Brooklyn Bird Club Field Trip Reports

Waterfowl Count January 15th

2012-01-21T23:53:00.001-05:00

Prospect Park & Greenwood Cemetery

Janet Schumacher, Kathy Toomey , Bob O'Neill

Sunday, January 15, 2012, Quite cold, not windy and lake not frozen.

Goose, Canada: 315 including Parade Grounds and G-W

Swan, mute: 10

Gadwall: 2

American Black duck: 1

Mallard: 97

Northern shoveler: 9

Ruddy duck 18

Grebe, pied billed: 6 (altho I think I saw an Adam report listing 7)

Cormorant, double crested 1

American coot: 21

Other areas, pending reports

Coney Island Region January 7th

2012-01-10T17:27:00.000-05:00

Leader : Rob Jett

Here is the list from Saturday's trip to Coney Island. While the weather felt more like early-Spring than early-January, we still managed to see most of the expected winter coastal species. Highlights include dozens of NORTHERN GANNET diving for fish offshore, a pair of PURPLE SANDPIPER on the western-most jetty, a first year LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL on the sand spit at Coney Island Creek and a single SNOW GOOSE in the creek behind Mark Twain Junior High School:

Date: 01/07/12

Locations: Coney Island, Coney Island Creek

Species: 27

Leader: Rob Jett

Observers: David B., Rusty Harold, Dennis Hrehowsik, Rob Jett, Heydi Lopes, Bobbi Manian, Janet Schumacher, Bob Washburn, Michael Yuan, Ann (?), Phil (?)

SNOW GOOSE (Coney Island Creek)

Brant

Canada Goose

Gadwall

American Black Duck

Mallard

Greater Scaup

Long-tailed Duck

Bufflehead

Red-breasted Merganser

Ruddy Duck

Red-throated Loon

Common Loon

NORTHERN GANNET

Great Cormorant

Great Blue Heron

Cooper's Hawk

Peregrine Falcon

PURPLE SANDPIPER

Bonaparte's Gull

Ring-billed Gull

Herring Gull

LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL (Coney Island Creek)

Great Black-backed Gull

Rock Pigeon

European Starling

House Sparrow=

New Year's Day Prospect Park 2012

2012-01-01T21:08:00.002-05:00

Leading : Peter Dorosh

12 trip participants

First a Happy New Year from the Brooklyn Bird Club ! Good birds be your fortune in 2012

A terrific start for the Brooklyn Bird Club New Year's Day traditional walk in Prospect Park of recent years with several quality birds seen today. Most notably was GREEN HERON,a juvenile that was seen on the Brooklyn CBC, continuing its spotty showing till today, but in the same exact location in Phragmites reeds recess along south Breeze Hill shores.

Then there are the long time reliable warblers that delighted birds of late fall: BLACK&WHITE WARBLER , and ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER. The B&W is sticking to same particular area, the south side of the Nethermead Bridge, either side of the watercourse. Several of my walk's birders and me saw it on the left slope of the bridge from the bridge top. The ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER was seen at Lamppost #249, by the Well Dr picnic tables where after a brief perch on a small tree, it flew across to the tall pine on the other side of the drive, feeding from the top downward.

Peter
BBC

Prospect Park, Kings, US-NY
Jan 1, 2012 9:00 AM - 1:15 PM
Protocol: Traveling
4.0 mile(s)
37 species

Canada Goose X
Mute Swan X
American Black Duck 1
Mallard X
Ruddy Duck X
Pied-billed Grebe 3
Green Heron 1 juvenile south Breeze Hill shoreline
Cooper's Hawk 1
Red-tailed Hawk 2
Merlin 1
Peregrine Falcon 1
American Coot 7
Ring-billed Gull X
Herring Gull X
Rock Pigeon X
Mourning Dove X
Belted Kingfisher 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 2
Downy Woodpecker 1
Blue Jay X
Black-capped Chickadee 3
White-breasted Nuthatch 1
Brown Creeper 1
Carolina Wren 2
Winter Wren 1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1
European Starling X
Black-and-white Warbler 1
Orange-crowned Warbler 1
Song Sparrow 6
White-throated Sparrow 15
Northern Cardinal 2
House Finch X
American Goldfinch X
House Sparrow X

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

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December 11th Central Park Holidays Birding

2011-12-11T20:07:00.008-05:00

LEADER: Peter Dorosh, + Dennis, Dolores & Bobbi in photo order

5.1 miles walk

Central Park, New York, US-NY

Dec 11, 2011 8:35 AM - 1:35 PM

Protocol: Traveling

4.5 mile(s)

36 species

Canada Goose X

Gadwall X

American Black Duck X

Mallard X

Northern Shoveler X

Bufflehead X

Hooded Merganser X

Ruddy Duck X

Double-crested Cormorant X

American Coot X

Ring-billed Gull X

Great Black-backed Gull X

Rock Pigeon X

Mourning Dove X

Red-bellied Woodpecker X

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker X

Downy Woodpecker X

Blue Jay X

American Crow X

Tufted Titmouse X

White-breasted Nuthatch X

Brown Creeper X

Carolina Wren X

Winter Wren X

Ruby-crowned Kinglet X

Hermit Thrush X

American Robin X

Gray Catbird X

Northern Mockingbird X

European Starling X

Song Sparrow X

White-throated Sparrow X

Northern Cardinal X

House Finch X

American Goldfinch X

House Sparrow X

New York Public Library, New York, US-NY

Dec 11, 2011 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM

Protocol: Stationary

4 species

Gray Catbird 1

Yellow-breasted Chat 1

White-throated Sparrow X

House Sparrow X

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

Lighthearted funny moment on the NY Public Library terraced plaza: While Peter, Bobbie, and Dennis sat around one of the tables (near where the Yellow-breasted Chat initially was spotted), waiting for the Chat to reappear, a middle aged photographer with his two students approached us trio of birders and asked , " "are you birders?"... Dennis says: "no we're just here for a chat". :>

NY Public Library Xmas tree Yellow-breasted Chat last perched in before group departed. A "Smart Bird"

Waterfowl across the Terminal Moraine

2011-12-05T15:28:00.000-05:00

Note: 19 species duck, 29 species waterfowl, EARED GREBE, AMERICAN AVOCET

Leading : Peter Dorosh

date = 2011/12/05

site = Coney Island Creek, Floyd Bennett Field, Ft Tilden/Riis beach, Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge

observers = 11 BBC members

59 species birds

Eared Grebe JBWR

American Avocet Coney Island Creek

Snow Goose ( including a “Blue Goose”)

Canada Goose

Brant

Common Loon

Red-throated Loon

Pied-billed Grebe

Horned Grebe

Northern Gannet

Double-crested Cormorant

Great Cormorant

Great Blue Heron

Mute Swan

Northern Shoveler

Lesser Scaup

Bufflehead

Gadwall

American Black Duck

Common Eider -Drake Floyd Bennett ; off archery road end

Black Scoter

Common Goldeneye

American Wigeon

Long-tailed Duck

Greater Scaup

Red-breasted Merganser

White-winged Scoter

Green-winged Teal

Hooded Merganser

Ruddy Duck

Northern Pintail

Surf Scoter

Mallard

Red-tailed Hawk

Sharp-shinned Hawk GAPlaza

American Kestrel

American Coot

Sanderling

Great Black-backed Gull

Bonaparte's Gull

Ring-billed Gull

Herring Gull

Rock Pigeon

Mourning Dove

Belted Kingfisher

Northern Flicker

American Crow

Horned Lark

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (late)

American Robin

Hermit Thrush

Northern Mockingbird

European Starling

Yellow-rumped Warbler

Song Sparrow

White-throated Sparrow

Northern Cardinal

House Finch

Black-capped Chickadee

A Thanksgiving "Friends walk", Prospect Park Nov 26th

2011-11-26T13:21:00.003-05:00

12 participants

Prospect Park, Kings, US-NY

Nov 26, 2011 8:00 AM - 11:30 AM

Protocol: Traveling

4.0 mile(s)

31 species (+2 other taxa)

Canada Goose X

Mute Swan X

American Black Duck x Mallard (hybrid) X

Mallard X

Ruddy Duck 25

Pied-billed Grebe 5

Double-crested Cormorant 2

Accipiter sp. 1

Red-tailed Hawk 2

American Coot 3

Ring-billed Gull X

Herring Gull X

Great Black-backed Gull 1

Rock Pigeon X

Mourning Dove X

Great Horned Owl 2

Red-bellied Woodpecker 2

Downy Woodpecker 2

Blue Jay X

Tufted Titmouse 1

Carolina Wren 2

American Robin X

European Starling X

Fox Sparrow 3

Song Sparrow X

White-throated Sparrow X

Dark-eyed Junco X

Northern Cardinal X

Red-winged Blackbird 1

Purple Finch 5

House Finch 6

American Goldfinch X

House Sparrow X

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

November 19th Wild Goose Chase

2011-11-25T17:50:00.001-05:00

Leader : Rusty Harold

Hilights

GREATER WHITE FRONTED GOOSE-- Van Cortland park

Selasphorus hummingbird (Rufous) at Lenoir Preserve,Yonkers

LAPLAND LONGSPUR--Jones Beach

Snow Buntings - Jones Beach

Jamaica Bay Refuge, Queen November 12th

2011-11-16T11:59:00.000-05:00

Leader: Gabriel Willow

Hi Peter,

Yes it was a lovely day, my pleasure!

Here's the list:

NYC Bird Report

date = 11/12/11

site = Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge

observers = Vinnie, Gabriel, 4 others

Eared Grebe

Pied-billed Grebe

Horned Grebe

Double-crested Cormorant

Great Egret

American Bittern

Great Blue Heron

Blue-winged Teal

Bufflehead

Gadwall

American Black Duck

Canada Goose

American Wigeon

Wood Duck

Greater Scaup

Green-winged Teal

Brant

Hooded Merganser

Common Merganser 80%

Ruddy Duck

Mallard

Northern Harrier

American Coot

Greater Yellowlegs

Great Black-backed Gull

Ring-billed Gull

Herring Gull

Rock Pigeon

Mourning Dove

American Crow

Ruby-crowned Kinglet

American Robin

Northern Mockingbird

European Starling

Yellow-rumped Warbler

White-throated Sparrow

Song Sparrow

Red-winged Blackbird

House Sparrow

Prospect Park November 6th

2011-11-07T18:55:00.000-05:00

Leading : Ed Crowne
8 participants

Hi, Peter. We had a very nice day for our Sunday stroll. We tallied 38 species overall between 8 am and noon. The highlights were three Eastern Bluebirds on the ballfield backstop and a Lincoln's Sparrow near the Boathouse.

October 31st Rockaway Inlet Parks: Fort Tilden, Riis Beach, Floyd Bennett

2011-10-31T16:03:00.000-04:00

(trip was re-scheduled from October 30th due to Snow northeaster storm)

Leader Peter Dorosh
7 members attending

We enjoyed a fantastic day from my re-scheduled Brooklyn Bird Club walk from stormy Saturday with quality birds and a terrific sparrow list under strong windy northwest winds. Of the locales visited, Fort Tilden shone the most with quality sightings and numbers whereas Riis Beach golf course produced the best bird on our walk.On a day dominated by over flying blackbird flocks, mostly Red-winged Blackbirds, 67 species including 11 species sparrows and WESTERN KINGBIRD added a little drama.

Of the best sparrows, 2 LINCOLN's and VESPERS were most beneficial to my group. The two Lincoln's worked the chain link fence next to the Riis Golf course south entrance , by the Riis men's restroom. VESPERS , 3 total in the Tilden Community Garden on a courteous tip from Andrew Baksh, enabled us to see two of them , one cooperatively on the picket fence in close proximity. Also FIELD, & WHITE-CROWNED added to the day list.

A large flock of AMERICAN PIPIT , est at 60 was seen well on the Tilden Rugby / soccer field after an initial 12 on the little league field earlier.One Horned Lark was among them.

Best duck observance was the 300 + strong BLACK SCOTER flock with several SURF and fewer WHITE-WINGED, a good observation for my group seeing all three species at one time.The flock was near a jetty 700 feet east of the Fisherman's west lot.

A nice surprise, especially from where it took off, a WILSON's SNIPE on the busy car road from the turn after the little league fields, towards the beach. The snipe's takeoff certainly "spooked" us .

At lunchtime, a soaring RED-SHOULDERED HAWK delighted us, affording great views on this clear sunny day.

But best for us as we walked a circuit of the golf course counterclockwise, was the WESTERN KINGBIRD. As we rounded the last leg , along the north fence of the Riis golf course, facing the inlet, I noted a flying bird coming from the inlet side and landed & perched on a cherry right above us. All of us saw the bird quite well and low before it, after half a minute, flew into the Riis golf course..

I also heard second hand reports of NORTHERN GOSHAWK ( Steve Walter, later Rob Bate), & BALD EAGLE ( Walter). the former hanging around and working the abundant food sources throughout Tilden's habitats.

Peter
BBC

(note: Home computer not working at the moment, hence late post from work)

date = October 30th, 2011
site = Rockaway Inlet parks: Fort Tilde/Riis Beach/Floyd Bennett
observers = Brooklyn Bird Club 7 members
leading Peter Dorosh

WESTERN KINGBIRD seen perched at north fence cherry tree, then flew into Riis Golf course
Common Loon
Northern Gannet
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Cormorant
Great Egret
American Black Duck
Canada Goose
BLACK SCOTER~300 flock at fort tilden
White-winged Scoter few with black scoters
Brant abundant
Surf Scoter several with black scoters
Mute Swan
Cooper's Hawk
Red-shouldered Hawk
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Peregrine Falcon
American Kestrel
Merlin
Killdeer
Black-bellied Plover
Sanderling
WILSON'S SNIPE-- ft tilden roadway edge near little league field
Laughing Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Forster's Tern
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Eastern Phoebe
American Crow
Blue Jay
Horned Lark
Tree Swallow
Brown Creeper
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Golden-crowned Kinglet
American Robin
Hermit Thrush
Northern Mockingbird
European Starling
AMERICAN PIPIT flock ~60 tilden rugby/soccer field
Cedar Waxwing
Blackpoll Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Swamp Sparrow
Chipping Sparrow
LINCOLN'S SPARROW-- 2 next to Riis golf course south entrance path
White-throated Sparrow
VESPER SPARROW tilden community garden , 2 of 3 seen per Andrew Baksh alert
Savannah Sparrow
Song Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Field Sparrow
Eastern Towhee
Northern Cardinal
Red-winged Blackbird
Common Grackle
Brown-headed Cowbird
Purple Finch male adult
House Sparrow
Horned Lark

Photo by Sandy Paci, Vesper Sparrow on Fort Tilden Community garden picket fence

Allendale Celery Farm & Meadowlands Oct 22nd

2011-10-25T18:49:00.002-04:00

Nelson's Sparrow ----->
Photo taken by Sandy Paci

Leader : Sandy Paci

BBC Trip

Allendale Celery Farm / Meadowlands 10/22/11

Leader: Sandy Paci, plus 7 BBC members

1 Double Crested Cormorant

2 Great Egret

3 Snowy Egret

4 Great Blue Heron

5 Canada Goose

6 Brant

7 Wood Duck

8 Green-winged Teal

9 American Black Duck

10 Mallard

11 Northern Pintail

12 Northern Shoveler

13 Gadwall

14 Ruddy Duck

15 Turkey Vulture

16 Sharp-shinned Hawk

17 Cooper's Hawk

18 Osprey

19 Northern Harrier

20 Red-tailed Hawk

21 American Coot

22 Greater Yellowlegs

23 Lesser Yellowlegs

24 Semi-palmated Sandpiper

25 Pectoral Sandpiper

26 Ring Billed Gull

27 Herring Gull

28 Rock Dove

29 Mourning Dove

30 Belted Kingfisher

31 Red-bellied Woodpecker

32 Downy Woodpecker

33 Hairy Woodpecker (heard only)

34 Northern Flicker

35 Eastern Phoebe

36 Blue Jay

37 American Crow

38 Tufted Titmouse

39 White-breasted Nuthatch

40 Carolina Wren (heard only)

41 Golden-crowned Kinglet

42 Ruby-crowned Kinglet

43 Hermit Thrush

44 American Robin

45 Gray Catbird

46 Hermit Thrush

47 Northern Mockingbird

48 Eurorpean Starling

49 Yellow-rumped Warbler

50 Palm Warbler

51 Northern Cardinal

52 Nelson's Sparrow (Atlantic subspecies subvirgatus)

53 Song Sparrow

54 Swamp Sparrow

55 White-throated Sparrow

56 Red-winged Blackbird

57 Common Grackle

58 Brown-headed Cowbird

59 House Finch

60 House Sparrow

Jones Beach October 15th

2011-10-19T07:46:00.000-04:00

Leader : Steve Nanz

There were 13 people on the Jones Beach trip.

Not sure if I missed anything but I believe we saw 62 species. There were 64 if

you include Golden Plover and Whimbrel which may have been seen by some members

of the group who arrived at the Coast Guard Station before us. Janet and Allan

were among those and can confirm.

Common Loon

Northern Gannet

Double-crested Cormorant

Great Egret

American Black Duck

Canada Goose

Common Eider

Surf Scoter

Black Scoter

American Wigeon

Brant

Mute Swan

Mallard

Cooper's Hawk

Osprey

Northern Harrier

Peregrine Falcon

Merlin

Black-bellied Plover

Semipalmated Plover

American Oystercatcher

Marbled Godwit

Sanderling

Red Knot

Dowitcher sp.

Dunlin

Spotted Sandpiper

Willet

Ruddy Turnstone

Yellowlegs sp.

