Floyd Bennett October 25th

Leader Rob Jett

Bald Eagle perched at North 40, photo by Paul Chung

One of the highlights with the whole group was great views of an adult Bald Eagle perched in a tree above the North 40 trail.

Rob

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Floyd Bennett Field, Kings, US-NY
Oct 25, 2014 7:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Protocol: Traveling
5.0 mile(s)
Comments:     I led a Brooklyn Bird Club trip.
58 species

Participants: Monica Berger, Paul Chung, Peter Colen, Rusty Harold, Rob Jett, Phil Malek, Stephen Nadler, Sandy Paci, Kevin Rolwing, Kevin Stern, Oona Stern

Canada Goose  X
Mute Swan  X
Ring-necked Pheasant  1     Heard calling from area near North 40 at around 7:30am.
Double-crested Cormorant  X
Northern Harrier  2
Sharp-shinned Hawk  X
Cooper's Hawk  X
Bald Eagle  1     Adult perched in tree along North 40 trail.
Red-shouldered Hawk  1
Ring-billed Gull  X
Herring Gull  X
Great Black-backed Gull  X
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  X
Mourning Dove  X
Red-bellied Woodpecker  X
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker  1
Downy Woodpecker  2
Northern Flicker  X
American Kestrel  2
Merlin  1
Eastern Phoebe  10
Blue Jay  X
American Crow  X
Tree Swallow  5     Flying over cricket field at around 7:30am.
Winter Wren  1
Golden-crowned Kinglet  X
Ruby-crowned Kinglet  X
Hermit Thrush  3
American Robin  X
Gray Catbird  1
Northern Mockingbird  X
European Starling  X
American Pipit  X
Cedar Waxwing  X
Common Yellowthroat  2
Palm Warbler  6 

Golden Crowned Kinglet , photo by Paul Chng

Yellow-rumped Warbler  X
Eastern Towhee  1
Chipping Sparrow  X
Field Sparrow  1
Vesper Sparrow  4
Savannah Sparrow  X     At least 15-20.
Song Sparrow  X
Lincoln's Sparrow  2     Community Gardens.
Swamp Sparrow  X
White-throated Sparrow  X
White-crowned Sparrow  10     Only two adults.
Dark-eyed Junco  X     Several hundred between North 40 trail and community gardens.
Northern Cardinal  X
Red-winged Blackbird  X
Eastern Meadowlark  1     Mugwort patch at back of cricket field at around 7:20am.
Rusty Blackbird  1     Flipping leaves in muddy base of Return-a-Gift Pond.
Brown-headed Cowbird  X
House Finch  X
Purple Finch  5
Pine Siskin  150     Many calling flyovers throughout the morning. One flock of approximately 75-100 individual perched briefly along North 40 trail.
American Goldfinch  X
House Sparrow  X

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White-crowned Sparrow , photo by Paul Chung

P.

Fwd: Ridgewood Reservoir walk this morning

From: janets33@optonline.net
To: Peter Dorosh
Sent: Sun, Oct 26, 2014 9:52 am
Subject: Ridgewood Reservoir walk this morning

Steve and Heidi led a very successful Ridgewood Walk this morning with 16 people attending, including some new birders.

Steve is multi-tasking below: he was giving a brief history of the site when whoa- an accipitor flew by.  That's a sharpie he shouted and immediately jumped into a demo of the sharpie's diagnostic flight pattern.

The walkways have been redone and are quite nice. 

Highlights of the walk included a small flock of female purple finches and a larger flock of pine siskins.

Phragmites are encroaching on this reservoir pond. Rob says the plan is to remove them.

Ring-necked ducks, Gadwalls, Ruddy ducks, mallards and several pied billed grebes were diving/dabbling in the shallow water.

We had a nice raptor show here: sharp-tailed, Cooper's, Red-shouldered and Red-tail hawks plus a turkey vulture. And a skein of geese.

