Monday, April 30, 2018

Fwd: Great Swamp / Lord Sterling April 28

Leader Ryan Goldberg

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-----Original Message-----
From: Ryan Goldberg <ryan.goldberg@gmail.com>
To: Peter Dorosh <prosbird@aol.com>
Sent: Sun, Apr 29, 2018 10:35 PM
Subject: Fwd: Great Swamp / Lord Sterling


Marc's photos from our trip. 

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From: Marc Brawer <satchmo0802@nyc.rr.com>
Date: Sun, Apr 29, 2018 at 10:20 PM
Subject: Great Swamp / Lord Sterling
To: Ryan Goldberg <ryan.goldberg@gmail.com>


Hey Ryan, I attached a few photos from our trip yesterday.  Feel free to use them as you wish.

 

Good seeing you and Angie again in the Park today!

 

Marc

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April 29th Brooklyn bridge park

Leader Heather Wolf

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From: Heather Wolf <heather.wolf@jugglefit.com>
To: Peter Dorosh <prosbird@aol.com>
Sent: Mon, Apr 30, 2018 09:28 AM
Subject: Re: Your walk


Hi Peter,

Yes, we had a great walk, thanks! 
At least 20 people showed up, but there may be a few more I'm forgetting.

My eBird list has some species not seen by the group so I've included our list of 23 species below:

Brant (Branta bernicla) 65
Canada Goose (Branta canadensis) 2
Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) 3
American Black Duck (Anas rubripes) 3
Double-crested Cormorant (Phalacrocorax auritus) 6
Laughing Gull (Leucophaeus atricilla) 11
Herring Gull (Larus argentatus) 2
Great Black-backed Gull (Larus marinus) 2
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) (Columba livia (Feral Pigeon)) 4
Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) 5
Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus) 1
crow sp. (Corvus sp. (crow sp.)) 2
Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) 1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet (Regulus calendula) 5
Hermit Thrush (Catharus guttatus) 2
American Robin (Turdus migratorius) 11
Gray Catbird (Dumetella carolinensis) 2
European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris) 6
Black-and-white Warbler (Mniotilta varia) 1
White-throated Sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis) 8
Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia) 3
Common Grackle (Quiscalus quiscula) 20
House Sparrow (Passer domesticus) 20

Thanks!

Best,
Heather

On Mon, Apr 30, 2018 at 9:11 AM, <prosbird@aol.com> wrote:
Hi Heather

I hope you had a productive great walk. 

Can u send me your species list it can be the Ebird link.

Thanks

How many people showed up?

Peter

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Sunday, April 29, 2018

April 28 BBC Great Swamp recap



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-----Original Message-----
From: Ryan Goldberg <ryan.goldberg@gmail.com>
To: Peter Dorosh <prosbird@aol.com>
Sent: Sun, Apr 29, 2018 04:46 PM
Subject: BBC Great Swamp recap


Peter,

A group of nine experienced and enthusiastic birders traveled to central New Jersey's Great Swamp NWR yesterday, April 28, and came away with 66 species, a number of memorable sightings, and appreciation for the beauty of this hardwood swamp forest less than an hour from Brooklyn (without traffic, of course). 

We began at the Great Swamp's Wildlife Observation Center, a system of two boardwalk trails and three blinds, where northern waterthrushes and nesting bluebirds greeted our early-morning arrival in the fog. At the blinds we saw a pair of green-winged teal and green herons. Swamp sparrows were singing everywhere. But the highlight by far was a pair of pileated woodpeckers -- male and female, we soon learned, once they copulated on a tall oak branch. We followed the pair as they traveled back and forth over the boardwalk. We heard a prothonotary warbler but the golden bird never came within view despite waiting for 20 minutes. We found a singing wood thrush and observed a distant, perched adult bald eagle from one of the blinds. 

Our next stop was Lord Stirling Park, just down the road, as the sun cleared out the fog.  Somerset County maintains this beautiful mix of swamp, marsh, and meadow along the Passaic River. A female hooded merganser flew into the river as we ate lunch at the observation tower. The trails were muddy until we hit the boardwalks, where we observed a yellow-throated vireo singing. Bluebirds and yellow warblers abounded. We watched rusty blackbirds and brown thrashers up close. We finished the day with a drive and short walk up Pleasant Plains Road through the NWR. At the final bathroom break before driving home, a trio of purple martins and a flyover bald eagle offered a perfect end to a wonderful day.

