STATUS SP S F W SP S F W SP S F W CHECKLIST OF THE BIRDS OF GEESE, SWANS AND DUCKS BITTERNS, HERONS AND ALLIES SANDPIPERS, PHALAROPES A Abundant: Hard to miss in proper AND ALLIES ____Snow Goose ...... O O ____American Bittern#...... R R ORIENT BEACH habitat ____Brant...... O O ____Great Blue Heron...... C C C ____Spotted Sandpiper...... U U U ____Canada Goose* ...... AAAA ____Great Egret ...... C C C ____Solitary Sandpiper...... R R C Common: Very likely to be seen in ____Mute Swan* ...... AAAA ____Snowy Egret ...... C C C ____Greater Yellowlegs...... UUUU Orient Beach State Park has 45,000 feet proper habitat ____Gadwall ...... O ____Green Heron*...... U U U ____Lesser Yellowlegs ...... U U ____American Wigeon ...... O ____Black-crowned Night-Heron.... R R R ____Ruddy Turnstone ...... U U U O of frontage on Gardiner’s Bay and a rare ____American Black Duck ...... A A A ____Yellow-crowned Night-Heron . R R R ____Red Knot...... R maritime forest with red cedar, black-jack U Uncommon: Present but not likely ____Mallard*...... AAAA ____Sanderling...... CCCC oak trees and prickly-pear cactus. A seen ____Greater Scaup...... U U U IBISES AND SPOONBILLS ____Semipalmated Sandpiper...... O O ____Lesser Scaup...... R R R ____Least Sandpiper...... O O beautiful wood deck lets you overlook ____Common Eider ...... O U U ____Glossy Ibis ...... R R R ____White-rumped Sandpiper...... O O Gardiner’s Bay. Visitors can swim in the O Occasional: Seen 1-3 times per season ____Surf Scoter...... A A A ____Purple Sandpiper ...... O bay, fish, picnic, play ball, go hiking or ____White-winged Scoter ...... A A A NEW WORLD VULTURES ____Dunlin...... O R Rare: Seen at intervals of 2-5 ____Black Scoter ...... U U U ____Short-billed Dowitcher...... O biking, or walk a nature trail. Pavilions are years ____Long-tailed Duck...... A A A ____Turkey Vulture ...... OOOO available for private parties with catering ____Bufflehead...... A A A GULLS, TERNS AND SKIMMERS ____Common Goldeneye...... C C C OSPREY available by concessionaire. * Breeding: Breeding confirmed ____Hooded Merganser...... O O ____Bonaparte’s Gull...... O O within park boundaries ____Red-breasted Merganser ...... A A A ____Osprey *#...... A A A ____Laughing Gull...... U U Also Available: Environmental Tours; Bike ____Ruddy Duck ...... O O ____Ring-billed Gull...... A A A A rentals and kayak rentals (April-October, KITES, EAGLES, HAWKS AND ____Herring Gull*...... A A A A # Species designated by the NYS Dept. of NEW WORLD QUAIL ALLIES ____Iceland Gull...... R weather permitting). A kayak launch site Environmental Conservation as endangered, ____Lesser Black-backed Gull ...... R is available for patrons to launch their threatened, or of special concern. ____Northern Bobwhite ...... R R R R ____Bald Eagle #...... R R R ____Glaucous Gull...... R ____Northern Harrier#...... U U U ____Great Black-backed Gull...... A A A A own kayaks. PARTRIDGES, GROUSE AND ____Sharp-shinned Hawk #...... U U U ____Least Tern #*...... C C TURKEYS ____Cooper’s Hawk #...... U U U ____Black Tern#...... R ____Northern Goshawk #...... R R R ____Roseate Tern#...... U U U ____Ring-necked Pheasant...... R R R R ____Red-tailed Hawk ...... U U U U ____Common Tern # ...... C C C OBSERVER FIELD DATA ____Forster’s Tern ...... R For further information and to LOONS FALCONS ____Royal Tern ...... O report rare birds, please call: Name ______Red-throated Loon ...... O O O ____American Kestrel ...... U U U PIGEONS AND DOVES (631) 323-2440 ____Common Loon #...... C R C C ____Merlin...... U U U Date ______Time ______Peregrine Falcon # ...... U U U ____Rock Pigeon ...... O O O O GREBES ____Mourning Dove* ...... CCCC RAILS, GALLINULES AND COOTS PERIODS OF OCCURRENCE Weather ______Horned Grebe...... C C C CUCKOOS ____Red-necked Grebe...... R ____Clapper Rail...... R R R R ______Yellow-billed Cuckoo...... U U BOOBIES AND GANNETS ____Black-billed Cuckoo...... U U SP Spring: Mar. 1-May 31 LAPWINGS AND PLOVERS ______S Summer: June 1-Aug. 31 ____ Northern Gannet ...... U U U TRUE OWLS ____Black-bellied Plover...... U U O F Fall: Sept. 1-Nov. 30 Notes ______CORMORANTS ____American Golden-Plover ...... O ____Great Horned