Fwd: Sandy Hook checklist from yesterday

(Lapland Longspur with Horned Lark ,photo by C.Tang)

Leader Richard Payne ( sub for Ryan)

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From: Richard Payne 
Date: Sun, Dec 11, 2022 at 10:28 AM
Subject: Sandy Hook checklist from yesterday
To: Peter Dorosh <

Hi Peter,

Here is my checklist from the BBC trip to Sandy Hook yesterday, which I took over from Ryan. There were seven people on the trip including myself: Danielle Khalife, Michael Landy, Kevin Rolwing, Tim Seguin, Charles Tang, and Xinyi Zhang.

eBird Checklist - 10 Dec 2022 - Sandy Hook - 46 species (+1 other taxa)

eBird Checklist - 10 Dec 2022 - Sandy Hook - 46 species (+1 other taxa) Submitted by Richard Payne.

RP

Photo gallery from Charles Tang    

Black bellied Plover photo by C.Tang

Hi everyone,

Thank you Richard for leading the trip. Peter for scheduling and Ryan for planning the trip! We all missed you 

Ryan and get well soon! Richard did a great job as always!

 

 

Long Tailed Duck photo by C.Tang

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" Preserve and cherish the pale blue dot,the only home we've ever known"

                                                                            --Carl Sagan

A Turkey in Prospect: Brooklyn Bird club walk

Leader Peter Dorosh

List compiled by courtesy of Gordon Lam.

Prospect Park
Nov 26, 2022
8:31 AM
Traveling
3.85 miles
210 Minutes
All birds reported? Yes
Comments: Part of a group of six led by Peter Dorosh for the Brooklyn bird club
Submitted from eBird for iOS, version 2.13.2 Build 2.13.20

60 Canada Goose
1 Mute Swan
8 Wood Duck
30 Northern Shoveler
20 Mallard
2 American Black Duck
2 Hooded Merganser
22 Ruddy Duck
1 Pied-billed Grebe
30 Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)
12 Mourning Dove
6 American Coot
100 Ring-billed Gull
15 Herring Gull
3 Great Black-backed Gull
1 Great Blue Heron
1 Sharp-shinned Hawk
1 Cooper's Hawk
3 Red-tailed Hawk
1 Red-bellied Woodpecker
2 Downy Woodpecker
1 Northern Flicker
1 Peregrine Falcon
10 Blue Jay
2 American Crow
7 Black-capped Chickadee
16 Tufted Titmouse
1 Ruby-crowned Kinglet
1 Red-breasted Nuthatch
3 White-breasted Nuthatch
2 Carolina Wren
4 European Starling
6 American Robin
24 House Sparrow
2 House Finch
3 American Goldfinch
1 Fox Sparrow
1 Dark-eyed Junco
4 White-throated Sparrow
2 Song Sparrow
7 Red-winged Blackbird
2 Northern Cardinal

Number of Taxa: 42 

Fwd: Bush Terminal Piers field trip

Leader (BBC debut) Linda Ewing

Congrats Linda!

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From: Linda Ewing <lkewing313@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, Nov 19, 2022, 2:55 PM
Subject: Bush Terminal Piers field trip
To: Peter Dorosh <prosbird@gmail.com>

Hi, Peter! We had a great group of 7 people in total…no rarities, but good birds nonetheless. Highlights included a pair of ravens that greeted us as soon as we entered Bush Terminal, and a Peregrine perched atop one of the BAT stacks. We took our time and studied the various duck & gull species. 

Checklists from both Bush Terminal park and the Army Terminal pier follow:

https://ebird.org/checklist/S122670454

https://ebird.org/checklist/S122670484

I'll forward our (not very good) selfie separately. For some reason no one else was out in the cold and wind to help us out by taking a group picture.

Congrats on the Long-billed Dowitcher!

Linda 

Sent from my iPhone

BBC Gull workshop Nov 6th

https://ebird.org/checklist/S121963820 

https://ebird.org/checklist/S122011925

Highlight Lesser black backed gulls

Led by Dennis Hrehowsik and Bobbi Manian

Fwd: Saturday at the cemetery with Brooklyn bird club

Led by Ed Crowne

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From: Ed Crowne <erc310@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, Oct 30, 2022, 12:06 PM
Subject: Saturday at the cemetery
To: Peter Dorosh <prosbird@gmail.com>

Hello, Peter

We enjoyed the sunny, slightly cool day at Green-Wood Cemetery. We managed to see 41 species of birds overall. Highlights included two American Woodcocks, the first pursued by a somewhat determined but unsuccessful Red-tailed Hawk, and a male Eastern Bluebird fly-catching and vocalizing. Many thanks to all our participants and especially to Kathy Toomey.

Here is the link to my eBird list: https://ebird.org/checklist/S121567795

Best regards, Ed

October 22 Floyd Bennett

Leader Heydi Lopes

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From: Heydi Lopes <kiskadee20@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, Oct 23, 2022, 7:21 AM
Subject: Re: Trip list
To: Peter Dorosh <prosbird@gmail.com>

Hi Peter,

See below for the list of birds.  It was a great group of birders, I really enjoyed birding with all of them.  We had a total of 10 participants.  I have attached one group photo, but I know that Alan B.  took some really nice photos, so If you want I can ask him to send them to you.  Barbara alo took photos, and I can ask her to send them as well, let me know!

Good fall birding!

