Fwd: BBC Walk: eBird Report - Salt Marsh Nature Center at Marine Park, Mar 26, 2022

Leader Heydi Lopes

Date: Sat, Mar 26, 2022, 3:20 PM
Subject: BBC Walk: eBird Report - Salt Marsh Nature Center at Marine Park, Mar 26, 2022
To: Peter Dorosh <prosbird@gmail.com>

Hi Peter,

Great group of birders on the walk today!! Weather held up till the end, so perfect timing.  And you were right, the Ospreys put on a show today; lots of them around.   One of them was particularly entertaining as it kept carrying around its fish.  We also were treated to the slightly gory sight of it eating the fish.

I didn't take any photos, but Charles got some great shots.  I can ask him to send pics to you if you'd like.  And everyone enjoyed seeing (and hearing) a male Ring-necked Pheasant.  

A bit disappointed that the orange-crowned warbler I saw yesterday did not make an appearance today.  But guess you can't have it all 😜

I did take group shots, which I've attached.

And could you give me the e-mail addresses of the participants?  I told them I would share the list with them!

If you need anything else from me, please let me know.

Heydi

Sent from my iPhone

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From: do-not-reply@ebird.org
Date: March 26, 2022 at 3:05:56 PM EDT
To: kiskadee20@gmail.com
Subject: eBird Report - Salt Marsh Nature Center at Marine Park, Mar 26, 2022

Salt Marsh Nature Center at Marine Park, Kings, New York, US
Mar 26, 2022 8:10 AM - 11:45 AM
Protocol: Traveling
1.888 mile(s)
Checklist Comments:     BBC Walk.
39 species (+1 other taxa)

Brant  120
Mute Swan  2
Mallard  6
American Black Duck  2
Greater Scaup  6
Bufflehead  22
Red-breasted Merganser  9
Ring-necked Pheasant  2     One calling from golf course, other on "inner" trail.
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  1
Mourning Dove  5
Killdeer  2
Ring-billed Gull  122
Herring Gull  6
Common Loon  1
Double-crested Cormorant  10
Great Blue Heron  1
Osprey  5     Lots of Osprey action today.
Buteo sp.  3
Peregrine Falcon  1
Eastern Phoebe  2
Blue Jay  4
American Crow  2
Fish Crow  8
Tree Swallow  4
Golden-crowned Kinglet  2
Carolina Wren  2
European Starling  60
Northern Mockingbird  2
American Robin  8
House Sparrow  2
Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored)  2
White-throated Sparrow  1
Savannah Sparrow  2
Song Sparrow  11
Red-winged Blackbird  21
Brown-headed Cowbird  3
Common Grackle  1
Boat-tailed Grackle  2
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)  2
Northern Cardinal  4

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S105631691

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

Fwd: eBird Report - Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, Mar 13, 2022 BBC Walk Timberdoodle do or die..

Brooklyn bird club walk results including  6 American Woodcocks. Led by Dennis H. and Bobbi M.

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From: Roberta Manian <roberta.manian@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, Mar 13, 2022, 6:16 PM
Subject: Fwd: eBird Report - Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, Mar 13, 2022
To: Peter Dorosh <prosbird@gmail.com>, Dennis Hrehowsik <deepseagangster@gmail.com>

Hi Peter,

A fantastic Timberdoodler walk on a frigid late winter morning, with an enthusiastic, sharp-eyed group of new and regular birders.  We scored 6 Timberdoodles (3 together in one spot), a walk record!  our previous high was 4.    other highlights included red and white breasted nuthatch, several Carolina Chickadees happily foraging in a hollowed out tree trunk, crow chasing a RT Hawk, and a raven soaring over Valley Water.  At the start of the walk we had both Kestrel and RT Hawk harassing the parrot nest by the main entrance.  Perhaps looking to coopt a nesting location?  or looking for eggs? 

attached some photos from trip participants (Charles and Bobbi)

best,

Bobbi (and Dennis)

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From: <do-not-reply@ebird.org>
Date: Sun, Mar 13, 2022 at 6:02 PM
Subject: eBird Report - Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, Mar 13, 2022
To: <roberta.manian@gmail.com>

Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, Kings, New York, US
Mar 13, 2022 9:22 AM - 1:12 PM
Protocol: Traveling
4.013 mile(s)
38 species