P1010163

List courtesy of Heidi Steiner nanz

Ridgewood Reservoir, Queens, US-NY

Oct 26, 2014 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
3.0 mile(s)
41 species (+1 other taxa)

Mute Swan  8
American Wigeon  1
Mallard (Domestic type)  4
Ring-necked Duck  2
Ruddy Duck  6
Pied-billed Grebe  5
Green Heron  1
Turkey Vulture  1
Sharp-shinned Hawk  4
Cooper's Hawk  1
Red-shouldered Hawk  2
Red-tailed Hawk  2
Herring Gull  6
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  X
Mourning Dove  X
Red-bellied Woodpecker  1
Downy Woodpecker  1
American Kestrel  2
Eastern Phoebe  3
Blue Jay  6
Black-capped Chickadee  X
Tufted Titmouse  X
Brown Creeper  1
Carolina Wren  1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet  6
Hermit Thrush  6
American Robin  2
Gray Catbird  X
European Starling  X
Cedar Waxwing  2
Eastern Towhee  1
Chipping Sparrow  1
Field Sparrow  1
Song Sparrow  15
White-throated Sparrow  60
Dark-eyed Junco  30
Red-winged Blackbird  4
Common Grackle  X
Purple Finch  2
Pine Siskin  25
American Goldfinch  X
House Sparrow  X

Green-Wood Cemetery, Oct 18, 2014

Leader Tom Preston

26 participants

---Original Message-----
From: tompr9@
To: Peter Dorosh
Sent: Sat, Oct 18, 2014 10:05 am
Subject: Fwd: eBird Report - Green-Wood Cemetery, Oct 18, 2014

Green-Wood Cemetery, Kings, US-NY
Oct 18, 2014 8:00 AM - 12:20 PM
Protocol: Traveling
3.0 mile(s)
Comments:     I led a walk for the Brooklyn Bird Club
54 species (+1 other taxa)

Canada Goose  3
Mallard  4
Double-crested Cormorant  1
Great Blue Heron  1
Sharp-shinned Hawk  3
Cooper's Hawk  1
Accipiter sp.  1     Others saw 5 more.
Red-tailed Hawk  3
Herring Gull  8
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  2
Mourning Dove  20
Chimney Swift  45     Large flock above Heath Path, spotted by John Gaglione. 45 was my best guess. John reported a similar number, 6 more seen about 15 minutes earlier were likely part of the same group.
Belted Kingfisher  1
Red-bellied Woodpecker  7
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker  3
Downy Woodpecker  1
Hairy Woodpecker  1
Northern Flicker  18     Most (12+) were along Cypress Avenue
American Kestrel  1
Merlin  2
Monk Parakeet  8
Eastern Phoebe  2
Blue-headed Vireo  2
Blue Jay  75
Tufted Titmouse  6
Red-breasted Nuthatch  1
White-breasted Nuthatch  8
Brown Creeper  1
Winter Wren  1
Golden-crowned Kinglet  15
Ruby-crowned Kinglet  20
American Robin  X
Gray Catbird  2
Northern Mockingbird  10
European Starling  X
Cedar Waxwing  10
Northern Parula  1
Blackpoll Warbler  1
Black-throated Blue Warbler  1
Palm Warbler  3
Yellow-rumped Warbler  30
Eastern Towhee  1
Chipping Sparrow  100
Song Sparrow  6
Swamp Sparrow  1
White-throated Sparrow  25
Dark-eyed Junco  2
Northern Cardinal  4
Common Grackle  2
Brown-headed Cowbird  9
House Finch  5
Purple Finch  2
Pine Siskin  10
American Goldfinch  2
House Sparrow  X

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October 12th Marine Park's "Brooklyn" Sparrows

Leader Dennis Hrehowsik

16 birders met on a perfect fall day and birded marine pk for four hours where 
highlights included PURPLE FINCH,WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW,PECTORAL SANDPIPER 

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Salt Marsh Nature Center at Marine Park, Kings County, New York, US ( Map )










Date and Effort
















Sun Oct 12, 2014 7:35 AM


Protocol:
Traveling

Party Size:
16

Duration:
4 hour(s), 20 minute(s)

Distance:
1.0 mile(s)

Observers:
Dennis Hrehowsik , Michael Yuan List , Roberta Manian List











Species
















58 species (+2 other taxa) total




11



Brant (Atlantic)