Heydi

Floyd Bennett Field, Kings, New York, US
Oct 22, 2022 8:12 AM - 4:20 PM
Protocol: Traveling
5.0 mile(s)
Checklist Comments:     Brooklyn Bird Club trip. Beautiful day, 63/50 and mostly sunny, clouds rolled in late afternoon.
67 species (+3 other taxa)

Brant  11
Canada Goose  60
Mute Swan  2
Mallard  7
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  10
Mourning Dove  32
Black-bellied Plover  54
Semipalmated Plover  4
Killdeer  60     Large calling flyover flock, counted by 10s.
Ruddy Turnstone  6     Exact 1x1 count; Archery Rd. beach.
Red Knot  1     Archery Rd. pilings.  Plump grayish shorebird (white below$  with short legs, slightly smaller than nearby BBPLs.
Dunlin  80     Archery Rd.  Counted by 10s.  Large flock at far end of beach.
Laughing Gull  2
Ring-billed Gull  4
Herring Gull  3
Great Black-backed Gull  1
Forster's Tern  1
Royal Tern  1     Archery Rd pilings.  Large tern with orange bill and black shaggy crest.
Double-crested Cormorant  47
Osprey  1
Northern Harrier  3
Sharp-shinned Hawk  4
Cooper's Hawk  2
hawk sp.  1
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker  1
Downy Woodpecker  4
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)  4
American Kestrel  3
Merlin  1
Peregrine Falcon  2
Eastern Phoebe  3
Blue Jay  5
American Crow  8
Black-capped Chickadee  3
Tufted Titmouse  13
Tree Swallow  10
Ruby-crowned Kinglet  4
Golden-crowned Kinglet  2
Red-breasted Nuthatch  1
Carolina Wren  2
European Starling  66
Gray Catbird  3
Northern Mockingbird  4
American Robin  22
Cedar Waxwing  8
Northern Red Bishop  1     Make, orange and black; continuing in the Community Gardens.
House Sparrow  13
American Pipit  4
House Finch  4
Purple Finch  8
American Goldfinch  7
Chipping Sparrow  1
Field Sparrow  4
Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored)  1
White-crowned Sparrow  1
White-throated Sparrow  11
Vesper Sparrow  1     At Beach Grass Nursery.  Not very cooperative.  Largish streaky sparrow with bold white eye-ring and white other tail feathers visible on flying bird.
Savannah Sparrow  14
Song Sparrow  8
Swamp Sparrow  3
Eastern Towhee  3
Red-winged Blackbird  1
Common Grackle  3
Common Yellowthroat  4
Palm Warbler (Western)  2
Palm Warbler (Yellow)  9
Pine Warbler  1
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)  80
warbler sp. (Parulidae sp.)  1
Northern Cardinal  1

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S121159183

This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (https://ebird.org/home)

On Sat, Oct 22, 2022 at 4:47 PM Peter Dorosh <prosbird@gmail.com> wrote:

Hi Heydi

Kindly send me your checklist and any photos for my trips blog. Hope you had a grand day!

How many folks come? ( I'm thinking I reached the limit 16)

Thank you as usual your time and generosity helping the BBC. 🐦

Happy autumn!

P.

eBird Checklist - 22 Oct 2022 - Floyd Bennett Field - 55 species

https://ebird.org/checklist/S121139962

Led by Heydi Lopes

Fwd: Thursday Fall finale. BBC Walk

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From: Ed Crowne <erc310@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, Oct 13, 2022, 6:11 PM
Subject: Thursday Fall finale
To: Peter Dorosh <prosbird@gmail.com>

Greetings, Peter

With the threat of rain on a relatively warm, somewhat windy and generally overcast day we set out in search. Thankfully the rain held off until after after our bird walk was completed. Highlights included lingering warblers and Chimney Swifts, plus one each of Rose-breasted Grosbeak and Scarlet Tanager. Perhaps most notable of all was a roosting Common Nighthawk in a tall horse chestnut tree at the north end of the vale. Meanwhile, the sparrows may have been at least slightly subdued by a scrutinizing sparrow hawk (American Kestrel) that made an unsuccessful swipe at a small flock of mixed sparrows on the fenced-in ballfield.

Here is my checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S120614427

Best regards, Ed

Fwd: eBird Report - Prospect Park, Oct 11, 2022. BBC walk

Led by Bobbi M.

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From: Roberta Manian <>
Date: Tuesday, October 11, 2022
Subject: Fwd: eBird Report - Prospect Park, Oct 11, 2022
To: Peter Dorosh <prosbird@gmail.com>,

Hi Peter,
today's walk began w/ a dumped-duck rescue.  Phil Hore noticed 3 baby domestic ducks clearly in distress, peeping incessantly on the path in by Vanderbilt Playground.  Dennis and Terri went in search of a cardboard box to put them in, and i called Marty who said she'd be right there.  While we waited i fed them my breakfast sandwich to keep them from wandering away.  passers by were incredibly respectful, especially the dog walkers.   Dennis returned first w/ a box and we scooped up the poor babies and had them waiting for Marty when she arrived.  hopefully they find a good home!
on to birds!  we saw the Lark Sparrow by the ballfields.  Dan found us a YB cuckoo by Fallkill falls and we scared some poor women who was just minding her own business on a bend as we crowded around her.  Oops...  many Common Nighthawks still flying in the daylight.  i guess it's a thing this time of year.

we had a visitor from Scotland today for whom most of the birds were lifers, and that's always rewarding.   
thanks to Kathy Willens for keeping todays list!
b.
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Subject: eBird Report - Prospect Park, Oct 11, 2022
To: <roberta.manian@gmail.com>


