 60
species of butterflies have been found including giant swallowtail, southern oak
hairstreak and white peacock. Year-round, common birds like Green Heron, Osprey,
Common Gallinule, Eastern Screech-Owl and Downy Woodpecker are easy to find.
Limpkin, Purple Gallinule and King Rail require a little more patience. Over 20
species of wood-warbler have been recorded during spring and fall migration
including Kentucky, Cerulean, Blackburnian, Bay-breasted and Wilson’s. Rarities
such as Long-tailed Duck, Groove-billed Ani, Ash-throated Flycatcher,
Red-breasted Nuthatch, Nashville Warbler and Lark Sparrow have also been
recorded."
5/9/2021 (Sun) am, sunny
JBWR (5th visit)
Nikon D7500
+ Tamron 100-400mm f/4.5-6.3
FOS: Yellow Warbler (a lot and many are singing). Ruby-throated
Hummingbird (1).
The Tree Swallow is still at the nest for House Wren. House Wren. Glossy Ibis
(5), not sure. Catbird, a lot. Cowbird, a few male. Eastern Towhee, a few. Yellow-rumped Warbler. Tern. Snowy Egret (in breeding plumage).
Common Grackle.
滿天飛燕 (Tree Swallow).
Snake. Looking for Yellow Warbler but cannot be sure to see one.
Tree Swallow at the nest for House Wren.
FOS: House Wren.
Photo:
House Wren -
4/28/2021 (Wed) 10am-2pm, sunny
Central Park (1st birding visit in my life) near Ramble, Turtle Pond and Belvedere Castle
Nikon D7500
+ Tamron 100-400mm f/4.5-6.3
FOS: Blackburnian Warbler. Prairie Warbler (not 100% sure).
Black-and-white Warbler.
Evening Grosbeak (2+, at least one is female). Red-bellied Woodpecker. Hermit Thrush or
other. American Goldfinch, a lot. Cormorant. Catbird.
People see: Warbling Vireo. Yellow-throated Warbler. I don't.
Photo:
Black-and-white Warbler -
Hermit Thrush or other -
American Goldfinch -
Evening Grosbeak - <female>
Blackburnian Warbler - <1>
4/25/2021 (Sun) pm, cloudy and partly sunny
Oakland Lake (just know that it is part of Alley Pond Park)
Nikon D7500
+ Tamron 100-400mm f/4.5-6.3
FOS:
Barn Swallow. Northern Rough-winged Swallow (a lifer?).
Tree Swallow. Woodpecker. Yellow-rumped Warbler.
Raccoon.
not see the Blue Grosbeak (female or immature).
Photo:
Raccoon -
RWBB -
Common Grackle -
4/24/2021 (Sat) am / pm, sunny
JBWR (3rd visit) / Kissena Park
Nikon D7500
+ Tamron 100-400mm f/4.5-6.3
FOS: Eastern Towhee. Black-crowned Night Heron. Wasp. Flower Fly.
Glossy Ibis.
Brown Thrasher. Tree Swallow, both sexes, get many good pictures. Shorebird,
large in size (2). Wren. Cowbird, both sexes. Crow (2+),
picking up twig to build nest. Osprey flying with a large fish.
Yellow-rumped Warbler, many.
A green bee, probably Sweat Bee or
Ceratina(small
carpenter bees).
White-color butterfly. Bumble Bee or Carpenter Bee.
Photo:
Osprey, flying with a large fish -
<1>
Brown Thrasher -
Eastern Towhee -
Tree Swallow -
- in the box
Flower Fly -
Wasp -
Butterfly -
Mourning Dove -
RWBB -
4/18/2021 (Sun) whole day, partly sunny, warmer than yesterday until late
afternoon sprinkle, with Ivy
Green-Wood Cemetery and Prospect Park
Nikon D7500
+ Tamron 100-400mm f/4.5-6.3
Lifer: Evening Grosbeak (at Green-Wood).
Eastern Whip-poor-will (at Prospect Park).
FOS: Pine Warbler. Palm Warbler. Great Egret (did I see it before in
this year?).
Boat-tailed Grackle.
