Staten Island with the Brooklyn Bird Club

I joined members of the Brooklyn Bird Club today on a field trip to Staten Island. Shane was the trip leader. I'll post a complete report and species list by tomorrow...I hope.

Great Kills baseball fields early in the morning

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Great Black-backed Gull with Sea Skate

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Red Beard Sponge (Microciona prolifera) at Great Kills

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Blue Heron Pond Park

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Inky Cap mushroom (Coprinus sp.)


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Wooly Bear caterpillar

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Large Milkweed Bug nymph (Oncopeltus fasciatus) on Dogbane (Apocynum sp.)

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Belted Kingfisher

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Asiatic Bittersweet (Celastrus orbiculata)

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