Leader : Rafael Campos
As the morning turned dark, rainy during periods, I arrived at Grand Army Plaza around 7:15 am, to lead the BBC bird walk. After a little while, about 14 persons where ready to face the elements, and have a nice time looking for birds around PP.
The rain made things a little slow, but the help of the keen ears of Tom Stevenson, we could heard a good number of species, despite most them were elusive to our eyes. One of them, a Hooded Warbler was heard around Midwood. We went thru the Vale of Cashemere, with a Northern Waterthrush the bird there. From there to the Midwood, where most of the warbler sps were seen/heard. Among them were Nashville, Northern Parula, Yellow-rumped (abundant despite the weather), Black-throated Blue, Blue-winged.
From the Midwood we continued along the Central Drive/Quaker Ridge, with no much, except a large flock of Chipping Sparrows in the Nethermead. By the time we arrived to Maryland Monument, a lonely Palm Warbler was seen, and the rain increased. But in the Peninsula meadow, a lonely White-crowned Sparrow was seen. Our final stop was the Wellhouse & lake, where we saw at least 4-5 Laughing Gulls, 1 Great Black-backed Gull.
I returned via the pools on my way home around 11:15 am.
The following is the list of the birds seen/heard:
Canada Goose
Mute Swan
Mallard
Double-crested Cormorant (a flock of ~5 flew over Vale)
Red-tailed Hawk
Laughing Gull
Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove (our 1st native sps seen by the Sthrahan Statue)
Chimney Swift (flyovers)
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
White-eyed Vireo
Blue-headed Vireo
Warbling Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
Blue Jay
Barn Swallow
Black-capped Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
House Wren
Veery
Wood Thrush
American Robin
Gray Catbird
European Starling
Blue-winged Warbler
Nashville Warbler
Northern Parula
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Palm Warbler
Black-and-white Warbler
American Redstart (1 male, pools)
Ovenbird
Northern Waterthrush
Hooded Warbler
Scarlet Tanager
Eastern Towhee
Chipping Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow (1, peninsula meadow)
Northern Cardinal
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Red-winged Blackbird
Common Grackle
Brown-headed Cowbird (1 female, Maryland Monument)
Baltimore Oriole
American Goldfinch
House Sparrow
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Brooklyn is good birding: Rafa Campos