Laughing Gull

Great Black-backed Gull

Bonaparte's Gull

Royal Tern

Forster's Tern

Ring-billed Gull

Herring Gull

Rock Pigeon

Mourning Dove

Belted Kingfisher

Northern Flicker

Eastern Phoebe

American Crow

Tree Swallow

Golden-crowned Kinglet

American Robin

Gray Catbird

Northern Mockingbird

European Starling

Blackpoll Warbler

Black-throated Green Warbler

Cape May Warbler

Palm Warbler

Yellow-rumped Warbler

Chipping Sparrow

White-throated Sparrow

Song Sparrow

White-crowned Sparrow

Dark-eyed Junco

Indigo Bunting

Rusty Blackbird

House Sparrow

Steve

Prospect Oct 9th BBC Friends Walk

2011-10-13T23:15:00.003-04:00

date = 10/9/11

site = Prospect Park

observers = BBC Friends walks 6 participants: Eni, Vinny, Bobbi, Dennis, Rusty, Monica

• Red-tailed Hawk

• Mourning Dove

• Downy Woodpecker

• Hairy Woodpecker

• Yellow-bellied Sapsucker

• Red-bellied Woodpecker

• Northern Flicker

• Eastern Phoebe

• Blue-headed Vireo

• Black-capped Chickadee

• House Wren

• Ruby-crowned Kinglet

• Golden-crowned Kinglet

• American Robin

• Swainson's Thrush

• Hermit Thrush

• Veery

• European Starling

• American Redstart

• Black-and-white Warbler

• Blackpoll Warbler

• Black-throated Green Warbler

• Black-throated Blue Warbler

• Common Yellowthroat

• Palm Warbler

• Northern Parula

• Magnolia Warbler

• Nashville Warbler

• Yellow-rumped Warbler

• White-throated Sparrow

• Song Sparrow

• White-crowned Sparrow

• Savannah Sparrow

• Dark-eyed Junco

• Northern Cardinal

• Common Grackle

• House Sparrow

Sandy Hook, NJ October 2nd, 2011

2011-10-04T19:10:00.003-04:00

Leader : Bob Machover

Trip List
Brooklyn Bird Club trip to Sandy Hook, NJ
October 2, 2011

1. Canada Goose – About 30 feeding on lawn near Bird Observatory
2. American Black Duck – About 20, Spermaceti Cove
3. Mallard – 2 Plum Island lagoon
4. Double-crested Cormorant – About 50, various locales
5. Great Egret – 1 on Plum Island
6. Turkey Vulture – About 12, most flying north
7. Osprey – About 10, various locales, often carrying fish
8. Sharp-shinned Hawk About 5 total, 3 active over Raccoon Alley
9. Red-tailed Hawk - 1 perched near Bird Observatory
10. American Kestrel - 1 over dunes at north end
11. Merlin – 1 “
12. Peregrine Falcon – 1(possibly 2), also at north end
13. Black-bellied Plover - 2-3, False Hook area; another 3, Spermaceti Cove (possibly)
14. American Oystercatcher – 1 on sand spit at Spermaceti Cove
15. Sanderling – 80-100 (?) at the False Hook
16. Semipalmated Sandpiper – 1 in Lot K rain pool
17. Stilt Sandpiper – 1 in Lot K rain pool (odd plumage, probably juvenile molting into basic)
18. Buff-breasted Sandpiper – 1 in Lot K rain pool, practically tame, almost friendly
19. Laughing Gull - 5 at Plum Island, several at the False Hook
20. Ring-billed Gull – A few
21. American Herring Gull – Abundant at the False Hook, others elsewhere
22. Great Black-backed Gull – Common at the False Hook, a few elsewhere
Dovekie – (just checking)
23. Forster’s Tern - A few at the north end
24. Black Skimmer – A few at Plum Island (I missed these – before I arrived)
25. Mourning Dove – Several seen from Lot B before I arrived
26. Yellow-billed Cuckoo – 3 separate individuals seen in 3 different places…amazing!
27. Red-bellied Woodpecker – 2, 1 along bike path and 1 in garden
28. Downy Woodpecker – 1 in garden
29. Northern Flicker – At least 20, various places
30. Eastern Wood-Pewee – 1 across from the garden
31. Eastern Phoebe – 3, various places
32. Blue-headed Vireo – 1 seen by two people (not including yours truly)
33. Red-eyed Vireo – Perhaps 20, various places
34. American Crow – Several
35. Fish Crow – 1 heard, at the north end
36. Tree Swallow – Pretty much everywhere, especially at the north end
37. Carolina Wren 1 – heard (probably)
38. House Wren – 1 along the bike bath
39. Winter Wren – 1 at the north end
40. American Robin – Maybe as many as 50, various places
41. Gray Catbird – Lots, pretty much everywhere
42. Northern Mockingbird – Several
43. Brown Thrasher – 1, Raccoon Alley
44. European Starling –
45. Tennessee Warbler – 2, 1 along bike path; other across from the garden
46. Northern Parula – Lots~ 20, perhaps the commonest warbler of the day
47. Magnolia Warbler – 1 in woods behind rusty barn
48. Cape May Warbler – At least 4…2 very gray birds (first fall females) along the bike path and 2 bright individuals across from the garden
49. Black-throated Blue Warbler – 1 male, across from the garden
50. Black-throated Green Warbler – 1 (seen by others)
51. Prairie Warbler – 1, at the edge of the salt marsh at Spermaceti Cove
52. Blackpoll Warbler – About 15, after N.Parula, the most common warbler of the day
53. Black-and-white Warbler - 3, various places
54. American Redstart – 3, all in the garden or across the street
55. Common Yellowthroat – 4, behind the rusty barn and in the garden
56. Scarlet Tanager – 1, across from the garden
57. Eastern Towhee – Lots everywhere
58. Song Sparrow – 1 in the woods behind the barn
59. White-throated Sparrow – 2 “
60. Northern Cardinal – Several heard along the bike path
61. Indigo Bunting –
62, Red-winged Blackbird 1 flyover at north end and a small flock at Spermaceti Cove
63. House Sparrow –
64 House Finch

Notable Misses:
Egregious – Yellow-rumped Warbler, Palm Warbler
Significant – Northern Harrier, Royal Tern, Blue Jay, Black-capped Chickadee, American Goldfinch
Tragic – Clay-colored Sparrow (seen by other birders on the fisherman’s path)
Typical – Connecticut Warbler

Fort Tilden Hawkwatch Oct 1st

2011-10-02T07:22:00.004-04:00

Bobolink at Riis Beach boardwalk edge, photo by Sandy Paci

date = 2011/10/01

site = Fort Tilden Hawkwatch 9am-12 , ( walk before /after, Floyd Bennett late afternoon)

observers = Brooklyn Bird Club leader Peter Dorosh 7 participants

Hawk watch 9 am -12 noon session Battery Harris East bunker

Cooper's Hawk 3

Red-tailed Hawk 1
Osprey 54 ( very good movement seen)

Sharp-shinned Hawk 33

Peregrine Falcon 1

American Kestrel 12

Merlin 5

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other locations ( not on hawkwatch)

Royal Tern flyover Floyd Bennett Archery Rd

Double-crested Cormorant

Great Egret

Great Blue Heron

Canada Goose

Wood Duck

Mallard

Cooper's Hawk

Red-tailed Hawk

Osprey

Sharp-shinned Hawk

Peregrine Falcon

American Kestrel

Merlin

Laughing Gull

Great Black-backed Gull

Forster's Tern

Ring-billed Gull

Herring Gull

Rock Pigeon

Mourning Dove

Chimney Swift

Belted Kingfisher

Northern Flicker

Red-eyed Vireo

Eastern Phoebe

American Crow

Blue Jay

Tree Swallow

Black-capped Chickadee

House Wren

Carolina Wren
American Robin

Gray Catbird

Brown Thrasher

Northern Mockingbird

European Starling

Cedar Waxwing

Prairie Warbler

American Redstart

Blackpoll Warbler

Black-throated Green Warbler

Common Yellowthroat

Palm Warbler

Yellow-breasted Chat Ft TIlden trail head to Battery East Bunker

Northern Parula

Magnolia Warbler

Yellow-rumped Warbler

Scarlet Tanager

Chipping Sparrow

White-throated Sparrow

Savannah Sparrow

Song Sparrow

White-crowned Sparrow

Clay-colored Sparrow 50%

Eastern Towhee

Northern Cardinal

Indigo Bunting

Blue Grosbeak female Floyd Bennett Nursery

Baltimore Oriole

Bobolink 5 Riis Golf Course south fence

Red-winged Blackbird

House Sparrow

Savannah Sparrow at Floyd Bennett Field , photo by Sandy Paci

Prospect Thursday Fall series Sept 29th

2011-09-29T21:06:00.000-04:00

Results of today's LAST Thursday Fall Series walk, led by Tom Stephenson.

The Brooklyn Bird Club thanks Tom for his generous time and efforts

leading the Autumn Thursday walks.

Here's is Tom's note:

Hi Peter,

Well, as was the case of a few of our Fall walks this year, a day that started looking dreary and birdless eventually yield some great species.

Today we had 13 species of warblers including Yellow-breasted Chat (not really a warbler anymore...but...), Tennessee, Nashville, 2 Wilson's warblers, a Philadelphia Vireo, an Indigo Bunting,

Towhee, Pied-billed Grebe, and some sparrows...50 species in total.

Here's the list.

Best regards,

Tom

Pied-billed Grebe

Double-crested Cormorant

Green Heron

Canada Goose

Mute Swan

Wood Duck

Mallard

Osprey

Cooper's Hawk

Spotted Sandpiper

Ring-billed Gull

Herring Gull

Rock Dove

Mourning Dove

Chimney Swift

Red-bellied Woodpecker

Downy Woodpecker

Northern Flicker

Eastern Phoebe

Philadelphia Vireo

Red-eyed Vireo

American Crow

Black-capped Chickadee

Tufted Titmouse

White-breasted Nuthatch

Carolina Wren

House Wren

American Robin

Gray Catbird

European Starling

Tennessee Warbler

Nashville Warbler

Northern Parula

Magnolia Warbler

Black-throated Blue Warbler

Yellow-rumped Warbler

Blackpoll Warbler

Black-and-white Warbler

American Redstart

Northern Waterthrush

Common Yellowthroat

Wilson's Warbler

Yellow-breasted Chat

Eastern Towhee

Swamp Sparrow

White-throated Sparrow

Northern Cardinal

Indigo Bunting

Baltimore Oriole

House Sparrow

Sept 22nd BBC Thursday Walk

2011-09-22T17:10:00.000-04:00

Leading : Tom Stephenson

Results of Thursday Fall BBC walk

Hi Peter,

Well, we were a bit in the fog today, but thanks to Rob Bate's strategy of going to the southern end of the park, we eventually had a pretty good morning with 50 species including 14 warblers.

Highlights were several Spotted Sandpipers, several Green Heron, several Black-crowned Night-herons....Wilson's, Blackpoll, Pine, Tennessee, Yellow-rumped Warblers, Scarlet Tanager, Osprey and Lenore had a Peregrine...

So all in all a good outing.

Best regards,
Tom

Double-crested Cormorant

Green Heron

Black-crowned Night-Heron

Canada Goose

Mute Swan

Wood Duck

Mallard

Northern Shoveler

Osprey

Red-tailed Hawk

Peregrine Falcon

Spotted Sandpiper

Ring-billed Gull

Herring Gull

Great Black-backed Gull

Rock Dove

Mourning Dove

Chimney Swift

Red-bellied Woodpecker

Downy Woodpecker

Northern Flicker

Red-eyed Vireo

Blue Jay

Tree Swallow

Black-capped Chickadee

Carolina Wren

American Robin

Gray Catbird

Northern Mockingbird

European Starling

Tennessee Warbler

Northern Parula

Yellow Warbler

Magnolia Warbler

Black-throated Blue Warbler

Yellow-rumped Warbler

Black-throated Green Warbler

Pine Warbler

Palm Warbler

Blackpoll Warbler

Black-and-white Warbler

American Redstart

Northern Waterthrush

Common Yellowthroat

Wilson's Warbler

Scarlet Tanager

Northern Cardinal

Red-winged Blackbird

Common Grackle

American Goldfinch

House Sparrow

BBC Thursday walk Sept 15th

2011-09-15T23:30:00.003-04:00

Leading , Tom Stephenson

List from Tom S, BBC Thursday walk

Hi Peter,

Well, something hoovered all of the birds out of the park last night.....very slow!

We did uncover one hidden celebrity, a Prothonotary Warbler...otherwise quite still with only 6 species of warblers....

See you tonight at your talk.

Best regards,

Tom

Green Heron

Canada Goose

Mute Swan

Mallard

Spotted Sandpiper

Laughing Gull

Ring-billed Gull

Rock Dove

Mourning Dove

Chimney Swift

Red-bellied Woodpecker

Downy Woodpecker

Hairy Woodpecker

Northern Flicker

Eastern Wood-Pewee

Red-eyed Vireo

Blue Jay

Black-capped Chickadee

Tufted Titmouse

White-breasted Nuthatch

Carolina Wren

House Wren

Swainson's Thrush

American Robin

Gray Catbird

European Starling

Cedar Waxwing

Northern Parula

Black-and-white Warbler

American Redstart

Prothonotary Warbler

Northern Waterthrush

Common Yellowthroat

Northern Cardinal

Rose-breasted Grosbeak

Common Grackle

American Goldfinch

House Sparrow

Saturday, September 10th Prospect Park

2011-09-10T16:21:00.001-04:00

Trip Leader: Tom Stephenson

Good group of about 13 people today.

We had a few good birds including several flycatchers sp, 16 species of warblers and some other stuff.

Best warblers were probably Tennessee pre Vale, fem Hooded on way out from Rick's place towards Nelly's lawn, and early Yellow-rump.

All buried by tons of American Redstarts.

Acadian, Least, Traill's sp, Pewee, Gr Crested, good for flycatchers...

Best regards,

Tom

Double-crested Cormorant

Green Heron

Canada Goose

Mallard

Sharp-shinned Hawk

Cooper's Hawk

Red-tailed Hawk

Spotted Sandpiper

Ring-billed Gull

Rock Dove

Mourning Dove

Chimney Swift

Ruby-throated Hummingbird

Red-bellied Woodpecker

Downy Woodpecker

Northern Flicker

Eastern Wood-Pewee

Acadian Flycatcher

Traill's sp

Least Flycatcher

Great Crested Flycatcher

Warbling Vireo

Red-eyed Vireo

Blue Jay

American Crow

Black-capped Chickadee

White-breasted Nuthatch

Carolina Wren

House Wren

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher

Veery

American Robin

Gray Catbird

European Starling

Tennessee Warbler

Northern Parula

Yellow Warbler

Chestnut-sided Warbler

Magnolia Warbler

Black-throated Blue Warbler

Yellow-rumped Warbler

Black-throated Green Warbler

Pine Warbler

Prairie Warbler

Black-and-white Warbler

American Redstart

Ovenbird

Northern Waterthrush

Common Yellowthroat

Hooded Warbler

Song Sparrow

Northern Cardinal

Rose-breasted Grosbeak

Baltimore Oriole

American Goldfinch

House Sparrow

September 5th Prospect Park

2011-09-05T19:39:00.002-04:00

date = 2011/09/05
site = Prospect Park
observers = BBC Prospect Walk
leading , Peter Dorosh

54species
(11 species warblers)

Black-crowned Night-Heron
Green Heron 4
Great Egret 7 f/o
Canada Goose
Wood Duck 5
Mute Swan
Mallard
Osprey
Peregrine Falcon BBG tower
Spotted Sandpiper
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Chimney Swift
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Belted Kingfisher
Downy Woodpecker
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
"Traill's" Flycatcher
Great Crested Flycatcher
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
Eastern Wood Pewee
Warbling Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
Blue Jay
Barn Swallow
White-breasted Nuthatch
House Wren
Carolina Wren
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
American Robin
Wood Thrush
Veery
Gray Catbird
Northern Mockingbird
European Starling
American Redstart
Black-and-white Warbler
Blackpoll Warbler
Canada Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Nashville Warbler
Pine Warbler
Hooded Warbler
Northern Waterthrush
Northern Cardinal
Common Grackle
American Goldfinch
House Sparrow
Black-capped Chickadee

September 3rd, A "Gateway" to birds: latest hotspots in Gateway National Recreation Area

2011-09-04T23:11:00.003-04:00

September 3rd, A "Gateway" to birds: latest hotspots in Gateway National Recreation Area

Trip Leader: Peter Dorosh

7 participants

57 species total.

