January 15th-16th,2011 : North Fork, Long Island overnight weekend

Leader : Peter Dorosh

Participants: Mary, Patty, Tom, Joann,
Bob W, Donna, Bob O', & Lenore


Locations in order: Calverton Grasslands ( EPCAL), Jamestown feeders, Iron Pier Park , East Marion Causeway, Orient Point State Park, Narrow River Road , Silver Sands Peconic Bay; Sunday : Inlet Point County Park (NFAS), Arshamomaque Pond, Hortons Point, Goldsmith Inlet, Indian Neck Road, Cedar Beach, New Suffolk Road/Cutchouque Bay, Lake Marratooka, Riverhead River Park ( Peconic Estuary)

(thanks to Tom for the list)


66 species from Saturday and Sunday:


Dovekie--off Hortons Point

Mute Swan

Canada Goose

Snow Goose-1 EPCAL, 2 Lake Marratooka

Canvasback-Great Pond; Riverhead River park

Ring-necked Duck--Great Pond, Lake Marratooka

American Black Duck

Mallard

Greater Scaup--Peconic and Cutchogue Bays

Common Eider -east of Hortons Pt

Surf Scoter

White-winged Scoter

Black Scoter

Long-tailed Duck

Bufflehead

Common Goldeneye

Hooded Merganser-Riverhead River park

Red-breasted Merganser

Red-thiroated Loon

Common Loon

Pied-billed Grebe- 3 Riverhead River park

Horned Grebe

Double-crested Cormorant

Great Blue Heron

Northern Harrier

Sharp-shinned Hawk

Cooper's Hawk

Red-tailed Hawk

American Kestrel

Peregrine Falcon

Sanderling

Dunlin

Ring-billed Gull

Herring Gull

Glaucous Gull--Orient Pt Ferry lot

Great Black-backed Gull

Rock Pigeon

Mourning Dove

Belted Kingfisher

Red-bellied Woodpecker

Downy Woodpecker

Hairy Woodpecker--NFAS

Northern Flicker--Orient Pt SP (OPTSP)

Blue Jay

American Crow

Black-capped Chickadee

Tufted Titmouse

Red-breasted Nuthatch-OPTSP

White-breasted Nuthatch

Carolina Wren

American Robin

Northern Mockingbird

European Starling

American Pipit-1 Iron Pier Park;1 Goldsmith Inlet

American Tree Sparrow--Jamesport feeders; 3 OPTSP feeders

Savannah Sparrow-OPTSP feeders

Fox Sparrow

Song Sparrow

White-throated Sparrow

White-crowned Sparrow-3 Narrow River road boat launch; 1 feeders east of EPCAL

Dark-eyed Junco

Snow Bunting--EPCAL & OPTSP

Rufous-sided Towhee--Jamesport feeders

Northern Cardinal

Common Grackle

Red-Winged Blackbird

American Goldfinch

House Finch

House Sparrow

Waterfowl count January 16th

The Brooklyn Waterfowl count includes incidental sightings besides waterfowl. Below is one area covered by the Brooklyn Bird Club team of 4 skilled members covering the western Rockaway peninsula, Dead Horse Bay and Prospect Park. Greenwood Cemetery was skipped due to all ponds frozen.