Here are our checklists:


Attached is a photo of the group, from Lord Stirling's East Observation Tower. Photo was taken by Chris Laskowski.

Trip leader: Ryan Goldberg
Participants: Angie Co, Adam Nashban, Tina Alleva, Beth Goldberg, Marc Brawer, Chris Laskowski, Charles Tang, Richard Payne

Regards,
Ryan

Fwd: 4.28.18

Leader Dennis

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From: Dennis Hrehowsik <deepseagangster@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, Apr 28, 2018, 9:12 PM
Subject: 4.28.18
To: Peter Dorosh <prosbird@gmail.com>, <12toms@gmail.com>, Roberta <roberta.manian@gmail.com>


Peter,

Great walk with 25 participants and lots of new faces. Highlights were Yellow Throated Vireo, Prothonotary Warbler found by Simon and Leah and Kentucky Warbler found by Chellie Bowman. Total of 70 species and we didn't really work lake or we could have probably pulled out a few more. We had an ex president sighting as well.

Best,

D

Prospect Park
Apr 28, 2018
7:15 AM
Traveling
5.00 miles
420 Minutes
All birds reported? Yes
Comments: Submitted from eBird for iOS, version 1.5.0 Build 136

6 Canada Goose
3 Mute Swan
4 Wood Duck
10 Mallard
2 Double-crested Cormorant
2 Great Blue Heron
2 Great Egret
1 Green Heron
2 Black-crowned Night-Heron
2 Red-tailed Hawk
2 American Coot
2 Spotted Sandpiper
9 Laughing Gull
2 Herring Gull
5 Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)
10 Mourning Dove
35 Chimney Swift
1 Belted Kingfisher
3 Red-bellied Woodpecker
1 Downy Woodpecker
1 Hairy Woodpecker
3 Northern Flicker
1 American Kestrel
1 Merlin
1 Great Crested Flycatcher
1 Eastern Kingbird
2 White-eyed Vireo
1 Yellow-throated Vireo
5 Blue-headed Vireo
25 Blue Jay
3 Northern Rough-winged Swallow
25 Tree Swallow
25 Barn Swallow
1 House Wren
8 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
10 Ruby-crowned Kinglet
1 Veery
3 Hermit Thrush
125 American Robin
2 Gray Catbird
50 European Starling
4 Cedar Waxwing
1 Ovenbird
1 Louisiana Waterthrush
1 Northern Waterthrush
5 Black-and-white Warbler
1 Prothonotary Warbler
1 Kentucky Warbler -- Found behind music pagoda by Chellie Bowman. All olive above all yellow below. No white on tail edges yellow spectacles black facial pattern. I'm going to speculate this was an adult female because 1. the black facial pattern was not as extensive as others I have seen. it didn't extend as far down the side of the neck. 2 bird never sang but that's anecdotal I suppose.
1 Common Yellowthroat
1 American Redstart
2 Northern Parula
4 Yellow Warbler
3 Palm Warbler
1 Pine Warbler
85 Yellow-rumped Warbler
1 Prairie Warbler
6 Chipping Sparrow
8 White-throated Sparrow
3 Song Sparrow
1 Swamp Sparrow
3 Eastern Towhee
12 Northern Cardinal
1 Rose-breasted Grosbeak
1 Baltimore Oriole
25 Red-winged Blackbird
5 Brown-headed Cowbird
1 Rusty Blackbird
35 Common Grackle
2 American Goldfinch
10 House Sparrow

Number of Taxa: 70





Thursday, April 26, 2018

Fwd: Thursday's walk



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From: Tom Stephenson <12toms@gmail.com>
To: ProsBird <ProsBird@aol.com>
Cc: Robert Bate <robsbate@gmail.com>; Dennis Hrehowsik <DeepSeaGangster@gmail.com>; Bobbi Manian <roberta.manian@yahoo.com>
Sent: Thu, Apr 26, 2018 04:03 PM
Subject: Thursday's walk


Hi Peter,

Great seeing you in the park today.

It was a very beautiful day and a great group. We had a couple of raccoons, chipmunks, squirrels...lots of stuff...Oh, also, Robins......And did I mention House Sparrows...lots of those also.

But kidding aside, it was wery, wery quite...
We did end up with 49 species, so actually we did OK.

Highlight probably was a small group of Brant flying over, and a very cooperative ovenbird.
There were also lots of yellow-rumps, a Pine Warbler and several Blue-headed Vireo. Also Towhee!


Here's the list.