Canada Goose

Mute Swan

Gadwall

American Black Duck

Mallard

Northern Shoveler

Green-Winged Teal

Double-crested Cormorant

Great Blue Heron

Great Egret

Snowy Egret

Little Blue Heron

Black-crowned Night Heron

Yellow-crowned Night Heron

Glossy Ibis

Osprey

Peregrine Falcon

Black-bellied Plover

Semipalmated Plover

Semipalmated Sandpiper

White-rumped Sandpiper

American Oystercatcher

Spotted Sandpiper

Willet (Western)

Greater Yellowlegs

Ruddy Turnstone

Sanderling

Least Sandpiper

Short-billed Dowitcher

Laughing Gull

Ring-billed Gull

Herring Gull

Great Black-backed Gull

Common Tern

Forster's Tern

Royal Tern

Least Tern

Black Skimmer

Rock Pigeon

Mourning Dove

American Crow

Chimney Swift

Belted Kingfisher

Eastern Kingbird

Tree Swallow

Barn Swallow

Northern Flicker

American Robin

Gray Catbird

Northern Mockingbird

European Starling

Cedar Waxwing

Common Yellowthroat

Yellow Warbler

Song Sparrow

Northern Cardinal

House Sparrow

Photo by Dennis Hrehowsik, of Hurricane Irene's mark upon the road at Fort Tilden

Sunday, August 14th, Shorebirds at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge

2011-08-16T18:30:00.002-04:00

Leader : Tom Stephenson

Red-winged Blackbird

Short-biilled Dowitcher

Mute Swan

Long-billed Dowitcher

Semipalmated Sandpiper

Black Skimmer

Common Tern

Forster's Tern

Herring Gull

Ring-billed Gull

Laughing Gull

Double-crested Cormorant

Gadwall

Canada Goose

Glossy Ibis

Northern Cardinal

Semipalmated Plover

Carolina Wren

Greater Yellowlegs

Lesser Yellowlegs

Great Egret

Snowy Egret

Osprey

Boat-tailed Grackle

Barn Swallow

Tree Swallow

Common Yellowthroat

Great BB Gull

Gray Catbird

Traill's Flycatcher species

List submitted by Rusty Harold

Early Shorebirds at Jamaica Bay Refuge July 31st

2011-08-03T13:17:00.003-04:00

date = 7/31/11
site = Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge
observers = Brooklyn Bird Club 12 members
Leader: Peter Dorosh

60 species

Double-crested Cormorant
Snowy Egret
Black-crowned Night-Heron
Great Egret
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron
Great Blue Heron
Tricolored Heron
Glossy Ibis
Gadwall
American Black Duck
Canada Goose
Wood Duck
Greater Scaup
Ruddy Duck
Mute Swan
Mallard
Osprey
Sora
Semipalmated Plover
American Oystercatcher
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Stilt Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
Short-billed Dowitcher
Lesser Yellowlegs
Spotted Sandpiper
White-rumped Sandpiper
Hudsonian Godwit
Greater Yellowlegs
Laughing Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Forster's Tern
Common Tern
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Least Tern
Rock Pigeon
Willow Flycatcher
American Crow
Tree Swallow
Barn Swallow
Carolina Wren
American Robin
Gray Catbird
Northern Mockingbird
European Starling
Cedar Waxwing
Yellow Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Northern Waterthrush
Song Sparrow
Northern Cardinal
Boat-tailed Grackle
Red-winged Blackbird
Common Grackle
American Goldfinch
House Sparrow
Eastern Towhee ( heard)
Fish Crow
Brown headed Cowbird

Other fauna and nature signs:
(Notes from Lenore Swenson)

Eastern Chipmunk
Raccoon tracks
Eastern Painted Turtle

Butterflies
Black Swallowtail
Cabbage White
Orange Sulphur
Eastern Tailed Blue
Monarch
**
Dragonflies
Common Green Darner
Wandering Glider
Black Saddlebags
Blue Dasher
Familiar Bluet ( probable)

Annual Dog Day Cicada http://www.cirrusimage.com/homoptera_cicada_T_canicularis.htm
Fiddler Crab

"Slow trekking at Bulls Island and Baldpate Mountain ", Hunterdon and Mercer counties, New Jersey Saturday, June 18th,

2011-06-19T07:51:00.005-04:00

Leader: Peter Dorosh

5 participants: Mary, Sandy, Donna, Dennis, Jerry

Locations: Orchard Road (Linvale), Bull's Island Rec Area, Baldpate Mountain , South Branch WMA

date = 2011/06/19

Black Vultures at Baldpate Mountain, photo taken by Sandy Paci

Pileated Woodpecker heard

Green Heron

Great Blue Heron

Turkey Vulture

Black Vulture

Wood Duck

Common Merganser 3 hen

Red-tailed Hawk

Rock Pigeon

Mourning Dove

Chimney Swift

Ruby-throated Hummingbird

Belted Kingfisher

Red-bellied Woodpecker

Northern Flicker

Willow/Alder Flycatcher (Traills' species)

Great Crested Flycatcher

Eastern Phoebe

Acadian Flycatcher

Eastern Kingbird

Eastern Wood Pewee

Warbling Vireo

Red-eyed Vireo

American Crow

Blue Jay

Tree Swallow

Cliff Swallow

Barn Swallow

Northern Rough-winged Swallow

Tufted Titmouse

White-breasted Nuthatch

Carolina Chickadee

House Wren

American Robin

Wood Thrush

Veery

Gray Catbird

Northern Mockingbird

Cedar Waxwing

Yellow Warbler

American Redstart

Ovenbird

Blue-winged Warbler

Prairie Warbler

Northern Parula

Hooded Warbler heard

Common Yellowthroat

Scarlet Tanager

Chipping Sparrow

Song Sparrow

Field Sparrow

Eastern Towhee

Northern Cardinal

Indigo Bunting

Bobolink

Red-winged Blackbird

Common Grackle

Eastern Meadowlark

Baltimore Oriole

Brown-headed Cowbird

American Goldfinch

House Sparrow and European Starling

63 species

Four Sparrow Marsh region June 11th

2011-06-16T12:26:00.001-04:00

Leader : Steve Nanz

Double-crested Cormorant

Snowy Egret

Black-crowned Night-Heron

Great Egret

Yellow-crowned Night-Heron

Great Blue Heron

Turkey Vulture

Canada Goose

Mute Swan

Mallard

Osprey

Killdeer

American Oystercatcher

Willet

Laughing Gull

Great Black-backed Gull

Black Skimmer

Herring Gull

Least Tern

Rock Pigeon

Mourning Dove

Chimney Swift

Willow Flycatcher

White-eyed Vireo - Heard

American Crow

Blue Jay

Tree Swallow

Barn Swallow

Marsh Wren

American Robin

Gray Catbird

Northern Mockingbird

European Starling

Cedar Waxwing

Yellow Warbler

Common Yellowthroat - Heard

Song Sparrow

Saltmarsh Sharp-tailed Sparrow

Eastern Towhee

Northern Cardinal

Boat-tailed Grackle

Red-winged Blackbird

Common Grackle

House Sparrow

Here's what I

from Plumb Beach:

Brant

Great Blue Heron

Great Egret

Snowy Egret

Black-crowned Night-Heron

Killdeer

American Oystercatcher

Laughing Gull

Herring Gull

Great Black-backed Gull

Least Tern

Black Skimmer

American Crow

Tree Swallow

Northern Mockingbird

Northern Cardinal

Red-winged Blackbird

Boat-tailed Grackle

and from 4 sparrow Marsh:

Mute Swan

Mallard

Double-crested Cormorant

Great Egret

Snowy Egret

Black-crowned Night-Heron

Yellow-crowned Night-Heron

Turkey Vulture

American Oystercatcher

Willet

Laughing Gull

Herring Gull

Great Black-backed Gull

Least Tern

Black Skimmer

Willow Flycatcher

Barn Swallow

Marsh Wren

Gray Catbird

Yellow Warbler

Saltmarsh Sparrow

Song Sparrow

Red-winged Blackbird

Common Grackle

House Sparrow

At Marine Park we added Osprey, Chimney Swift, Cedar Waxwing, and

White-eyed Vireo, possibly some others.

( part list supplied by Elliotte Rusty Harold)

Doodletown, Harriman State Park June 4th

2011-06-05T21:33:00.000-04:00

Leading : Tom Preston

The Brooklyn Bird Club trip to Doodletown, Iona Island, and Sterling Forest enjoyed comfortable weather, some nice birds and other wildlife and was, I think, enjoyed by all.

Highlights included many Cerulean and Hooded Warblers at Doodletown. Also there were Yellow-throated Vireos, Pileated Woodpecker, Worm-eating Warbler, and Louisiana Waterthrush was heard.

Jerry Layton and Paul Otto found some other interesting wildlife including various dragonflies such as Chalk-fronted Corporal, butterflies such as the spectacular Red-spotted Purple, and Red-spotted Newts in the reservoir. Jerry was not reluctant to lie full length in the vegetation to get photos of many of these, risking poison ivy, ticks and who knows what else.

Iona Island was rather quiet. A Black Vulture appeared with some Turkey Vultures, and a Killdeer hung out next to the rail tracks.

Earlier, some of us saw Raven and Black Vulture by the Bear Mountain Lodge.

At Sterling Forest, we searched unsuccessfully for an Acadian Flycatcher seen a few days ago near the Visitor Centre. We did locate a rather elusive Golden-Winged Warbler at Ironwood Road, singing occasionally, and briefly seen by a few of us. We had great views of a Prairie Warbler and heard a Black-billed Cuckoo, and Raven at Ironwood Road. Other birds at Sterling included 2 Green Herons, Wood Ducks and an Eastern Bluebird.

Participants: Paul Otto, Jerry Layton, Dennis Hrehowsik, Donna Evans, Vinny Falci, Annie, Dan Horgan, Bob O'Neill, Lynne Hertzog, Tom Preston (leader).

Birds:

Canada Goose

Mute Swan

Wood Duck - 2 at Long Meadow Rd, Sterling Forest

Great Blue Heron

Green Heron 2- at pond along Ironwood Rd, Sterling Forest

Black Vulture - over Iona Island and at Bear Mtn lodge

Turkey Vulture

Killdeer - Iona Island

Mourning Dove

Black-billed Cuckoo - heard at Sterling Forest (Ironwood)

Ruby-throated Hummingbird

Red-bellied Woodpecker

Downy Woodpecker

Northern Flicker

Pileated Woodpecker - Lemon Road, Doodletown. Seen by a couple of us, heard by many

Eastern Wood-Pewee

Eastern Phoebe

Great Crested Flycatcher - including great views along Long Meadow Rd

Yellow-throated Vireo - At least 2 near Doodletown reservoir/pond

Warbling Vireo

Red-eyed Vireo

Blue Jay

American Crow

Common Raven - Bear Mtn Lodge & Ironwood Rd

Barn Swallow

Black-capped Chickadee

Tufted Titmouse

White-breasted Nuthatch

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher

Eastern Bluebird

American Robin

Gray Catbird

Northern Mockingbird

European Starling

Cedar Waxwing

Blue-winged Warbler

Golden-winged Warbler - heard at Ironwood, and seen briefly by some of us

Northern Parula - off Lemon Rd

Yellow Warbler

Prairie Warbler - great views at Ironwood

Cerulean Warbler - 9 at Doodletown! A nice number. Quite good views.

Black-and-white Warbler

American Redstart

Worm-eating Warbler - Doodletown Rd

Louisiana Waterthrush - heard at start of Doodletown trail

Common Yellowthroat

Hooded Warbler - at least 6 at Doodletown great views, also heard along Ironwood Rd

Eastern Towhee

Chipping Sparrow

Song Sparrow

Scarlet Tanager

Northern Cardinal

Indigo Bunting - Iona Island & Sterling Forest, but none at Doodletown - until now, I always recorded them in season

Red-winged Blackbird

Common Grackle

Brown-headed Cowbird

Baltimore Oriole

House Finch

American Goldfinch

House Sparrow

- 60 species

Jamaica Bay Refuge May 29th

2011-05-30T12:09:00.000-04:00

Location: Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge

Observation date: 5/29/11

Number of species: 61

Leading : Peter Dorosh

30 Brant

x Canada Goose

x Mute Swan

2 Wood Duck

x Gadwall

x American Black Duck

x Mallard

2 Greater Scaup

1 Bufflehead

2 Red-breasted Merganser

80 Ruddy Duck

x Double-crested Cormorant

1 Great Blue Heron

x Great Egret

x Snowy Egret

1 Little Blue Heron

x Black-crowned Night-Heron

x Yellow-crowned Night-Heron

x Glossy Ibis

5 Osprey

x Black-bellied Plover

x Semipalmated Plover

x American Oystercatcher

x Willet

x Ruddy Turnstone

30 Red Knot

x Semipalmated Sandpiper

x Least Sandpiper

x White-rumped Sandpiper

2 Dunlin

x Laughing Gull

x Herring Gull

x Great Black-backed Gull

x Common Tern

x Forster's Tern

1 Rock Pigeon

x Mourning Dove

x Chimney Swift

x Willow Flycatcher

x Great Crested Flycatcher

x American Crow

x Tree Swallow

x Barn Swallow

x Carolina Wren

x House Wren

x Marsh Wren

x American Robin

x Gray Catbird

x Northern Mockingbird

x Brown Thrasher

x European Starling

1 Cedar Waxwing

x Yellow Warbler

x Common Yellowthroat

x Eastern Towhee

x Song Sparrow

x Northern Cardinal

x Red-winged Blackbird

x Boat-tailed Grackle

x Brown-headed Cowbird

x House Sparrow

Wildflowers: Yellow Goatsbeard, Kings Devil Hawkweed, Bird Foot Trefoil, Spiderwort, Hyssop Skullcap, Vipers Bugloss, Red Clover,

Nature of the Berkshires weekend May 20th-22nd

2011-05-24T18:18:00.009-04:00

http://tinyurl.com/BBCberkshires photo gallery (all photos credited to Sandy Paci)

Leader : Peter Dorosh

observers: Mary Eyster, Sandy Paci, Donna Evans, James Cooke

Locations: Western Massachusetts

Day one: Bartholomew's Cobble, Housatoninc River Valley WMA, Post Farm
Day two: Canoe Meadows Wildlife Sanctuary, Mount Greylock (summit /middle ), Greylock Glen
Day three: Richmond Marsh, Pleasant Valley Preserve, Lime Kiln Preserve

Mammals: Black Bear ( 3 half grown cubs),Woodchuck, Eastern Cottontail,Chipmunk,Red and Gray Squirrels
Reptiles/Amphibians; Ribbon Snake, Eastern Painted Turtle
Butterflies: Tiger Swallowtail, Pearl Crescent, Red Admiral, Cabbage White, Clouded Sulfur,Question Mark,Spring Azures,Meadow Frittilary

Bird List:

date = May 20-22

site = Berkshires Mountains region

observers = P.Dorosh, M.Eyster, S.Paci, D.Evans,J.Cooke

Pileated Woodpecker

Common Raven

Great Blue Heron

Turkey Vulture

Black Vulture

Blue-winged Teal

American Black Duck

Canada Goose

Wood Duck

Hooded Merganser

Mallard

Broad-winged Hawk

Red-shouldered Hawk

Bald Eagle

Red-tailed Hawk

American Kestrel

Ring-necked Pheasant

Spotted Sandpiper

Herring Gull

Rock Pigeon

Mourning Dove

Common Nighthawk

Chimney Swift

Ruby-throated Hummingbird

Downy Woodpecker

Hairy Woodpecker

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker

Red-bellied Woodpecker

Northern Flicker

Alder Flycatcher

Least Flycatcher

Great Crested Flycatcher

Eastern Phoebe

Eastern Wood-Pewee

Eastern Kingbird

Warbling Vireo

Red-eyed Vireo

American Crow

Blue Jay

Fish Crow

Bank Swallow

Tree Swallow

Barn Swallow

Northern Rough-winged Swallow

Black-capped Chickadee

White-breasted Nuthatch

Brown Creeper

House Wren

Marsh Wren

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher

American Robin

Eastern Bluebird

Wood Thrush

Veery

Gray Catbird

Brown Thrasher

European Starling

Cedar Waxwing

Yellow Warbler

American Redstart

Black-and-white Warbler

Ovenbird

Black-throated Green Warbler

Bay-breasted Warbler

Black-throated Blue Warbler

Common Yellowthroat

Chestnut-sided Warbler

Northern Parula

Magnolia Warbler

Yellow-rumped Warbler

Blackburnian Warbler

Wilson's Warbler

Scarlet Tanager

Swamp Sparrow

Chipping Sparrow

Song Sparrow

Dark-eyed Junco

Eastern Towhee

Rose-breasted Grosbeak

Northern Cardinal

Indigo Bunting

Baltimore Oriole

Bobolink

Red-winged Blackbird

Common Grackle

Brown-headed Cowbird

Purple Finch

American Goldfinch

House Sparrow

90 species

Prospect Park May 21st

2011-05-22T23:24:00.002-04:00

Leading : Keir Randall and Adam Welz

Location: Prospect Park BBC walk

Observation date: 5/21/11

Number of species: 46

Mute Swan X

Mallard X

Great Egret 1

Black-crowned Night-Heron 2

Turkey Vulture 1

Red-tailed Hawk 1

Rock Pigeon X

Mourning Dove X

Chimney Swift X

Red-bellied Woodpecker 3

Downy Woodpecker 1

Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 1

Empidonax sp. 1

Great Crested Flycatcher 1

Eastern Kingbird 2

Warbling Vireo X

Red-eyed Vireo X

Blue Jay X

crow sp. 1

Barn Swallow X

Tufted Titmouse 2

Carolina Wren 1

House Wren X

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 1

Wood Thrush 1

American Robin X

Gray Catbird X

European Starling X

Cedar Waxwing 1

Tennessee Warbler 1 (singing, Willow Oak, Aralia Grove)

Northern Parula X

Yellow Warbler 1

Magnolia Warbler 2

Black-throated Blue Warbler 1

Black-throated Green Warbler 1

Blackburnian Warbler 1 (Maryland Monument switchback trail)

Blackpoll Warbler X

American Redstart 2

Scarlet Tanager 1

Northern Cardinal X

Rose-breasted Grosbeak 1

Red-winged Blackbird X

Common Grackle X

Brown-headed Cowbird 1

Orchard Oriole 1

Baltimore Oriole X

American Goldfinch X

House Sparrow X

May 15th "A Common Border treble trio": Evergreen Cemetery, Highland Park, Ridgewood Reservoir

2011-05-15T21:25:00.000-04:00

Leading Peter Dorosh

Locations : Evergreen Cemetery, Highland Park, Jamaica Bay Refuge ( in subtitute for Ridgewood Reservoir due to poor land flight and wet weather)

54 species

date = 2011/05/15

site = Evergreen Cemetery, Highland Park, Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge (still a treble)

observers = 5 participants: Rusty H., Edith G, Julia W, Bob O, Dan H

Snowy Egret

Little Blue Heron

Black-crowned Night-Heron

Great Egret

Yellow-crowned Night-Heron

Glossy Ibis

Bufflehead

Gadwall

Canada Goose

Greater Scaup

Brant

Ruddy Duck

Mallard

Osprey

Clapper Rail

American Oystercatcher

Least Sandpiper

Willet

Laughing Gull

Great Black-backed Gull

Forster's Tern

Ring-billed Gull

Herring Gull

Rock Pigeon

Mourning Dove

Red-bellied Woodpecker

American Crow

Blue Jay

Fish Crow

Tree Swallow

Barn Swallow

Black-capped Chickadee

American Robin

Gray Catbird

Northern Mockingbird

European Starling

Cedar Waxwing

Yellow Warbler

Black-and-white Warbler

Blackpoll Warbler

Black-throated Green Warbler

Bay-breasted Warbler

Common Yellowthroat

Northern Parula

Northern Waterthrush

Chipping Sparrow

Northern Cardinal

Indigo Bunting

Boat-tailed Grackle

Red-winged Blackbird

House Sparrow

adds:

Mute Swan,
Song Sparrow,
Brown Thrasher
American Crow

May 14th 2011 Birdathon Saturday IMBD

2011-05-15T21:08:00.003-04:00

Special post : Final BBC team and overall species numbers for IMBD

Here are the final International Migratory Bird Day (IMBD) totals by team and overall species seen in Brooklyn and Queens locales for the Brooklyn Bird Club Birdathon:

"Youngerwingers" 108 Species (Bob Washburn, Donna Evans, Michael Yuan, Dennis Hrehowsik )

"Goldenwingers " team 107 species (Peter Dorosh, Mary Eyster, Tom Preston, Sandy Paci, Keir Randall )

The overall combined team total with 6 single observers reports was

129 (team )+ 6 (single) = 135 species for Brooklyn and Queens coverage.

