BBC team #1 "The Kingsbirders"
--Peter Dorosh, Mary Eyster, Sandy Paci, Rafael Campos, Tom Preston
Team total: 125 Species
(note: some species seen in one area were seen again in other(s) )
Location: Prospect Park
Observation date: 5/9/09
Notes: IBMD event or BIRDATHON Team
Number of species: 76
Brant X
Canada Goose X
Mute Swan X
Mallard X
Ring-necked Duck 1
Ruddy Duck 3
Double-crested Cormorant X
Great Egret X
Black-crowned Night-Heron X
Sharp-shinned Hawk 1
Red-tailed Hawk X
Virginia Rail 1 Horse loop near Bartel Pritchard park entrance
Laughing Gull X
Herring Gull X
Rock Pigeon X
Mourning Dove X
Red-bellied Woodpecker X
Downy Woodpecker X
Northern Flicker X
Eastern Wood-Pewee 1
Eastern Kingbird 1
White-eyed Vireo X
Yellow-throated Vireo X
Blue-headed Vireo X
Warbling Vireo X
Red-eyed Vireo X
Blue Jay X
American Crow X
Tree Swallow X
Northern Rough-winged Swallow X
Barn Swallow X
Black-capped Chickadee X
Tufted Titmouse X
White-breasted Nuthatch X
Carolina Wren X
House Wren X
Ruby-crowned Kinglet X
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher X
Veery X
Swainson's Thrush X
Hermit Thrush X
Wood Thrush X
American Robin X
Gray Catbird X
Brown Thrasher X
European Starling X
Nashville Warbler X
Northern Parula X
Yellow Warbler X
Chestnut-sided Warbler X
Magnolia Warbler X
Black-throated Blue Warbler X
Yellow-rumped Warbler X
Black-throated Green Warbler X
Blackburnian Warbler X
Prairie Warbler X
Black-and-white Warbler X
American Redstart X
Ovenbird X
Northern Waterthrush X
Common Yellowthroat X
Scarlet Tanager X
Eastern Towhee X
Chipping Sparrow X
Song Sparrow X
Swamp Sparrow X
White-throated Sparrow X
Northern Cardinal X
Rose-breasted Grosbeak X
Red-winged Blackbird X
Common Grackle X
Brown-headed Cowbird X
Orchard Oriole X
Baltimore Oriole X
American Goldfinch X
House Sparrow X
Location: Plum Beach
Observation date: 5/9/09
Number of species: 46
Brant X
Canada Goose X
Mute Swan X
American Black Duck X
Mallard X
Red-breasted Merganser 3
Common Loon X
Double-crested Cormorant X
Great Egret X
Black-crowned Night-Heron X
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron X
Osprey 1
Merlin 1
Clapper Rail 1
Black-bellied Plover 1
American Oystercatcher X
Spotted Sandpiper X
Greater Yellowlegs X
Whimbrel 1
Sanderling X
Semipalmated Sandpiper X
Least Sandpiper X
Short-billed Dowitcher X
Laughing Gull X
Ring-billed Gull X
Herring Gull X
Great Black-backed Gull X
Least Tern X
Common Tern X
Forster's Tern X
Black Skimmer X
Rock Pigeon X
American Crow X
Barn Swallow X
Marsh Wren X
American Robin X
Northern Mockingbird X
Brown Thrasher X
European Starling X
Northern Parula X
Yellow Warbler X
Eastern Towhee X
Seaside Sparrow X
Song Sparrow X
Red-winged Blackbird X
Boat-tailed Grackle X
Location: Floyd Bennett Field
Observation date: 5/9/09
Notes: Birdathon event
Number of species: 54
Brant X
Canada Goose X
Wood Duck 3
Mallard X
Ring-necked Pheasant 1
Common Loon 6
Double-crested Cormorant X
Great Blue Heron 2
Black-crowned Night-Heron X
Glossy Ibis 1
Osprey 1
Red-tailed Hawk 1
Killdeer 5
Willet X
Laughing Gull X
Herring Gull X
Great Black-backed Gull X
Common Tern X
Rock Pigeon X
Mourning Dove X
Red-bellied Woodpecker X
Northern Flicker X
Eastern Kingbird X
Red-eyed Vireo X
American Crow X
Fish Crow X
Tree Swallow X
Barn Swallow X
Carolina Wren X
American Robin X
Gray Catbird X
Northern Mockingbird X
European Starling X
Northern Parula X
Yellow Warbler X