Best regards,
Tom

Double-crested Cormorant
Black-crowned Night-Heron
Canada Goose
Brant
Mute Swan
Wood Duck
American Black Duck
Mallard
Northern Shoveler
Red-tailed Hawk
American Coot
Laughing Gull
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Rock Dove
Mourning Dove
Chimney Swift
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Blue-headed Vireo
Blue Jay
Tree Swallow
Barn Swallow
Tufted Titmouse
Carolina Wren
House Wren
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
American Robin
European Starling
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Pine Warbler
Palm Warbler
Black-and-white Warbler
Ovenbird
Common Yellowthroat
Eastern Towhee
Chipping Sparrow
Song Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Northern Cardinal
Red-winged Blackbird
Common Grackle
Brown-headed Cowbird
American Goldfinch
House Sparrow

Sunday, April 22, 2018

Fwd: 4.21.18 BBC WALK

leader Dennis

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From: Dennis Hrehowsik <deepseagangster@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, Apr 21, 2018, 8:29 PM
Subject: 4.21.18
To: Peter Dorosh <prosbird@gmail.com>, Roberta <roberta.manian@gmail.com>, Tom Stephenson <12toms@gmail.com>


Hey everyone,

A fun walk with a cold start but good birds. Good looks and listens to at least 2 Maaaaayybe 3 yellow-throated Warbler, rusty black bird, 2 lousisnia water thrush seen and heard well, yellow Warbler (acting like a prothonotary), and prairie. A fun second walk of the season with a total of 62 species. Photo of birders looking at ytwa attached.

Best,

D

25 Canada Goose
5 Mute Swan
6 Wood Duck
20 Mallard
1 Ring-necked Duck
20 Ruddy Duck
5 Double-crested Cormorant
1 Great Blue Heron (Blue form)
3 Great Egret
1 Green Heron
5 Black-crowned Night-Heron
1 Turkey Vulture
1 Osprey
2 Red-tailed Hawk
2 American Coot
10 Laughing Gull
5 Ring-billed Gull
1 Herring Gull
5 Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)
5 Mourning Dove
3 Belted Kingfisher
1 Red-bellied Woodpecker
2 Downy Woodpecker
2 Hairy Woodpecker
8 Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)
5 Eastern Phoebe
1 Blue-headed Vireo
35 Blue Jay
1 Fish Crow
2 Northern Rough-winged Swallow
10 Tree Swallow
5 Barn Swallow
1 Tufted Titmouse
2 Brown Creeper
5 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
2 Golden-crowned Kinglet
20 Ruby-crowned Kinglet
12 Hermit Thrush
150 American Robin
1 Northern Mockingbird
100 European Starling
5 Cedar Waxwing
2 Louisiana Waterthrush
2 Black-and-white Warbler
1 Northern Parula
1 Yellow Warbler
10 Palm Warbler (Yellow)
5 Pine Warbler
40 Yellow-rumped Warbler
2 Yellow-throated Warbler -- At lease two possible three. Two seen at once near terrace bridge. One vocal one mum. Later a single bird near lullwater bridge.
1 Prairie Warbler
7 White-throated Sparrow
5 Song Sparrow
4 Swamp Sparrow
2 Eastern Towhee
8 Northern Cardinal
15 Red-winged Blackbird
4 Brown-headed Cowbird
1 Rusty Blackbird
25 Common Grackle
2 American Goldfinch
25 House Sparrow

Number of Taxa: 62


April 22 Greenwood Cemetery

Leader Ed Crowne

Greetings, Peter

On an altogether pleasant day we began with 25 participants and tallied by walk's end 48 species of birds (eBird list: https://ebird.org/view/checklist/email?subID=S44833634). Our highlights included the continuing Blue Grosbeak and Eastern Kingbird, and Broad-winged Hawk.


From: Janet Schumacher <janets33@optonline.net>
To: Peter Dorosh <prosbird@aol.com>; Dennis Hrehowsik <deepseagangster@gmail.com>
Sent: Sun, Apr 22, 2018 02:37 PM
Subject: photo from Green-Wood walk today


Ed got us the Blue Grosbeak!


Thursday, April 19, 2018

Fwd: Thursday walk

Led by Tom Stephenson

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From: Tom Stephenson <12toms@gmail.com>
To: ProsBird <ProsBird@aol.com>
Cc: Robert Bate <robsbate@gmail.com>; Bobbi Manian <roberta.manian@yahoo.com>; Dennis Hrehowsik <DeepSeaGangster@gmail.com>
Sent: Thu, Apr 19, 2018 04:03 PM
Subject: Thursday walk


Hi Peter,

Although it was a little cold and drizzly at times, we had a great walk today. Chellie Bowman brought one of her New School classes, and in total we had about 32 people.
There were lots of birds in the park almost everywhere we went. We saw several Common Grackles building nests. There were lots of a lots of Swamp Sparrows, Hermit Thrush, kinglets and a large flock of swallows.

