June 25th, Hiking Harriman State Park Kakiat Trail

American Toad, photo'd by Dawn Hannay

Leading : Peter Dorosh, 9 participants

total distance ( shorter hike )  6:45 Miles; longer hike est 8:15 miles  Kakiat Trail into Dater Mountain County Park

On Sun, Jun 26, 2016 at 4:49 PM, <ebird-checklist@cornell.edu> wrote:

Kakiat Trail Dater Mountain, Rockland, New York, US
Jun 25, 2016 9:30 AM - 4:30 PM

Squawroot, photo'd by Dawn Hannay

Protocol: Traveling
6.45 mile(s)
30 species 

Wild Turkey  15 inc 11 poults
Turkey Vulture  X
Chimney Swift  X
Red-bellied Woodpecker  X
Downy Woodpecker  X
Northern Flicker  X
Pileated Woodpecker  1     Heard drumming
Eastern Wood-Pewee  6
Great Crested Flycatcher  1
Eastern Kingbird  1
Yellow-throated Vireo  2
Warbling Vireo  1
Red-eyed Vireo  2
Common Raven  8     Raucous group thru woods,descended into partying on ground
Barn Swallow  X

the BBC group Photo'd by Dawn Hannay

White-breasted Nuthatch  X
Carolina Wren  1
Wood Thrush  X
American Robin  X
Northern Mockingbird  X
Cedar Waxwing  2
Blue-winged Warbler  1
Chipping Sparrow  2
Scarlet Tanager  5
Northern Cardinal  X
Indigo Bunting  2
Red-winged Blackbird  X
Common Grackle  X
Baltimore Oriole  2
House Sparrow  X

View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S30403109

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From extended hike Lisa and Louie on the Blue Disc Trail

 [Most of these we only heard, except where otherwise indicated]

Yellow-billed Cuckoo - 1

Black-capped Chickadee - 1

Wood Thrush - 2

Red-Eyed Vireo - ? bunches

Yellow-Throated Vireo - 4

Prarie Warbler - 4

Hooded Warbler - 1

Louisiana Waterthrush - 1 (saw actual bird)

Scarlet Tanager (male) - 1 (saw and heard)

Field Sparrow - 2 (saw and heard)

Also: Wood Frog - 1

View from Dater Mountain,photo'd by Dawn Hannay

Spring Weekend Trip, June 11th-13th, Birding the Bashakill and the Shawangunks Valley

Leader Mike Yuan

+ 8 participants

From: Michael Yuan <mjyuan@gmail.com>
Cc: Peter Dorosh <prosbird@aol.com>
Sent: Wed, Jun 15, 2016 11:22 am
Subject: Brooklyn Bird Club Spring Weekend Trip report

Thanks everyone for a terrific weekend. So many birds!  So glad to share the experience of a region I love visiting. 

Special thanks to Tom, Bob, Heydi, and Paul for driving. Keeping the caravan intact was a major accomplishment!

Photos: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10153450777056017.1073741829.653246016&type=1&l=f380012cb6

Location(s):   Apollo Plaza; Bashakill State WMA; Blue Chip Farms; D & H Canal Linear Park; Days Inn Wurtsboro; Doodletown Rd.; Gumaer Falls Rd., Wurtsboro; Paradies Ln., Purple Martin colony; Port Orange Rd., Cuddebackville; River Road; Shawangunk Grasslands NWR ; Sterling Forest SP--Ironwood Drive and environs; Weston Rd., swamp; Wolf Brook MUA - Neversink Gorge 

116 species

Canada Goose

Wood Duck

Mallard

Wild Turkey

American Bittern

Great Blue Heron

Green Heron

Black Vulture

Turkey Vulture

Osprey

Northern Harrier

Cooper's Hawk

Bald Eagle

Broad-winged Hawk

Red-tailed Hawk

Virginia Rail

Common Gallinule

Killdeer

American Woodcock

Rock Pigeon

Mourning Dove

Yellow-billed Cuckoo

Black-billed Cuckoo

Barred Owl

Eastern Whip-poor-will

Chimney Swift

Ruby-throated Hummingbird

Belted Kingfisher

Red-headed Woodpecker

Red-bellied Woodpecker

Downy Woodpecker

Hairy Woodpecker

Northern Flicker

Pileated Woodpecker

American Kestrel

Eastern Wood-Pewee

Acadian Flycatcher

Alder Flycatcher

Willow Flycatcher

Least Flycatcher

Empidonax sp.

Eastern Phoebe

Great Crested Flycatcher

Eastern Kingbird

Yellow-throated Vireo

Blue-headed Vireo

Warbling Vireo

Red-eyed Vireo

Blue Jay

American Crow

Fish Crow

crow sp.