Locations :Prospect Park, Greenwood Cemetery, Plumb Beach, Drier- Offerman Park, Jamaica Bay Refuge, Floyd Bennett Field for both teams.

A truly great day ! And congrats to the "Youngerwingers"

Again, based on these numbers, if you are pledging to support the NYS Young Birders Club, here is the link below ( I will be sending mine .50 cent a bird for 107 species)

http://nysyoungbirders.org/DonationForm.pdf

Many thanks again and till next year;s Birdathon event on May 12th.

--Kingsboider

"Youngerwingers" list: 108 Species

date = 2011/05/14
sites = Prospect Park, Greenwood Cemetery, Drier-Offerman Park, Plumb Beach, Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, Floyd Bennett Field

observers = Youngerwingers day tally
Pied-billed Grebe

Snowy Egret

Little Blue Heron

Black-crowned Night-Heron

Green Heron

Great Egret

Yellow-crowned Night-Heron

Glossy Ibis

Lesser Scaup

Bufflehead

American Black Duck

Canada Goose

Wood Duck

Red-breasted Merganser

Green-winged Teal

Brant

Ruddy Duck

Mute Swan

Mallard

Red-tailed Hawk

Osprey

Clapper Rail

Killdeer

Black-bellied Plover

Semipalmated Plover

American Oystercatcher

Semipalmated Sandpiper

Sanderling

Red Knot

American Woodcock

Least Sandpiper

Dunlin

Spotted Sandpiper

Willet

Pectoral Sandpiper

Red Knot

Ruddy Turnstone

Greater Yellowlegs

Laughing Gull

Great Black-backed Gull

Forster's Tern

Common Tern

Black Skimmer

Ring-billed Gull

Herring Gull

Least Tern

Rock Pigeon

Mourning Dove

Monk Parakeet

Great Horned Owl

Chimney Swift

Ruby-throated Hummingbird

Belted Kingfisher

Downy Woodpecker

Red-bellied Woodpecker

Northern Flicker

Eastern Kingbird

Warbling Vireo

Red-eyed Vireo

American Crow

Blue Jay

Fish Crow

Tree Swallow

Barn Swallow

Northern Rough-winged Swallow

Tufted Titmouse

Black-capped Chickadee

House Wren

Carolina Wren

Marsh Wren

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher

American Robin

Wood Thrush

Gray Catbird

Brown Thrasher

Northern Mockingbird

European Starling

Yellow Warbler

American Redstart

Black-and-white Warbler

Blackpoll Warbler

Ovenbird

Black-throated Green Warbler

Bay-breasted Warbler

Black-throated Blue Warbler

Common Yellowthroat

Chestnut-sided Warbler

Blue-winged Warbler

Northern Parula

Magnolia Warbler

Nashville Warbler

Northern Waterthrush

Yellow-rumped Warbler

Wilson's Warbler

Scarlet Tanager

Chipping Sparrow

White-throated Sparrow

Song Sparrow

Eastern Towhee

Rose-breasted Grosbeak

Northern Cardinal

Baltimore Oriole

Boat-tailed Grackle

Red-winged Blackbird

Orchard Oriole

Common Grackle

Brown-headed Cowbird

American Goldfinch

House Sparrow

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"Golden-wingers" List: 107 species

date = 2011/05/14
site = Prospect Park, Plumb Beach ,Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, Floyd Bennett Field

observers = "Golden-wingers"

Double-crested Cormorant

Snowy Egret

Black-crowned Night-Heron

Great Egret

Yellow-crowned Night-Heron

Glossy Ibis

Turkey Vulture

Lesser Scaup

Bufflehead

Gadwall

American Black Duck

Canada Goose

Wood Duck

Greater Scaup

Red-breasted Merganser

Brant

Ruddy Duck

Mute Swan

Mallard

Red-tailed Hawk

Osprey

Peregrine Falcon

Merlin

Clapper Rail

Black-bellied Plover

Semipalmated Plover

American Oystercatcher

Semipalmated Sandpiper

Sanderling

Least Sandpiper

Short-billed Dowitcher

Dunlin

Spotted Sandpiper

Willet

Laughing Gull

Great Black-backed Gull

Forster's Tern

Common Tern

Black Skimmer

Ring-billed Gull

Herring Gull

Least Tern

Rock Pigeon

Mourning Dove

Chimney Swift

Downy Woodpecker

Hairy Woodpecker

Red-bellied Woodpecker

Northern Flicker

Great Crested Flycatcher

Blue-headed Vireo

White-eyed Vireo

Warbling Vireo

Red-eyed Vireo

American Crow

Blue Jay

Fish Crow

Bank Swallow

Tree Swallow

Barn Swallow

Tufted Titmouse

Black-capped Chickadee

White-breasted Nuthatch

House Wren

Carolina Wren

Marsh Wren

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher

American Robin

Wood Thrush

Veery

Gray Catbird

Brown Thrasher

Northern Mockingbird

European Starling

Yellow Warbler

American Redstart

Black-and-white Warbler

Blackpoll Warbler

Ovenbird

Black-throated Green Warbler

Black-throated Blue Warbler

Common Yellowthroat

Cape May Warbler

Chestnut-sided Warbler

Yellow-breasted Chat

Northern Parula

Magnolia Warbler

Nashville Warbler

Hooded Warbler

Northern Waterthrush

Yellow-rumped Warbler

Blackburnian Warbler

Scarlet Tanager

Chipping Sparrow

Song Sparrow

Seaside Sparrow

Eastern Towhee

Rose-breasted Grosbeak

Northern Cardinal

Baltimore Oriole

Boat-tailed Grackle

Red-winged Blackbird

Orchard Oriole

Common Grackle

Brown-headed Cowbird

House Finch

American Goldfinch

House Sparrow

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Master List ( teams combined + 6 single observer sightings )

135 species

Pied-billed Grebe

Double-crested Cormorant

Snowy Egret

Little Blue Heron

Black-crowned Night-Heron

Green Heron

Great Egret

Yellow-crowned Night-Heron

Glossy Ibis

Turkey Vulture

Northern Shoveler

Lesser Scaup

Bufflehead

Gadwall

American Black Duck

Canada Goose

Wood Duck

Greater Scaup

Red-breasted Merganser

Green-winged Teal

Brant

Ruddy Duck

Mute Swan

Mallard

Red-tailed Hawk

Osprey

Peregrine Falcon

American Kestrel single observer

Merlin

Clapper Rail

Killdeer

Black-bellied Plover

Semipalmated Plover

American Oystercatcher

Semipalmated Sandpiper

Sanderling

Red Knot

American Woodcock

Least Sandpiper

Short-billed Dowitcher

Dunlin

Spotted Sandpiper

Willet

Pectoral Sandpiper

Ruddy Turnstone

Greater Yellowlegs

Laughing Gull

Great Black-backed Gull

Forster's Tern

Common Tern

Black Skimmer

Ring-billed Gull

Herring Gull

Least Tern

Rock Pigeon

Mourning Dove

Monk Parakeet

Great Horned Owl

Chimney Swift

Ruby-throated Hummingbird

Belted Kingfisher

Downy Woodpecker

Hairy Woodpecker

Red-bellied Woodpecker

Northern Flicker

Willow Flycatcher single observer

Great Crested Flycatcher

Eastern Kingbird

Blue-headed Vireo

White-eyed Vireo

Warbling Vireo

Red-eyed Vireo

American Crow

Blue Jay

Fish Crow

Bank Swallow

Tree Swallow

Cliff Swallow single observer

Barn Swallow

Northern Rough-winged Swallow

Tufted Titmouse

Black-capped Chickadee

White-breasted Nuthatch

House Wren

Carolina Wren

Marsh Wren

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher

American Robin

Wood Thrush

Veery

Gray Catbird

Brown Thrasher

Northern Mockingbird

European Starling

Worm-eating Warbler single observer

Yellow Warbler

Tennessee Warbler single observer

American Redstart

Black-and-white Warbler

Blackpoll Warbler

Ovenbird

Canada Warbler single observer

Black-throated Green Warbler

Bay-breasted Warbler

Black-throated Blue Warbler

Common Yellowthroat

Cape May Warbler

Chestnut-sided Warbler

Yellow-breasted Chat

Blue-winged Warbler

Northern Parula

Magnolia Warbler

Nashville Warbler

Hooded Warbler

Northern Waterthrush

Yellow-rumped Warbler

Blackburnian Warbler

Wilson's Warbler

Scarlet Tanager

Chipping Sparrow

White-throated Sparrow

Song Sparrow

Seaside Sparrow

Eastern Towhee

Rose-breasted Grosbeak

Northern Cardinal

Baltimore Oriole

Boat-tailed Grackle

Red-winged Blackbird

Orchard Oriole

Common Grackle

Brown-headed Cowbird

House Finch

American Goldfinch

House Sparrow

May 12th Thursday walk series

2011-05-15T20:21:00.000-04:00

Leader: Nancy Tim

Results of the Thursday BBC Walk series.

Hi Peter,

Here is the list for today's tour. It was a nice group between 15-20 people.

Green Heron

Black-crowned Night Heron

Mute Swan

Canada Goose

Mallard

Red-tailed Hawk

Spotted Sandpiper

Herring Gull

Rock Dove

Mourning dove

Chimney Swift

Ruby-throated Hummingbird

Red-bellied Woodpecker

Downy Woodpecker

Eastern Kingbird

Tree Swallow

Barn Swallow

Blue Jay

House wren

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher

Veery

Wood Thrush

Amer. Robin

Gray Catbird

Euro. Starling

Yellow-throated Vireo

Warbling vireo

Northern Parula

Yellow Warbler

Chestnut-sided Warbler

Magnolia Warbler

Cape May Warbler

Black-throated Blue Warbler

Yellow-rumped Warbler

Black and white Warbler

Amer. Redstart Warbler

Ovenbird

Northern Waterthrush

Common Yellow-throat Warbler

Scarlet Tanager

Northern Cardinal

Rose-breasted Grosbeak

White-throated Sparrow

Red-winged Blackbird

Common Grackle

Northern Oriole

Amer. goldfinch

House sparrow

Prospect May 10th Tuesday series

2011-05-10T18:14:00.002-04:00

Results of Rob Bate's Tuesday BBC walk which witnessed the continuing Termite hatch out on a lesser scale above the Wellhouse near the Maryland Monument.

From Rob:

10 or so of us showed up for the Tuesday walk from Bartell-Pritchard. Highlight of the day was a minor recurrence of the hatch out on Sunday. We had excellent looks at Chestnut-sided Warblers, Redstarts, Parulas, Magnolias, Common Yellowthroats and of course Yellow-rumps. 15 species of warblers.

Number of species: 50

Canada Goose 3

Mute Swan 1

Wood Duck 2

Mallard 4

Green Heron 2

Herring Gull 2

Rock Pigeon 5

Mourning Dove 4

Chimney Swift 11

Red-bellied Woodpecker 2

Downy Woodpecker 2

Eastern Kingbird 2

Warbling Vireo 4

Blue Jay 1

Northern Rough-winged Swallow 3

Tree Swallow 1

Barn Swallow 10

Black-capped Chickadee 3

Tufted Titmouse 1

House Wren 3

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 3

Veery 1

Wood Thrush 1

American Robin 35

Gray Catbird 25

European Starling 25

Cedar Waxwing 2

Nashville Warbler 1

Northern Parula 4

Yellow Warbler 2

Chestnut-sided Warbler 3

Magnolia Warbler 2

Cape May Warbler 1

Black-throated Blue Warbler 4

Yellow-rumped Warbler 6

Black-throated Green Warbler 1

Blackpoll Warbler 1

Black-and-white Warbler 2

American Redstart 4

Ovenbird 3

Northern Waterthrush 1

Common Yellowthroat 8

Song Sparrow 1

White-throated Sparrow 3

Northern Cardinal 3

Rose-breasted Grosbeak 2

Red-winged Blackbird 6

Common Grackle 10

Baltimore Oriole 5

House Sparrow 10

Owls head Park May 8th

2011-05-08T22:24:00.001-04:00

Leader : Paul Keim

list provided by Rusty Harold:

Here's what I have from this morning at owl's head:

2 Double-crested Cormorant

x Laughing Gull

x Ring-billed Gull

1 Herring Gull

x Great Black-backed Gull

x Rock Pigeon

x Mourning Dove

1 Black-billed Cuckoo

1 Chimney Swift

1 Red-bellied Woodpecker

x Downy Woodpecker

x Northern Flicker

1 Great Crested Flycatcher

x Warbling Vireo

x Blue Jay

x Fish Crow

x Barn Swallow

1 Red-breasted Nuthatch

1 Carolina Wren

1 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher

x American Robin

x Gray Catbird

x Northern Mockingbird

x European Starling

x Nashville Warbler

x Northern Parula

x Yellow Warbler

x Black-throated Blue Warbler

x Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)

x Black-and-white Warbler

2 Chipping Sparrow

x Scarlet Tanager

x Northern Cardinal

3 Rose-breasted Grosbeak

1 Bobolink

x Common Grackle

x Baltimore Oriole

x House Finch

x American Goldfinch

x House Sparrow

Prospect Park May 7th

2011-05-07T21:12:00.004-04:00

Leader : Paul Sweet

List submitted courtesy of Tom Stephenson

Hi Peter,

Great walk today with Paul leading and about 20+ people. I mentioned to Paul I'd send a list and it includes a few things a "tail" of the group saw after the main group dispersed.

Very birdy, as you know, with lots of great warblers. We had 20 species including at least 4 Cape May, 3 Blackburnian, at least 2 Tennessee and a brilliant Canada. We also had Least Flycatcher (FOY?) (it vocalized after you left confirming our ID) and many other birds. Here's the list:

Best regards,

Tom

Pied-billed Grebe

Double-crested Cormorant

Black-crowned Night-Heron

Canada Goose

Mute Swan

Mallard

Ruddy Duck

Red-tailed Hawk

Spotted Sandpiper at least 3

Ring-billed Gull

Herring Gull

Rock Dove

Mourning Dove

Chimney Swift

Ruby-throated Hummingbird

Red-bellied Woodpecker

Downy Woodpecker

Northern Flicker

Least Flycatcher 1 on Lookout

Great Crested Flycatcher

Eastern Kingbird

Blue-headed Vireo

Warbling Vireo

Red-eyed Vireo

Blue Jay

Tree Swallow

Northern Rough-winged Swallow

Barn Swallow

Black-capped Chickadee

Tufted Titmouse

Red-breasted Nuthatch 1 Donegan Oak

White-breasted Nuthatch

Carolina Wren

House Wren

Ruby-crowned Kinglet

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher

Veery

Hermit Thrush

Wood Thrush

American Robin

Gray Catbird

European Starling

Tennessee Warbler

Nashville Warbler

Northern Parula

Yellow Warbler

Chestnut-sided Warbler

Magnolia Warbler

Cape May Warbler at least 5

Black-throated Blue Warbler

Yellow-rumped Warbler

Black-throated Green Warbler

Blackburnian Warbler at least 3

Prairie Warbler at least 2

Blackpoll Warbler

Black-and-white Warbler

American Redstart

Worm-eating Warbler

Ovenbird

Northern Waterthrush at least 4

Common Yellowthroat

Canada Warbler

Scarlet Tanager

Eastern Towhee

Chipping Sparrow

Song Sparrow

White-throated Sparrow

Northern Cardinal

Rose-breasted Grosbeak

Indigo Bunting

Red-winged Blackbird

Common Grackle

Brown-headed Cowbird

Orchard Oriole

Baltimore Oriole

American Goldfinch

House Sparrow

May 5th Prospect Thursday walk spring series

2011-05-05T23:12:00.004-04:00

BBC Thursday walk

Leader: Tom Stephenson

05 May 2011

Hi Peter,

It turned out my meeting was delayed until the afternoon so I was able to attend part of the walk today. Ed co-led and then took over after I left and he may have sent you a list.

We had about 20 people for the walk, and it was definitely birdy in most of the park.

Here's what we saw when I was there plus a WOEWA and WHCRSP Ed had on his way to meeting place. Highlights, maybe Cape May Warbler at MD Mon, Indigo Bunting on path just L from monument. 17 species of warblers including early Blackpoll.

See you in the park.

Best regards,

Tom

Double-crested Cormorant

Great Egret

Green Heron

Canada Goose

Mute Swan

Mallard

Red-tailed Hawk

Solitary Sandpiper Rafael had this flying over

Spotted Sandpiper

Herring Gull

Rock Dove

Mourning Dove

Chimney Swift

Ruby-throated Hummingbird

Red-bellied Woodpecker

Downy Woodpecker

Northern Flicker

Eastern Kingbird

Blue-headed Vireo

Warbling Vireo

Blue Jay

Tree Swallow

Northern Rough-winged Swallow

Bank Swallow

Black-capped Chickadee

Tufted Titmouse

White-breasted Nuthatch

Carolina Wren

House Wren

Ruby-crowned Kinglet

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher

Veery

Swainson's Thrush

Hermit Thrush

Wood Thrush

American Robin

Gray Catbird

European Starling

Nashville Warbler

Northern Parula

Yellow Warbler

Chestnut-sided Warbler

Magnolia Warbler

Cape May Warbler

Black-throated Blue Warbler

Yellow-rumped Warbler

Black-throated Green Warbler

Prairie Warbler

Blackpoll Warbler

Black-and-white Warbler

American Redstart

Worm-eating Warbler

Ovenbird

Northern Waterthrush

Common Yellowthroat

Scarlet Tanager

Eastern Towhee

Chipping Sparrow

Savannah Sparrow

Song Sparrow

Swamp Sparrow

White-throated Sparrow

White-crowned Sparrow

Northern Cardinal

Rose-breasted Grosbeak

Indigo Bunting

Red-winged Blackbird

Common Grackle

Brown-headed Cowbird

Baltimore Oriole

American Goldfinch

House Sparrow

May 1st Central Park

2011-05-04T07:38:00.000-04:00

Leader : Sandy Paci

BBC Central Park walk - Sunday May 1, 2011

7:30AM - 12:30PM

Route: 103rd St & CPW, The Pool, Great Hill, Blockhouse, North Woods ridge trail, the Loch, Wildflower Meadow, Harlem Meer, Nutter's Battery, Conservatory Gardens

(bus to Fifth & 79th) brief search in vain for the Varied Thrush north of 79th St. transverse (we heard it had been seen in the morning), then Turtle Pond, Humming Tombstone, Upper Lobe, Strawberry Fields.

