Waterfowl count 1/18/09

Team Rockaway P.Dorosh,M.Eyster,R. Campos
Waterfowl in bold type/ Note : 20 species duck recorded both teams

Brant
Canada Goose
Mute Swan
Wood Duck
Gadwall
American Wigeon
American Black Duck
Mallard
Northern Shoveler
Redhead (1 at Dead Horse Bay)
Ring-necked Duck
Greater Scaup
Lesser Scaup
Surf Scoter
White-winged Scoter
Black Scoter
Long-tailed Duck
Bufflehead
Hooded Merganser
Common Merganser (Prospect Park)
Red-breasted Merganser
Ruddy Duck
Red-throated Loon
Common Loon
Pied-billed Grebe
Horned Grebe
Great Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Cooper's Hawk
Peregrine Falcon
American Coot
Sanderling
Purple Sandpiper
Ring-billed,Herring & Great Black-backed Gulls
Rock Pigeon
Downy Woodpecker
American Crow
Horned Lark
American Robin
Northern Mockingbird
European Starling
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Savannah,
Fox, Song & Swamp Sparrows
Snow Bunting
Northern Cardinal
Common Grackle

Team North Brooklyn


eBird Report - Greenwood Cemetery , 1/18/09
Location: Greenwood Cemetery
Observation date: 1/18/09, 12PM
Observers: Rob Jett, Marge Raymond
Number of species: 6
Snow Goose 3
Canada Goose
Eurasian Wigeon 1
American Wigeon 28
Mallard
Pied-billed Grebe 1
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eBird Report - Bush Terminal , 1/18/09
Location: Bush Terminal
Observation date: 1/18/09, 1PM
Observers: Rob Jett, Marge Raymond
Number of species: 17
Gadwall 30
American Wigeon 47
American Black Duck 7
American Black Duck Mallard (hybrid) 1
Mallard 38
Lesser Scaup 37
Bufflehead 8
Hooded Merganser 1
Red-breasted Merganser 1
Ruddy Duck 1
Horned Grebe 2
Double-crested Cormorant 1
Great Cormorant 3
Red-tailed Hawk 1
Killdeer 1
Belted Kingfisher 1
Song Sparrow 2
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eBird Report - Columbia Street Pier , 1/18/09
Location: Columbia Street Pier
Observation date: 1/18/09, 2PM
Observers: Rob Jett, Marge Raymond
Number of species: 9
Gadwall 2
Bufflehead 4
Red-breasted Merganser 3
Double-crested Cormorant 1
Great Cormorant 1
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull 1
Great Black-backed Gull
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eBird Report - Greenwood Cemetery , 1/18/09
Location: Greenwood Cemetery
Observation date: 1/18/09, 3PM
Observers: Rob Jett, Marge Raymond
Number of species: 22
Snow Goose
Canada Goose
American Wigeon
Pied-billed Grebe
Northern Goshawk 1
Red-tailed Hawk 3
Merlin 1
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Blue Jay
American Crow
Black-capped Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
White-breasted Nuthatch 1
Northern Mockingbird
European Starling
White-throated Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Northern Cardinal
American Goldfinch 20=

Long Island Weekend 1/9- 1/11/09

site = Long Island: Orient Point, South Fork/Montauk, South shore Shinnecock regions

date = Jan 9th-Jan11th, 2009

Brooklyn Bird Club Long Island Weekend 1/9-1/11/09

leader :Peter Dorosh

89 species

Red-throated Loon
Common Loon
Pied-billed Grebe
Horned Grebe
Red-necked Grebe (Cullloden Pt ( Montauk)
Northern Gannet (mostly Shinnecock Inlet)
Great Cormorant
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Turkey Vulture
Canada Goose
Brant
Mute Swan
American Wigeon
American Black Duck
Mallard
Green-winged Teal
Canvasback (Seatuck Creek)
Redhead (Seatuck Creek)
Ring-necked Duck (27 Fort Pond ( Montauk) ; Seatuck Creek)
Greater Scaup (Seatuck Creek;Shinnecock)
Lesser Scaup (Seatuck Creek)
King Eider (2 females @ Montauk Pt)
Common Eider (Montauk Pt)
Surf Scoter
White-winged Scoter
Black Scoter
Long-tailed Duck
Bufflehead
Common Goldeneye
Barrow's Goldeneye (Orient Pt Causeway;drake)
Hooded Merganser (Seatuck Creek)
Red-breasted Merganser
Ruddy Duck
Northern Harrier
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Merlin
Peregrine Falcon
American Coot (Seatuck Creek)
Black-bellied Plover (Napeague Pt;Shinnecock)
Ruddy Turnstone (Napeague Pt)
Sanderling
Purple Sandpiper (Ditch Plains; Orient Pt)
Dunlin
Bonaparte's Gull
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull (Napeague Pt; Shinnecock)
Great Black-backed Gull
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Great Horned Owl (Orient Pt)
Snowy Owl (Smith's Pt Park)
Belted Kingfisher
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Blue Jay
American Crow
Black-capped Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
Red-breasted Nuthatch
White-breasted Nuthatch
Carolina Wren (Orient Pt)
Eastern Bluebird (Calverton Grasslands)
Hermit Thrush
American Robin
Northern Mockingbird
European Starling ("flyover")
American Pipit (Shinnecock)
Yellow-rumped Warbler (common at Smiths Pt Park)
American Tree Sparrow (Montauk; Shinnecock)
Savannah Sparrow (6 east Hither hills preserev; also "Ipswich" Shiinecock)
Song Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Snow Bunting (Orient Pt; Shinnecock)
Northern Cardinal
Red-winged Blackbird
Eastern Meadowlark (~18 Calverton Grasslands)
House Finch
Pine Siskin (flyover Orient Pt)
American Goldfinch
House Sparrow
White-winged Crossbill (14 Orient Pt Beach State Park)
Wild Turkey (7 Calverton Grasslands)