Common Raven

Northern Rough-winged Swallow--

Purple Martin

Tree Swallow

Bank Swallow

Barn Swallow

Cliff Swallow

Black-capped Chickadee

Tufted Titmouse

White-breasted Nuthatch

Brown Creeper

House Wren

Carolina Wren

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher

Eastern Bluebird

Veery

Hermit Thrush

Wood Thrush

American Robin

Gray Catbird

Northern Mockingbird

European Starling

Cedar Waxwing

Ovenbird

Worm-eating Warbler

Louisiana Waterthrush

Northern Waterthrush

Golden-winged Warbler

Blue-winged Warbler

Black-and-white Warbler

Common Yellowthroat

Hooded Warbler

American Redstart

Cerulean Warbler

Magnolia Warbler

Blackburnian Warbler

Yellow Warbler

Chestnut-sided Warbler

Black-throated Blue Warbler

Pine Warbler

Prairie Warbler

Black-throated Green Warbler

Canada Warbler

Grasshopper Sparrow

Chipping Sparrow

Field Sparrow

Savannah Sparrow

Song Sparrow

Swamp Sparrow

Eastern Towhee

Scarlet Tanager

Northern Cardinal

Rose-breasted Grosbeak

Indigo Bunting

Bobolink

Red-winged Blackbird

Eastern Meadowlark

Common Grackle

Brown-headed Cowbird

Orchard Oriole

Baltimore Oriole

Purple Finch

American Goldfinch

House Sparrow

Thanks,

Mike

June 4th, Breeding Birds of Fresh Kills Park, Staten Island

Leader: Seth Wollney 

Hi Peter,

 

Our Staten Island trip, led by Seth Wollney, was a great success!  The group went to Freshkills Park/Landfill, Mt. Loretto Unique Area, Great Kills Park (Mudflats), and Oakwood beach.  All of the locations were amazing, but Freshkills was a special treat, as it is closed to the public.  We had the entire 2200 acres almost entirely to ourselves and while there, we were able to find Grasshopper Sparrows on one of the mounds.  We also visited with a small group of bird banders who were working in the park. 

 

Thanks to Anthony Ciancimino for compiling the list!

 

Best,

Karen

 

Total Species: 73

Canada Goose
Wood Duck
Gadwall
Mallard
Double crested Cormorant
Great Egret
Snowy Egret
Little Blue Heron
Tricolored Heron
Black-crowned Night-Heron
Glossy Ibis
Black Vulture Turkey Vulture
Osprey
Coopers Hawk
Red tailed Hawk
American Oystercatcher
Killdeer
Spotted Sandpiper
Laughing Gull
Ring billed Gull
Herring Gull
Great black backed Gull
Common Tern
Forsters Tern
Royal Tern
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Yellow billed Cuckoo Chimney Swift
Ruby throated Hummingbird
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
American Kestrel
Eastern Wood Pewee
Willow Flycatcher
Eastern Kingbird
White eyed Vireo
Warbling Vireo
Red eyed Vireo
Blue Jay
Fish Crow
Tree Swallow
Bank Swallow colonyBarn Swallow
Black capped Chickadee
House Wren
Marsh Wren
Carolina Wren
American Robin
Gray Catbird
Brown Thrasher
Northern Mockingbird
European Starling
Cedar Waxwing
Common Yellowthroat
American Redstart
Yellow Warbler
Grasshopper Sparrow
Savannah Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Eastern Towhee
Northern Cardinal
Indigo Bunting
Red winged Blackbird
Common Grackle
Boat tailed Grackle
Brown headed Cowbird
Orchard Oriole
Baltimore Oriole
House Finch
American Goldfinch
House Sparrow

May 28th Hawkrise Sanctuary

Leader : Peter Dorosh

Locations : Hawkrise, Ernest Oros Preserve, DeKorte Environmental Center

Canada Goose  X
Mallard  X
Double-crested Cormorant  X
Great Blue Heron  X
Great Egret  X
Snowy Egret  X
Turkey Vulture  X
Osprey  X
Herring Gull  X
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  X
Mourning Dove  X
Red-bellied Woodpecker  X
Downy Woodpecker  X
Northern Flicker  X
Willow Flycatcher  X
Great Crested Flycatcher  X
Eastern Kingbird  X
Warbling Vireo  X
Red-eyed Vireo  X
Blue Jay  X
Tree Swallow  X
Barn Swallow  X
Tufted Titmouse  X
House Wren  X
Marsh Wren  X
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher  X
American Robin  X
Gray Catbird  X
Northern Mockingbird  X
European Starling  X
Common Yellowthroat  X
American Redstart  X
Yellow Warbler  X
Blackpoll Warbler  X
Song Sparrow  X
Northern Cardinal  X
Red-winged Blackbird  X
Common Grackle  X
Brown-headed Cowbird  X
Orchard Oriole  X
Baltimore Oriole  X
American Goldfinch  X
House Sparrow  X

American Black Duck  X

Mute Swan  X
Gadwall  X
Black-crowned Night-Heron  1
Killdeer  1
Spotted Sandpiper  1
Greater Yellowlegs  1
Semipalmated Sandpiper  X
peep sp.  X
Laughing Gull  X
Ring-billed Gull  X
Song Sparrow  X