Double-crested Cormorant

Black Crowned Night Heron

Canada Goose

Mallard

Rock Dove

Mourning Dove

Chimney Swift

Red-bellied Woodpecker

Downy Woodpecker

Northern Flicker

Eastern Kingbird

Blue-headed Vireo

Warbling Vireo

Blue Jay

American Crow

Tree Swallow

Northern Rough-winged Swallow

Barn Swallow

Tufted Titmouse

Carolina Wren

House Wren

Veery

Hermit Thrush

Swainson's Thrush (early)

American Robin

Gray Catbird

European Starling

Nashville Warbler

Northern Parula

Yellow Warbler

Magnolia Warbler (early)

Black-throated Blue Warbler

Yellow-rumped Warbler

Black-throated Green Warbler

Palm Warbler

Bay Breasted Warbler (No. Woods ridge trail)

Black-and-white Warbler

American Redstart

Ovenbird

Northern Waterthrush

Louisiana Waterthrush (late)

Common Yellowthroat

Scarlet Tanager

Indigo Bunting

Eastern Towhee

Song Sparrow

White-throated Sparrow

Northern Cardinal

Red-winged Blackbird

Common Grackle

Brown-headed Cowbird

American Goldfinch

House Sparrow

April 30th Prospect

2011-05-01T19:18:00.000-04:00

From Tom Stephenson ,leading the BBC walk.

Hi Peter,

We had a good group today of over 30 avid birders, most birding until after noon, some until 2:30 or so.

It was a bit "lumpy" with slow spots and hot spots. Overall we had 82 species including 19 species of warblers and 4 species of vireo.

We missed the Bobolink and nightjar, but did get Marsh Wren, Least Sandpiper and 5 Common Loon flying over just before 7am.

Let me know if you'd like any more information on any of these.

Best regards,

Tom

Double-crested Cormorant
Common Loon group of 2, group of 3 c7am over GAP
Green Heron
Canada Goose
Mute Swan
Mallard
Ruddy Duck
Red-tailed Hawk
Least Sandpiper by lakeside pen meadow side
Laughing Gull
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Rock Dove
Mourning Dove
Chimney Swift
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Belted Kingfisher
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Eastern Kingbird
Yellow-throated Vireo in ravine
Blue-headed Vireo
Warbling Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
Blue Jay
American Crow
Tree Swallow
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Bank Swallow 1 on lake
Barn Swallow
Black-capped Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
White-breasted Nuthatch
Brown Creeper
Carolina Wren
House Wren
Marsh Wren Peninsula thumb phragmites
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Veery
Wood Thrush
American Robin
Gray Catbird
Brown Thrasher
European Starling
Blue-winged Warbler
Nashville Warbler several
Northern Parula
Yellow Warbler
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Blackburnian Warbler in 2 locations
Prairie Warbler
Palm Warbler
Black-and-white Warbler
American Redstart
Worm-eating Warbler
Ovenbird
Northern Waterthrush
Louisiana Waterthrush late
Common Yellowthroat
Canada Warbler
Scarlet Tanager
Eastern Towhee
Chipping Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Northern Cardinal
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Red-winged Blackbird
Common Grackle
Brown-headed Cowbird
Orchard Oriole
Baltimore Oriole
House Finch
American Goldfinch
House Sparrow

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April 28th Prospect Thursdays walk

2011-04-29T23:32:00.002-04:00

Leader: Tom Stephenson:

A group of 20 brave souls defied the ominous weather report and spent about 2 1/2 hours birding the park before the thunder and rain started.

And actually, after the first storm wave passed, a few truly hardy folk (Mike, Bob, Eddie and Anita) continued on for a bit, adding some more species.

All in all fairly slow, (only 9 species of warblers) but with a few good birds including the lingering Prothonotary at the mulch location.

Here's the list.

Best regards,

Tom

Double-crested Cormorant

Great Blue Heron

Green Heron

Canada Goose

Mute Swan

Mallard

Ruddy Duck

Osprey

Red-tailed Hawk

Solitary Sandpiper in the Vale pools!!

Laughing Gull

Ring-billed Gull

Herring Gull

Rock Dove

Mourning Dove

Chimney Swift

Ruby-throated Hummingbird also in the Vale

Red-bellied Woodpecker

Downy Woodpecker

Northern Flicker

Warbling Vireo

Blue Jay

Tree Swallow

Northern Rough-winged Swallow

Barn Swallow

Black-capped Chickadee

Tufted Titmouse

White-breasted Nuthatch

Ruby-crowned Kinglet

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher

Wood Thrush

American Robin

Gray Catbird

Brown Thrasher

European Starling

Nashville Warbler In the vale

Northern Parula

Yellow Warbler

Black-throated Blue Warbler

Yellow-rumped Warbler

Prairie Warbler singing on the peninsula

Palm Warbler

Black-and-white Warbler

Prothonotary Warbler

Eastern Towhee

Chipping Sparrow

Song Sparrow

Swamp Sparrow

White-throated Sparrow

Northern Cardinal

Rose-breasted Grosbeak

Red-winged Blackbird

Common Grackle

Brown-headed Cowbird

Orchard Oriole

Baltimore Oriole

American Goldfinch

House Sparrow

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April 23rd Prospect Park

2011-04-23T19:05:00.002-04:00

Rain--soft falling , hard rain, cold rain, chilling rain--you name it made it a challenging Brooklyn Bird Club walk that didn't reveal anything special but wet birds for sure.

With migration at a stall from the inclement weather, there's always a hope for a good bird driven down by bad weather. That wasn't the case today for 5 intrepid birders hoping for that good bird. But nevertheless, it was fun getting out there and anticipating good birds in this short migration season.

List:
Leader : Peter Dorosh

Party : Rob J, Heydi, Keir, Damian.

Location: Prospect Park

Observation date: 4/23/11

Number of species: 40

Canada Goose X

Mute Swan 5

Gadwall 2

Mallard X

Ruddy Duck 27

Double-crested Cormorant 2

Black-crowned Night-Heron 2

Laughing Gull 2

Herring Gull (American) X

Great Black-backed Gull 1

Rock Pigeon X

Chimney Swift 1

Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 2

Blue-headed Vireo 1

Blue Jay 1

Northern Rough-winged Swallow 1

Tree Swallow 10

Barn Swallow 14

Brown Creeper 1

House Wren X

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 1

Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1

Hermit Thrush 2

American Robin X

European Starling X

Yellow Warbler 1

Yellow-rumped Warbler 5

Pine Warbler 2

Palm Warbler 4

Black-and-white Warbler 1

Ovenbird 1

Northern Waterthrush 1

Chipping Sparrow 1

Swamp Sparrow 1

White-throated Sparrow 7

Northern Cardinal X

Red-winged Blackbird X

Common Grackle X

Brown-headed Cowbird 1

House Sparrow X

This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org)

April 16th Greenwood Cemetery

2011-04-16T19:15:00.000-04:00

Leader: Rob Jett

It was a tough day for birding. With winds gusting to 25mph the few birds we did see were flying sideways. In addition to the wind speed, the direction was also not very conducive to observing migrating raptors (not to mention the overcast sky). We did see two migrating Common Loons, one of which eventually turned around and headed back south. Anyway, despite low temperatures and high winds, people had a good time and we ended up seeing 36 species. One other highlight was watching a Common Yellowthroat foraging for insects along the inside vertical edge of the coping wall around Crescent Water.
Good birding,

Rob
Location: Green-Wood Cemetery

Observation date: 4/16/11

Notes: Brooklyn Bird Club trip.

Number of species: 36

Canada Goose

Common Loon (2.)

Double-crested Cormorant (2.)

Great Egret

Red-tailed Hawk

Ring-billed Gull

Great Black-backed Gull (2.)

Rock Pigeon

Mourning Dove

Monk Parakeet

Great Horned Owl

Red-bellied Woodpecker (2.)

Downy Woodpecker (2.)

Northern Flicker (20.)

Eastern Phoebe (4.)

Blue Jay

Red-breasted Nuthatch

White-breasted Nuthatch

Brown Creeper

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher

Golden-crowned Kinglet

American Robin

Northern Mockingbird

European Starling

Yellow-rumped Warbler (4.)

Pine Warbler (5.)

Palm Warbler (3.)

Common Yellowthroat

Eastern Towhee

Song Sparrow (5.)

White-throated Sparrow (3.)

Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored)

Northern Cardinal

Common Grackle (8.)

Brown-headed Cowbird (6.)

House Sparrow

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BBC Thursday Spring walk series April 14th

2011-04-14T16:42:00.001-04:00

Leading: Rob Bate

Great walk this morning with the Brooklyn Bird Club, we had about 15 people (I forgot to do an accurate head count.)

Highlight were the Yellow-throated Warbler, 7 species of warblers and Tom Stephenson spotted and identified a Red-throated Loon flying north over the top of the park as we crossed the Rose Garden area above the Vale of Cashmere.

Number of species: 52

Canada Goose 6

Mute Swan 2

Mallard 6

Ruddy Duck 10

Red-throated Loon 1 rare for Prospect

Double-crested Cormorant 17 Flyover formation

Great Blue Heron 3 Flyover formation

Great Egret 1 Flyover

Osprey 1 Flyover

Red-tailed Hawk 2

Rock Pigeon 5

Mourning Dove 3

Monk Parakeet 3

Belted Kingfisher 3

Red-bellied Woodpecker 4

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 4

Downy Woodpecker 2

Northern Flicker 9

Blue-headed Vireo 1

Blue Jay 3

Tree Swallow 1

Black-capped Chickadee 6

Tufted Titmouse 2

White-breasted Nuthatch 2

Brown Creeper 6 probably more

Carolina Wren 1

Winter Wren 1 singing too

Golden-crowned Kinglet 1

Ruby-crowned Kinglet 12

Hermit Thrush 10

American Robin 75

European Starling 20

Yellow-rumped Warbler 10

Yellow-throated Warbler 1 around Maryland Monument area

Pine Warbler 3

Palm Warbler 9

Black-and-white Warbler 1

Northern Waterthrush 1

Louisiana Waterthrush 1

Eastern Towhee 1

Chipping Sparrow 3

Song Sparrow 5

Swamp Sparrow 4

White-throated Sparrow 1

Dark-eyed Junco 7

Northern Cardinal 7

Red-winged Blackbird 7

Rusty Blackbird 1 heard only lower Lullwater

Common Grackle 8

Brown-headed Cowbird 5

American Goldfinch 1

House Sparrow 20

April 9th Westchester "Spring Beauties"

2011-04-10T22:43:00.005-04:00

Pileated Woodpecker at Rockefeller State Park, photo by Sandy Paci

Leader:
Peter Dorosh
date = 2011/04/09

Westchester
"Spring Beauties "

observers = BBC

Locations: Rockefeller State Park, Croton Point Preserve, Oscawana Preserve, Brinton Brook Sanctaury, Tarrytown Reservoir

List

Pileated Woodpecker Rockefeller State Park

Pied-billed Grebe

Double-crested Cormorant

Great Blue Heron

Eastern Bluebird at Croton Pt Preserve, photo by Sandy Paci

Turkey Vulture

Black Vulture 3

Bufflehead

Gadwall

American Black Duck

Canada Goose

Ring-necked Duck

Green-winged Teal

Common Merganser

Mute Swan

Mallard

Cooper's Hawk

Broad-winged Hawk

Red-tailed Hawk

Osprey

Northern Harrier

American Kestrel

Killdeer

Great Black-backed Gull

Ring-billed Gull

Rock Pigeon

Mourning Dove

Belted Kingfisher

Downy Woodpecker

Red-bellied Woodpecker

Northern Flicker

Eastern Phoebe

American Crow

Blue Jay

Fish Crow

Tree Swallow

Tufted Titmouse

Black-capped Chickadee

Red-breasted Nuthatch

White-breasted Nuthatch

Brown Creeper

Carolina Wren

American Robin

Eastern Bluebird

Hermit Thrush

Northern Mockingbird

European Starling

Pine Warbler

Yellow-rumped Warbler

White-throated Sparrow

Song Sparrow

Dark-eyed Junco

Northern Cardinal

Red-winged Blackbird

Common Grackle

Brown-headed Cowbird

House Finch

House Sparrow

59 species

Prospect Park April 3rd

2011-04-03T19:11:00.000-04:00

Leader : Gabriel Willow

April 3rd Prospect BBC walk list

Sent by Dennis H for Gabriel Willow's Prospect walk

Here is the list from gabriel's walk today. 30 total species by my
count. Highlights were nice views of tree sparrow on path down to
lullwater and red tail sitting on new nest near feeders.

Blue jay
Mourning dove
American Robin
House sparrow
Pigeon
Downy Woodpecker
Ring-billed gull
Black-capped Chickadee
Canada goose
White breasted nut hatch
Red bellied Woodpecker
Starling
American crow
Ruby crowned kinglet
White throat sparrow
Northern Cardinal
Dark-eyed Junco
Mallard
Tufted Titmouse
Eastern Phoebe
American Gold finch
Northern flicker
Song sparrow
Red tail hawk
Common Grackle
Fox sparrow
Tree swallow
Brown headed cowbird
House finch
American Tree sparrow

March 26th Staten Island

2011-03-27T19:24:00.000-04:00

Leader : Steve Nanz

date = 3/26/11

site = Goethals Bridge Pond, River Rd., Mt. Loretto, Saw Mill Creek Marsh, Wolfes Pond, Great Kills

observers = Brooklyn Bird Club - Steve Nanz and 13 others

Pied-billed Grebe

Horned Grebe

Northern Gannet

Double-crested Cormorant

Great Cormorant

Black-crowned Night-Heron

Great Egret

Turkey Vulture

Northern Shoveler

Bufflehead

Gadwall

American Black Duck

Canada Goose

Ring-necked Duck

American Wigeon

Long-tailed Duck

Greater Scaup

Red-breasted Merganser

Green-winged Teal

Brant

Hooded Merganser

Mute Swan

Mallard

Cooper's Hawk

Red-tailed Hawk

Northern Harrier

Peregrine Falcon

Ring-necked Pheasant

Turkey

Killdeer

American Oystercatcher

Wilson's Snipe

Greater Yellowlegs

Great Black-backed Gull

Ring-billed Gull

Herring Gull

Rock Pigeon

Mourning Dove

Belted Kingfisher

Downy Woodpecker

Eastern Phoebe

Blue Jay

Fish Crow

Black-capped Chickadee

Carolina Wren

American Robin

Northern Mockingbird

European Starling

White-throated Sparrow

Song Sparrow

Northern Cardinal

Common Grackle

5 Deer seen at River Rd.

Wolf Spider at Wolfes Pond

March 13th Floyd Bennett "Green" March hike

2011-03-13T20:31:00.005-04:00

Leading :Peter Dorosh

During my theme trip Brooklyn Bird Club walk starting from Marine Park's Salt Marsh Nature Center , walking most of the way down Flatbush Ave to Four Sparrow Marsh Preserve and last Floyd Bennett Field, we encountered our first sign of spring with EASTERN PHOEBE in Four Sparrow Marsh , in this weed lot that is slated for future development if not opposed. Whimsically, the Phoebe first alighted on a discarded push cart , then unto a nearby shopping cart handle in the trash strewn field. Prior that,a TURKEY VULTURE passed over very low with good visibility of the red head very near us without need for binoculars.

Though our count was quite low on this gusty day which impacted bird activity , nevertheless, the report of 10 species duck and an exceptional sighting for our last bird species before calling it a day , a soaring COMMON RAVEN in a standstill position over Floyd Bennett's cricket field adjacent to Aviator Sports, at precisely 3:15 pm. The large corvid soared low enough , undeterred by the strong winds, over the cricket field which earlier had 33 HORNED LARKS and 2 KILLDEER..For fickle , unpredictable March, a really terrific wind burned day for us.
Peter
BBC

Location: Marine Park (Gerritsen Creek area)

Observation date: 3/13/11

Number of species: 24

Brant X

Canada Goose X

American Wigeon 6

American Black Duck X

Mallard X

Northern Shoveler X

Green-winged Teal (American) 3

Lesser Scaup 2

Bufflehead X

Hooded Merganser 2

Ruddy Duck 60

Pied-billed Grebe 2

Great Blue Heron 4

Ring-billed Gull X

Herring Gull (American) X

Great Black-backed Gull 2

Rock Pigeon X

Mourning Dove X

Monk Parakeet 2

European Starling X

Song Sparrow X

Red-winged Blackbird X

House Finch X

House Sparrow X

Location: Four Sparrow Marsh

Observation date: 3/13/11

Number of species: 3

Brant X

Turkey Vulture 1

Accipiter sp. 1

Eastern Phoebe 1

Location: Floyd Bennett Field

Observation date: 3/13/11

Number of species: 25

Brant X

Canada Goose X

Mute Swan X

Gadwall 15

American Wigeon 12

American Black Duck X

Mallard X

Greater/Lesser Scaup X

Bufflehead X

Red-breasted Merganser 90

Horned Grebe 1

Double-crested Cormorant 1

Great Cormorant 4

Great Blue Heron 1

Red-tailed Hawk 1

American Kestrel 1

Killdeer 2

Ring-billed Gull X

Herring Gull X

Common Raven 1

Horned Lark 33

American Robin X

European Starling X

Song Sparrow X

Northern Cardinal X

Red-winged Blackbird 45

White-throated Sparrow

Black-capped Chickadee

This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird

Prospect Park March 5th

2011-03-06T21:33:00.001-05:00

leader: Eddie Davis

Highlights included Pine Siskins at the feeders (think we had 4 at one point), one Ring-necked drake at the upper pool, and a Ruby-crowned Kinglet (found by Kathy) behind the Wellhouse. Many areas (Ravine, Midwood, and Peninsula) were especially quiet.

