Jamaica Bay region March 25th

Leader : Bob Washburn

Highlite:Gannet Feeding frenzy video --->


https://vimeo.com/39213854


Bob's report and master list:

We had a good day Sunday. Based on the scouting done earlier we covered just about everything we thought would be around an the misses were commoners like Red Tails, Blue Jays and American Widgeon. Of note was the barn owl at Big John’s Pond that had been eluding some of us for years. It was looking out of the box both Saturday and Sunday late into the morning. It’s probably getting crowded in there. Chicks appear to be almost the size of the adult except just a big white ball of fluff with a barn owl face. We also saw the first little blue heron reported in NY State this season. One thing I think we were all pretty impressed by was the Northern Gannet feeding display we witnessed from the Beach 44th Street area of Rockaway Park. Chris Elliot captured the spectacle digitally for us here. We even heard a Ring-necked Pheasant at the same location and got to see it when flushed by a spaniel.



Here’s our list for the day:



American Black Duck

American Coot

American Crow

American Oystercatcher

American Robin

Barn Owl

Black Scoter

Boat-tailed Grackle

Brant

Brown-headed Cowbird

Bufflehead

Canada Goose

Carolina Wren

Common Loon

Dark-eyed Junco

Double-crested Cormorant

Downy Woodpecker

European Starling

Gadwall

Great Black-backed Gull

Great Egret

Greater Scaup

Green-winged Teal

Herring Gull

Horned Grebe

House Sparrow

Killdeer

Laughing Gull

Lesser Scaup

Little Blue Heron

Mallard

Mourning Dove

Mute Swan

Northern Cardinal

Northern Gannet

Northern Harrier

Northern Mockingbird

Northern Shoveler

Osprey

Pied Billed Grebe

Piping Plover

Purple Sandpiper

Red-breasted Merganser

Red-throated Loon

Red-winged Blackbird

Ring-billed Gull

Ring-necked Pheasant

Rock Pigeon

Ruddy Duck

Snow Goose

Snowy Egret

Song Sparrow

Tree Swallow

Yellow-rumped Warbler


Photos by Roberta Manian

Lists (Courtesy of Dennis H.)


Subject: eBird Report - Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, Mar 25, 2012


Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, Queens, US-NY
Mar 25, 2012 8:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Protocol: Traveling
3.0 mile(s)
Comments: bobs bbc trip
33 species

Brant X
Canada Goose X
Mute Swan X
Gadwall X
Mallard X
Northern Shoveler X
Green-winged Teal X
Greater Scaup X
Bufflehead X
Red-breasted Merganser X
Ruddy Duck X
Pied-billed Grebe X
Horned Grebe X
Snowy Egret X
Little Blue Heron 1 west pond in frags on sandbar
Osprey X
Northern Harrier X
American Oystercatcher X
Ring-billed Gull X
Herring Gull X
Great Black-backed Gull X
Barn Owl X
American Crow X
Carolina Wren X
American Robin X
Northern Mockingbird X
European Starling X
Yellow-rumped Warbler X
Song Sparrow X
White-throated Sparrow X
Northern Cardinal X
Red-winged Blackbird X
Boat-tailed Grackle X


Rockaway Park, Queens, US-NY
Mar 25, 2012 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Protocol: Traveling
0.25 mile(s)
Comments: bobs bbc trip
13 species

Red-breasted Merganser X
Ring-necked Pheasant X
Common Loon X
Horned Grebe X
Northern Gannet X
Piping Plover X
American Oystercatcher X
Laughing Gull X
Ring-billed Gull X
Herring Gull X
Great Black-backed Gull X
American Robin X
Northern Cardinal X

Spring Creek Park, Queens, US-NY
Mar 25, 2012 12:30 PM - 12:40 PM
Protocol: Stationary
Comments: Bobs BBC Trip
4 species

Brant X
Mallard X
Pied-billed Grebe X
European Starling X

Hendrix Creek, Kings, US-NY
Mar 25, 2012 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Protocol: Traveling
0.5 mile(s)
Comments: bobs big bbc trip
16 species

Canada Goose X
Gadwall X
Mallard X
Green-winged Teal X
Greater Scaup X
Lesser Scaup X
Bufflehead X
Great Egret X
Snowy Egret X
Northern Harrier X
Northern Flicker X
American Robin X
European Starling X
Dark-eyed Junco X
Red-winged Blackbird X
Brown-headed Cowbird X

Prospect Park, Kings, US-NY
Mar 25, 2012 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Protocol: Traveling
2.0 mile(s)
Comments: big bobbis stratigic strike
6 species

Black-crowned Night-Heron X
Laughing Gull X
Eastern Phoebe X
Pine Warbler X
Field Sparrow X
Swamp Sparrow X

This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org)

March 17th , Mystery trip

Leader : Steve Nanz

This trip focused on the coastal areas of Brooklyn, along the west shore towards southwest region, by Coney Island.

51 species

"Brooklyn Birders in Fog (Looking for Purple Sandpiper )"
Photo by Dennis Hrehowsik

From Steve, bird list attached

Locations: Owl's Head Park, Gravesend Bay, Calvert Vaux Park, Coney Island,
Floyd Bennett Field

Including me, there were ten people on the trip.