Owl*...... O O O O W Winter: Dec. 1-Feb. 28 ____Semipalmated Plover...... U U ____Snowy Owl ...... R ____Double-crested Cormorant ...... C C C O ____Piping Plover #*...... U U ____Short-eared Owl# ...... R ______Great Cormorant ...... U U U ____Killdeer* ...... U U U GOATSUCKERS ______OYSTERCATCHERS ____Common Nighthawk #...... R R ____American Oystercatcher*...... U U ______SP S F W SP S F W SP S F W SP S F W SWIFTS CHICKADEES AND TITMICE WOOD-WARBLERS BLACKBIRDS, MEADOWLARKS AND ORIOLES ___Chimney Swift ...... O O O ____Black-capped Chickadee*...... CCCC ____Blue-winged Warbler ...... O O ____Tufted Titmouse ...... O O O ____Black-and-white Warbler ...... O O ____Red-winged Blackbird*...... A A A O BIRDS HUMMINGBIRDS ____Orange-crowned Warbler...... R ____Eastern Meadowlark...... O R NUTHATCHES ____Common Yellowthroat* ...... C C C ____Common Grackle*...... A A A ____Ruby-throated Hummingbird .... O O O ____American Redstart* ...... U U U ____Brown-headed Cowbird*...... A A A ____Red-breasted Nuthatch ...... O O O ____Northern Parula ...... O O ____Baltimore Oriole ...... O O O OF KINGFISHERS ____White-breasted Nuthatch ...... O ____Magnolia Warbler...... O O ____Yellow Warbler*...... C C C FINCHES AND CROSSBILLS ____Belted Kingfisher ...... O O O CREEPERS ____Chestnut-sided Warbler ...... R ____Blackpoll Warbler...... O O ____Purple Finch...... O R ORIENT BEACH WOODPECKERS AND ALLIES ____Brown Creeper...... O O ____Black-throated Blue Warbler.... O O ____House Finch* ...... A A A C ____Palm Warbler...... O R ____Pine Siskin...... O R ____Red-bellied Woodpecker*...... O O WRENS ____Pine Warbler...... O O ____American Goldfinch*...... C C C U STATE PARK ____Downy Woodpecker* ...... O O O O ____Yellow-rumped Warbler...... C C U ____Northern Flicker ...... O O O O ____Carolina Wren*...... CCCC ____Prairie Warbler*...... C C C OLD WORLD SPARROWS ____House Wren*...... C C C ____Black-throated Green Warbler. O O TYRANT FLYCATCHERS ____Winter Wren...... O ____Canada Warbler...... O O ____House Sparrow*...... AAAA ____Wilson’s Warbler...... O O ____Willow Flycatcher*...... O O O KINGLETS ____Least Flycatcher...... R R NEW WORLD SPARROWS ____Eastern Phoebe ...... O O ____Golden-crowned Kinglet...... U U AND ALLIES ____Great Crested Flycatcher*...... C C C ____Ruby-crowned Kinglet...... U U ____Eastern Kingbird*...... C ____Eastern Towhee*...... C C C Accidentals: WHEATEARS, BLUEBIRDS AND ____American Tree Sparrow...... U VIREOS THRUSHES ____Chipping Sparrow...... O O Redhead Cliff Swallow White-winged Crossbill ____Field Sparrow ...... O O Common Redpoll Barn Owl Magnificant Frigetbird ____White-eyed Vireo ...... U U ____American Robin*...... CCCC ____Savannah Sparrow ...... O O O ____Salt Marsh Sparrow* ...... U U JAYS, MAGPIES AND CROWS MOCKINGBIRDS, THRASHERS ____Seaside Sparrow ...... R R R AND ALLIES ____Fox Sparrow...... O Special observations should be reported to: ____Blue Jay*...... CCCC ____Song Sparrow*...... CCCC (breeding behavior, rare or out of season reports, etc.) ____American Crow ...... CCCC ____Gray Catbird*...... C C C ____Swamp Sparrow...... O O O ____Fish Crow...... U U ____Northern Mockingbird*...... C C C O ____White-throated Sparrow...... C C C Rare Bird Alert (631 - 734 - 4126) ____Brown Thrasher*...... U U U ____White-crowned Sparrow...... R and LARKS ____Dark-eyed Junco ...... C C C Orient Beach State Park (631 - 323 -2440) STARLINGS ____Horned Lark #*...... O O O O ____European Starling*...... A A A A TANAGERS, CARDINALS MARTINS AND SWALLOWS AND ALLIES WAGTAILS AND PIPITS Thank you for your assistance. ____Purple Martin ...... O O O ____Scarlet Tanager ...... R R ____Tree Swallow*...... C C C American Pipit ...... R ____Northern Cardinal*...... AAAA ____N. Rough-winged Swallow ..... O O O ____Rose-breasted Grosbeak ...... R R ____Bank Swallow ...... O O O WAXWINGS ____Indigo Bunting ...... R R Revised January 2012 ____Barn Swallow*...... C C C ____Cedar Waxwing* ...... C C C

LONGSPURS AND NEW YORK STATE OFFICE OF PARKS, SNOW BUNTINGS RECREATION & HISTORIC PRESERVATION

____Snow Bunting ...... O O O State Park Region , P.O. Box 247, Babylon, New York 11702 (631) 669-1000