Location: Breezy Point Tip



Observation date: 1/16/11


Number of species: 18


Brant X

American Black Duck X

Long-tailed Duck X

Red-breasted Merganser X

Common Loon X

Double-crested Cormorant X

Great Cormorant X

Ring-billed Gull X

Herring Gull X

Great Black-backed Gull X

Rock Pigeon X

American Crow X

European Starling X

American Pipit X

Yellow-rumped Warbler X

Song Sparrow X

Northern Cardinal X

House Sparrow X


Location: Fort Tilden



Observation date: 1/16/11


Number of species: 34


Brant X

Canada Goose X

Mute Swan X

American Black Duck X

White-winged Scoter X

Black Scoter X

Long-tailed Duck X

Bufflehead X

Red-breasted Merganser X

Red-throated Loon X

Common Loon X

Horned Grebe X

Red-tailed Hawk X

Sanderling X

Ring-billed Gull X

Herring Gull X

Great Black-backed Gull X

Rock Pigeon X

American Crow X

European Starling X

Yellow-rumped Warbler X

Song Sparrow X

White-throated Sparrow X

Northern Cardinal X

Brown-headed Cowbird X

House Sparrow X


Location: Dead Horse Bay



Observation date: 1/16/11


Number of species: 16


Brant X

Mute Swan X

American Black Duck X

Mallard X

Redhead X

Greater Scaup X

Bufflehead X

Horned Grebe X

Northern Harrier X

Cooper's Hawk X

Red-tailed Hawk X

Rough-legged Hawk X

Black-bellied Plover X

Sanderling X

Northern Flicker X

House Sparrow X


Location: Prospect Park

Observation date: 1/16/11

Number of species: 6

Mute Swan: 6

Canada Goose: 39

Mallard: 205

Northern Shoveler: 68

Ruddy Duck: 1

American Coot: 13

Jones Beach January 9th

Leader : Tom Preston

On the Brooklyn Bird Club Jones Beach trip, eight intrepid birders braved the cold temperatures and brisk winds at Jones Beach State Park and Point Lookout on Sunday morning. After lunch, we retreated inland to the calmer environments of Cammans Pond Park and Mill Pond Park.

Although land birds were few, we had an excellent variety of waterfowl.

Jones Beach West end was quiet, apart from the howling wind. There were 2 flocks of Snow Buntings totalling about 65, a few Horned Larks, 30 Black-bellied Plover at the nature center, and a seal seen from the Coast Guard station.

We moved to Field 6, East of the tower. Not many scoter, but close in there were 4 Surf and 1 White-winged. 7 Snow Geese flew over. Walking to Zak's Bay, a flock of c. 25 American Pipits flew in for a brief visit, and flew off again. The bay had Hooded Mergansers, many Red-breasted and another Surf Scoter (never saw scoters there before)

The highlight of the trip were probably the Harlequins at Point Lookout. There were 2 drakes and 1 duck at the westernmost pier, and 3 drakes and 2 ducks in the inlet. We got very close to the 5 in the inlet. The drakes were tussling, and we heard them vocalizing softly. Also at Pt Lookout were a female Common Eider, 3 nice Red-throated Loons in the scope together, c. 100 Bonaparte's Gulls, hundreds of Dunlin and Sanderling, many Horned Grebes, and a Peregrine chasing the shorebirds.

Cammans Pond Park had some nice birds. They include a pair of Pintail, and 9 roosting Black-crowned Night Herons.

At Mill Pond Park, there were a variety of ducks: Common and Hooded Mergansers, Greater Scaup, Ring-necked Duck, Green-winged Teal, American Wigeon, Black Duck, Mallard, Gadwall, Shoveler, Ruddy Duck, and a drake Redhead. A Pied-billed Grebe joined them. It was a productive way to end the day.

Participants: Lynne Herzog, Jennifer, Matthew Rymkiewicz, Bob Washburn, Michael Yuan, Bob O'Neill, Rusty Harold, Tom Preston (leader)


53 species:

