Monday, May 12, 2008

IBMD day or "The Birdathon"

Brooklyn team "Bird Brains" Leader P.Dorosh,

125 total species

sites =(in order of visitation)  Prospect Park,Greenwood Cemetery, Canarsie Pier,Jamaica Bay WR, Big Egg Marsh, Riis Park, Floyd Bennett Field
date = 5/10/08
observers = Brooklyn Bird Club "Bird Brains" Team Birdathon 5/10
Members: P. Dorosh, M. Eyster,S.Paci, S. Whittle,T. Preston

Common Loon (Riis Park)
Double-crested Cormorant (Prospect Park,JBWR)
Great Blue Heron (JBWR)
Great Egret (Prospect Park,JBWR)
Snowy Egret (JBWR,flyovers)
Little Blue Heron (JBWR)
Tricolored Heron (JBWR)
Black-crowned Night-Heron (JBWR)
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron (JBWR)
Glossy Ibis (JBWR)
Snow Goose (4 Greenwood Cemetery Sylvan Waters pond)
Canada Goose (various locales)
Brant (JBWR,Canarsie pier, along Belt Parkway)
Mute Swan (JBWR)
Wood Duck (JBWR Big John's Pond)
Gadwall (JBWR)
American Wigeon (JBWR)
American Black Duck (JBWR)
Mallard (various locales)
Green-winged Teal (JBWR)
Greater Scaup (JBWR)
Red-breasted Merganser (JBWR)
Ruddy Duck (JBWR)
Osprey (JBWR)
Red-tailed Hawk (Prospect Park)
American Kestrel (Floyd Bennett)
Peregrine Falcon (Marine Park Bridge;2 on nest section)
Clapper Rail (JBWR; Big Egg Marsh)
Black-bellied Plover (JBWR)
Piping Plover (3 Riis Beach/Fort Tilden border)
Killdeer (Riis Park, 2 ad with chick)
American Oystercatcher (JBWR;Big Egg; Canarsie pier)
Greater Yellowlegs (JBWR)
Lesser Yellowlegs (JBWR)
Willet (JBWR)
Spotted Sandpiper (Prospect Park,JBWR,Big Egg Marsh)
Ruddy Turnstone (JBWR Big Egg Marsh)
Sanderling (Tilden /Riis)
Semipalmated Sandpiper (JBWR)
Least Sandpiper (JBWR)
Dunlin (6 JBWR Big Egg Marsh)
Short-billed Dowitcher (JBWR Big Egg Marsh)
Red-necked Phalarope (breeding female JBWR; between benches 5 and 8,on west pond)
Laughing Gull (flyovers)
Ring-billed Gull (Riis Park)
Herring Gull (various locales)
Great Black-backed Gull (Canarsie pier)
Common Tern (JBWR )
Forster's Tern (JBWR )
Rock Pigeon (Prospect Park)
Mourning Dove (Prospect Park)
Monk Parakeet ( Greenwood Cemetery main entrance)
Barn Owl (JBWR)
Chimney Swift (Prospect Park)
Ruby-throated Hummingbird (Prospect Park)
Red-bellied Woodpecker (Prospect Park)
Downy Woodpecker (Prospect Park)
Northern Flicker (Prospect Park)
Hairy Woodpecker (Prospect Park)
Eastern Wood-Pewee (Prospect Park)
Least Flycatcher (Prospect Park)
Great Crested Flycatcher (Prospect Park)
Eastern Kingbird (Prospect Park)
White-eyed Vireo (JBWR)
Blue-headed Vireo (Prospect Park)
Red-eyed Vireo (Prospect Park)
Blue Jay (Prospect Park)
American Crow (Prospect Park)
Fish Crow (JBWR)
Tree Swallow (Prospect Park,JBWR)
Bank Swallow (JBWR)
Barn Swallow (Prospect Park,JBWR)
Black-capped Chickadee (Prospect Park)
Tufted Titmouse (Prospect Park)
Carolina Wren (Prospect Park)
House Wren (Prospect Park)
Ruby-crowned Kinglet (Prospect Park)
Veery (Prospect Park)
Swainson's Thrush (Prospect Park)
Wood Thrush (Prospect Park)
American Robin (Prospect Park)
Gray Catbird (Prospect Park)
Northern Mockingbird (Greenwood Cemetery,JBWR)
Brown Thrasher (JBWR)
European Starling (various locales)
Cedar Waxwing (Riis Park)
Nashville Warbler (Prospect Park)
Northern Parula (Prospect Park)
Yellow Warbler (Prospect Park,JBWR)
Chestnut-sided Warbler (Prospect Park)
Magnolia Warbler (Prospect Park)
Black-throated Blue Warbler (Prospect Park)
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Prospect Park)
Black-throated Green Warbler (Prospect Park)
Blackburnian Warbler (Prospect Park)
Prairie Warbler (Prospect Park)
Palm Warbler (Prospect Park)
Blackpoll Warbler (Prospect Park)
Black-and-white Warbler (Prospect Park)
American Redstart (Prospect Park)
Worm-eating Warbler (Prospect Park)
Ovenbird (Prospect Park)
Northern Waterthrush (Prospect Park)
Common Yellowthroat (Prospect Park)
Hooded Warbler (Prospect Park)
Scarlet Tanager (Prospect Park)
Eastern Towhee (Prospect Park)
Chipping Sparrow (Prospect Park)
Savannah Sparrow (JBWR Big Egg marsh)
Song Sparrow (Prospect Park)
White-throated Sparrow (Prospect Park)
White-crowned Sparrow (JBWR)
Northern Cardinal (Prospect Park)
Rose-breasted Grosbeak (Prospect Park)
Indigo Bunting (Prospect Park)
Bobolink (2 JBWR )
Red-winged Blackbird (various locales)
Common Grackle (various locales)
Boat-tailed Grackle (JBWR Big Egg Marsh)
Brown-headed Cowbird (Prospect Park)
Orchard Oriole (Prospect Park)
Baltimore Oriole (Prospect Park)
House Finch (JBWR)
American Goldfinch (Prospect Park)
House Sparrow (various locales)