Highlights included 2 Yellow-throated Warblers, Prairie Warbler, Brown Thrasher, Chimney Swift, 3 species of swallows, a Great-blue Heron carrying nesting material (we need to keep an eye on this bird), an Osprey with a large fish, several  Blue-gray Gnatcatchers, lots of Palm and Pine Warblers, and a Blue-headed Vireo.

Here's the list.

Best regards,
Tom



Double-crested Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Black-crowned Night-Heron
Canada Goose
Mute Swan
Wood Duck
American Black Duck
Mallard
Ruddy Duck
Osprey
American Coot
Laughing Gull
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Rock Dove
Mourning Dove
Chimney Swift
Belted Kingfisher
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Eastern Phoebe
Eastern Kingbird
Blue-headed Vireo
Blue Jay
Fish Crow
Tree Swallow
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Barn Swallow
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Hermit Thrush
American Robin
Brown Thrasher
European Starling
Cedar Waxwing
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Yellow-throated Warbler
Pine Warbler
Prairie Warbler
Palm Warbler
Black-and-white Warbler
Eastern Towhee
Chipping Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Northern Cardinal
Red-winged Blackbird
Common Grackle
Brown-headed Cowbird
American Goldfinch
House Sparrow
European Goldfinch

Tuesday, April 17, 2018

Fwd: eBird Report - Prospect Park, Apr 17, 2018

Led by Rob

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From: Rob Bate <robsbate@gmail.com>
To: Peter Dorosh <prosbird@aol.com>
Sent: Tue, Apr 17, 2018 01:48 PM
Subject: Fwd: eBird Report - Prospect Park, Apr 17, 2018


A nice group of birders braved the cold to go on the inaugural 2018 Tuesday Spring Migration Walk.  Highlights were Green and Black-crowned Night Herons, Yellow-throated and Prairre Warblers.


3.0 mile(s)
44 species

Canada Goose  12
Mute Swan  7
Wood Duck  8
Mallard  9
Ruddy Duck  24
Red-throated Loon  1
Double-crested Cormorant  2
Great Blue Heron  1
Great Egret  3
Green Heron  1
Black-crowned Night-Heron  1
Osprey  1
American Coot  3
Laughing Gull  4
Ring-billed Gull  8
Herring Gull  15
Mourning Dove  2
Belted Kingfisher  1
Red-bellied Woodpecker  3
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker  2
Downy Woodpecker  1
Northern Flicker  3
Eastern Phoebe  1
Blue-headed Vireo  1
Blue Jay  2
Tree Swallow  1
Barn Swallow  8
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher  4
Ruby-crowned Kinglet  5
Hermit Thrush  3
American Robin  15
European Starling  8
Palm Warbler  5
Pine Warbler  4
Yellow-rumped Warbler  12
Prairie Warbler  1
White-throated Sparrow  6
Song Sparrow  3
Swamp Sparrow  2
Eastern Towhee  3
Northern Cardinal  10
Red-winged Blackbird  9
Common Grackle  12
House Sparrow  6

Sunday, April 15, 2018

Fwd: 4.14.18 walk

Dennis leading. 1st of new season

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Date: Sat, Apr 14, 2018, 11:40 PM
Subject: 4.14.18
To: Peter Dorosh <prosbird@gmail.com>, Roberta <roberta.manian@gmail.com>, Tom Stephenson <12toms@gmail.com>


Peter,

20 birders met at the pergola for a seven hour walk on a perfect day. 56 species including yellow throated Warbler found by Ed Crowne (heard and seen) and Bald Eagle flyover spotted by Edith Goren.

A fun first walk of the season.

