September 27th, Prospect Park Thursday Autumn series

Leader : Tom Stephenson

Hi Peter,


Despite a bit of early rain, our intrepid group perservered and eventually we had an incredibly birdy morning with 17 species of warblers including Wilson's, Blackpoll, Bay-breasted and Pine, plus Tennessee (briefly) and Nashville. Other highlights were White-eyed Vireo, 5 Pied-billed Grebes, Coots, Ruddy Duck, Brown Creeper, more Red-breasted Nuthatch, Lincoln Sparrow, American Kestrel and more.

Here's the list

Best regards,

Tom
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Pied-billed Grebe

Great Blue Heron

Canada Goose

Mute Swan

Wood Duck

Mallard

Northern Shoveler

Ruddy Duck

American Coot

American Kestrel

Rock Dove

Mourning Dove

Chimney Swift

Red-bellied Woodpecker

Downy Woodpecker

Hairy Woodpecker

Northern Flicker

Eastern Wood-Pewee

Willow Flycatcher (Traill's sp)

Eastern Phoebe

White-eyed Vireo

Blue-headed Vireo

Red-eyed Vireo

Blue Jay

American Crow

Black-capped Chickadee

Red-breasted Nuthatch

White-breasted Nuthatch

Brown Creeper

Carolina Wren

House Wren

Ruby-crowned Kinglet

American Robin

Veery
Gray Catbird

European Starling

Cedar Waxwing

Tennessee Warbler

Nashville Warbler

Northern Parula

Yellow Warbler

Chestnut-sided Warbler

Magnolia Warbler

Black-throated Blue Warbler

Yellow-rumped Warbler

Black-throated Green Warbler

Pine Warbler

Bay-breasted Warbler

Blackpoll Warbler

Black-and-white Warbler

American Redstart

Common Yellowthroat

Wilson's Warbler

Northern Waterthrush

Song Sparrow

Lincoln's Sparrow

Swamp Sparrow

White-throated Sparrow

Northern Cardinal

American Goldfinch

House Sparrow

September 22nd, State Line Hawk Watch , Palisades,NJ

Adult Bald Eagle 100 ft over Stateline Lookout, photo by Peter Colen

Time range observed 9:15am-12:20pm
Leading Peter Dorosh, 6 participants-Mary Eyster, Jerry Layton, Gil Shrank, Donna Evans ,Bambi Friedman, Peter Colen

Totals:

American Kestrel (AK)- 4
Merlin (ME)-4
Peregrine Falcon (PE)-6
Red-tailed Hawk (RT)-2
Osprey (OS)-18
Turkey Vulture (TV)-20
Bald Eagle (BE)- 4
Cooper's Hawk (CH)-1
Sharp-shinned Hawk (SS) -3

Hours

8-9 am :OS-1, PE-2, RT-1, ME-1

9-10 am : OS-1, PE-1, RT-1

10-11 am: BE-2, TV-7, CH-1, SS-1 , AK-3, OS-9, ME-1

11-12 pm :  OS-4, SS-2 , BE-1(juv), TV-13, PE-3, AK-1, ME-2

12-12:20 : OS-1, BE-1

Peregrine Falcon, photo by Peter Colen

                                                                                               


Note: Overcast, partly sunny , upper 70's degrees. Low flying views of Bald Eagles adults


Other species seen : Blue Jay flocks movement 150 + birds;

Wild Turkey 7 ( along Palisades Parkway), Red-eyed Vireo, Red-bellied Woodpecker, Hairy Woodpecker, Downy Woodpecker, Northern Flicker, Blackpoll Warbler, Brown Thrasher, Eastern Towhee, American Robin, Gray Catbird, Rock Dove, Mourning Dove, Purple Finch-2, White-breasted Nuthatch, Black-capped Chickadee, Chipping Sparrow, Chimney Swift,Great Blue Heron

Sept 20th Thursday Fall series Prospect

Results of Thursday’s BBC Fall series Walk


Leading Tom Stephenson

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Lots of bird activity today with fairly good range of species including 16 species of warblers, 4 species of flycatcher and a Merlin looking for any and all of the above...