Here's a complete list:

Location: Prospect Park

Observation date: 3/5/11

Number of species: 32

Canada Goose X

Mute Swan 5

Mallard X

Northern Shoveler X

Ring-necked Duck 1

Ruddy Duck X

Red-tailed Hawk 1

Ring-billed Gull X

Herring Gull X

Rock Pigeon X

Mourning Dove 5

Red-bellied Woodpecker 2

Downy Woodpecker 3

Blue Jay 5

Black-capped Chickadee X

Tufted Titmouse 1

Red-breasted Nuthatch 1 (vale)

White-breasted Nuthatch 4

Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1 (wellhouse)

American Robin X

Northern Mockingbird 1

European Starling X

Fox Sparrow 5 (feeders, vale, and lullwater)

Song Sparrow 2

White-throated Sparrow X

Dark-eyed Junco X

Northern Cardinal 6

Red-winged Blackbird X

House Finch X (feeders)

Pine Siskin 4 (feeders)

American Goldfinch X

House Sparrow X

Winter Pines of our Local Area February 27th

2011-02-28T16:16:00.001-05:00

A gorgeous day for a walk focusing on those trees that keep their green throughout winter. For the walk, a tour of Prospect and Greenwood's pine trees and other conifers and surrounding perimeters yields 40 species for a 5+ mile walk. And in between ,a stop at the Oak Leaf Tavern on Fort Hamilton Parkway made it a nice fulfilling respite before Greenwood Cemetery.

9 participants
leading : Peter Dorosh

Location: Prospect Park

Observation date: 2/27/11

Number of species: 35

Canada Goose X

Mute Swan X

Wood Duck 1

American Black Duck X

Mallard X

Northern Shoveler X

Ruddy Duck 4

Sharp-shinned Hawk 2

Red-tailed Hawk X

American Coot X

Ring-billed Gull X

Herring Gull X

Rock Pigeon X

Mourning Dove X

Red-bellied Woodpecker 1

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 2

Downy Woodpecker X

Hairy Woodpecker 1

Blue Jay 2

Black-capped Chickadee X

Red-breasted Nuthatch 1

White-breasted Nuthatch X

Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1

American Robin X

Northern Mockingbird X

European Starling X

Song Sparrow X

White-throated Sparrow X

Dark-eyed Junco X

Northern Cardinal X

Red-winged Blackbird X

Common Grackle X

House Finch X

American Goldfinch X

House Sparrow X

Location: Green-Wood Cemetery

Observation date: 2/27/11

Number of species: 15

Hooded Merganser 2

Sharp-shinned Hawk 1

Red-tailed Hawk 1

Merlin 1

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1

Black-capped Chickadee X

White-breasted Nuthatch X

American Robin X

Northern Mockingbird X

European Starling X

Cedar Waxwing X

Fox Sparrow (Red) 1

Song Sparrow X

White-throated Sparrow X

Northern Cardinal X

This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org)

February 20th ( rescheduled Feb 5th) North Brooklyn Shorewalk

2011-02-21T17:02:00.003-05:00

Locations: Brooklyn Bridge Park, Red Hook, IKEA Erie Basin Park, Columbia St Pier

Leader Peter Dorosh
http://www.brooklynbridgeparknyc.org/

http://www.forgotten-ny.com/STREET%20SCENES/redhook/redhook.html

List submitted to Great Backyard Count website

Thank you for entering your observation in this year's Great Backyard Bird Count. Below is a report summarizing the bird checklist you submitted.

Here is the information you gave for this observation.

Location 11201, Brooklyn, Kings County, NY

Observation Date : FEB 20, 2011

Start Time: 9:15 AM

Total Birding Time: 6 hours 30 minutes

Party Size: 8

Skill: excellent

Weather: excellent

Snow Depth: Less than 2 in (5.1 cm)

Habitat(s):

urban

salt water

Number of Species: 19

All Reported: yes

Checklist:

Brant - 83

Canada Goose - 29

Gadwall - 56 Confirmed

American Wigeon - 3

American Black Duck - 33

Mallard - 4

Greater Scaup - 350

Bufflehead - 20

Red-breasted Merganser - 23

Ruddy Duck - 2

Double-crested Cormorant - 3

Cooper's Hawk - 1

Red-tailed Hawk - 2

Ring-billed Gull - 125

Herring Gull - 89

Great Black-backed Gull - 4

Rock Pigeon - 5

European Starling - 10

House Sparrow - 15

January 15th-16th,2011 : North Fork, Long Island overnight weekend

2011-01-18T15:38:00.010-05:00

Leader : Peter Dorosh

Participants: Mary, Patty, Tom, Joann,
Bob W, Donna, Bob O', & Lenore

Locations in order: Calverton Grasslands ( EPCAL), Jamestown feeders, Iron Pier Park , East Marion Causeway, Orient Point State Park, Narrow River Road , Silver Sands Peconic Bay; Sunday : Inlet Point County Park (NFAS), Arshamomaque Pond, Hortons Point, Goldsmith Inlet, Indian Neck Road, Cedar Beach, New Suffolk Road/Cutchouque Bay, Lake Marratooka, Riverhead River Park ( Peconic Estuary)

(thanks to Tom for the list)

66 species from Saturday and Sunday:

Dovekie--off Hortons Point

Mute Swan

Canada Goose

Snow Goose-1 EPCAL, 2 Lake Marratooka

Canvasback-Great Pond; Riverhead River park

Ring-necked Duck--Great Pond, Lake Marratooka

American Black Duck

Mallard

Greater Scaup--Peconic and Cutchogue Bays

Common Eider -east of Hortons Pt

Surf Scoter

White-winged Scoter

Black Scoter

Long-tailed Duck

Bufflehead

Common Goldeneye

Hooded Merganser-Riverhead River park

Red-breasted Merganser

Red-thiroated Loon

Common Loon

Pied-billed Grebe- 3 Riverhead River park

Horned Grebe

Double-crested Cormorant

Great Blue Heron

Northern Harrier

Sharp-shinned Hawk

Cooper's Hawk

Red-tailed Hawk

American Kestrel

Peregrine Falcon

Sanderling

Dunlin

Ring-billed Gull

Herring Gull

Glaucous Gull--Orient Pt Ferry lot

Great Black-backed Gull

Rock Pigeon

Mourning Dove

Belted Kingfisher

Red-bellied Woodpecker

Downy Woodpecker

Hairy Woodpecker--NFAS

Northern Flicker--Orient Pt SP (OPTSP)

Blue Jay

American Crow

Black-capped Chickadee

Tufted Titmouse

Red-breasted Nuthatch-OPTSP

White-breasted Nuthatch

Carolina Wren

American Robin

Northern Mockingbird

European Starling

American Pipit-1 Iron Pier Park;1 Goldsmith Inlet

American Tree Sparrow--Jamesport feeders; 3 OPTSP feeders

Savannah Sparrow-OPTSP feeders

Fox Sparrow

Song Sparrow

White-throated Sparrow

White-crowned Sparrow-3 Narrow River road boat launch; 1 feeders east of EPCAL

Dark-eyed Junco

Snow Bunting--EPCAL & OPTSP

Rufous-sided Towhee--Jamesport feeders

Northern Cardinal

Common Grackle

Red-Winged Blackbird

American Goldfinch

House Finch

House Sparrow

Waterfowl count January 16th

2011-01-18T14:32:00.002-05:00

The Brooklyn Waterfowl count includes incidental sightings besides waterfowl. Below is one area covered by the Brooklyn Bird Club team of 4 skilled members covering the western Rockaway peninsula, Dead Horse Bay and Prospect Park. Greenwood Cemetery was skipped due to all ponds frozen.

Location: Breezy Point Tip

Observation date: 1/16/11

Number of species: 18

Brant X

American Black Duck X

Long-tailed Duck X

Red-breasted Merganser X

Common Loon X

Double-crested Cormorant X

Great Cormorant X

Ring-billed Gull X

Herring Gull X

Great Black-backed Gull X

Rock Pigeon X

American Crow X

European Starling X

American Pipit X

Yellow-rumped Warbler X

Song Sparrow X

Northern Cardinal X

House Sparrow X

Location: Fort Tilden

Observation date: 1/16/11

Number of species: 34

Brant X

Canada Goose X

Mute Swan X

American Black Duck X

White-winged Scoter X

Black Scoter X

Long-tailed Duck X

Bufflehead X

Red-breasted Merganser X

Red-throated Loon X

Common Loon X

Horned Grebe X

Red-tailed Hawk X

Sanderling X

Ring-billed Gull X

Herring Gull X

Great Black-backed Gull X

Rock Pigeon X

American Crow X

European Starling X

Yellow-rumped Warbler X

Song Sparrow X

White-throated Sparrow X

Northern Cardinal X

Brown-headed Cowbird X

House Sparrow X

Location: Dead Horse Bay

Observation date: 1/16/11

Number of species: 16

Brant X

Mute Swan X

American Black Duck X

Mallard X

Redhead X

Greater Scaup X

Bufflehead X

Horned Grebe X

Northern Harrier X

Cooper's Hawk X

Red-tailed Hawk X

Rough-legged Hawk X

Black-bellied Plover X

Sanderling X

Northern Flicker X

House Sparrow X

Location: Prospect Park

Observation date: 1/16/11

Number of species: 6

Mute Swan: 6

Canada Goose: 39

Mallard: 205

Northern Shoveler: 68

Ruddy Duck: 1

American Coot: 13

Jones Beach January 9th

2011-01-10T21:24:00.003-05:00

Leader : Tom Preston

On the Brooklyn Bird Club Jones Beach trip, eight intrepid birders braved the cold temperatures and brisk winds at Jones Beach State Park and Point Lookout on Sunday morning. After lunch, we retreated inland to the calmer environments of Cammans Pond Park and Mill Pond Park.

Although land birds were few, we had an excellent variety of waterfowl.

Jones Beach West end was quiet, apart from the howling wind. There were 2 flocks of Snow Buntings totalling about 65, a few Horned Larks, 30 Black-bellied Plover at the nature center, and a seal seen from the Coast Guard station.

We moved to Field 6, East of the tower. Not many scoter, but close in there were 4 Surf and 1 White-winged. 7 Snow Geese flew over. Walking to Zak's Bay, a flock of c. 25 American Pipits flew in for a brief visit, and flew off again. The bay had Hooded Mergansers, many Red-breasted and another Surf Scoter (never saw scoters there before)

The highlight of the trip were probably the Harlequins at Point Lookout. There were 2 drakes and 1 duck at the westernmost pier, and 3 drakes and 2 ducks in the inlet. We got very close to the 5 in the inlet. The drakes were tussling, and we heard them vocalizing softly. Also at Pt Lookout were a female Common Eider, 3 nice Red-throated Loons in the scope together, c. 100 Bonaparte's Gulls, hundreds of Dunlin and Sanderling, many Horned Grebes, and a Peregrine chasing the shorebirds.

Cammans Pond Park had some nice birds. They include a pair of Pintail, and 9 roosting Black-crowned Night Herons.

At Mill Pond Park, there were a variety of ducks: Common and Hooded Mergansers, Greater Scaup, Ring-necked Duck, Green-winged Teal, American Wigeon, Black Duck, Mallard, Gadwall, Shoveler, Ruddy Duck, and a drake Redhead. A Pied-billed Grebe joined them. It was a productive way to end the day.

Participants: Lynne Herzog, Jennifer, Matthew Rymkiewicz, Bob Washburn, Michael Yuan, Bob O'Neill, Rusty Harold, Tom Preston (leader)

53 species:

Snow Goose

Brant

Canada Goose

Mute Swan

Gadwall

American Wigeon

American Black Duck

Mallard

Northern Shoveler

Northern Pintail

Green-winged Teal

Redhead

Ring-necked Duck

Greater Scaup

Common Eider

Harlequin Duck

Surf Scoter

White-winged Scoter

Long-tailed Duck

Bufflehead

Hooded Merganser

Common Merganser

Red-breasted Merganser

Ruddy Duck

Red-throated Loon

Common Loon

Pied-billed Grebe

Horned Grebe

Double-crested Cormorant

Great Blue Heron

Black-crowned Night-Heron

Northern Harrier

Peregrine Falcon

American Coot

Black-bellied Plover

Sanderling

Dunlin

Bonaparte's Gull

Ring-billed Gull

Herring Gull

Great Black-backed Gull

Rock Pigeon

Mourning Dove

American Crow

Horned Lark

Northern Mockingbird

European Starling

American Pipit

Yellow-rumped Warbler

Song Sparrow

Snow Bunting

American Goldfinch

House Sparrow

Rusty's photograph gallery -- http://tinyurl.com/6fpm7f6

New Years Day 2011 Prospect Park

2011-01-01T16:18:00.000-05:00

New Years Day 2011 Prospect Park

Traditionally, most birders would bird this New Years Day to get their personal year lists started. But in our case, for today's Brooklyn Bird Club Walk, it is a celebration of another start to an anticipatory year of birding, getting into the great outdoors watching and enjoying our feathered friends. Today's count thru slush , snow and careful walking, 31 species of birds were seen, the best moment observing a gorgeous COOPERS HAWK adult ( with red breast barring, dark cap, and orange eyes) perched first in the tall Tulip tree , then as it flew down, to a limb above water between Three Sisters Islands. Later , about 15 minutes later,we found a juvenile COOPERS HAWK, another pretty specimen at Duck Island. Regardless of the numbers of birds seen or whatever we saw, it was a sentimental yet good start under crisp yet mild winter conditions

Location: Prospect Park, Brooklyn Bird Club walk, 7 participants, Peter Dorosh lead
Observation date: 1/1/11

Number of species: 31

Canada Goose
Mute Swan 6

Mallard X

Northern Shoveler 160

Cooper's Hawk 2

Red-tailed Hawk 1

American Coot X

Ring-billed Gull X

Herring Gull (American) X

Great Black-backed Gull X

Rock Pigeon X

Mourning Dove X

Red-bellied Woodpecker 2

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1

Downy Woodpecker 2

Blue Jay 2

Black-capped Chickadee X

Tufted Titmouse 1

American Robin 16

Northern Mockingbird 1

European Starling X

Chipping Sparrow 1

Fox Sparrow (Red) 4

Song Sparrow X

Swamp Sparrow 2

White-throated Sparrow X

Dark-eyed Junco X

Northern Cardinal X

House Finch 18

American Goldfinch X

House Sparrow X

This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org)

111th Christmas Bird Count December 18th Kings County

2011-01-01T16:10:00.002-05:00

Brooklyn Christmas Bird Count 2010 total numbers

Attached is the overall Brooklyn numbers (JPEG scan) followed by the list for Prospect Park.

CLICK ON the Link after the Legend list. ( Thanks to Rob Jett for providing an improved scanned document much easier to read CBC species list )

Legend

NS = North Shore

PP = Prospect Park

GW=Greenwood Cemetery

OH= Owls Head

MP= Marine Park

FB=Floyd Bennett

BB= Bergen Beach

SC =Spring Creek

JB =Jamaica Bay

RP =Riis Park

BP=Breezy Point

Click on ------> http://tinyurl.com/36qs8pn

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Location: Prospect Park

Observation date: 12/18/10

Notes: CHRISTMAS BIRD COUNT, PART OF OVERALL KINGS COUNTY CBCNumber of species: 47

Canada Goose 333

Mute Swan 7

American Black Duck 1

Mallard 194

Northern Shoveler 408

Great Blue Heron 1

Sharp-shinned Hawk 3

Cooper's Hawk 2

Red-tailed Hawk 3

American Kestrel 1

Merlin 1

American Coot 31

Ring-billed Gull 985

Herring Gull (American) 75

Great Black-backed Gull 10

Rock Pigeon 166

Mourning Dove 31

Great Horned Owl 1

Red-bellied Woodpecker 9

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 4

Downy Woodpecker 6

Hairy Woodpecker 1

Blue Jay 9

American Crow 15

Black-capped Chickadee 34

Tufted Titmouse 11

Red-breasted Nuthatch 2

White-breasted Nuthatch 9

Brown Creeper 1

Carolina Wren 5

Golden-crowned Kinglet 1

Hermit Thrush 2

American Robin 42

Gray Catbird 1

Northern Mockingbird 4

European Starling 76

Fox Sparrow (Red) 7

Song Sparrow 6

Swamp Sparrow 3

White-throated Sparrow 114

Dark-eyed Junco 36

Northern Cardinal 36

Red-winged Blackbird 9

House Finch 12

Pine Siskin 4

American Goldfinch 27

House Sparrow 98

This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org/)

December 11th Coney Island Hike

2010-12-11T21:49:00.003-05:00

date = 2010/12/12

site = Coney Island

Leading Peter Dorosh

observers = Mary, Monica, Linda, Dennis, Lenore

Common Loon

Red-throated Loon

Horned Grebe

Double-crested Cormorant

Great Cormorant

Black-crowned Night-Heron

Lesser Scaup

Bufflehead

Gadwall

American Black Duck

Canada Goose

Black Scoter

American Wigeon

Long-tailed Duck

Greater Scaup

Red-breasted Merganser

Brant

Hooded Merganser

Ruddy Duck

Surf Scoter

Mute Swan

Mallard

Cooper's Hawk --perched on closed Shore Theater rooftop.