January 3rd Prospect Park Celebrate Centennial walk

site = Prospect Park
date = 1/3/09
Brooklyn Bird Club January Centennial walk.
10 participants

Leader: P.Dorosh

Pied-billed Grebe (4 lake)
Great Blue Heron (2 f/o Lullwater)
Canada Goose
Mute Swan
American Black Duck (lake 2)
Mallard (95 lake)
Northern Shoveler (30 lake)
Sharp-shinned Hawk (f/o nethermead)
Cooper's Hawk (Brooklyn Botanic Garden Daffodil hill;adult)
Red-tailed Hawk (4; south lakeside,f/o nethermead;2 f/o conservatory BBG)
American Coot (lake)
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull (4 lake)
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Red-bellied Woodpecker (feeders; Midwood)
Downy Woodpecker (zoo)
Blue Jay (3)
Black-capped Chickadee (2 north midwood)
Tufted Titmouse (3)
White-breasted Nuthatch (midwood;feeders)
Carolina Wren (nellies lawn)
Winter Wren (north midwood near tunnel arch bridle path)
Hermit Thrush (maryland monument)
American Robin (13 terrace bridge; feeding on sumacs)
Northern Mockingbird (boathouse)
European Starling
Fox Sparrow (feeders)
Song Sparrow (3 peninsula sumacs)
Swamp Sparrow (2 west island benches)
White-throated Sparrow (30)
Northern Cardinal (15)
Red-winged Blackbird (2 feeders)
House Finch (12 feeders)
Pine Siskin (6 west island sweetgums b/w shelter and shore benches)
American Goldfinch
House Sparrow

New Years Day 2009 The Brooklyn Bird Club Centennial begins

This year is the centennial of the Brooklyn Bird Club (NYC) .The dream started in late 1908 by our inspirational founder , Doctor Edward Vietor , and first President Edward Fleisher, along with a small circle of their birding friends started the official club charter in the spring of 1909; the club still remarkably continues to this day. Prospect Park is the birthplace of the club and it was appropriate to kick off the celebratory year in Prospect Park on a first (that I recalled) New Years Day bird trip by the club. In a valiant effort despite frigid temperatures, our own small band of brave birders trudged on and managed 56 species in Prospect with a coastal walk afterwards, thru the Coney Island region, ending at Dreier Offerman (Calvert Vaux) Park,using public transportation and walking totaling 8.5 miles.

Among our hilights include a rare Northern Harrier skimming the treetops of the Midwood in Prospect Park, which also yielded a small flock of 20 Pine Siskins also seen in the Midwood. Another noted hilight was seen at Brighton Beach's east end boardwalk, near Brighton 14th Street; offshore was a Red-Necked Grebe.

We hope to see some of you out there during our commemorative year's festivities involving our field trips (besides events and a party on June 18th), classified under themes of "Brooklyn Spotlights", "All Spring Brooklyn Locations" and "Prospect Springburst"; those will be detailed later on our website http://www.brooklynbirdclub.org/

Cheers,

Peter Dorosh
President
Brooklyn Bird Club

Today's list

site = Prospect Park, Manhattan Beach, Brighton Beach, Coney Island, Dreier-Offerman (Vaux ) Park
date = 1/1/09
observers = P.Dorosh (leading) , M.Eyster, D.Evans, J.Schumacher, J. Weinberger, S.Whittle

Brooklyn Bird Club Centennial New Years Day hike (8.5 miles)

Red-throated Loon
Common Loon
Horned Grebe (Manhattan Beach (6); scattered along coast)
Red-necked Grebe (Brighton Beach b/w Coney Island ave and Brighton 14th St)
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Blue Heron (Dreier Offerman)
Black-crowned Night-Heron (Dreier Offerman)
Canada Goose
Brant (~700 Dreier Offerman)
Mute Swan
Gadwall (Dreier Offerman)
American Black Duck (Sheepshead Bay;Dreier Offerman)
Mallard
Northern Shoveler (common,Prospect Lake)
Northern Pintail (drake Dreier Offerman , Coney island creek)
Long-tailed Duck
Bufflehead
Red-breasted Merganser
Ruddy Duck
Northern Harrier (rare in Prospect Park)
Sharp-shinned Hawk (Prospect Park)
Cooper's Hawk (Dreier Offerman;adult)
Red-tailed Hawk (4 Prospect Park)
Merlin (Prospect Park)
American Coot (Prospect Park)
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Blue Jay
Black-capped Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
Red-breasted Nuthatch (Prospect)
White-breasted Nuthatch
Brown Creeper (Prospect Park)
Carolina Wren (2 Prospect Park)
Hermit Thrush (2 Prospect Park)
American Robin
Northern Mockingbird
European Starling
Fox Sparrow
Song Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Northern Cardinal
Red-winged Blackbird
Brown-headed Cowbird
House Finch
Pine Siskin (~20 North Midwood Prospect Park)American Goldfinch
House Sparrow