12



Canada Goose






2



Mute Swan






3



American Black Duck






17



Mallard






7



Ruddy Duck






1



Pied-billed Grebe






4



Double-crested Cormorant






1



Great Blue Heron






4



Great Egret






1



Snowy Egret






1



Osprey






1



Northern Harrier






1



Red-tailed Hawk






4



Greater Yellowlegs






6



Pectoral Sandpiper





Flying indecisively over the water near White Island. Touched down once briefly in marsh. Overall brown on top. Brown breast with clear distinction between pale bellies. Called 'thrip' in flight, which sealed the ID.


7



shorebird sp.





5 peeps and 2 slightly larger


4



Ring-billed Gull






7



Herring Gull






16



Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)






8



Mourning Dove






2



Belted Kingfisher






1



Yellow-bellied Sapsucker






2



Downy Woodpecker






5



Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)






1



American Kestrel






4



Eastern Phoebe






1



Blue-headed Vireo






7



Blue Jay






3



American Crow






1



Fish Crow






1



White-breasted Nuthatch






1



House Wren






1



Carolina Wren






3



Golden-crowned Kinglet






2



Ruby-crowned Kinglet






8



American Robin






1



Gray Catbird






2



Northern Mockingbird






4



European Starling






25



Cedar Waxwing






1



Common Yellowthroat






1



Palm Warbler (Western)






1



Palm Warbler (Yellow)






30



Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)






3



Eastern Towhee






2



Chipping Sparrow






18



Savannah Sparrow






5



Song Sparrow






3



Swamp Sparrow






85



White-throated Sparrow






2



White-crowned Sparrow






15



Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored)






4



Northern Cardinal






30



Red-winged Blackbird






1



Brown-headed Cowbird






5



House Finch






2



Purple Finch






15



American Goldfinch






5



House Sparrow

****

11 birders then continued to Floyd Bennett field for two hours where highlights 
included  SCARLET TANAGER, FIELD SPARROW,  WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW 

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Floyd Bennett Field, Kings County, New York, US ( Map )










Date and Effort
















Sun Oct 12, 2014 12:50 PM


Protocol:
Traveling

Party Size:
11

Duration:
2 hour(s), 37 minute(s)

Distance:
1.0 mile(s)

Observers:
Dennis Hrehowsik , Michael Yuan List , Roberta Manian List











Species
















38 species (+2 other taxa) total




1



Osprey






1



Sharp-shinned Hawk






1



Sharp-shinned/Cooper's Hawk






2



Red-tailed Hawk






1



Killdeer






1



Ring-billed Gull






2



Herring Gull






5



Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)






7



Mourning Dove






1



Red-bellied Woodpecker






2



Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)






2



American Kestrel






1



Peregrine Falcon






4



Eastern Phoebe






1



Blue-headed Vireo






5



Blue Jay






3



American Crow






400



Tree Swallow





Large flock streaming north.


1



Tufted Titmouse






3



Golden-crowned Kinglet






6



Ruby-crowned Kinglet






15



American Robin






35



European Starling






2



Common Yellowthroat






1



Palm Warbler (Western)






3



Palm Warbler (Yellow)






15



Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)






2



Chipping Sparrow






3



Field Sparrow






8



Savannah Sparrow






5



Song Sparrow






12



White-throated Sparrow






2



White-crowned Sparrow (Eastern)






9



Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored)






1



Scarlet Tanager






2



Northern Cardinal






1



Brown-headed Cowbird






2



House Finch






6



American Goldfinch






1



House Sparrow

****

Five birders then went on to prospect pk where highlight was Vesper sparrow 

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Prospect Park, Kings County, New York, US ( Map )










Date and Effort











Sun Oct 12, 2014 4:05 PM

Protocol:
Traveling

Party Size:
4

Duration:
25 minute(s)

Distance:
0.2 mile(s)

Observers:
Dennis Hrehowsik , Michael Yuan List , Roberta Manian List











Species











3 species total



1



Eastern Phoebe






1



Vesper Sparrow






30



House Sparrow