Hightlights were probably Phila Vireo for a few, Merlin, Wilson's, Cape May, western and eastern Palms, Brown Thrasher, Olive-sided Flycatcher, and Green-winged Teal. Also found a bird that seemed like a Wood Duck/Mallard hybrid...very odd-looking.

Here's the list.

Best regards,

Tom



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Pied-billed Grebe



Double-crested Cormorant



Green Heron



Black-crowned Night-Heron



Canada Goose



Mute Swan



Wood Duck



American Black Duck



Mallard



Northern Shoveler



Green-winged Teal

Red-tailed Hawk

Merlin



Herring Gull



Rock Dove



Mourning Dove



Chimney Swift



Red-bellied Woodpecker



Downy Woodpecker



Hairy Woodpecker



Northern Flicker



Olive-sided Flycatcher



Eastern Wood-Pewee



Willow Flycatcher



Eastern Phoebe



Blue-headed Vireo



Philadelphia Vireo



Red-eyed Vireo



Blue Jay



American Crow



Black-capped Chickadee



Red-breasted Nuthatch



Carolina Wren



House Wren



Golden-crowned Kinglet



Blue-gray Gnatcatcher



Veery



Swainson's Thrush



American Robin



Gray Catbird



Brown Thrasher



European Starling



Cedar Waxwing



Northern Parula



Yellow Warbler



Chestnut-sided Warbler



Magnolia Warbler



Cape May Warbler



Black-throated Blue Warbler



Yellow-rumped Warbler



Black-throated Green Warbler



Palm Warbler



Blackpoll Warbler



Black-and-white Warbler



American Redstart



Ovenbird



Northern Waterthrush



Common Yellowthroat



Wilson's Warbler



Scarlet Tanager



Eastern Towhee



Northern Cardinal



Rose-breasted Grosbeak



Red-winged Blackbird



Common Grackle



American Goldfinch



House Sparrow



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Brandywine Valley Fall Weekend Sept 15th-Sept 17th

American Avocets at Bombay Hook , photo by Sandy Paci

Date September 15th  - 17th
site = Brandywine Valley Weekend

observers = Brooklyn Bird Club

Leader P.Dorosh

Members: S.Paci, D.Evans, B.Manian, B.Friedman, E.Goren


Locations: (in order of visit)  John Heinz NWR ( formerly Tinicum NWR) (PA) , Stroud Preserve (PA), Brandywine Creek State Park (DE) , 1000 Acres Marsh (DE), Bombay Hook NWR (DE), Ridley Creek State Park (PA), Brightview Farms ( NJ)

Noted higlights : AMERICAN AVOCET abundant numbers at Bombay Hook NWR, kettle of BROAD-WINGED HAWKS at Ridley Creek State Park; CASPIAN TERNS at 1000 Acres Marsh;18 species warblers; BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER and GOLDEN PLOVER; BALD EAGLES in three different locales  

