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