Fwd: Brooklyn Bird Club Trip to Staten Island 12/13/2025

"If we had not had a Christmas Bird Count in those early years, we would not have as strong an understanding of long term bird trends. Many of these changes take place gradually." - Chan Robbins, legendary biologist, retired USFWS employee, and creator of the North American Breeding Bird Survey
Robbins bio:
https://www.pwrc.usgs.gov/robbins/index.cfm

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From: Tom Preston <t
Date: Wed, Dec 17, 2025, 5:54 PM
Subject: Brooklyn Bird Club Trip to Staten Island 12/13/2025
To: Peter Dorosh <

Hi Peter

We had a good trip to the Eastern shore of Staten Island on Saturday. It was a cloudy day, but not too cold, and without a great deal of wind. It featured a total of 59 species of bird.

Participants: Kathy Toomey, Louis DeMarco, Michele T, Asher Fusco, Fabio Vera,  Marleny Rafferty, Julian Elman, Haley Sh, Chris Miller. Tom Preston (leader)

Registrar: JoAnn Preston

Highlights included: an adult Iceland Gull at Wolfe's Pond Park, Greater White-fronted Goose at the New Creek Watershed, 2 Lapland Longspurs at Great Kills, and a Common Eider from Ocean Breeze FIshing Pier.

Many of today's birds were found by sharp-eyed Julian Elman

The eBird trip report is at:https://ebird.org/tripreport/442128

Regards

Tom

Fwd: Trip report Will you be my gullfriend December 6th

Leading Dennis Hrehowsik and Bobbie Manian 

"If we had not had a Christmas Bird Count in those early years, we would not have as strong an understanding of long term bird trends. Many of these changes take place gradually." - Chan Robbins, legendary biologist, retired USFWS employee, and creator of the North American Breeding Bird Survey
Robbins bio:
https://www.pwrc.usgs.gov/robbins/index.cfm

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From: Dennis Hrehowsik <
Date: Mon, Dec 8, 2025, 3:07 PM
Subject: Re: Trip report
To: Peter Dorosh <
Cc: Roberta Manian <

Hey Peter!

We had a great day 40 birders met at Coney Island and observed 5 species of gull. ring billed, herring, laughing, lesser and great black back representing 11 different plumages. We also had 5 purple sandpipers as well as all three scoters for 26 species total.  A pleasure to birds with so many folks with sharp eyes and great questions. I think they're all ready for the CBC! Brooklyn winter birding at its best. 

Best,

Dennis and Bobbi

BBC Gull workshop
26 species

Brant  35
Canada Goose  17
Surf Scoter  5     Several in an around 25th streetarea about 59 yards offshore
White-winged Scoter  1
Black Scoter  50     Conservative count several small rafts all along beach and about 20 at 35th st jetti.
Long-tailed Duck  3
Bufflehead  10
Red-breasted Merganser  3
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  300
American Coot  1
Purple Sandpiper  5
Laughing Gull  1
Ring-billed Gull  450
American Herring Gull  500
Great Black-backed Gull  19
Lesser Black-backed Gull  2     Both on beach west of ford theater a few hundred yards apart yellow legs dark eye yellow bill with gonydeal spot smaller than Hegu
Red-throated Loon  1
Common Loon  2
Northern Gannet  50     Off of shore in direction of Atlantic highlands diving in a loose flock
Double-crested Cormorant  12
Great Blue Heron  1
Fish Crow  3
European Starling  100
Northern Mockingbird  1
American Robin  3
House Sparrow  5

Fwd: BBC First Sunday walk

"If we had not had a Christmas Bird Count in those early years, we would not have as strong an understanding of long term bird trends. Many of these changes take place gradually." - Chan Robbins, legendary biologist, retired USFWS employee, and creator of the North American Breeding Bird Survey
Robbins bio:
https://www.pwrc.usgs.gov/robbins/index.cfm

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From: Peter Dorosh 
Date: Sun, Dec 7, 2025, 5:11 PM
Subject: BBC First Sunday walk

Led by Ryan Goldberg 

https://ebird.org/checklist/S287692619

Highlight Orange crowned warbler

"If we had not had a Christmas Bird Count in those early years, we would not have as strong an understanding of long term bird trends. Many of these changes take place gradually." - Chan Robbins, legendary biologist, retired USFWS employee, and creator of the North American Breeding Bird Survey
Robbins bio:
https://www.pwrc.usgs.gov/robbins/index.cfm












   

December 6th Coney Island gull workshop

Leaders Dennis Hrehowsik and Bobbi Manian

https://ebird.org/checklist/S287548538

"Is not this a true autumn day? Just the still melancholy that I love—that makes life and nature harmonize."

Mary Ann Evans ( pen name George Eliot) 18th c author