Black-throated Blue Warbler X
Yellow-rumped Warbler X
Black-and-white Warbler X
American Redstart X
Scarlet Tanager X
Chipping Sparrow X
Field Sparrow 1
Savannah Sparrow 2
Song Sparrow X
White-crowned Sparrow X
Northern Cardinal X
Rose-breasted Grosbeak X
Indigo Bunting X
Red-winged Blackbird X
Brown-headed Cowbird X
Baltimore Oriole X
House Finch X
American Goldfinch X
House Sparrow X
Location: Dreier Offerman/Calvert Vaux Park
Observation date: 5/9/09
Notes: Birdathon Event
Number of species: 34
Brant X
Canada Goose X
Mallard X
Bufflehead X
Red-breasted Merganser X
Green Heron 1 Coney Island Creek
Black-crowned Night-Heron X
Peregrine Falcon 1 perched at top Coney Island Parachute drop
Semipalmated Plover 6
Killdeer 2
Spotted Sandpiper 1
Laughing Gull X
Ring-billed Gull X
Herring Gull X
Rock Pigeon X
Monk Parakeet 1
Chimney Swift X
Downy Woodpecker X
Great Crested Flycatcher 1
Warbling Vireo 1
Barn Swallow X
American Robin X
Gray Catbird X
Northern Mockingbird X
European Starling X
Cedar Waxwing 1
Northern Parula X
Magnolia Warbler X
Black-throated Blue Warbler X
Common Yellowthroat 1
Eastern Towhee 1
White-throated Sparrow X
Red-winged Blackbird X
House Sparrow X
Total: 125 species
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Team Total: 96 species
BBC team #2 "Birdigo"--Eddie Davis, Bob Washburn, Donna Evans
Our final list included 96 species. Here they are (in taxonomic order):
Snow Goose
Brant
Canada Goose
Mute Swan
Wood Duck
American Black Duck
Mallard
Ring-necked Duck
Ruddy Duck
Common Loon
Double-crested Cormorant
Least Bittern-Plumb Beach
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Green Heron
Black-crowned Night-Heron
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron
Red-tailed Hawk
American Kestrel
Black-bellied Plover
American Oystercatcher
Spotted Sandpiper
Willet
Purple Sandpiper
Laughing Gull
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Common Tern
Black Skimmer
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Monk Parakeet
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Red-headed Woodpecker--Floyd Bennett North Forty
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Great Crested Flycatcher
Eastern Kingbird
Blue-headed Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
Blue Jay
American Crow
Tree Swallow
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Barn Swallow
Black-capped Chickadee
White-breasted Nuthatch
Carolina Wren
House Wren
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Veery
Gray-cheeked Thrush
Hermit Thrush
Wood Thrush
American Robin
Gray Catbird
Northern Mockingbird
Brown Thrasher
European Starling
Nashville Warbler
Northern Parula
Yellow Warbler
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Magnolia Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Blackburnian Warbler
Prairie Warbler
Palm Warbler
Black-and-white Warbler
American Redstart
Ovenbird
Northern Waterthrush
Common Yellowthroat
Summer Tanager-Prospect Park Lookout Hill
Scarlet Tanager
Eastern Towhee
Chipping Sparrow
Savannah Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Northern Cardinal
Indigo Bunting
Red-winged Blackbird
Common Grackle
Brown-headed Cowbird
Orchard Oriole
Baltimore Oriole
Purple Finch
American Goldfinch
House Sparrow
Kingsboider note : 4 teams covered Brooklyn recording 158 species plus 2 by an individual birder , Wilson's Warbler and Broad-winged Hawk making it 160 seen in Brooklyn on May 9th.