Prospect Park, Kings, New York, US
Oct 11, 2022 7:34 AM - 1:28 PM
Protocol: Traveling
4.834 mile(s)
Checklist Comments:     Almost all birds seen with Brooklyn Bird Club Fall Migration walk led by Roberta (Bobbi) Manian.
63 species

Canada Goose  1
Mute Swan  2
Wood Duck  11
Northern Shoveler  4
Mallard  13
Ruddy Duck  12
Pied-billed Grebe  2     Two individuals swimming together in Prospect Lake, seen clearly from Peninsula tip's 'Pearl Point' rustic shelter.
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  10
Mourning Dove  5
Yellow-billed Cuckoo  1     Found by Dan Smith. High up in a tree northeast of Fallkill Falls. Yellow bill clearly visible but briefly. Brown back, white belly, long tail.
Common Nighthawk  11     Flagged for high count and late season sightings. Boomerang-shaped bird, with  vertical white wing patches, much  bigger than chimney swifts in vicinity. Eight seen flying over West Drive at Wellhouse Drive by prospect Lake. Three seen flying over Center Drive at Three Arches Bridge earlier in walk.
Chimney Swift  1
American Coot  1     Continuing on SW side of Prospect Lake.
Herring Gull  1
Great Blue Heron  2
Turkey Vulture  1     Flyover, soaring, bird had gray trailing edge of flight feathers, not just on fingers.
Osprey  1
Cooper's Hawk  1
Red-bellied Woodpecker  1
Downy Woodpecker  6
Hairy Woodpecker  1
Northern Flicker  3
American Kestrel  1
Eastern Wood-Pewee  2     Flagged for being late. Long wing projection, looking around, buffy eye arc, incomplete. Small, slightly dusky vest.
Eastern Phoebe  2
Blue Jay  6
American Crow  13
Tufted Titmouse  1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet  9
Golden-crowned Kinglet  2
Red-breasted Nuthatch  1
White-breasted Nuthatch  5
Brown Creeper  6
House Wren  1
Carolina Wren  2
European Starling  12
Gray Catbird  3
Eastern Bluebird  1     Female bluebird possibly flagged for early and infrequent appearance in park. On a fence post at western edge of ballfields 2 or 3 (both are under construction).
Swainson's Thrush  1
Hermit Thrush  1
American Robin  4
House Sparrow  19
House Finch  1
Purple Finch  1     Notched tail, strong, dark brown streaking on breast and flanks, white eyebrow and white malar.
American Goldfinch  6
Chipping Sparrow  10
Lark Sparrow  1     Bold face pattern. Feeding at edge of ballfield  2 or 3. Larger sparrow, clean buffy & white breast, strong white eyebrow and moustache in malar area. Black eyeline from lores to back of head. Thick rufous median stripe. Slightly peaked head, white eye arcs and white throat. Found Tuesday by Carl Biers, maybe earlier by Linda Ewing?
Dark-eyed Junco  1
White-crowned Sparrow  1
White-throated Sparrow  13
Savannah Sparrow  4
Song Sparrow  5
Swamp Sparrow  4
Eastern Towhee  2
Common Yellowthroat  3
Northern Parula  3     Flagged for "high@ count at this late date?
Magnolia Warbler  3
Blackpoll Warbler  1
Black-throated Blue Warbler  3     1 male, two females
Palm Warbler  8
Yellow-rumped Warbler  7
Black-throated Green Warbler  1
Northern Cardinal  3

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S120513767

This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (https://ebird.org/home)



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"Life starts all over again when it gets crisp in the fall." --F.Scott Fitzgerald

Jones Beach State Park - eBird Trip Report

https://ebird.org/tripreport/78777

Led by Adelia Harrison

Photo gallery by Charles Tang

https://photos.google.com/share/AF1QipNbDFUK5DmRMsp0UxtDQthP5Bd721zN-HeQwgk1QdrrjZK5HzOKcKjVqC4yE9o33g?pli=1&key=aFFmTzhEM1VXT0hJZER1RGZXUEtfOFBSNGFSVVJB

Fwd: BBC Thursday's Bird Trek

Led by Ed Crowne

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From: Ed Crowne <erc310@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, Oct 6, 2022, 7:05 PM
Subject: Thursday's Bird Trek
To: Peter Dorosh <prosbird@gmail.com>

Hello, Peter

With the rain departed, we enjoyed a relatively warm, sunny day to look for birds in Prospect Park. We saw 64 species overall. Highlights included several Common Nighthawks (Long Meadow), a pair of Common Ravens (Nethermead), Philadelphia Vireo, Purple Finches (Sparrow Bowl) and a White-crowned Sparrow (Peninsula). Here is the link to my eBird list: https://ebird.org/checklist/S120099116

Best regards, Ed

Fwd: Thursday BBC bird walk

led today by Ed Crowne

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From: Ed Crowne <>
Date: Thursday, September 29, 2022
Subject: Thursday bird walk
To: Peter Dorosh <prosbird@gmail.com>


Hello, Peter

On this sunny, almost October day our peregrinations yielded 58 species, incorporating departing migrants, arriving migrants and year-round residents and including 16 warbler species. Highlights included a couple of cooperative Cape Mays, a shy Winter Wren, a Lincoln's Sparrow and a Gray-cheeked Thrush.