Red-tailed Hawk

Peregrine Falcon -3; 2 on historic Parachute Jimp

American Coot

Purple Sandpiper - 5 , on jetties

Great Black-backed Gull

Bonaparte's Gull

Black Skimmer 11 Coney Island Beach, late

Ring-billed Gull

Herring Gull

Rock Pigeon

Mourning Dove

American Crow

Hermit Thrush

Northern Mockingbird

European Starling

White-throated Sparrow

Song Sparrow

Baltimore Oriole Kaiser Park dunes, late

House Finch

Northern Cardinal

American Goldfinch

House Sparrow

45 Species

Other : Harbor Seal

December 5th Prospect Park

2010-12-11T21:44:00.001-05:00

Leading Eddie Davis

Seven Brooklyn dedicated Brooklyn birders decided to brave the near-freezing temperatures this morning and join me on a Prospect Park walk. We got most of the expected winter birds, plus a few nice surprises. Highlights included a Rusty Blackbird female at the Vale of Cashmere, both Kinglet species, a Purple Finch female at the feeders, and a surprising American Woodcock near the Lullwater arbor.

Location: Prospect Park

Observers: Eddie Davis with Dovid, Eni, Jess, Mike, Monica, Phil, and Sara

Observation date: 12/5/10

Number of species: 35

Canada Goose

Mute Swan

Mallard

Northern Shoveler

Ruddy Duck

Pied-billed Grebe 2 - upper pool and lower lullwater

Great Blue Heron 2 - upper pool and lullwater cove

Red-tailed Hawk

American Coot

American Woodcock 1 - lullwater path between arbor and boathouse—startled by the group, it flew across the path and landed close to us, offering great extended looks

Ring-billed Gull

Mourning Dove

Red-bellied Woodpecker 1 - lamppost 249

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1 - lamppost 249

Downy Woodpecker

Blue Jay

Black-capped Chickadee

Tufted Titmouse

Red-breasted Nuthatch 1 - feeders

White-breasted Nuthatch

Carolina Wren 2 - lookout hill slope

Golden-crowned Kinglet 1 - peninsula

Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1 - lamppost 249

Hermit Thrush 1 - lamppost 249

European Starling

Fox Sparrow 2 - lamppost 249

White-throated Sparrow

Dark-eyed Junco

Northern Cardinal

Red-winged Blackbird 1 - feeders

Rusty Blackbird 1 - vale of cashmere

Purple Finch 1 - feeders

House Finch 3 - feeders

American Goldfinch

House Sparrow

November 21st "Rockaway Expedition"

2010-11-22T18:30:00.004-05:00

Leader : Peter Dorosh

Photo gallery from Rusty Harold

http://picasaweb.google.com/erharold/TheRockaways?feat=email#slideshow/5542347799556165826

date = 2010/11/22

site = Rockaway Expedition

Locations :

Edgemere Park ( Rockaway Community Park), Bayswater Point State Park,
Arverne Beach,Riis Park, Fort Tilden

observers = 11

Number of Species = 64

Common Loon

Red-throated Loon

Northern Gannet

Double-crested Cormorant

Great Cormorant

Great Blue Heron

Cattle Egret - Floyd Bennett Field

Bufflehead

Gadwall

American Black Duck

Canada Goose

Common Eider 27 at Arverne

Black Scoter

American Wigeon

Wood Duck

White-winged Scoter

Brant

Hooded Merganser

Surf Scoter

Mallard

Cooper's Hawk

Red-tailed Hawk

Sharp-shinned Hawk

Northern Harrier

Peregrine Falcon

American Kestrel

Merlin

Semipalmated Plover

American Oystercatcher

Sanderling

Dunlin

Ruddy Turnstone

Greater Yellowlegs

Laughing Gull

Great Black-backed Gull

Bonaparte's Gull

Ring-billed Gull

Herring Gull

Rock Pigeon

Downy Woodpecker

Hairy Woodpecker

Northern Flicker

American Crow

Black-capped Chickadee

Carolina Wren heard

Hermit Thrush

Northern Mockingbird

European Starling

Yellow-rumped Warbler

White-throated Sparrow

Song Sparrow

Fox Sparrow

American Tree Sparrow

Dark-eyed Junco

Red-winged Blackbird

Eastern Meadowlark at least 10 Edgemere landfill

American Goldfinch

House Sparrow

European Starling

Northern Cardinal

Swamp Sparrow

House Finch

Golden-crowned Kinglet

American Robins

And one young Opossum.....(It didn't "fly" away)

November 14th Jamaica Bay Refuge

2010-11-16T18:00:00.000-05:00

Leader: Rafael Campos

JAMAICA BAY WR

DAY TRIP WITH

BROOKLYN BIRD CLUB

14 NOVEMBER 2010

COMPILED BY:

Rafael G. Campos R.

ticornis@yahoo.com

Brooklyn, NY

With great expectations, because of the nice temperatures for this part of the Fall (+60°F), I met Rusty Harold at Plaza Street West. A short drive to Jamaica Bay WR where we were going to meet the rest of the group: Nancy Goldner, Emily Goldstein, Phil Malek, and Kathy Toomey.

Our first stop, the East Pond. On the way to area called “The Raunt”, we stopped at Big John’s Pond, but beside three photographers, only 1 American Black Duck.

At “the Raunt”, we were surprised to see such big numbers of waterfowl species: Gadwall, Mallard, Blue-winged Teal (only Rusty), Ruddy Duck, Northern Shoveler, Hooded Merganser, Canada Goose, American Wigeon (see list at the end). Other species present in big numbers was the American Coot. A single Snow Goose was seen flying out towards the JFK airport grounds, but minutes later, a whole flock came by landed on the far end of the West Pond. Among this flock, one of the Geese, had this “yellow” neck band, with the black inscription as follows: KH40.

Also some raptors while we were approaching the East Pond, at least 2 Sharp-shinned Hawks, flew East. Later a noisy flock of American Crows, chased away another “Accipiter” hawk. A Northern Harrier flew by, and later on the West Pond we saw several individuals flying over the marshes.

On the way back from East Pond, another stop at Big John’s Pond, gave us the only views of 1 female Wood Duck. Also we saw here, Green-winged Teal.

The West Pond was loaded with “Scaups” (both species), among other species of waterfowl, like: Ruddy Duck, Mallard, Northern Shoveler, Ruddy Duck, Brant, Canada Goose.

Among the “Scaups”, was the big surprise, and perhaps the best bird this day trip, and two: Redhead.

It is a late for shorebirds in general, but we were lucky to see at least 6 indidividuals of Greater Yellowlegs.

The calm waters of the bay next to the West Pond were loaded with Brants, and Buffleheads, plus some Horned Grebes.

By midday, the winds started to increase, and we turned back towards the visitor’s center. The trip was over after our snacks were finished.

The species recorded:

Ducks, Geese : Anatidae

Snow Goose, Chen caerulescens

Brant, Branta bernicla

Canada Goose, Branta canadensis

Mute Swan, Cygnus olor

Wood Duck, Aix sponsa

Gadwall, Anas strepera

American Wigeon, Anas americana

American Black Duck, Anas rubripes

Mallard, Anas platyrhynchos

Blue-winged Teal, Anas discors

Northern Shoveler, Anas clypeata

Northern Pintail, Anas acuta

Green-winged Teal, Anas (crecca) carolinensis

Redhead, Aythya americana

Greater Scaup, Aythya marila

Lesser Scaup, Aythya affinis

Bufflehead, Bucephala albeola

Hooded Merganser, Lophodytes cucullatus

Red-breasted Merganser, Mergus serrator

Ruddy Duck, Oxyura jamaicensis

Grebes : Podicipedidae

Pied-billed Grebe, Podilymbus podiceps

Horned Grebe, Podiceps auritus

Cormorants : Phalacrocoracidae

Double-crested Cormorant, Phalacrocorax auritus

Egrets, Herons : Ardeidae

Great Blue Heron, Ardea herodias

Great Egret, Ardea alba

Snowy Egret, Egretta thula

Black-crowned Night-Heron, Nycticorax nycticorax

Hawks : Accipitridae

Northern Harrier, Circus cyaneus

Sharp-shinned Hawk, Accipiter striatus

Falcons : Falconidae

Merlin, Falco columbarius

Rails, Coots : Rallidae

American Coot, Fulica americana

Sandpipers : Scolopacidae

Greater Yellowlegs, Tringa melanoleuca

Gulls : Laridae

Ring-billed Gull, Larus delawarensis

American Herring Gull, Larus (argentatus) smithsonianus

Great Black-backed Gull, Larus marinus

Pigeons, Doves : Columbidae

Rock Pigeon, Columba livia

Kingfishers : Alcedinidae

Belted Kingfisher, Megaceryle alcyon

Woodpeckers : Picidae

Downy Woodpecker, Picoides pubescens

Northern Flicker, Colaptes auratus

Crows, Jays : Corvidae

American Crow, Corvus brachyrhynchos

Wrens : Troglodytidae

Carolina Wren, Thryothorus ludovicianus

Starlings : Sturnidae

European Starling, Sturnus vulgaris

Warblers : Parulidae

Yellow-rumped (Myrtle) Warbler, Dendroica coronata

Sparrows : Emberizidae

Song Sparrow, Melospiza melodia

White-throated Sparrow, Zonotrichia albicollis

Buntings, Grosbeaks : Cardinalidae

Northern Cardinal, Cardinalis cardinalis

Finches : Fringillidae

Purple Finch, Carpodacus purpureus

House Finch, Carpodacus mexicanus

American Goldfinch, Spinus tristis

Old World Sparrows : Passeridae

House Sparrow, Passer domesticus

Total species : 50

©Ticornis/RGCR-XII-2010.

October 30th Southwest Long Island Coast

2010-10-30T18:16:00.009-04:00

Photo taken by Steve Nanz, from the Theodore Roosevelt Nature Center trail

Leader : Steve Nanz

On the Brooklyn Bird Club trip to Jones beach Matthew Rymkiewicz and I found a Northern Shrike ( see note at bottom species is re-identified) on the east end of the Nature Boardwalk by the Theodore Roosevelt Nature Center at Parking Field #1. A little while later, Lynn Hertzog spotted a whale.

We went to Point Lookout after lunch. While parking in the Malibu Beach Parking Lot, we found a large flock of Dunlin and Black-bellied Plovers. There were a few Sanderlings mixed in along with a Red Knot and a Golden Plover.

Steve Nanz

64 species total.

Tern Sp.

Common Loon

Northern Gannet

Double-crested Cormorant

Great Egret

Great Blue Heron

American Black Duck

Canada Goose

Common Eider

Black Scoter

Red-breasted Merganser

Brant

Surf Scoter

Osprey

Sharp-shinned Hawk

Northern Harrier

Peregrine Falcon

American Kestrel

Merlin

American Golden-Plover

Killdeer

Black-bellied Plover

American Oystercatcher

Semipalmated Sandpiper

Sanderling

Red Knot

Dunlin

Laughing Gull

Great Black-backed Gull

Ring-billed Gull

Herring Gull

Rock Pigeon

Mourning Dove

Downy Woodpecker

Northern Flicker

Eastern Phoebe

Northern Shrike

American Crow

Blue Jay

Horned Lark

Tree Swallow

Black-capped Chickadee

Red-breasted Nuthatch

Ruby-crowned Kinglet

Golden-crowned Kinglet

American Robin

Hermit Thrush

Northern Mockingbird

European Starling

Yellow-rumped Warbler

Swamp Sparrow

Chipping Sparrow

White-throated Sparrow

Song Sparrow

White-crowned Sparrow

Dark-eyed Junco

Field Sparrow

Eastern Towhee heard

Northern Cardinal

Red-winged Blackbird

Brown-headed Cowbird

Pine Siskin

American Goldfinch

House Sparrow

Other species : Whale

Steve

Note: after much debate and weigh in by several experts the Shrike has been re-identified as LOGGERHEAD SHRIKE

see David Sibley's remarks on Birdingonthe.net

http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/FRID.html#1291296153

Coastal Brooklyn October 23rd

2010-10-23T21:47:00.004-04:00

Leader: Rob Jett

Subject: Birding Brooklyn's Coast
From: Rob Jett
Date: Sat, 23 Oct 2010 17:33:26 -0400

I led a trip for the Brooklyn Bird Club today

to several coastal areas  in Brooklyn. We started

the morning at Dreier-Offerman Park (Calvert  
Vaux)  and also birded Plum Beach, Dead Horse Bay

and Floyd Bennett Field. A strong NW wind early

in the day kept a lot of birds down, but  
we did manage a few nice highlights.

The first bird of the day was an extremely

cooperative Yellow-billed Cuckoo. We had just

parked the cars and were headed down the path

when Michael Yuan spotted the bird perched 3 feet

off the ground and only about 15 feet away. It allowed

ridiculously long, close looks before eventually

flying across the path and into more dense cover.

The main soccer fields were being blasted by cold

winds off the bay, but there was still a few Killdeer

and a Wilson's Snipe hunkered down in the  
grass. We didn't see a lot of sparrows, but

yellow-rumps were abundant and, on our way out, a

very brightly plumed Nashville Warbler foraged  
a short distance from where we had seen the cuckoo.

The target species at Plum Beach was Nelson's Sparrow,

of which we quickly found two.

Dead Horse Bay was pretty much a bust, with a

brief Osprey sighting being the only highlight.

It was noon by the time we got to Floyd Bennett, so

there wasn't much sparrow activity at the community

garden, just lots and lots of yellow-rumps. We did

spot one male Purple Finch. A single Cattle Egret  
remains on the main grasslands making this nearly

two weeks since it was first spotted. We watched it

drinking from a small puddle next to a NPS truck.

At the Return-a-Gift Pond there were several Green-winged  
Teal, three Wood Duck and a single Northern Pintail.

There was a lot of raptor activity all day, with

many Sharp-shinned Hawks seen at all locations.

Other raptor species observed were Osprey, Northern

Harrier, Cooper's Hawk, Red-tailed Hawk, American  
Kestrel, Merlin and Peregrine Falcon.

Observers: Alejandra Borunda, Eddie Davis,

Donna Evans, Rob Jett, Michael Johnson, Phil Malek,

Janet Schumacher, Bob Washburn, Michael Yuan

Good birding,

Rob

The City Birder Weblog
http://citybirder.blogspot.com

**********

Location: Dreier-Offerman Park
Observation date: 10/23/10
Number of species: 38

Brant
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Sharp-shinned Hawk (6.)
American Kestrel
Peregrine Falcon (2.)
Killdeer (3.)
Spotted Sandpiper
Wilson's Snipe
Great Black-backed Gull
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Northern Flicker
Eastern Phoebe
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Cedar Waxwing
Nashville Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Chipping Sparrow
Field Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Brown-headed Cowbird
American Goldfinch

Other common species seen (or heard):
Canada Goose, Mute Swan, American Black Duck, Herring Gull, Rock  
Pigeon, Mourning Dove, Blue Jay, American Robin, European Starling,  
Song Sparrow, Red-winged Blackbird, House Finch, House Sparrow

*********

Location: Plum Beach
Observation date: 10/23/10
Number of species: 26

Brant
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Egret
Black-crowned Night-Heron
Northern Harrier
Sharp-shinned Hawk (4.)
American Oystercatcher (4.)
Sanderling
Ring-billed Gull
Northern Flicker
Carolina Wren
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Northern Mockingbird
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Nelson's Sparrow (2.)

Other common species seen (or heard):
Canada Goose, Mallard, American Black Duck, Herring Gull, Rock Pigeon,  
American Crow, European Starling, Song Sparrow, Red-winged Blackbird,  
House Sparrow

*********

Location: Dead Horse Bay
Observation date: 10/23/10
Number of species: 21

Brant
Double-crested Cormorant
Osprey
Sharp-shinned Hawk (2.)
Laughing Gull
Ring-billed Gull
Northern Flicker
Eastern Phoebe
Black-capped Chickadee
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Swamp Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
American Goldfinch

Other common species seen (or heard):
Mallard, Herring Gull, Rock Pigeon, American Robin, European Starling,  
Song Sparrow

*********

Location: Floyd Bennett Field
Observation date: 10/23/10
Number of species: 43

Brant
Wood Duck (3.)
Northern Pintail
Green-winged Teal (14.)
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Cattle Egret
Northern Harrier
Sharp-shinned Hawk (4.)
Cooper's Hawk (2.)
Red-tailed Hawk
American Kestrel (2.)
Merlin
Black-bellied Plover (14.)
Belted Kingfisher
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Northern Flicker
Eastern Phoebe
Tree Swallow
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Northern Mockingbird
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Chipping Sparrow
Field Sparrow
Savannah Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow (3.)
Dark-eyed Junco
Purple Finch (1.)
American Goldfinch

Other common species seen (or heard):
Canada Goose, Mallard, Herring Gull, Rock Pigeon, Mourning Dove,  
American Crow, American Robin, European Starling, Song Sparrow, House  
Finch, House Sparrow

--

NYSbirds-L List Info:
http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME
http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES

October 3rd Fort Tilden

2010-10-07T07:23:00.000-04:00

Leading: Steve Nanz

date = 10/3/2010
site = Fort Tilden and Floyd Bennett
observers = Steve Nanz and 9 others

Double-crested Cormorant 
American Black Duck 
Canada Goose 
Red-tailed Hawk 
Osprey 
Sharp-shinned Hawk 
Peregrine Falcon 
American Kestrel 
Killdeer - (Heard)
Black-bellied Plover 
American Oystercatcher 
Sanderling 
Ruddy Turnstone 
Great Black-backed Gull 
Ring-billed Gull 
Herring Gull 
Rock Pigeon 
Mourning Dove 
Downy Woodpecker 
Northern Flicker 
Eastern Phoebe 
Blue-headed Vireo 
American Crow 
Blue Jay 
Tree Swallow 
Red-breasted Nuthatch 
White-breasted Nuthatch 
Brown Creeper 
Golden-crowned Kinglet 
American Robin 
Gray Catbird 
Northern Mockingbird 
European Starling 
Cedar Waxwing 
Blackpoll Warbler 
Black-throated Blue Warbler 
Palm Warbler 
Pine Warbler 
Yellow-rumped Warbler 
Chipping Sparrow 
White-throated Sparrow 
Savannah Sparrow 
Song Sparrow 
Dark-eyed Junco 
Northern Cardinal 
Common Grackle 
House Sparrow