Avocet flock at Bombay Hook Raymond Pool, photo by Sandy Paci

112 species


1Pied-billed Grebe

2Double-crested Cormorant

3Snowy Egret

4Little Blue Heron

Great Blue Heron , Bombay Hook, photo by Sandy Paci

5Green Heron

6Great Egret

7Great Blue Heron

8Turkey Vulture

9Black Vulture

10Northern Shoveler

11Blue-winged Teal

12Gadwall

13American Black Duck

14Canada Goose

15American Wigeon

16Wood Duck

17Green-winged Teal

18Northern Pintail

19Mallard

20Cooper's Hawk

21Broad-winged Hawk

22Bald Eagle 5

23Red-tailed Hawk

24Osprey

25Sharp-shinned Hawk

26Northern Harrier

27Peregrine Falcon

28American Kestrel

29Merlin

30Clapper Rail

31American Golden-Plover

32Black-bellied Plover

33Semipalmated Plover

34American Avocet 750+ Bombay Hook NWR

35Semipalmated Sandpiper

36Marbled Godwit

37Red Knot

38Short-billed Dowitcher

39Dunlin

40Lesser Yellowlegs

41White-rumped Sandpiper

42Buff-breasted Sandpiper

43Greater Yellowlegs

44Laughing Gull

45Great Black-backed Gull

46Caspian Tern

47Forster's Tern

48Ring-billed Gull

49Herring Gull

50Rock Pigeon

51Mourning Dove

52Yellow-billed Cuckoo

53Chimney Swift

54Ruby-throated Hummingbird

55Belted Kingfisher

56Downy Woodpecker

57Red-bellied Woodpecker

58Northern Flicker

59Least Flycatcher

60Traill’s Flycatcher species

61Great Crested Flycatcher

62Eastern Phoebe

63Eastern Wood-Pewee

64Red-eyed Vireo

65American Crow

66Blue Jay

67Fish Crow

68Tree Swallow

69Barn Swallow

70Northern Rough-winged Swallow

71Tufted Titmouse

72Carolina Chickadee

73Red-breasted Nuthatch

74White-breasted Nuthatch

75House Wren

76Carolina Wren

77Blue-gray Gnatcatcher

78American Robin

79Eastern Bluebird

80Gray Catbird

81Brown Thrasher

82Northern Mockingbird

83European Starling

84Prairie Warbler

85Yellow Warbler

86American Redstart

87Black-and-white Warbler

88Blackpoll Warbler

89Ovenbird

90Canada Warbler

91Black-throated Green Warbler

92Bay-breasted Warbler

93Black-throated Blue Warbler

94Common Yellowthroat

95Cape May Warbler

96Palm Warbler

97Chestnut-sided Warbler

98Northern Parula

99Magnolia Warbler

100Nashville Warbler

101Northern Waterthrush

102Scarlet Tanager

103Chipping Sparrow

104Savannah Sparrow

105Song Sparrow

106Field Sparrow

107Northern Cardinal

108Red-winged Blackbird

109House Finch

110American Goldfinch

111Wild Turkey

112Whimbrel       

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Variegated Fritillary, Stroud Preserve

Butterfly checklist  ( all photos by Sandy Paci )


Common Checkered-Skipper

Black Swallowtail

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail

Spicebush Swallowtail

Cabbage White

Clouded Sulphur

Orange Sulphur

Red-banded Hairstreak

Monarch



Checked Skipper, Brightview Farm



Variegated Fritillary

Meadow Fritillary

Red-spotted Purple



Viceroy

Pearl Crescent

Common Buckeye

Red Admiral

American Lady

Eastern Tail Blue

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Meadow Fritillary, Stroud Preserve



Viceroy, John Heinz NWR











BBC Prospect "Friends" Walk Sunday Sept 16th

Results of BBC Friends Walk Sunday Sept 16th


Report from Monica Berger

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Black-crowned Night-Heron

Red-tailed Hawk

Rock Pigeon

Mourning Dove

Chimney Swift

Red-bellied Woodpecker

Downy Woodpecker

Northern Flicker

Eastern Wood-Pewee

Empid sp.

Carolina Wren

Gray Catbird

Northern Mockingbird

Veery

Swainson's Thrush

Wood Thrush

American Robin

Black-capped Chickadee

Red-breasted Nuthatch

White-breasted Nuthatch

Blue Jay

American Crow

European Starling

House Sparrow

Red-eyed Vireo

Purple Finch

Northern Parula

Chestnut-sided Warbler

Magnolia Warbler

Black-throated Blue Warbler

Black-throated Green Warbler

Pine Warbler

Blackpoll Warbler

Black-and-white Warbler

American Redstart

Ovenbird

Common Yellowthroat

Scarlet Tanager

Northern Cardinal

Rose-breasted Grosbeak

Common Yellowthroat.

September 13th Thursday BBC Fall Series

Thursday BBC Fall Series

Leader Tom Stephenson

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We had a great group of about 15 today. The park was a bit slow. It seemed like most of the birds of earlier this week had gone on and only a few arrived. The most activity was in the south of the lake with some birds in the Vale area.