A link to my eBird list: https://ebird.org/nj/checklist/S119682357

Best regards, Ed


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"It is the glistening autumnal side of summer. I feel a cool vein in the breeze, which braces my thought, and I pass with pleasure over sheltered and sunny portions of the sand where the summer's heat is undiminished, and I realize what a friend I am losing." – Henry David Thoreau

Greenwood Cemetery BBC walk

Led by Ryan Goldberg

Photo taken by Charles Tang

Fwd: eBird Report - Prospect Park, Sep 27, 2022 BBC Walk

Bobbi Manian's leading

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From: Roberta Manian <roberta.manian@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, Sep 27, 2022, 5:50 PM
Subject: Fwd: eBird Report - Prospect Park, Sep 27, 2022
To: Peter Dorosh <prosbird@gmail.com>, Tom Stephenson <12toms@gmail.com>, Dennis Hrehowsik <deepseagangster@gmail.com>, Isabel Conte <aredstart2@gmail.com>, Robert O'Neill <rjoneill815@gmail.com>, Kathy Willens <kathywillens@gmail.com>, terry kim <terrykvp@yahoo.com>

Hi Peter,  60 sp doesn't sound like much but we had a great day and were out for over 7.5 hours!   The bird of the day was a Least Bittern found by Isabel along the lullwater.  We also hooded warbler at the 'hummingbird nursery' and a nice blackburnian by 3 sisters.   We also saw a Cooper's being harassed by a Sharpie (check my pics to be sure!).  attached a few pics.

exhausted but happy!

best,

Bobbi

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From: <do-not-reply@ebird.org>
Date: Tue, Sep 27, 2022 at 5:46 PM
Subject: eBird Report - Prospect Park, Sep 27, 2022
To: <roberta.manian@gmail.com>

Prospect Park, Kings, New York, US
Sep 27, 2022 7:30 AM - 3:00 PM
Protocol: Traveling
4.7 mile(s)
Checklist Comments:     BBC Tues walk
60 species (+2 other taxa)

Canada Goose  23
Mute Swan  4
Wood Duck  13     7 by lull water, 6 by west island
Mallard  3
Pied-billed Grebe  2
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  2
Mourning Dove  4
Chimney Swift  6
Ruby-throated Hummingbird  1
American Coot (Red-shielded)  1
Herring Gull (American)  2
Double-crested Cormorant  3
Least Bittern  1     found by Isabel Conte along the lull water seen from the arbor/pergola.  back of camera pic from Terri VP
Great Blue Heron (Great Blue)  4
Green Heron  2
Osprey (carolinensis)  2
Sharp-shinned Hawk (Northern)  1
Cooper's Hawk  1
Red-tailed Hawk  2
Belted Kingfisher  1
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker  1
Red-bellied Woodpecker  3
Downy Woodpecker (Eastern)  2
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)  11
Eastern Wood-Pewee  1
Empidonax sp.  X
Red-eyed Vireo  3
Blue Jay  7
crow sp.  1
Common Raven  1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet  3
Red-breasted Nuthatch  2
White-breasted Nuthatch (Eastern)  1
House Wren (Northern)  1
European Starling  X
Gray Catbird  3
Northern Mockingbird  2
Swainson's Thrush (Olive-backed)  4
Wood Thrush  1
American Robin  22
House Sparrow  X
American Goldfinch  1
Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored)  1
White-throated Sparrow  1
Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged)  1
Northern Waterthrush  1
Black-and-white Warbler  3
Common Yellowthroat  5
Hooded Warbler  1     continuing in the 'hummingbird nursery' off of Center Drive
American Redstart  4
Cape May Warbler  1
Northern Parula  3
Magnolia Warbler  6
Bay-breasted Warbler  2     seen in different sections of the park
Blackburnian Warbler  1
Chestnut-sided Warbler  1
Blackpoll Warbler  3
Black-throated Blue Warbler  2
Palm Warbler (Western)  1
Black-throated Green Warbler  2
Northern Cardinal  2
Rose-breasted Grosbeak  4

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S119534927

This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (https://ebird.org/home)

eBird Checklist - 24 Sep 2022 - Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn - 81 species (+1 other taxa) BBC walk led by Ryan

https://ebird.org/checklist/S119360887 

Moved from Governor's Island due to large event, it proved a bigger better day at GWC.

A Fantastic Day! 

Tuesday BBC Walk led by Bobbi M.

Date: Tue, Sep 20, 2022 at 4:07 PM
Subject: eBird Report - Prospect Park, Sep 20, 2022
To: <roberta.manian@gmail.com>


Prospect Park, Kings, New York, US
Sep 20, 2022 7:30 AM - 2:20 PM
Protocol: Traveling
4.0 mile(s)
55 species (+1 other taxa)

