Saturday, February 28, 2015

February 28th Ft Tilden/Breezy Point

Leader Dennis Hrehowsik

Report by Bobbi Manian



-----Original Message-----
From: bobbi.manian@
To: Peter Dorosh ; Dennis Hrehowsik
Sent: Sat, Feb 28, 2015 1:20 pm
Subject: pics from Dennis's Ft Tilden/Breezy trip today


Hi Peter,

A fun day w/ 13 birders!  Dennis will provide details but here are 3 pics.  Monica found the LBBG for us.  Also of note, Dennis lead a 5-car caravan down Flatbush Ave and kept it intact the entire way.  I've never seen that before ;-)

Fort Tilden, Queens, US-NY 
Feb 28, 2015 8:42 AM - 10:31 AM 
Protocol: Traveling 
1.864 mile(s) 
Comments:    Submitted from  BirdLog NA for Android v1.9.6 
20 species 

Brant  300 
Canada Goose  20 
American Black Duck  3 
Black Scoter  25 
Long-tailed Duck  30 
Bufflehead  2 
Red-breasted Merganser  15 
Common Loon  1 
Double-crested Cormorant  1 
Northern Harrier  1 
Red-shouldered Hawk  1 
Ring-billed Gull  1 
Herring Gull  30 
Great Black-backed Gull  8 
American Crow  5 
Horned Lark  75 
European Starling  10 
Song Sparrow  4 
Northern Cardinal  3 
House Sparrow  15 

View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S22112681 

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 Breezy Point Tip, Queens, US-NY 
Feb 28, 2015 10:41 AM - 1:08 PM 
Protocol: Traveling 
2.485 mile(s) 
Comments:    Submitted from  BirdLog NA for Android v1.9.6 
23 species 

Brant  25 
Canada Goose  18 
Long-tailed Duck  12 
Bufflehead  9 
Red-breasted Merganser  20 
Common Loon  11 
Great Cormorant  9 
Northern Harrier  1 
Ruddy Turnstone  5 
Sanderling  116 
Ring-billed Gull  2 
Herring Gull  100 
Iceland Gull  1 
Lesser Black-backed Gull  1 
Great Black-backed Gull  20 
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  1 
American Crow  2 
Horned Lark  15 
Black-capped Chickadee  2 
European Starling  15 
Snow Bunting  4 
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)  17 
Song Sparrow  1 

View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S22112678 

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Floyd Bennett Field, Kings, US-NY 
Feb 28, 2015 1:17 PM - 2:20 PM 
Protocol: Traveling 
1.243 mile(s) 
Comments:    Submitted from  BirdLog NA for Android v1.9.6 
8 species 

Snow Goose  2 
Brant  50 
Canada Goose  200 
Northern Harrier  2 
Red-tailed Hawk  1 
Rough-legged Hawk  2    Continuing birds. Seen clearly by all flying over the runways and buildings. 
One bird slightly paler than other. 
American Kestrel  2 
European Starling  15 

View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S22112674 

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Saturday, February 21, 2015

Sunset Park nabe BBC tour Feb 21

Glaucous Gull immature, photo by Karen O'Hearn

Leader Peter Dorosh

Locations : Greenwood Cemetery, Sunset Park, Bush Terminal Pier Park, Army Terminal Pier park 4, Veterans Pier

During a Brooklyn Bird Club tour I led thru Greenwood Cemetery, Sunset
Park, Bush Terminal Pier Park and Veterans Pier,it was our third stop
that produced well. Bush Terminal continues to solidify its winter
birding reputation in its first ever winter.

After the usual winter birds at Greenwood Cemetery, an uncommon Sharp
shinned Hawk flyover in Sunset Park, we hit some jackpots at Bush
Terminal. First , a WHITE WINGED SCOTER seen at the first cove was
thought our best sighting.Then from a seperate vantage , Dennis
Hrehowsik tweeted me he had the GLAUCOUS GULL immature sitting on the
ice floes by the concrete pier end. We had a good glimpses before it
took off. Right after we spotted COMMON GOLDENEYE hen , and when Dennis
joined us, he found the continuing drake EURASIAN WIGEON gliding out of
the south cove. When we arrived over there, the GLAUCOUS GULL was on
the water very close to our group on the second concrete walkway. An
awesome find and on top of that 13 species ducks and AMERICAN KESTREL
to symbolize the winter atmosphere as snow began falling.

Last spot at Veterans pier saw many Greater Scaup and 4 PURPLE
SANDPIPER along the break wall at the base of the pier.

Peter
BBC                                                        
"owl" photo by Janet Schumacher

Red-throated Loon 
Double-crested Cormorant 
Lesser Scaup Veterans Pier
Bufflehead 
Gadwall 
American Black Duck 
Canada Goose 
Common Goldeneye Bush Terminal Pier Park,hen
American Wigeon 
Long-tailed Duck Bush Terminal Pier Park,drake
Greater Scaup 
Red-breasted Merganser 
White-winged Scoter Bush Terminal Pier Park
Brant 
Eurasian Wigeon Bush Terminal Pier Park
Ruddy Duck 
Mallard 
Red-tailed Hawk GWC
Sharp-shinned Hawk SunsetPark
American Kestrel Bush Terminal Pier Park
Great Black-backed Gull 
Ring-billed Gull 
Glaucous Gull Bush Terminal Pier Park
Herring Gull 
Rock Pigeon 
Mourning Dove 
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 
Red-bellied Woodpecker 
Blue Jay 
Tufted Titmouse 
Black-capped Chickadee 
Red-breasted Nuthatch GWC
White-breasted Nuthatch GWC
American Robin 
Northern Mockingbird 
European Starling 
White-throated Sparrow 
American Tree Sparrow dozenBush Terminal Pier Park
Northern Cardinal 
American Goldfinch 
House Sparrow
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Tuesday, February 17, 2015

Fwd: Jones Beach - Jan 10 '15

Leader Steve Nanz

Hi Everyone,

Despite the cold, I had a lot of fun last weekend with all you hard core birders. Thank you all for joining in!

Thank you Monica for sending me the list. I added a few more that I remembered which are asterisked. 41 bird species in all not to mentions the seals. I also added a few photo shots from Point Lookout.

 Common Loon - Coast Guard Station*
Red-throated Loon 
Horned Grebe 
Double-crested Cormorant 
Great Cormorant 
Great Blue Heron - Meadowbrook State Pkwy on the way home seen by Janet S.*
Harlequin Duck
Bufflehead 
American Black Duck  - Several flying over dunes near the Nature Center*
Canada Goose 
Common Eider 
Black Scoter 
Long-tailed Duck 
Red-breasted Merganser 
Brant 
Mallard - Point Lookout*
Red-tailed Hawk - Meadowbrook State Pkwy percher in a tree on the way home*
Northern Harrier
Black-bellied Plover 
Sanderling 
Dunlin 
Ruddy Turnstone 
Black-headed Gull 
Great Black-backed Gull 
Bonaparte's Gull 
Ring-billed Gull 
Herring Gull 
Rock Pigeon 
Mourning Dove 
Northern Flicker 
American Crow 
Horned Lark 
Northern Mockingbird 
European Starling 
Yellow-rumped Warbler 
Snow Bunting 
Song Sparrow 
White-throated Sparrow
Brown-headed Cowbird 
House Finch 
House Sparrow 

Harbor Seals

Best Regards,

 Steve Nanz
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