Highlights were Yellow-bellied, Least and Traill's flycatchers and Lincoln Sparrow.

Here's the list.

Best regards,

Tom
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Green Heron



Black-crowned Night-Heron



Canada Goose



Mute Swan



Mallard



Northern Shoveler



Red-tailed Hawk



Rock Dove



Mourning Dove



Chimney Swift



Ruby-throated Hummingbird



Red-bellied Woodpecker



Downy Woodpecker



Hairy Woodpecker



Northern Flicker



Eastern Wood-Pewee



Yellow-bellied Flycatcher



Willow Flycatcher (Traill's sp)



Least Flycatcher



Warbling Vireo



Red-eyed Vireo



Blue Jay



American Crow



Black-capped Chickadee



Tufted Titmouse



Red-breasted Nuthatch



Carolina Wren



House Wren



Ruby-crowned Kinglet



Blue-gray Gnatcatcher



American Robin



Gray Catbird



European Starling



Cedar Waxwing



Nashville Warbler



Northern Parula



Yellow Warbler



Magnolia Warbler



Black-throated Blue Warbler



Blackpoll Warbler



Black-and-white Warbler



American Redstart



Northern Waterthrush



Scarlet Tanager



Song Sparrow



Lincoln's Sparrow



Northern Cardinal



Rose-breasted Grosbeak



Common Grackle



American Goldfinch



House Sparrow

Sept 8th, Sandy Hook , Gateway NRA, NJ

Leader : Bob Machover


Note: Rain shorten trip, heavy deluge, tornadic activity; later tornado report at Breezy Point



Sandy Hook, Monmouth, US-NJ

Sep 8, 2012 8:00 AM - 10:00 AM

Protocol: Traveling

1.0 mile(s)

Comments: BBC Trip

28 species (+1 other taxa)



Canada Goose X

Great Blue Heron X

Osprey X

Black-bellied Plover X

Semipalmated Plover X

Piping Plover X

American Oystercatcher X

Ruddy Turnstone X

Sanderling X

Laughing Gull X

Herring Gull X

Great Black-backed Gull X

Black Tern 1 bird not in full breeding plumage much smaller and darker than common terns

Common Tern X

Forster's Tern X

Sandwich Tern 1 much larger than common terns, yellow tipped black bill clearly visible not in full breeding plumage

Black Skimmer X

Mourning Dove X

Chimney Swift X

American Kestrel X

crow sp. X

Tree Swallow X

Barn Swallow X

Carolina Wren X

Gray Catbird X

Northern Mockingbird X

Common Yellowthroat X

Eastern Towhee X

Field Sparrow X

Mute Swan (2) -flyover

Double-crested Cormorant

Dunlin

Song Sparrow

Snowy Egret

Royal Terns ; Spermaceti Cove

House Finch

Prospect Park Sept 1st

Leading : Ed Crowne

Hi, Peter.



Attached is the list I kept from yesterday's walk. We started with about 25 birders, so I am not sure this list is comprehensive. As you have already noted, the OS Flycatcher was one of the highlights.

Best regards, Ed

date = 2012/09/01site = Prospect Park
observers = Ed Crowne plus walk participants

Canada Goose
Wood Duck
Mallard
Red-tailed Hawk
Solitary Sandpiper
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Chimney Swift
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Great Crested Flycatcher
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Eastern Wood-Pewee
White-eyed Vireo
Warbling Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
Blue Jay
Black-capped Chickadee
Red-breasted Nuthatch
White-breasted Nuthatch
House Wren
Carolina Wren
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
American Robin
Hermit Thrush
Veery
Gray Catbird
Northern Mockingbird
 European Starling

Yellow Warbler
American Redstart
 Black-and-white Warbler
Canada Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Louisiana Waterthrush
Blue-winged Warbler
Northern Parula
Magnolia Warbler
Nashville Warbler
Northern Waterthrush
Blackburnian Warbler

Northern Cardinal
Baltimore Oriole
Red-winged Blackbird
Common Grackle
American Goldfinch
House Sparrow