Canada Goose  15
Mute Swan  6
Wood Duck  4
Mallard  3
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  2
Mourning Dove  3
Yellow-billed Cuckoo  2     One on Lookout and one Along Center, Drive
Chimney Swift  4
Ruby-throated Hummingbird  6     At the hummingbird nursery in the Midwood off the Bridle Path. Where the chats been seen.  We got a good sense for the number of them during the steak out
American Coot  1
gull sp.  1
Double-crested Cormorant  1
Great Blue Heron (Great Blue)  1
Green Heron  1
Osprey  2
Cooper's Hawk  1
Red-tailed Hawk (borealis)  2
Red-bellied Woodpecker  2
Downy Woodpecker (Eastern)  2
Hairy Woodpecker (Eastern)  1
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)  18
Eastern Wood-Pewee  1
Blue-headed Vireo  1
Red-eyed Vireo  4
Blue Jay  7
Red-breasted Nuthatch  4
White-breasted Nuthatch (Eastern)  1
House Wren (Northern)  1
Carolina Wren  2
European Starling  4
Gray Catbird  1
Northern Mockingbird  1
Swainson's Thrush  2
American Robin  4
House Sparrow  5
American Goldfinch  1
Yellow-breasted Chat  1
Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged)  7
Common Grackle  1
Ovenbird  1
Northern Waterthrush  3
Black-and-white Warbler  6
Common Yellowthroat  4
American Redstart  11
Cape May Warbler  2
Northern Parula  4
Magnolia Warbler  2
Bay-breasted Warbler  1
Chestnut-sided Warbler  1
Blackpoll Warbler  2
Black-throated Blue Warbler  3
Pine Warbler  1
Black-throated Green Warbler  2
Canada Warbler  1
Northern Cardinal  4
Rose-breasted Grosbeak  3

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S119105867

This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 

Fwd: eBird Report - Brooklyn Bridge Park, Sep 18, 2022

Brooklyn Bridge Park BBC walk led by Mike Yuan

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From: Michael Yuan <mjyuan@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, Sep 19, 2022 at 12:11 PM
Subject: Fwd: eBird Report - Brooklyn Bridge Park, Sep 18, 2022
To:

Thank you for joining me at Brooklyn Bridge Park today! While we just missed a series of heavy migration days by one day, there were still enough lingering birds to capture our attention.

We stayed at the pollinator garden on Pier 6 just long enough to see the sun hit the tops of the trees and give us a taste of the warblers that we would encounter throughout the park - American Redstarts, Northern Parulas, and pair of Yellow Warbers. On Pier 3, the stand of birch trees near the maze attracted a variety of additional migrants - Black-throated Blue (female), Black-and-white Warbler, and for some, a Tennessee Warbler. One of our first sparrow migrants, a Savannah Sparrow, showed well on the Pier 3 field.

The Brooklyn Bridge Park gardeners are proud of the jewelweed plantings by the Pier 1 Long Pond that have attracted Ruby-throated Hummingbirds in late summer. Amazingly, one hummer zoomed in to feed on the flowers the minute the group walked onto the adjacent bridge, and it stayed for a few minutes to offer excellent views. 

See you out there soon!

-Mike

Brooklyn Bridge Park, Kings, New York, US
Sep 18, 2022 7:24 AM - 11:28 AM
Protocol: Traveling
2.675 mile(s)
Checklist Comments:     Brooklyn Bird Club trip
34 species

Mallard  2
American Black Duck  4
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  13
Mourning Dove  9
Ruby-throated Hummingbird  1
Ring-billed Gull  29
Herring Gull  7
Great Black-backed Gull  3
Double-crested Cormorant  7
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)  8
Great Crested Flycatcher  1
Red-eyed Vireo  1
American Crow  2
European Starling  18
Gray Catbird  12
Northern Mockingbird  3
Veery  1
Swainson's Thrush  1
American Robin  8
Cedar Waxwing  2
House Sparrow  42
Savannah Sparrow  1
Ovenbird  1
Northern Waterthrush  3
Black-and-white Warbler  3
Tennessee Warbler  1
Common Yellowthroat  6
American Redstart  4
Northern Parula  4
Yellow Warbler  2
Black-throated Blue Warbler  1
Prairie Warbler  1
Northern Cardinal  6
Rose-breasted Grosbeak  1

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S118976242

This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (https://ebird.org/home)

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" Preserve and cherish the pale blue dot,the only home we've ever known"

                                                                            --Carl Sagan

Fwd: eBird Report - Prospect Park, Sep 17, 2022

Led by Dennis

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From: Dennis Hrehowsik <deepseagangster@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, Sep 17, 2022, 9:10 PM
Subject: Re: eBird Report - Prospect Park, Sep 13, 2022
 <radkadesign@yahoo.com>

Hi Peter great walk in pp today 58 species and 17 warblers prob about 35 birders at the start of walk a real pleasure to be out there with everyone today. Thanks for your help Bobbi!

58 species (+1 other taxa)

Canada Goose  25
Mute Swan  6
Wood Duck  10
Northern Shoveler  9
Mallard  18
American Black Duck  2
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  15
Mourning Dove  8
Chimney Swift  36
Ruby-throated Hummingbird  1
American Coot  1
Laughing Gull  2
Double-crested Cormorant  4
Great Blue Heron  2
Green Heron  1
Turkey Vulture  1
Cooper's Hawk  1
Red-tailed Hawk  1
Belted Kingfisher  1
Red-bellied Woodpecker  2
Downy Woodpecker  3
Northern Flicker  5
Eastern Wood-Pewee  2
Empidonax sp.  1
Eastern Phoebe  2
Philadelphia Vireo  1     Spotted by Kathy Toomey yellow underparts most willow at throat dark lores and cap
Warbling Vireo  1
Red-eyed Vireo  5
Blue Jay  6
Red-breasted Nuthatch  2
Carolina Wren  1
European Starling  25
Gray Catbird  4
Veery  2
Swainson's Thrush  2
American Robin  35
Cedar Waxwing  3
House Sparrow  45
Red-winged Blackbird  7
Common Grackle  3
Ovenbird  2
Northern Waterthrush  3
Black-and-white Warbler  6
Common Yellowthroat  5
American Redstart  12
Northern Parula  5
Magnolia Warbler  5
Bay-breasted Warbler  1
Blackburnian Warbler  1
Yellow Warbler  4
Chestnut-sided Warbler  3
Blackpoll Warbler  7
Black-throated Blue Warbler  3
Palm Warbler (Western)  2
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)  1
Prairie Warbler  2
Black-throated Green Warbler  3
Northern Cardinal  4
Rose-breasted Grosbeak  2

Dennis W Hrehowsik 

President Brooklyn Bird Club 

Fwd:BBC Thursday Walk 9/30/21

Led by Tom S.

