| BIRDS ON ROCKAWAY BEACH |
| Donald Davis, piping plover monitor, generously provided the list of birds seen in the site. |
| Laughing Gull: Sp, Su, F Least Sandpiper: M Least Tern: State threatened Little Gull: R, esp. on 6/15 Merlin: M Mourning Dove: All seasons Myrtle Warbler: M N. Harrier: M, F/W/S N. Mockingbird: Sp/Su/F Northern Cardinal: Sp/Su Northern Flicker: M, Sp/Su/F Northern Gannet: M, F/W Oldsquaw: Beach, R in july Orange-cr. Warbler: M Osprey: M, breeder at adjacent site Palm Warbler: M, F, W Peregrine Falcon: Beach, M Piping Plover: Fed. Threatened Prairie Warbler: M, F Purple Sandpiper: F/W, Jetty R.-b Merganser; F/W R.-crowned Kinglet: R on 2/22 R.-n. Pheasant: All seasons Red Knot: R, M Red-shouldered Hawk: wandering on 6/3 Red-tailed Hawk: M Red-throated Loon: M, F/W/Sp Red-winged Blackbird: Sp/Su Ring-billed Gull: All seasons Rock Dove: All seasons Roseate tern: Su flyover, Fed. Endangered Royal Tern: R, M Ruddy Turnstone: M S.-billled Dowitcher: M, Sp Sanderling: M, 1000s, W Savannah Sparrow: M, Sp/F Semipalmated Plover: M, 1000s Semipalmated Sandpiper: M Sharp-shinned Hawk: M Short-eared Owl: R, W, Dunes Snow Bunting: W, Beach Snow Goose: Flyover, M Song Sparrow: All seasons Spotted Sandpiper: M, Jetty Surf Scooter: W Swamp Sparrow: M, F Tree Swallow: M Whimbrel: M, Beach White-cre. Sparrow: M, F White-thr. Sparrow: M, F White-w. Scoter: Ocean, R on 7/4 Willet: M, Beach Willow Flycatcher: Sp/Su Y.-b Sapsucker: M, F Yellow Warbler: Sp/Su |
| REFERENCES underlined=breeder; M=migrant; R=rare Sp=Spring; Su=Summer; F=Fall; W=Winter |
| Species: Status/Remarks |
| Am. Black Duck: Dunes, Sp Am. Oystercatcher: Beach Am. Tree Sparrow: W American Crow: All seasons American Goldfinch American Krestel: M American Pipit: Beach, Sp American Robin: M, Sp/Su/F Barn Swallow: Sp/Su/F Black Scoter: Ocean, R on 6/15, Beach Su 1999 Black Skimmer: Flyover Sp/Su Black-bellied Plover: M, W Blackpoll Warbler: M, Sp Blue Jay: M, F Bonaparte's Gull: F/W Brant: M, Beach Brown Pelican: Flyover, R, Su Brown Thrasher: M, Sp/Su/F Bufflehead: W Canada Goose: M, Beach Cedar Waxwing: M, Su/F Chimney Swift: M Common Eider: R, W Common Goldeneye: F/W Common Grackle: Sp/Su Common Loon: M, F/W/Sp Common Snipe: R, Dunes on 6/13 Common Tern: Sp/Su Common Yellowthroat: Sp/Su/F Cooper's Hawk: M, F/W D.-c Cormorant: All seasons Dunlin: M, F/W Eastern Kingbird: M, Sp Eastern Phoebe: M, Sp/F Eastern Towhee: M European Starling: All seasons Field Sparrow: M, F Fish Crow: All seasons Fox Sparrow: F G. B. Heron: Flyover, Beach G. Black-backed Gull: All seasons G.-crowned Kinglet: M, F Gray Catbird: Sp/Su/F Great Cormorant: F/W Great Egret: Beach, Su Great Yellowlegs: M, Beach Green Heron: Dunes, R, Su Hermit Trush: M, F Herring Gull: All seasons Horned Grebe: F/W Horned Lark: Beach, Su House Finch: Sp/Su/F House Sparrow: All seasons House Wren: M, Sp Killdeer: Dunes, Beach |
| Species: Status/Remarks |