November 5th, An Autumn Rarity Quest

Bobbi Manian & Dennis Hrehowsik     

Vesper Sparrow

(All photos by Dennis Hrehowsik)

Eight birders enjoyed a beautiful fall day for a rarities chase.  Owl's Head was less productive than it had been during the week, possibly due to THREE prowling Merlins, weekend dogs, and drone activity, but still active with nuthatches, chickadees, titmice, a BLUE-HEADED VIREO, and a BLACK-THROATED GREEN (seen only by Kristin).  DO was overall quiet, but that seemed to suit the YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO that flushed up from the beach area and posed nicely for us up in a tree.  Big props go to Kathy Toomey and Chris Laz who refused to give up on a skulky sparrow at 6-Diamonds and were rewarded by great looks at a VESPER SPARROW seen well by all.   Plum Beach still had some Ammodramus sparrows around, but they were not very cooperative.  Probable sightings by some of Nelson's and Seaside will have to remain a mystery.

Overall we had 65 species.  Big thanks to Chris Laz for keeping the lists, Marc Brawer for driving and to everyone for a fun day.

Best

Dennis and Bobbi    

From: Chris Laskowski <celaskowski@yahoo.com>
To: Bobbi Manian <roberta.manian@yahoo.com>; Dennis Hrehowsik <deepseagangster@gmail.com>
Sent: Monday, November 7, 2016 9:21 AM
Subject: eBird Trip Summary -- Trip

Brooklyn Chris
eBird Checklist Summary for: Nov 5, 2016, 1:15 AM to Nov 7, 2016, 8:36 AM

Number of Checklists: 5
Number of Taxa: 66

Checklists included in this summary:
(1): Owls Head Park
Date: Nov 5, 2016, 8:14 AM
(2): Dreier-Offerman Park
Date: Nov 5, 2016, 9:53 AM
(3): Six Diamonds ballfields
Date: Nov 5, 2016, 11:50 AM
(4): Plumb Beach
Date: Nov 5, 2016, 1:21 PM
(5): Floyd Bennett Field
Date: Nov 5, 2016, 3:25 PM

446 Brant -- (2),(4)
25 Canada Goose -- (4)
3 Mute Swan -- (2)
10 American Black Duck -- (2)
1 Mallard -- (2)
6 Bufflehead -- (2),(4)
6 Double-crested Cormorant -- (2),(4)
1 Great Blue Heron -- (2)
1 Great Egret -- (4)
2 Cooper's Hawk -- (3),(4)
2 Red-tailed Hawk -- (2),(5)
6 American Oystercatcher -- (4)  

Yellow billed Cuckoo

6 Black-bellied Plover -- (4)
6 Sanderling -- (4)
3 Laughing Gull -- (2),(4)
18 Ring-billed Gull -- (2),(4)
17 Herring Gull -- (2),(4)
2 Great Black-backed Gull -- (2),(4)
34 Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) -- (1),(2),(4),(5)
22 Mourning Dove -- (1),(2),(3),(5)
1 Yellow-billed Cuckoo -- (2)
1 Belted Kingfisher -- (3)
1 Red-bellied Woodpecker -- (1)
2 Downy Woodpecker -- (1),(2)
2 Northern Flicker -- (1),(2)
4 American Kestrel -- (2),(4),(5)
4 Merlin -- (1),(5)
1 Peregrine Falcon -- (4)
1 Eastern Phoebe -- (2)
1 Blue-headed Vireo -- (1)
3 American Crow -- (2),(3)
1 Fish Crow -- (2)
1 crow sp. -- (5)
5 Black-capped Chickadee -- (1),(2),(4)
1 Tufted Titmouse -- (2)
1 Red-breasted Nuthatch -- (1)
4 White-breasted Nuthatch -- (1),(2)
1 Brown Creeper -- (1)
2 Carolina Wren -- (5)
8 Golden-crowned Kinglet -- (1),(3),(5)
2 Ruby-crowned Kinglet -- (1)
1 Hermit Thrush -- (3)
6 American Robin -- (1),(2),(3)
3 Northern Mockingbird -- (1),(3),(5)
17 European Starling -- (1),(2),(5)
3 Palm Warbler -- (2),(5)
1 Pine Warbler -- (3)
8 Yellow-rumped Warbler -- (2),(3),(5)

1 Blackpoll Warbler

1 Black-throated Green Warbler

2 Chipping Sparrow -- (1)
1 Field Sparrow -- (3)
1 Fox Sparrow -- (3)
172 Dark-eyed Junco -- (1),(2),(3)
31 White-throated Sparrow -- (2),(3),(5)
1 Vesper Sparrow -- (3)
4 Savannah Sparrow -- (2),(3)
29 Song Sparrow -- (1),(2),(3),(4),(5)
2 Swamp Sparrow -- (2),(5)
6 Northern Cardinal -- (1),(4),(5)
105 Red-winged Blackbird -- (1),(2),(3)
12 Common Grackle -- (1)
5 House Finch -- (2)
1 Purple Finch -- (1)
12 American Goldfinch -- (1),(2),(5)
5 House Sparrow -- (1)

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