21 species warblers on a good northerly wind!

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From: Tom Stephenson <

Hi Peter,

It was a really beautiful day today in the park. And, especially in the north end, very birdy. There clearly was a good flight into the park last night.

Below is the list.

Highlights included Great Cormorant (!), 21 species of warblers including Bay-breasted, a couple of Tennessee, Prairie, Blackpoll, Pine, Palm, and lots of Redstarts and Northern Paruuuulas...., and 2 or 3 Gray-cheeked Thrushes.

One highlight was Michele finding a Connecticut Warbler on the peninsula, not far from the shelter. She had a brief look and we couldn't re-find it but later Kathy Toomey did find it again in the same area.

Here's the list.

Best regards,

Tom

Double-crested Cormorant

Great Cormorant

Green Heron

Turkey Vulture

Canada Goose

Mute Swan

Wood Duck

Mallard

Cooper's Hawk

Red-tailed Hawk

Rock Dove

Mourning Dove

Chimney Swift

Ruby-throated Hummingbird

Red-bellied Woodpecker

Downy Woodpecker

Hairy Woodpecker

Northern Flicker

Eastern Wood-Pewee

Least Flycatcher

Great Crested Flycatcher

Red-eyed Vireo

Blue Jay

Carolina Wren

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher

Veery

Gray-cheeked Thrush

Swainson's Thrush

American Robin

Gray Catbird

European Starling

Tennessee Warbler

Northern Parula

Yellow Warbler

Chestnut-sided Warbler

Magnolia Warbler

Cape May Warbler

Black-throated Blue Warbler

Black-throated Green Warbler

Blackburnian Warbler

Pine Warbler

Prairie Warbler

Palm Warbler

Bay-breasted Warbler

Blackpoll Warbler

Black-and-white Warbler

American Redstart

Ovenbird

Northern Waterthrush

Connecticut Warbler

Common Yellowthroat

Canada Warbler

Scarlet Tanager

Northern Cardinal

Rose-breasted Grosbeak

Red-winged Blackbird

Common Grackle

Baltimore Oriole

American Goldfinch

House Sparrow

Fwd: eBird Report - Prospect Park, Sep 13, 2022 BBC Walk

Led by Bobbi Manian

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From: Roberta Manian <roberta.manian@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, Sep 13, 2022, 4:08 PM
Subject: Fwd: eBird Report - Prospect Park, Sep 13, 2022
To: Peter Dorosh <prosbird@gmail.com>, Kathleen Toomey <kathleentoomey@gmail.com>, Kathy Willens <kathywillens@gmail.com>, terry kim <terrykvp@yahoo.com>, Robert O'Neill <rjoneill815@gmail.com>, radka osickova <radkadesign@yahoo.com>, Dennis Hrehowsik <deepseagangster@gmail.com>, Tom Stephenson <12toms@gmail.com>

Hi Peter,

a REALLY good day of birding.  i was worried we'd have to cancel due to rain, but it had all passed by start time. (did you get a Tornado wanring at 4 am?  I did!!!)

i can't say anything new blew in, and we didnt' have a high warbler count (12sp) but there were birds EVERYWHERE.  we never had to look far to see activity.   tanagers, orioles, yellow throated vireo, etc.

somehow a CRAWDAD had gotten out of the water by Binnen Bridge and a woman and her son were trying to rescue it w/ a stick.  Bob O'Neil retrieved some thick paper and scooped it up (it was fighting-angry!!!) and deposited it back in the binnen.  Hero of the day!

here's a few pics..

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Date: Tue, Sep 13, 2022 at 3:37 PM
Subject: eBird Report - Prospect Park, Sep 13, 2022
To: <roberta.manian@gmail.com>

Prospect Park, Kings, New York, US
Sep 13, 2022 7:41 AM - 2:12 PM
Protocol: Traveling
4.97 mile(s)
Checklist Comments:     BBC Tuesday migration walk
59 species (+1 other taxa)

Canada Goose  9
Mute Swan  5
Wood Duck  2
Northern Shoveler  6     4 counted at the beginning of our walk 2 more had joined them at the end. Pics.
Mallard  6
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  4
Mourning Dove  3
Chimney Swift  10
Ruby-throated Hummingbird  1
Laughing Gull  2
Double-crested Cormorant  1
Great Blue Heron (Great Blue)  2
Turkey Vulture  1
Osprey (carolinensis)  2
Sharp-shinned Hawk  1
Cooper's Hawk  1
Red-tailed Hawk (borealis)  1
Red-bellied Woodpecker  2
Downy Woodpecker (Eastern)  2
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)  1
American Kestrel  2
Eastern Wood-Pewee  1
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher  1     Small empid With an eye ring. Yellow on the breast and throat
Least Flycatcher  1     Small empid  with a petite bill bold eye ring short wing projections no yellow.
Empidonax sp.  1
Great Crested Flycatcher  1
Yellow-throated Vireo  1
Red-eyed Vireo  11
Blue Jay  3
American Crow  2
Red-breasted Nuthatch  1
White-breasted Nuthatch (Eastern)  1
House Wren  2
Carolina Wren  2
European Starling  5
Gray Catbird  6
Northern Mockingbird  1
Veery  2
Swainson's Thrush  1
Wood Thrush  1
American Robin  8
House Sparrow  4
American Goldfinch  1
Song Sparrow  1
Baltimore Oriole  7     Four together in one tree by Binnen. three previously earlier in the walk
Ovenbird  3
Northern Waterthrush  9
Black-and-white Warbler  4
Common Yellowthroat  3
American Redstart  14
Northern Parula  7
Magnolia Warbler  2
Bay-breasted Warbler  2
Yellow Warbler (Northern)  5
Black-throated Blue Warbler  4
Prairie Warbler  1
Wilson's Warbler  1
Scarlet Tanager  1
Northern Cardinal  5
Rose-breasted Grosbeak  1