Prospect Park (leader Paul Keim )
 
91 species

site = Prospect Park
date = 5/10/08
observers = Brooklyn Bird Club Prospect Birdathon, Leader Paul Keim

weather: colder than normal temps, couldy , NW winds


Common Loon
Great Egret
Green Heron
Black-crowned Night-Heron
Canada Goose
Mute Swan
Wood Duck
Mallard
Red-tailed Hawk
American Kestrel
Spotted Sandpiper
Laughing Gull
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Common Nighthawk
Belted Kingfisher
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Eastern Phoebe
Eastern Kingbird
White-eyed Vireo
Blue-headed Vireo
Warbling Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
Blue Jay
American Crow
Tree Swallow
Barn Swallow
Black-capped Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
Red-breasted Nuthatch
White-breasted Nuthatch
House Wren
Winter Wren
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Veery
Gray-cheeked Thrush
Swainson's Thrush
Hermit Thrush
Wood Thrush
American Robin
Gray Catbird
Brown Thrasher
European Starling
Nashville Warbler
Northern Parula
Yellow Warbler
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Magnolia Warbler
Cape May Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Blackburnian Warbler
Prairie Warbler
Blackpoll Warbler
Black-and-white Warbler
American Redstart
Prothonotary Warbler (North Lullater cove trail and midway section, in red maples)
Worm-eating Warbler
Ovenbird
Northern Waterthrush
Kentucky Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Hooded Warbler
Canada Warbler
Summer Tanager (West Woods ( along PPW ave berm))
Scarlet Tanager
Chipping Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Northern Cardinal
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Indigo Bunting
Red-winged Blackbird
Common Grackle
Brown-headed Cowbird
Orchard Oriole
Baltimore Oriole
House Finch
American Goldfinch

148 species bewteen both teams