Best,

D


56 species
Canada Goose  15
Mute Swan  5
Wood Duck  8
Mallard  25
Ruddy Duck  20
Double-crested Cormorant  7
Great Egret  3
Black-crowned Night-Heron  5
Turkey Vulture  4
Osprey  1
Bald Eagle  1
Red-tailed Hawk  3
American Coot  2
Laughing Gull  3
Ring-billed Gull  1
Herring Gull  7
Great Black-backed Gull  3
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  5
Mourning Dove  8
Chimney Swift  1
Belted Kingfisher  2
Red-bellied Woodpecker  5
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker  1
Downy Woodpecker  4
Hairy Woodpecker  1
Northern Flicker  10
Eastern Phoebe  2
Blue Jay  45
American Crow  1
Fish Crow  1
Barn Swallow  2
Tufted Titmouse  1
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher  3
Golden-crowned Kinglet  5
Ruby-crowned Kinglet  7
Hermit Thrush  5
American Robin  100
Northern Mockingbird  1
European Starling  75
Cedar Waxwing  15
Louisiana Waterthrush  1
Palm Warbler (Yellow)  7
Pine Warbler  3
Yellow-rumped Warbler  10
Yellow-throated Warbler  1
Chipping Sparrow  2
White-throated Sparrow  5
Song Sparrow  5
Swamp Sparrow  3
Eastern Towhee  1
Northern Cardinal  15
Red-winged Blackbird  25
Brown-headed Cowbird  8
Common Grackle  45
American Goldfinch  2
House Sparrow  25



Thursday, April 12, 2018

Fwd: Thursday BBC Prospect Park Walk 4/12

Leader Ed Crowne

https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S44531244


-----Original Message-----
From: Ed Crowne <erc310@gmail.com>
To: Peter Dorosch <prosbird@aol.com>
Sent: Thu, Apr 12, 2018 08:46 PM
Subject: Thursday BBC Prospect Park Walk


Greetings, Peter 

A fine, engaging group of about 20 enjoyed an equally fine and engaging introduction to Spring birding, which included about 55 species of birds. Apart from 5 warbler species, we also saw a Winter Wren, Field Sparrow and Rusty Blackbird. A Red Bat flying above the water adjacent to the Lullwater Bridge topped the mammal list. We will share our eBird list with you.

Best regards, Ed

Monday, April 9, 2018

Croton Point April 7th

Wilson's Snipe

Leader Paul Keim


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Sent: Mon, Apr 9, 2018 7:14 am
Subject: Field trip.


. Wilson Snipe from Croton Point field trip with Paul plus group photo. 




Friday, April 6, 2018

Brookfield Park SI Bird List 3/31/18

Brookfield Park
Leader Peter Dorosh
Members Bob O,Lenore S
List courtesy ofLenore

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From: Lenore Swenson <lenoreswenson@gmail.com>
To: Peter Dorosh <prosbird@aol.com>; Bob O'Neill <rjco815@hotmail.com>
Sent: Fri, Apr 6, 2018 03:29 PM
Subject: Bird List 3/31/18


Hi Peter and Bob!

Sorry this took me so long to do.

March 31, 2018 - BROOKFIELD PARK, MOUNT LORETTO, LEMON CREEK, WOLFE'S POND PARK

1. Brant
2. Canada Goose
3. Mute Swan
4. Blue-winged Teal
5. Northern Shoveler
6. Gadwall
7. Mallard
8. American Black Duck
9. Green-winged Teal
10. Bufflehead
11. Hooded Merganser
12. Red-breasted Merganser
13. Horned Grebe
14. Rock Pigeon
15. Mourning Dove
16. Killdeer
17. Wilson's Snipe
18. Bonaparte's Gull
19. Ring-billed Gull
20. Herring Gull
21. Great-backed Gull
22. Red-throated Loon
23. Common Loon
24. Double-crested Cormorant
25. Great Blue Heron
26. Great Egret
27. Turkey Vulture
28. Osprey
29. Northern Harrier
30. Cooper's Hawk
31. Red-tailed Hawk
32. Belted Kingfisher
33. Downy Woodpecker
Brookfield Park
34. Northern Flicker
35. Peregrine Falcon
36. Eastern Phoebe
37. Blue Jay
38. American Crow
39. Tree Swallow
40. Carolina Wren (h)
41. American Robin
42. European Starling
43. House Sparrow
44. Song Sparrow
45. White-throated Sparrow
46. Eastern Meadowlark
47. Red-winged Blackbird
48. Common Grackle
49. Northern Cardinal

Eastern Gray Squirrel
White-tailed Deer
Harbor Seal
Eastern Painted Turtle
Red-eared Slider
Spring Peeper (h)

Too bad we weren't able to make out either the Little Gull or the Black-headed Gull seen at Wolfe's Pond!
But a great trip regardless!
Thanks, Peter for leading and Bob for driving!

Lenore


Mt Loretto






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