52 species see or heard. Here's the list:

Common Loon - Coney Island
Horned Grebe
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Cormorant - Floyd Bennett Field
Turkey Vulture - Floyd Bennett Field
Bufflehead
Gadwall
American Black Duck
Canada Goose
Common Goldeneye - Floyd Bennett Field
American Wigeon
Long-tailed Duck - Coney Island
Greater Scaup
Red-breasted Merganser
Brant
Mute Swan
Mallard
Red-tailed Hawk
Peregrine Falcon
American Kestrel
American Coot
Killdeer
American Oystercatcher - Floyd Bennett Field
Purple Sandpiper - Owl's Head Park
Laughing Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Eastern Phoebe
American Crow
Blue Jay
Tree Swallow - Floyd Bennett Field
Carolina Wren
American Robin
Northern Mockingbird
European Starling
Pine Warbler - Owl's Head Park
Yellow-rumped Warbler
White-throated Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Northern Cardinal
Red-winged Blackbird
Common Grackle
Brown-headed Cowbird
House Finch
American Goldfinch
House Sparrow

March 10th Prospect Park

Leader  Gil Shrank

Report submitted by Dennis Hrehowsik
Peter,


Great to see first prospect Pine Warblers of the season! Monica and I spotted them near terrace bridge after the BBC walk today. Two very bright males, perching on railing and near by low branches as well as walking on ground beneath pine tree. We later saw one of the birds in the woods with two brown creepers near the lullwater viewing platform.

Earlier in the day I said, "the weather today feels exactly the same as the day the first pine was spotted last March, maybe we'll get lucky."

best,

Dennis

Date: Sat, Mar 10, 2012 at 4:39 PM

Subject: eBird Report - Prospect Park, Mar 10, 2012


Prospect Park, Kings, US-NY

Mar 10, 2012 8:00 AM - 3:00 PM

Protocol: Traveling

3.0 mile(s)

Comments: BBC Walk

35 species



Canada Goose X

Mute Swan X

Wood Duck X

Mallard X

Northern Shoveler X

Ruddy Duck X

Pied-billed Grebe X

Red-tailed Hawk X

American Coot X

Ring-billed Gull X

Rock Pigeon X

Mourning Dove X

Red-bellied Woodpecker X

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker X

Downy Woodpecker X

Hairy Woodpecker X

Blue Jay X

Black-capped Chickadee X

Tufted Titmouse X

White-breasted Nuthatch X

Brown Creeper X

Golden-crowned Kinglet X

Hermit Thrush X

American Robin X

Northern Mockingbird X

European Starling X

Pine Warbler X

Song Sparrow X

White-throated Sparrow X

Dark-eyed Junco X

Northern Cardinal X

Red-winged Blackbird X

Common Grackle X

House Finch X

House Sparrow X



This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org)

March 4th Prospect Park

Leader : Michele Dreger

We had 2 walks. 8am Neal and I led the walk passed the feeders to lampost 249 in hopes of finding the Common Yellowthroat.


Neal brought his scope which he had won in a silent auction at a Linnean function. The group of 13 were hunkered around it on Wellhouse Drive trying to see the Hooded Mergansers on the other side of the lake. We continured looking for the warbler. While we were at those new picnic tables someone called out brown thrasher! Sure enough, it was right where we left it several months ago, scratching in the leaf liter behind the fence. One of the people on the tour was a gentleman named Tom. His uncle, Bernard Brennan was a member of the Brooklyn Bird Club from the 1950's to early 1990. He would come to Prospect Park with his uncle when he was young and now that he is getting back into birding, he looked up our tour and joined us. We went to the peninsula and got some great looks at the merganser's.

The group made their way back to the center to pick up the 10am birders. Eni and Vinnie led that group of 31 more people. They went back towards the lake and Bobbi was able to coax a kitten that had been hanging around the picnic tables into going with her to a shelter. Sean Casey is an animal rescue organization in Windsor Terrace. They came and took the kitty. Great news for kittens and birds alike. http://www.nyanimalrescue.org



Thanks to Carl for emailing me the bird list!

Next month will be early migration. Make plans now. 8am on Sunday April fools day!

Michele, Eni, Vinnie & Neal





Both walks saw these birds:



Coot

Mallard

Ruddy duck

Canada goose

Downy woodpecker

Bluejay

Brown creeper

Red bellied woodpecker

White breasted nuthatch

Mourning dove

Black capped chickadee

House finch

Cardinal

Grackles

Northern shovelers

Herring gull

Ring billed gull

Mute Swan

Tufted titmouse

Red winged blackbird

Robin

White throat sparrow



10 am

Ruby crowned kinglet

Pie billed grebe

Cormorant

Goldfinch

Mockingbird

Hermit thrush

Song sparrow

8am

Brown thrasher

Hooded merganser

Red tailed Hawk

Coopers hawk

Hairy woodpecker

Yellow bellied sapsucker











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February 25th Gravesend Shorewalk

This trip was canceled due to high winds  40+ mph.

It will be re-scheduled for New Years Day 2013