Snow Goose

Brant

Canada Goose

Mute Swan

Gadwall

American Wigeon

American Black Duck

Mallard

Northern Shoveler

Northern Pintail

Green-winged Teal

Redhead

Ring-necked Duck

Greater Scaup

Common Eider

Harlequin Duck

Surf Scoter

White-winged Scoter

Long-tailed Duck

Bufflehead

Hooded Merganser

Common Merganser

Red-breasted Merganser

Ruddy Duck

Red-throated Loon

Common Loon

Pied-billed Grebe

Horned Grebe

Double-crested Cormorant

Great Blue Heron

Black-crowned Night-Heron

Northern Harrier

Peregrine Falcon

American Coot

Black-bellied Plover

Sanderling

Dunlin

Bonaparte's Gull

Ring-billed Gull

Herring Gull

Great Black-backed Gull

Rock Pigeon

Mourning Dove

American Crow

Horned Lark

Northern Mockingbird

European Starling

American Pipit

Yellow-rumped Warbler

Song Sparrow

Snow Bunting

American Goldfinch

House Sparrow


Rusty's photograph gallery  -- http://tinyurl.com/6fpm7f6

New Years Day 2011 Prospect Park

New Years Day 2011 Prospect Park


Traditionally, most birders would bird this New Years Day to get their personal year lists started. But in our case, for today's Brooklyn Bird Club Walk, it is a celebration of another start to an anticipatory year of birding, getting into the great outdoors watching and enjoying our feathered friends. Today's count thru slush , snow and careful walking, 31 species of birds were seen, the best moment observing a gorgeous COOPERS HAWK adult ( with red breast barring, dark cap, and orange eyes) perched first in the tall Tulip tree , then as it flew down, to a limb above water between Three Sisters Islands. Later , about 15 minutes later,we found a juvenile COOPERS HAWK, another pretty specimen at Duck Island. Regardless of the numbers of birds seen or whatever we saw, it was a sentimental yet good start under crisp yet mild winter conditions

Location: Prospect Park, Brooklyn Bird Club walk, 7 participants, Peter Dorosh lead
Observation date: 1/1/11

Number of species: 31

Canada Goose
Mute Swan 6

Mallard X

Northern Shoveler 160

Cooper's Hawk 2

Red-tailed Hawk 1

American Coot X

Ring-billed Gull X

Herring Gull (American) X

Great Black-backed Gull X

Rock Pigeon X

Mourning Dove X

Red-bellied Woodpecker 2

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1

Downy Woodpecker 2

Blue Jay 2

Black-capped Chickadee X

Tufted Titmouse 1

American Robin 16

Northern Mockingbird 1

European Starling X

Chipping Sparrow 1

Fox Sparrow (Red) 4

Song Sparrow X

Swamp Sparrow 2

White-throated Sparrow X

Dark-eyed Junco X

Northern Cardinal X

House Finch 18

American Goldfinch X

House Sparrow X

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

111th Christmas Bird Count December 18th Kings County

Brooklyn Christmas Bird Count 2010 total numbers

Attached is the overall Brooklyn numbers (JPEG scan) followed by the list for Prospect Park.


CLICK ON the Link after the Legend list. ( Thanks to Rob Jett for providing an improved scanned document much easier to read CBC species list )

Legend


NS = North Shore

PP = Prospect Park

GW=Greenwood Cemetery

OH= Owls Head

MP= Marine Park

FB=Floyd Bennett

BB= Bergen Beach

SC =Spring Creek

JB =Jamaica Bay

RP =Riis Park

BP=Breezy Point


Click on ------> http://tinyurl.com/36qs8pn


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Location: Prospect Park

Observation date: 12/18/10



Notes: CHRISTMAS BIRD COUNT, PART OF OVERALL KINGS COUNTY CBCNumber of species: 47





Canada Goose 333



Mute Swan 7



American Black Duck 1



Mallard 194



Northern Shoveler 408



Great Blue Heron 1



Sharp-shinned Hawk 3



Cooper's Hawk 2



Red-tailed Hawk 3



American Kestrel 1



Merlin 1



American Coot 31



Ring-billed Gull 985



Herring Gull (American) 75



Great Black-backed Gull 10



Rock Pigeon 166



Mourning Dove 31



Great Horned Owl 1



Red-bellied Woodpecker 9



Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 4



Downy Woodpecker 6



Hairy Woodpecker 1



Blue Jay 9



American Crow 15



Black-capped Chickadee 34



Tufted Titmouse 11



Red-breasted Nuthatch 2



White-breasted Nuthatch 9



Brown Creeper 1



Carolina Wren 5



Golden-crowned Kinglet 1



Hermit Thrush 2



American Robin 42



Gray Catbird 1



Northern Mockingbird 4



European Starling 76



Fox Sparrow (Red) 7



Song Sparrow 6



Swamp Sparrow 3



White-throated Sparrow 114



Dark-eyed Junco 36



Northern Cardinal 36



Red-winged Blackbird 9



House Finch 12



Pine Siskin 4



American Goldfinch 27



House Sparrow 98





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