Site Report: Jones Beach
Purple Sandpiper (Calidris maritima)
Long-tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis) - Winter Male
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Purple Sandpiper (Calidris maritima)
Long-tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis) - Winter Male
Beach
Visits
- 2017-01-17: Heard some reports about Purple Sandpipers at this beach. We arrived late in the afternoon, and there were very few people given how cold, windy, and rainy it was. Saw the sandpiper, but I was unaware that there was a Snowy Owl reported by many in the area.
Species Seen
Kingdom: Animals (13 records)
Phylum: Chordates
(13 records)
Class: Birds
(12 records)
- Order: Anseriformes (4 records)
- Order: Pelicans
(6 records)
- Family: Falcons and Caracaras
- Merlin (Falco columbarius)
- Family: Sandpipers and Allies
- Sanderling (Calidris alba)
- Purple Sandpiper (Calidris maritima)
- Dunlin (Calidris alpina)
- Order: Perching Birds
(1 record)
- Family: Longspurs and Snow Buntings
- Snow Bunting (Plectrophenax nivalis)
- Order: Shorebirds and Allies
(1 record)
- Family: Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers
- American Herring Gull (Larus smithsonianus)
Class: Mammals
(1 record)
- Order: Carnivorans
(1 record)
- Family: Phocidae
- Gray Seal (Halichoerus grypus)