August 30th Prospect Park

Leader :Peter Dorosh

This morning's Brooklyn Bird Club walk got off to a slow but decent start before some good stuff appeared mid morning.

Before the likely north winds predicted this eve/ overnight,some birds took early leave and provided some satisfactory moments for the group. At the south Midwood between the bridle path and Elephant Hill rising path, a WORM-EATING WARBLER delighted the group as the bird flew from surrounding hanging dead leaves for food. Along with it , a CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLER followed it . BLUE-WINGED WARBLER below on the slope there as well as Butterfly Meadow plus an adult male BLACKBURNIAN WARBLER on Lookout Hill's upper meadow joined in for 12 species warblers seen totally. GREAT CRESTED FLYCATCHER, EASTERN PEWEE, LEAST FLYCATCHER formed a flycatcher group along with a secondhand report of YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER reported by Scott Whittle by the Boulder Bridge. After I left the group,I received a text message from friends they saw YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO on Lookout Hill .

Last nite 8/29, during a Common Nighthawk watch, conservatively,at least 4 COMMON NIGHTHAWKS were spotted low in the sky over the Long Meadow near the Tennis House, between 6 and 7:45 pm.

Peter

List

Brooklyn Bird club walk; Leader Peter Dorosh

Location: Prospect Park
Observation date: 8/30/09
Number of species: 43

Mallard X
Double-crested Cormorant 1 f/o Vale
Red-tailed Hawk 1 Nellie's lawn ;in Elizabeth's Tulip
Herring Gull X
Rock Pigeon X
Mourning Dove X
Yellow-billed Cuckoo 1 Lookout Hill
Chimney Swift X
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 1 south Midwood, in jewelweed
Downy Woodpecker 1
Hairy Woodpecker 1 elephant hill/Midwood
Northern Flicker 1 elephant hill
Eastern Wood-Pewee 1 Midwood
Least Flycatcher 1 Midwood
Empidonax sp. X
Great Crested Flycatcher 1 lookout hill
Warbling Vireo 2 butterfly meadow
Red-eyed Vireo 3
Black-capped Chickadee 1
House Wren 2
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 1 elephant hill
American Robin X
Gray Catbird 2
European Starling X
Cedar Waxwing 22 vale cashmere
Blue-winged Warbler 2 south Midwood;butterfly meadow
Chestnut-sided Warbler 2 elephant hill;lookout hill
Magnolia Warbler 2 vale; north zoo
Black-throated Blue Warbler 1 north Midwood
Blackburnian Warbler 1 ad male; lookout hill upper meadow
Black-and-white Warbler 4
American Redstart 6
Worm-eating Warbler 1 elephant hill
Ovenbird 2 north zoo; north Midwood
Northern Waterthrush 1 vale
Common Yellowthroat 1 vale
Canada Warbler 1 north Midwood
Song Sparrow 1 vale
Northern Cardinal 3
Common Grackle X
Baltimore Oriole 6 vale mostly
American Goldfinch 5 butterfly meadow
House Sparrow X

This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org/)

August 16th, Jamaica Bay Refuge, Queens

Leader : Starr Saphir

Peter,

Here is the list, but not in taxonomic order. I was using the Jamaica Bay WR bird list, which is decades old. Best, Gil
Nine birders joined Starr Saphir on a trip to Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, August 16, 2009, from 9 AM until 1:45 PM. One visiting birder from Trinidad, and another from Massachusetts. The temperature reached 92 degrees, so discretion called for ending the field trip early.

BIRD LIST
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Snowy Egret
Little Blue Heron
Green Heron
Black-crowned Night Heron
Yellow-crowned Night Heron
Mute Swan
Black Swan (not countable)
Brant - only one
Canada Goose
Black Duck
Mallard
Gadwall
Ruddy Duck - only one
Osprey
Black-bellied Plover
Semi-palmated Plover
American Oystercatcher
Greater Yellowlegs
Lesser Yellowlegs
Spotted Sandpaper
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
Western Sandpiper
Short-billed Dowitcher
Laughing Gull
Herring Gull
Great-black-backed Gull
Common Tern
Forsters Tern
Rock Pigeon
Belted Kingfisher
Willow Flycatcher
Eastern Kingbird
Tree Swallow
Barn Swallow
American Crow
Carolina Wren
American Robin
Gray Catbird
Northern Mockingbird
Brown Thrasher
Cedar Waxwing
European Starling
American Redstart
Common Yellowthroat
Northern Cardinal
Red-winged Blackbird
Boat-tailed Grackle
Brown-headed Cowbird
House Finch
American Goldfinch
Song Sparrow
House Sparrow
57 species