Canada Goose  21
Wood Duck  1
Mallard  2
Ring-necked Duck  1
Hooded Merganser  1
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  X
Mourning Dove  16
American Woodcock  6     3/1/2. 3 Atlantic Ave by Warrior path. 1 Central Ave by Alder Ave.  2 Dell Ave by Wintergreen Path
Ring-billed Gull  4
Herring Gull (American)  3
Turkey Vulture  1
Cooper's Hawk  1
Red-tailed Hawk (borealis)  3
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker  1
Red-bellied Woodpecker  4
Downy Woodpecker (Eastern)  2
American Kestrel  1
Monk Parakeet (Monk)  22
Blue Jay  7
American Crow  1
Common Raven  1
Red-breasted Nuthatch  1
White-breasted Nuthatch (Eastern)  1
Carolina Wren  3
European Starling  X
Northern Mockingbird  3
American Robin  55
Cedar Waxwing  32     There has been a continuing flock on Union Avenue by Vernal. Conservative count as flock flew by. We later saw a second smaller flock but can't say for sure they didn't break off from the bigger one so not counting them here
House Sparrow  5
House Finch  11
American Goldfinch  4
Fox Sparrow (Red)  4
Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored)  22
White-throated Sparrow  3
Song Sparrow (melodia/atlantica)  6
Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged)  8
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)  3
Northern Cardinal  4

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S104755380

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

Trip recap: March 5th Waning Winter Days at Jamaica Bay Refuge

American Tree Sparrow photo'd by Russ Comeau

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From: Ryan Goldberg 
Date: Mon, Mar 7, 2022, 4:57 PM
Subject: Trip recap: Waning Winter Days at Jamaica Bay Refuge
To: Peter Dorosh <prosbird@gmail.com>

Hi Peter,

We had a great turnout of 22 people for the "Waning Winter Days" field trip to Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge on Saturday, March 5. It was cloudy but not cold, in the low 40s with very little wind and occasional sunshine. For a few folks, this was their first time at the refuge. It didn't disappoint. 

Some of the highlights were the massive rafts of ruddies staging for migration on the West Pond, about 700 in all, plus approximately another 200 on the East Pond; a drake Eurasian Wigeon mixed in with American Wigeons; a drake and hen Northern Pintail; and many hundreds Snow Geese. We also detected an Orange-crowned Warbler by its call in some thick scrub bordering the West Pond, but it never emerged for proper looks. A lone Tree Swallow, getting a jump on migration, buzzed over the visitor center as we gathered at 8 a.m.

Here is our eBird checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S104236143

Leader: Ryan Goldberg

Participants: Angie Co, Tina Alleva, Indigo Goodson, Justin Fields, Kevin Rolwing, Russ Comeau, Terry & Erik Von Ploennies, Charles Tang, Valerie Masten, Xinyi Zhang, Danielle Khalife, Haowen Zheng, Marcela Mulholland, Vicki Seabrook, Cecilia Cho, Matt Fischer, Kathy Toomey, Allan Scholl, Anita Haravon, Michele Truong, Chris Laskowski.

Looking forward to spring now!

Best,

Ryan

Fwd: Trip recap: Waning Winter Days at Jamaica Bay Refuge

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From: Ryan Goldberg <ryan.goldberg@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, Mar 7, 2022, 4:57 PM
Subject: Trip recap: Waning Winter Days at Jamaica Bay Refuge
To: Peter Dorosh <prosbird@gmail.com>

Hi Peter,

We had a great turnout of 22 people for the "Waning Winter Days" field trip to Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge on Saturday, March 5. It was cloudy but not cold, in the low 40s with very little wind and occasional sunshine. For a few folks, this was their first time at the refuge. It didn't disappoint. 

Some of the highlights were the massive rafts of ruddies staging for migration on the West Pond, about 700 in all, plus approximately another 200 on the East Pond; a drake Eurasian Wigeon mixed in with American Wigeons; a drake and hen Northern Pintail; and many hundreds Snow Geese. We also detected an Orange-crowned Warbler by its call in some thick scrub bordering the West Pond, but it never emerged for proper looks. A lone Tree Swallow, getting a jump on migration, buzzed over the visitor center as we gathered at 8 a.m.

Here is our eBird checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S104236143

Leader: Ryan Goldberg

Participants: Angie Co, Tina Alleva, Indigo Goodson, Justin Fields, Kevin Rolwing, Russ Comeau, Terry & Erik Von Ploennies, Charles Tang, Valerie Masten, Xinyi Zhang, Danielle Khalife, Haowen Zheng, Marcela Mulholland, Vicki Seabrook, Cecilia Cho, Matt Fischer, Kathy Toomey, Allan Scholl, Anita Haravon, Michele Truong, Chris Laskowski.

Looking forward to spring now!

Best,

Ryan