Photo:
Evening Grosbeak, male - <1><2><3>
Eastern Whip-poor-will - Palm Warbler -
Blue Jay - <1>
4/17/2021 (Sat) am, partly sunny and not cold
JBWR (2nd visit)
Nikon D7500
+ Tamron 100-400mm f/4.5-6.3
FOS: Laughing Gull. Tern, possibly Forster's Tern. Snowy Egret (in breeding plumage).
滿天飛燕 (Tree Swallow)
Boat-tailed Grackle, probably. Cowbird, many M and F. Osprey. Crow, a few. Yellow-rumped Warbler. Wren heard.
Ruddy Duck, quite a lot. Bufflehead. etc.
FOS: Oystercatcher.
Dunlin. Sanderling. Loon. Mourning Dove. No Piping
Plover. No Tern.
4/3/2021 (Sat) am / pm, sunny
On the way to Valhalla / Orchard Beach
Nikon D7500
+ Tamron 100-400mm f/4.5-6.3
On the way to Valhalla, see a Black Vulture flying in the sky.
Cemetery at Valhalla, many Robins.
FOS: Boat-tailed Grackle.
Killdeer. Both at Orchard Beach.
Orchard Beach: Common Grackle. Robin, many. Blue Jay.
Red-bellied Woodpecker. Nuthatch. Chickadee. RWBB. etc.
3/27/2021 (Sat) am, sunny and warm
JBWR (1st visit)
Nikon D7500
+ Tamron 100-400mm f/4.5-6.3
FOS: Common Grackle. Cowbird, M and 1F. Osprey, 2 pairs. Tree Swallow. Eastern Phoebe
or other flycatchers.
Snow Goose. Hermit Thrush. Golden-crowned Kinglet or a Warbler.
2/28/2021 (Sun) am, after visiting Beach Gardens Rehabilitation and Nursing Center in Far Rockaway
Nickerson Beach and Point Lookout
Nikon D7500
+ Tamron 100-400mm f/4.5-6.3
Nickerson: Long-tailed Duck, Dunlin, Sanderling.
Point Lookout: Harlequin Duck, 1M+1F. Long-tailed Duck, quite a lot (about 20). Loon.
Common Eider.
Photo:
Cardinal - female-1
Wood Duck -
1/31/2021 (Sun) pm, cold
On the way to market: Mourning Dove (FOS)
Back home at the new backyard garden: Robin, 2 (FOS),
attracted by the red-color round-sharp small berries.
Also visited West Harbor Beach Memorial Park (aka Sgt. Paul Tuozzolo Memorial Park).
But found no bird.
Long-tailed Duck. Common Loon (1). etc.
Note:
(1) Honoring Paul Tuozzolo by naming a beach after him
(2) The entire species list from Nancy:
Canada Goose
Mute Swan
Gadwall (at Mill Pond)
American Wigeon (at Mill Pond)
Mallard
American Black Duck
Ring-necked Duck (at Mill Pond)
Greater Scaup
Greater/Lesser Scaup
Long-tailed Duck
Bufflehead
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Common Loon
Northern Mockingbird
House Sparrow
American Goldfinch
1/16/2021 (Sat) pm, not cold
Oakland Lake with Terry testing Nikon D7500 with his Nikon 70 (or75?)-300mm lens
I have a new toy - Nikon D7500 ($650 cash), bought from Terry's friend.
1/9/2021 (Sat) am, cold
Baisley Pond Park
Redhead. Ring-necked Duck. American Wigeon. Gadwall. Northern Shoveler.
Ruddy Duck. Mallard. I did not pay attention whether there is any
American Black Duck.
Coot. Gull. Swan family, 2 adults and 2 junveniles. Canada Geese. White-throated
Sparrow. Cardinal.
1/2/2021 (Sat) am, warm
Meadow Lake, World's Fair Marina
Meadow Lake: Common Merganser (5), M+F.
Marina: not many duck.
1/1/2021 (Fri) am
with Ivy
Green-Wood Cemetery, Bush Terminal Piers Park, Brooklyn Army (Ferry) Terminal (Sunset Park waterfront), Prospect Park
European goldfinch, lifer.
Winter Wren, lifer. (I assume what I saw before are all House Wren)
Monk Parakeet, 19+. Titmouse. Blue Jay. Junco.
Red-bellied Woodpecker. Double-crested Cormorant. Greater Scaup.
