February 14th Prospect Centennial walk

Valentines Day BBC Walk

leader: Scott Whittle

Thanks to everyone who joined us for the Brooklyn Bird Club Valentine's Day Walk. We had a relatively calm (and not too cold) day, and may be seeing the first early signs of migration. Highlights included Pine Siskin and female Purple Finch at the Vail of Cashmere, Coopers Hawk near the Breeze Hill Feeders, Sharp-Shinned Hawk over Lookout Hill, and Merlin over the Long Meadow. There was a significant increase in Ruddy Ducks on the Lake, which is now mostly free of ice. Scott

Here is the full list:

Location: Prospect Park
Observation date: 2/14/09
Number of species: 42


Canada Goose 120
Mute Swan 2
American Black Duck 6
American Black Duck x Mallard (hybrid) 2
Mallard 150
Northern Shoveler 60
Ruddy Duck 85
Great Blue Heron 1
Sharp-shinned Hawk 1 Lookout Hill
Cooper's Hawk 1 Breeze Hill
Red-tailed Hawk 1Merlin 1
American Coot 15
Ring-billed Gull 500
Herring Gull 8
Rock Pigeon 20
Mourning Dove 40
Red-bellied Woodpecker 2
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 2 Breeze Hill and Lookout Hill
Downy Woodpecker 12
Hairy Woodpecker 1
Blue Jay 8
Black-capped Chickadee 12
Tufted Titmouse 7
Red-breasted Nuthatch 1 Breeze Hill Feeders
White-breasted Nuthatch 7
Brown Creeper 1 Rustic Bridge, Midwood
Carolina Wren 3
American Robin 6
Northern Mockingbird 1
European Starling 15
Fox Sparrow 2
Song Sparrow 3
White-throated Sparrow 15
Dark-eyed Junco 1
Northern Cardinal 7
Red-winged Blackbird 9
Purple Finch 1 Vale of Cashmere
House Finch 7
Pine Siskin 1 Vale of Cashmere
American Goldfinch 7
House Sparrow 25
Posted by Scott Whittle

Brooklyn North Coast tour Feb 8th,2009

Brooklyn Bird Club North Coast Brooklyn tour

Leader :Peter Dorosh

33 species

Pied-billed Grebe (Greenwood Cemetery)
Double-crested Cormorant (NY Harbor;Ikea area)
Great Cormorant
Horned Grebe (Erie basin)
Canada Goose (Greenwood Cemetery;Ikea area)
Brant (Erie basin)
Gadwall (Red Hook locales)
American Wigeon (Greenwood Cemetery;Red Hook)
American Black Duck
Mallard
Ring-necked Duck (Greenwood Cemetery)
Bufflehead (Erie Basin : Red Hook locales)
Hooded Merganser (Greenwood Cemetery)
Ruddy Duck (Brooklyn Heights)
Greater Scaup (large flock along Governors Island south shore)
Red-breasted Merganser
Red-tailed Hawk (2; Greenwood Cemetery)
Great Horned Owl
Lesser Black-backed Gull ( abandoned lot adjoining and north of IKEA superstore)
Ringbilled Gull
Herring Gull
Greater Black-backed Gull
Monk Parakeet (Greenwood Cemetery, a flock)
Tufted Titmouse
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Wood-pecker
Blue Jay
American Crow
Mourning Dove
Rock Dove
House Sparrow
White-breasted Nuthatch
European Starling

Classic Leader BBC centennial trip Jan 31st 2009

Leader :Ron Bourque
9am-noon
Windy conditions

Common Loon
Great Cormorant
Canada Geese
Brant
Red-breasted Merganser
Long-Tailed Duck
Northern Harrier
Sanderling
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Great Black–backed Gull
Rock Dove
Short-eared Owl
American Crow
American Robin
Northern Mockingbird
European Starling
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Northern Cardinal
American Goldfinch
Black Duck
American Widgeon