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| Black billed Cuckoo , photo by Janet Zinn |
Leader Bobbi Manian
Hi Peter,
we started w/ about 12 birders this morning by the lake. it was immediately active with redstarts and yellows by the lake and the dirt pile. While we were looking at warblers and Indigo Bunting female by the dirt pile some of us saw a long-tailed cuckoo-like bird fly in over a magnolia tree and dip down. Knowing it's hard to chase a cuckoo we made a mental note but did not pursue. Later, as we were heading up towards Lookout, Joe spotted the cuckoo perched in a tree above the picnic tables, by the lamppost. the bird was very cooperative and quickly identified as black-billed. It posed for a while and everyone got long satisfying looks. It's hard to tear yourself a way from a black-billed cuckoo, but we did, heading up to Lookout where we saw what might have been the previously reported possible yellow-bellied flycatcher, but i did not get good looks and i'm not sure if anyone else got a definitive look good enough to ID. So i listed it as empid (sp) for the day list.
Also of note was a Solitary Sandpiper spotted by Janet working the edge of the 'lake' created by the duckweed(?) that is all over the lullwater by Pink Beach. Overall, we had 13 warbler sp and 58 species total.
Janet should be providing good pics of the cuckoo and solitary under separate cover
Best,
Bobbi
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From: <ebird-checklist@cornell.edu>
Date: Tue, Aug 23, 2016 at 3:10 PM
Subject: eBird Report - Prospect Park, Aug 23, 2016
To: roberta.manian@gmail.com
Prospect Park, Kings, New York, US
Aug 23, 2016 7:34 AM - 2:07 PM
Protocol: Traveling
3.0 mile(s)
Comments: BBC Tues Migration Walk - Bobbi and Kathy leading
Submitted from eBird for iOS, version 1.1.3 Build 30
56 species (+2 other taxa)
Canada Goose 24
Mute Swan 2
American Black Duck 5
Mallard X
Double-crested Cormorant 2
Great Egret 1
Green Heron 2
Red-tailed Hawk 1
peep sp. 4 Flyover by lake
Spotted Sandpiper 2
Solitary Sandpiper 1
Laughing Gull 1
Ring-billed Gull 1
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) X
Mourning Dove 3
Black-billed Cuckoo 1
Chimney Swift 4
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 2
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
Downy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 1
Empidonax sp. 1 a possible yellow-bellied flycatcher was reported on Lookout. We saw a likely bird but no one got a definitive look as far as I know. Some saw an eye-ring, some saw yellow in the throat.
Great Crested Flycatcher 2
Eastern Kingbird 3
Warbling Vireo 2
Red-eyed Vireo 2
Blue Jay 3
Barn Swallow 1
Black-capped Chickadee 1
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 3
American Robin 21
Gray Catbird 7
Northern Mockingbird 1
European Starling X
Cedar Waxwing 4
Ovenbird 1
Louisiana Waterthrush 1
Northern Waterthrush 2
Blue-winged Warbler 1
Black-and-white Warbler 8
Common Yellowthroat 1
American Redstart 14
Northern Parula 1
Magnolia Warbler 3
Yellow Warbler 5
Chestnut-sided Warbler 1
Black-throated Green Warbler 1
Canada Warbler 3
Song Sparrow 1
Northern Cardinal 3
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 2 2 young makes obs by Kathy Karen and Gus in Ravine
Indigo Bunting 2
Red-winged Blackbird 5
Common Grackle 6
Baltimore Oriole 4
House Finch 2
American Goldfinch 10
House Sparrow X
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This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org)
From: <ebird-checklist@cornell.edu>
Date: Tue, Aug 23, 2016 at 3:10 PM
Subject: eBird Report - Prospect Park, Aug 23, 2016
To: roberta.manian@gmail.com
Prospect Park, Kings, New York, US
Aug 23, 2016 7:34 AM - 2:07 PM
Protocol: Traveling
3.0 mile(s)
Comments: BBC Tues Migration Walk - Bobbi and Kathy leading
Submitted from eBird for iOS, version 1.1.3 Build 30
56 species (+2 other taxa)
Canada Goose 24
Mute Swan 2
American Black Duck 5
Mallard X
Double-crested Cormorant 2
Great Egret 1
Green Heron 2
Red-tailed Hawk 1
peep sp. 4 Flyover by lake
Spotted Sandpiper 2
Solitary Sandpiper 1
Laughing Gull 1
Ring-billed Gull 1
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) X
Mourning Dove 3
Black-billed Cuckoo 1
Chimney Swift 4
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 2
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
Downy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 1
Empidonax sp. 1 a possible yellow-bellied flycatcher was reported on Lookout. We saw a likely bird but no one got a definitive look as far as I know. Some saw an eye-ring, some saw yellow in the throat.
Great Crested Flycatcher 2
Eastern Kingbird 3
Warbling Vireo 2
Red-eyed Vireo 2
Blue Jay 3
Barn Swallow 1
Black-capped Chickadee 1
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 3
American Robin 21
Gray Catbird 7
Northern Mockingbird 1
European Starling X
Cedar Waxwing 4
Ovenbird 1
Louisiana Waterthrush 1
Northern Waterthrush 2
Blue-winged Warbler 1
Black-and-white Warbler 8
Common Yellowthroat 1
American Redstart 14
Northern Parula 1
Magnolia Warbler 3
Yellow Warbler 5
Chestnut-sided Warbler 1
Black-throated Green Warbler 1
Canada Warbler 3
Song Sparrow 1
Northern Cardinal 3
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 2 2 young makes obs by Kathy Karen and Gus in Ravine
Indigo Bunting 2
Red-winged Blackbird 5
Common Grackle 6
Baltimore Oriole 4
House Finch 2
American Goldfinch 10
House Sparrow X
View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/
This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org)
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| Solitary Sandpiper , photod by Janet Zinn |