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S118686674

This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (https://ebird.org/home)

Greenwood Cemetery BBC walk 9/11

led by Rob Jett


Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, Kings, New York, US
Sep 11, 2022 7:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Protocol: Traveling
4.75 mile(s)
Checklist Comments:     Brooklyn Bird Club walk.
44 species

Canada Goose  11
Wood Duck  2
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  X
Mourning Dove  9
Chimney Swift  20
Ruby-throated Hummingbird  2
Double-crested Cormorant  1
Great Blue Heron  1
Cooper's Hawk  1
Red-tailed Hawk  2
Red-headed Woodpecker  1     Immature bird. Foraging in trees surrounding Crescent Water. Pics.
Red-bellied Woodpecker  4
Downy Woodpecker  2
Northern Flicker  7
American Kestrel  2
Great Crested Flycatcher  2
Red-eyed Vireo  8
Blue Jay  X
Red-breasted Nuthatch  2
House Wren  1
Carolina Wren  2
European Starling  X
Gray Catbird  4
Brown Thrasher  1
Northern Mockingbird  6
Veery  3
American Robin  X
Cedar Waxwing  12
House Sparrow  X
House Finch  2
Chipping Sparrow  14
Song Sparrow  2
Baltimore Oriole  1
Brown-headed Cowbird  1
Black-and-white Warbler  1
Common Yellowthroat  3
American Redstart  12
Cape May Warbler  1
Northern Parula  5
Magnolia Warbler  1
Blackpoll Warbler  1
Black-throated Blue Warbler  1
Scarlet Tanager  2
Northern Cardinal  X

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--K.D. Lang

Fwd: Thursday Walk 9/30/21

Tom Stephenson leading

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From: Tom Stephenson <12toms@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, Sep 8, 2022, 3:45 PM
Subject: Re: Thursday Walk 9/30/21
To: Peter Dorosh <prosbird@gmail.com>
Cc: ANTHONY DALILEO <dalileo@att.net>, Alexander Rich <alexandersrich@gmail.com>, Dennis Hrehowsik <DeepSeaGangster@gmail.com>, Roberta Manian <roberta.manian@gmail.com>, Michele <truongmichele@gmail.com>, Jennifer Kalb <jjkalb@gmail.com>, Miranda chloe Wasserman <chloewasserman@hotmail.com>, Alan Bacchiochi <albinotoast@gmail.com>, Jeff Gramm <jeffgramm@gmail.com>, Ryan Goldberg <ryan.goldberg@gmail.com>, Bob Curtis <bobolink@nyct.net>, Crystal Thiele <cthiele7777@gmail.com>, Krissa Corbett Cavouras <krissa@gmail.com>, Madelyn Boesen <madelyn.boesen@gmail.com>, Michael Jon Fieni <mfieni@gmail.com>, Marisa Wohl <marisawohl193@gmail.com>, H Turer <har.val@verizon.net>, Miles Ewell <mdeanewell@gmail.com>, Jamie Magyar <jamiedmagyar@gmail.com>, Maria Bell <moctavia.bell@gmail.com>, Virginia Millington <vzmillington@gmail.com>, Valerie Masten <valerie.masten@gmail.com>, Zachary Koeber <zachary.koeber@gmail.com>, radka osickova <Radkadesign@yahoo.com>, Kimberly Bliss <kimberlybliss@gmail.com>, Darshan <darshan.markandaiah@gmail.com>, Nisarga Markandaiah <nisarga.markandaiah@gmail.com>, Janet Schumacher <janets33@gmail.com>, Sara Stokes <sara.m.stokes@gmail.com>, Sarah Andrew <sarahandrewmedia@gmail.com>, Katie Fallow <katiefallow@gmail.com>, Monique Oestreicher <monique.oest@gmail.com>, Jeremy Nadel <jeremynadel@gmail.com>, Martha Harbison <marthaharbison@gmail.com>, Lisa Curtiss <lccurtiss@gmail.com>, Lisa M Hoff <lisamhoff@gmail.com>, Athena Unroe <aunroe1@gmail.com>, noah ratzan <noah.ratzan@gmail.com>, Kevin Rolwing <krolwing@gmail.com>, Enrico Leonardi <leonardi.enrico@gmail.com>, Adelia Honeywood <honeywood5@yahoo.com>, Rory Bernstein <rory@rorybernstein.com>, Michael Sand <mlsandline@gmail.com>, Eleanor Ray <eleanorkray@gmail.com>, Elizabeth Norman <eln212@gmail.com>, Miriam Hibel <mhibel@nyc.rr.com>, Toby Kasper <tobykasper@gmail.com>, <ellenggarvey@gmail.com>, Irene S <irene.m.stojko@gmail.com>, Jay Ackley <Jay.Ackley@gmail.com>, Mari Carlesimo <maricarlesimo@gmail.com>, Mona Biblow <mbiblow@gmail.com>, Kassie Schwan <kas300@gmail.com>, Jeremy Ravinsky <ravinsky.jeremy@gmail.com>, Eva Sikes <evasikes@gmail.com>, Nancy Lynch <njlyn210@gmail.com>, Linda LaBella <lblabella@gmail.com>, Daniel Smith <ppbirder@gmail.com>, Liz Lauros <liz.lauros@gmail.com>, Myllicent Felder <myllicent.felder@gmail.com>, Nick Gordon <njg320@nyu.edu>, Angelica Calabrese <angelica.m.calabrese@gmail.com>, Clayton Raithel <clayton.raithel@gmail.com>, Anita Haravon <aharavon@gmail.com>, Katie Luecke <katie.luecke@gmail.com>, Marisa Hernandez <shishi47@gmail.com>, <cabreradv@gmail.com>, Xinyi Zhang <xinyi.zhang.zxy@gmail.com>, Sara Kaloudis <sara@kalomedia.co>, Danielle <daniellek97@gmail.com>

