Sunday, November 17, 2019

Nov 16th " New Horizons" Trip Checklists

Leader Ryan Goldberg

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From: Ryan Goldberg <ryan.goldberg@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, Nov 17, 2019, 2:16 PM
Subject: Re: Trip Checklists
To: Peter Dorosh <prosbird@gmail.com>


Hey Peter,

Here are our checklists from the "New Horizons" trip. We had 10 participants in total on a windy, sunny, frigid day. Each stop brought several surprises.

We made four stops: Marine Park southwest, Shirley Chisholm SP, Jamaica Bay East Pond, and Sunset Cove Park. We were all impressed by the new trail system at Marine Park, with its mix of marsh, creek, meadow, and maritime forest. Shirley Chisholm offers prime habitat on the way to Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge. And Sunset Cove is still a work-in-progress -- they just planted a dozen acres of beachgrass -- but it has great views of NYC and should be a beautiful spot one day once it grows in.

The highlights included a late pair of Indigo Buntings at the new Marine Park trails, as well as two Black-bellied Plovers, a Northern Harrier over White Island, and close-up views of a Cooper's Hawk; six sparrows species at Shirley Chisholm, among them Vesper, American Tree, and Savannah; and a quartet of Redheads at the East Pond.

Marine Park, southwest: https://ebird.org/checklist/S61501118
Shirley Chisholm SP: https://ebird.org/checklist/S61500960
Jamaica Bay, East Pond: https://ebird.org/checklist/S61501048
Sunset Cove Park (aka Big Egg Marsh): https://ebird.org/checklist/S61500981

Photos from Dan Smith and Ryan Mandelbaum appear in the eBird checklists. Ryan also provided links to additional photos of his:


Participants: Ryan Goldberg (trip leader), Janet Schumacher (registrar), Angie Co, Tina Alleva, Dan Smith, Ryan Mandelbaum, Charles Tang, Rusty Harold, Kathy Willens, Theresa Byrne.

On Sat, Nov 16, 2019 at 8:21 PM Peter Dorosh <prosbird@gmail.com> wrote:
Ryan

No hurry. Anybody take pics?

Thanks again for leading. Glad it was a fun day with nice boids

P


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Ryan Goldberg
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Tuesday, November 12, 2019

November 9th Brooklyn Coast Potpourri

Brown Pelican chased by a Greater Black backed Gull over Coney Island Creek, photo'd by Charles Tang


Leader Heydi Lopes

Writeup from Heydi:

It was a sunny but chilly morning as the group met at Coney Island Creek Park, our first stop.  And we had a great start to the trip with a Brown Pelican! that glided over:  we barely had time to set up scopes!  After the excitement of the Pelican,  we made our way down the beach and saw quite a bit of waterfowl making their return, and on the way back to the cars, we heard, then saw, a bright, late Pine Warbler in one of the pines.

Next stop was the jetty at Coney Island, where the highlight was a White-winged Scoter, and Northern Gannets too, which are always fun to see.  After this, we headed to Dead Horse Bay, where we saw FOS Horned Grebes, and a female Blue-winged teal (so tiny!) hanging mixed in with the Brant.  Next and last it was off to Floyd Bennett Field, where we saw quite a few raptors, including Merlin, Northern Harrier, American Kestrel, and Sharp-shinned Hawk.

All in all, not a bad day, and a nice day to be out birding!    
American Kestrel , @Chalres Tang

Charles took lots of photos, and below is the link he shared:


Best regards,
Heydi


Trip lists

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Saturday, November 2, 2019

Fwd: Saturday BBC bird walk in Prospect Park

From leader Ed Crowne

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From: Ed Crowne <erc310@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, Nov 2, 2019, 6:18 PM
Subject: Saturday bird walk in Prospect Park
To: Peter Dorosh <prosbird@gmail.com>


Hi, Peter

It was a sunny, cool day in the park today. Many birds, including flocks migrating overhead. Eight participants, we saw over 40 species of birds, including three Buffleheads on the lake, lingering Blue-headed Vireos and Northern Waterthrush (at Three Sisters). Next to the container on Wellhouse Drive, we saw very briefly what I think was probably a Nashville Warbler. See checklist attached for details. 


Best regards, Ed
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eBird Checklist - 2 Nov 2019 - Prospect Park - 37 species. BBC WALK

https://ebird.org/checklist/S61114435

Brooklyn bird club preliminary report, walk Led by Ed Crowne
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