Hi Peter,

Another beautiful day. There was a much different mix of birds this week, most in the northern part of the park, so probably new arrivals last night.

We did end up with a respectable list including 16 species of warblers.

Highlights: 2 different, close-perched Ospreys, one a fresh juvenile and one with a fish (didn't get the species..), Bay-breasted, Canada, Wilson's, Blackburnian, Blackpoll Warblers; Spotted Sandpiper, Coot, and more.

Here's the list.

Best regards,

Tom 

Double-crested Cormorant

Great Blue Heron

Black-crowned Night-Heron

Turkey Vulture

Canada Goose

Mute Swan

Wood Duck

Mallard

Northern Shoveler

Osprey

American Coot

Spotted Sandpiper

Ring-billed Gull

Rock Dove

Mourning Dove

Chimney Swift

Red-bellied Woodpecker

Downy Woodpecker

Hairy Woodpecker

Northern Flicker

Eastern Wood-Pewee

Warbling Vireo

Red-eyed Vireo

Blue Jay

Carolina Wren

Veery

Swainson's Thrush

American Robin

Gray Catbird

Northern Mockingbird

European Starling

Northern Parula

Yellow Warbler

Chestnut-sided Warbler

Magnolia Warbler

Black-throated Blue Warbler

Black-throated Green Warbler

Blackburnian Warbler

Bay-breasted Warbler

Blackpoll Warbler

Black-and-white Warbler

American Redstart

Ovenbird

Northern Waterthrush

Common Yellowthroat

Wilson's Warbler

Canada Warbler

Northern Cardinal

Orchard Oriole

Baltimore Oriole

American Goldfinch

House Sparrow

On Thu, Sep 1, 2022 at 4:18 PM Tom Stephenson <12toms@gmail.com> wrote:

First: I promised to send out the list from the Sept 1 Thursday walk today, but I don't know exactly who was on the  walk (or their email names) so I'm sending this out to the old Thursday list, when we had to register. Please let me know if you'd like to be off the list!

And if I've missed someone you know (Maybe Michael isn't on this?) please feel free to forward.

Hi Peter,

It was a beautiful day today, with a strong enough breeze to combat any heat other than in the most exposed spots.

There were a lot of birds in the park, many very early in the season for that species.

Highlights:  On the raptor front, Bald Eagle (probably 5th year bird, still a subadult), Black and Turkey Vultures.

On the flycatcher front: 7 species including Olive-sided, Yellow-bellied, Acadian and Least.

On the warbler front (lots of fronts...) Prairie, a very early Blackpoll, Nashville; 13 species total

Other notables: Winter Wren, Gray-cheeked Thrush (very early???), and Pied-billed Grebe.

Here's the list.

Everyone, please let us know if I've missed anything.

Best regards,

Tom

Pied-billed Grebe

Great Blue Heron

Green Heron

Black-crowned Night-Heron

Turkey Vulture

Black Vulture

Canada Goose

Mute Swan

Wood Duck

Mallard

Osprey

Bald Eagle

American Kestrel

Rock Dove

Mourning Dove

Yellow-billed Cuckoo

Chimney Swift

Ruby-throated Hummingbird

Red-bellied Woodpecker

Downy Woodpecker

Hairy Woodpecker

Northern Flicker

Olive-sided Flycatcher

Eastern Wood-Pewee

Yellow-bellied Flycatcher

Acadian Flycatcher

Least Flycatcher

Great Crested Flycatcher

Eastern Kingbird

Blue-headed Vireo

Warbling Vireo

Red-eyed Vireo

Blue Jay

Carolina Wren

House Wren

Winter Wren

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher

Veery

Gray-cheeked Thrush

Swainson's Thrush

American Robin

Gray Catbird

European Starling

Nashville Warbler

Northern Parula

Yellow Warbler

Chestnut-sided Warbler

Magnolia Warbler

Yellow-rumped Warbler

Black-throated Green Warbler

Prairie Warbler

Blackpoll Warbler

Black-and-white Warbler

American Redstart

Northern Waterthrush

Common Yellowthroat

Northern Cardinal

Red-winged Blackbird

Common Grackle

Baltimore Oriole

American Goldfinch

House Sparrow