Brown Snake (Storeria dekayi)

September 26th "Queens Tour"

2010-09-27T19:54:00.000-04:00

date = 09/26/2010

sites = Ridgewood Reservoir, Highland Park, Forest Park "waterhole",Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge,Fort Tilden,Riis Park

observers = BBC , leading Peter Dorosh

American White Pelican

Pied-billed Grebe

Great Cormorant

Snowy Egret

Little Blue Heron

Great Egret

Great Blue Heron

Glossy Ibis

Northern Shoveler

Blue-winged Teal

Gadwall

American Black Duck

Snow Goose

Canada Goose

American Wigeon

Wood Duck

Greater Scaup

Green-winged Teal

Ruddy Duck

Northern Pintail

Mute Swan

Mallard

Cooper's Hawk

Osprey

Northern Harrier

American Coot

Black-bellied Plover

American Oystercatcher

Red Knot

Short-billed Dowitcher

Long-billed Dowitcher

Lesser Yellowlegs

Greater Yellowlegs

Laughing Gull

Great Black-backed Gull

Forster's Tern

Ring-billed Gull

Herring Gull

Rock Pigeon

Mourning Dove

Belted Kingfisher

Downy Woodpecker

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker

Red-bellied Woodpecker

Northern Flicker

Empidonax Flycatcher

Eastern Phoebe

Blue-headed Vireo

Red-eyed Vireo

American Crow

Red-breasted Nuthatch

White-breasted Nuthatch

Brown Creeper

House Wren

Carolina Wren

Ruby-crowned Kinglet

Golden-crowned Kinglet

American Robin

Swainson's Thrush

Gray Catbird

Northern Mockingbird

European Starling

Cedar Waxwing

American Redstart

Black-and-white Warbler

Blackpoll Warbler

Ovenbird

Black-throated Blue Warbler

Common Yellowthroat

Cape May Warbler

Palm Warbler

Chestnut-sided Warbler

Northern Parula

Magnolia Warbler

Swamp Sparrow

White-throated Sparrow

Savannah Sparrow

Song Sparrow

Dark-eyed Junco

Clay-colored Sparrow

Eastern Towhee

Northern Cardinal

Boat-tailed Grackle

Red-winged Blackbird

Common Grackle

House Sparrow

86 species

Cape May weekend Sept 17th-19th , 2010

2010-09-20T18:56:00.008-04:00

Leading : Peter Dorosh

date = Sept 17th-19th , 2010

site = Cape May,NJ

observers = Brooklyn Bird Club

127 species

Brown Pelican 3 offshore 2 mile Unit Cape May NWR

Black-bellied Whistling Duck 4 Cape May Pt State Park pond

Pied-billed Grebe Cape May Meadows

Northern Gannet offshore Cape May Meadows

Double-crested Cormorant

Snowy Egret

Little Blue Heron

Black-crowned Night-Heron

Green Heron

Great Egret

Yellow-crowned Night-Heron Nummy Island

Great Blue Heron

Tricolored Heron Nummy Island

Glossy Ibis Cape May hawkwatch

Turkey Vulture common

Black Vulture several location inc Cape May hawkwatch

Northern Shoveler

Blue-winged Teal Cape May Point State Park, CM Meadows

Gadwall

American Black Duck

Canada Goose

American Wigeon Cape May Point State Park

Wood Duck Cape May Meadows

Green-winged Teal Cape May Meadows

Northern Pintail Cape May Point State Park

Mute Swan

Mallard

Cooper's Hawk

Broad-winged Hawk common over Cape May Point State Park hawkwatch

Red-shouldered Hawk Villas WMA

Bald Eagle at least 12, inc one battling an Osprey over CM Meadows

Red-tailed Hawk

Osprey common flyover

Sharp-shinned Hawk common flyover

Northern Harrier

Peregrine Falcon

American Kestrel common

Merlin

Sora 3 Cape May Meadows, view tower area

Killdeer

Black-bellied Plover Nummy Island

Semipalmated Plover

American Oystercatcher Nummy Island

Semipalmated Sandpiper

Marbled Godwit 3 near Nummy Island

Sanderling

American Woodcock Cape May Meadows

Least Sandpiper

Short-billed Dowitcher Cape May Point State Park Bunker Pond

Long-billed Dowitcher Cape May Point State Park Bunker Pond

Lesser Yellowlegs

Baird's Sandpiper Cape May Meadows

Solitary Sandpiper Cape May Point State Park

Pectoral Sandpiper Cape May Meadows

Ruddy Turnstone 2 Nummy Island

Greater Yellowlegs

Laughing Gull

Great Black-backed Gull

Caspian Tern 2 Mile Unit; Hereford Inlet; Nummy Island

Royal Tern- Cape May Meadows offshore

Forster's Tern Cape May ferry

Common Tern

Black Skimmer Cape May Meadows, flock

Ring-billed Gull

Herring Gull

Rock Pigeon

Mourning Dove

Ruby-throated Hummingbird

Belted Kingfisher

Downy Woodpecker

Red-bellied Woodpecker

Northern Flicker

Traill's Species Empidonax Flycatcher

Least Flycatcher

Eastern Kingbird

Blue-headed Vireo Higbee Beach WMA

Red-eyed Vireo

American Crow

Blue Jay

Fish Crow

Tree Swallow numerous, massive flux Saturday

Barn Swallow

Tufted Titmouse Villas WMA

Black-capped Chickadee

Red-breasted Nuthatch

White-breasted Nuthatch

House Wren

Carolina Wren

Marsh Wren CM Meadows

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher CM Pt SP

Ruby-crowned Kinglet CM Pt SP

American Robin

Eastern Bluebird Villas WMA

Gray Catbird

Brown Thrasher

Northern Mockingbird

European Starling

Cedar Waxwing

Prairie Warbler CM Pt SP

Yellow Warbler

American Redstart

Black-and-white Warbler

Black-throated Blue Warbler

Common Yellowthroat

Cape May Warbler Higbee WMA, ad female & drab immature

Palm Warbler CM Pt SP

Northern Parula

Magnolia Warbler

Pine Warbler Villas WMA

Northern Waterthrush Higbee WMA

Chipping Sparrow

Savannah Sparrow CM Meadows

Clay-colored Sparrow below hawkwatch, Cape May Pt State Park

Eastern Towhee heard 2 Mile Unit CM NWR

Northern Cardinal

Indigo Bunting Rea 's Farm

Blue Grosbeak 4 Rea 's Farm; 1 Villa WMA; several Cape Island

Baltimore Oriole

Bobolink Cape May Meadows

Red-winged Blackbird

Common Grackle

Brown-headed Cowbird

House Finch

American Goldfinch

House Sparrow

Butterflies (may be amended later): Monarch ( very abundant, major mass migration), Common Buckeye ( very common), Little Yellow (Cape May PT.State Park) , Clouded Sulphur, Cloudless Suplur, Gray Hairstreak, Red-banded Hairstreak,Red-spotted Purple, Tiger Swallowtail, Black Swallowtail,Cabbage White, American Lady,Summer Azure,Eastern Tailed Blue,Variegated Fritillary, Viceroy,Fiery Skipper,Pearl Crescent,Question Mark,Red Admiral , American Copper,Silver-spotted Skipper

Total (minimum) 22 species

Dragonflies ( pending)

Prospect Park September 11

2010-09-12T00:08:00.000-04:00

Leaders: Keir Randall, Rob Bate
Results of Brooklyn Bird Club Prospect walk

Results of Brooklyn Bird Club Prospect walk
leading: Keir Randall and Rob Bate

The BBC walk was a big group with lots of keen eyes.
Thanks to all for finding many good birds and to Rafael
who helped out Rob and I.All 3 Wilsonia was nice :)
Birds marked "pm" were mostly without the
group.
Around 3pm birds started bottlenecking/staging
at the Peninsula tip/ South lakeside - spectacular.
50 individual warblers on the Peninsula alone is
probably a conservative estimate as are all numbers
below.

Location: Prospect Park

Observation date: 9/11/10, 6.45am-7pm (!)

Number of species: 74

Canada Goose X

Mute Swan X

Wood Duck 4

American Black Duck 2

Mallard X

Northern Shoveler 4

Double-crested Cormorant 1

Green Heron 2

Black-crowned Night-Heron 2

Osprey 1 (Lake, pm)

Ring-billed Gull 1

Rock Pigeon X

Mourning Dove X

Chimney Swift X

Ruby-throated Hummingbird 1

Red-bellied Woodpecker 1

Downy Woodpecker 1

Hairy Woodpecker 1

Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 2

Olive-sided Flycatcher 1 (Lookout)

Eastern Wood-Pewee 4

Empidonax sp. 4 (inc probable Yellow-bellied,

Vale & Acadian, Esdale)

Eastern Phoebe 1 (Lullwater, pm)

Great Crested Flycatcher 2+

Blue-headed Vireo 1 (Nellie's Lawn)

Warbling Vireo 1 (heard)

Red-eyed Vireo X

Blue Jay X

American Crow 1

Black-capped Chickadee X

Tufted Titmouse 1

Red-breasted Nuthatch 2 (Nellie's Lawn/Lullwater)

White-breasted Nuthatch 1

Carolina Wren 2

House Wren 1 (Maryland Mon, pm)

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 1 (Duck Island, pm)

Veery 3+

Swainson's Thrush 2

American Robin X

Gray Catbird X

Northern Mockingbird X

European Starling X

Cedar Waxwing 1

Nashville Warbler 1 (woodchip path above

Maryland Monument, pm)

Northern Parula 2+

Yellow Warbler 4 (S. Lake shore, pm)

Chestnut-sided Warbler 3

Magnolia Warbler 30+

Black-throated Blue Warbler 3+

Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 1 (Peninsula, pm)

Black-throated Green Warbler 3+

Blackburnian Warbler 1 (Lullwater west, nr viewing

platform, thanks to Kathy & Emily)

Pine Warbler 2+ (Lullwater/Peninsula)

Prairie Warbler 1 (Lookout Butterfly Meadow am & late pm)

Bay-breasted Warbler 1+ (Lookout)

Blackpoll Warbler 3 (Lookout, Peninsula)

Black-and-white Warbler 10+

American Redstart 25+

Ovenbird 10+

Northern Waterthrush 6+

Common Yellowthroat 25+

Hooded Warbler 1 (path above Wellhouse, noon)

Wilson's Warbler 1+ (Nellie's Lawn am

and S. Lake shore pm)

Canada Warbler 3

Chipping Sparrow 2

Song Sparrow 2

Scarlet Tanager 1 (Lookout)

Northern Cardinal X

Rose-breasted Grosbeak 1 (Terrace Bridge, pm with RB)

Red-winged Blackbird X

Common Grackle X

Brown-headed Cowbird 1 (Longmeadow)

Purple Finch 1 (Lookout)

American Goldfinch X

House Sparrow X

This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org)

Prospect Thursday walk Sept 9th

2010-09-09T15:09:00.001-04:00

Results of Brooklyn Bird Club Thursday walk 7-10 am Leading Peter Dorosh

7 participants

date = 2010/09/09

site = Prospect Park

observers =

Rock Pigeon

Mourning Dove

Chimney Swift

Downy Woodpecker

Red-bellied Woodpecker

Northern Flicker

Great Crested Flycatcher

Eastern Wood-Pewee

Red-eyed Vireo about 10

Blue Jay 7

Black-capped Chickadee

House Wren

Carolina Wren

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher

American Robin

Wood Thrush "Golden Stairs" bet 16th St and 11th ave entrances

Veery 3

Gray Catbird

Northern Mockingbird

European Starling

Cedar Waxwing 2

American Redstart 4

Black-and-white Warbler Butterfly Meadow

Ovenbird 1 Golden Stairs;1 Lookout

Black-throated Blue Warbler Lookout Hill south

Chestnut-sided Warbler Lookout Hill south

Blue-winged Warbler Butterfly Meadow

Northern Parula Butterfly Meadow

Magnolia Warbler Butterfly Meadow

Pine Warbler Butterfly Meadow

Song Sparrow

Northern Cardinal

Baltimore Oriole 3

American Goldfinch Butterfly Meadow

House Sparrow

Prospect Park September 4th

2010-09-06T17:58:00.001-04:00

Leader : Peter Dorosh

Results of the Brooklyn Bird Club -Prospect

Location: Prospect Park
Observation date: 9/4/10
Number of species: 43

Canada Goose X

Mute Swan X

Wood Duck 3

Mallard X

Double-crested Cormorant 2

Green Heron 1

Black-crowned Night-Heron 1

Osprey 1

Cooper's Hawk 1

Rock Pigeon X

Mourning Dove X

Chimney Swift X

Downy Woodpecker 1

Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 3

Least Flycatcher 2

Empidonax sp. X

Eastern Phoebe 1

Great Crested Flycatcher 1

Eastern Kingbird 1

Warbling Vireo 2

Red-eyed Vireo 4

Blue Jay 1

Carolina Wren 1

Veery 5

American Robin X

Gray Catbird X

Northern Mockingbird X

European Starling X

Cedar Waxwing 3

Chestnut-sided Warbler 1

Magnolia Warbler 2

Cape May Warbler 1

Black-throated Blue Warbler 2

Pine Warbler 1

Black-and-white Warbler 1

American Redstart 4

Ovenbird 4

Common Yellowthroat 1

Northern Cardinal 2

Red-winged Blackbird X

Common Grackle X

Baltimore Oriole 1

American Goldfinch 1

House Sparrow X

This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org)

Shorebird Odyssey August 28th

2010-09-06T17:50:00.003-04:00

Leader: Peter Dorosh
+ 12 participants

Locations: Floyd Bennett Field, Jamaica Bay East and West Pond, Big Egg Marsh

88 species

American Black Duck

American Crow

American Kestrel

American Oystercatcher

American Redstart

American Robin

American White Pelican

Baird's Sandpiper

Barn Swallow

Belted Kingfisher

Black-bellied Plover

Black-crowned Night-Heron

Black-throated Blue Warbler

Blue-winged Teal

Boat-tailed Grackle

Bobolink

Brown Thrasher

Canada Goose

Carolina Wren

Cedar Waxwing

Chimney Swift

Common Moorhen

Common Nighthawk

Common Tern

Common Yellowthroat

Double-crested Cormorant

Eastern Kingbird

Eastern Phoebe

European Starling

Forster's Tern

Gadwall

Glossy Ibis

Gray Catbird

Great Black-backed Gull

Great Blue Heron

Great Egret

Great-crested Flycatcher

Greater Yellowlegs

Green Heron

Green-winged Teal

Herring Gull

House Finch

House Sparrow

Killdeer

Laughing Gull

Least Sandpiper

Lesser Yellowlegs

Magnolia Warbler

Mallard

Mourning Dove

Mute Swan

Northern Harrier

Northern Mockingbird

Northern Waterthrush

Osprey

Pectoral Sandpiper

Red-eyed Vireo

Red-winged Blackbird

Ring-billed Gull

Rock Pigeon

Ruddy Duck

Semipalmated Plover

Semipalmated Sandpiper

Short-billed Dowitcher

Snowy Egret

Spotted Sandpiper

Stilt Sandpiper

Tree Swallow

White-eyed Vireo

White-rumped Sandpiper

Willet

Wilson's Warbler

Canada Goose

Yellow Warbler

Yellow-bellied Flycatcher

Yellow-crowned Night-Heron

add-ons' (from Lenore's list)

Northern Shoveler,
Long-billed Dowitcher,
Least Tern,
Willow Flycatcher (heard),
Fish Crow,
Black & White Warbler,
Eastern Towhee(heard),
Song Sparrow,
Northern Cardinal,
Brown headed Cowbird,
American Goldfinch

Lists provide by courtesy of Lenore Swenson and Rusty Harold.

Some photos from Rusty's gallery

Floyd Bennett
http://picasaweb.google.com/erharold/FloydBennettFieldAShorebirdOdyssey?feat=email#

JBWR

http://picasaweb.google.com/erharold/JamaicaBayWildlifeRefugeAShorebirdOdyssey?feat=email#

Prospect Park Thursday walk September 2nd

2010-09-02T18:03:00.001-04:00

Leader: Tom Stephenson

Note: 11 warbler species.
Here's the list for the group.
regards,
Tom

Mute Swan
Wood Duck
Mallard
Red-tailed Hawk
Rock Dove
Mourning Dove
Chimney Swift
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Traill's sp
Great Crested Flycatcher
Eastern Kingbird
Warbling Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
Blue Jay
Black-capped Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
White-breasted Nuthatch
Carolina Wren
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Veery
American Robin
Gray Catbird
Northern Mockingbird
European Starling
Cedar Waxwing
Yellow Warbler
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Magnolia Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Pine Warbler
Black-and-white Warbler
American Redstart
Ovenbird
Northern Waterthrush
Common Yellowthroat
Canada Warbler
Song Sparrow
Northern Cardinal
Red-winged Blackbird
Common Grackle
Baltimore Oriole
American Goldfinch
House Sparrow

Prospect Park August 29th

2010-09-02T17:55:00.000-04:00

Leader : Tom Stephenson

Hi Peter,

We had a very good group today, 15 very patient people! The day started very slowly with very few birds. Even our initial tour of Lookout yielded very few warblers.

However persistence eventually paid off, as well as the skills of the participants, and we ended up with 16 species of warblers

and some other really good birds (like perched Common Nighthawk thanks to keen eye of Janet Schumacher)

I think the sound check for the concert drove the really good birds over to the lullwater....including Pine and Bay-breasted....

Here's the list with a few comments.

Best regards,

Tom

Green Heron

Black-crowned Night-Heron

Canada Goose

Mute Swan

Wood Duck

Mallard

Red-tailed Hawk

Rock Dove

Mourning Dove

Common Nighthawk Perched in a tree with great views, thanks to Janet Schumacher's great spotting

Chimney Swift

Belted Kingfisher

Red-bellied Woodpecker

Downy Woodpecker

Northern Flicker

Eastern Wood-Pewee

Traill's sp

Eastern Phoebe

Eastern Kingbird

Warbling Vireo

Red-eyed Vireo

Blue Jay

American Crow

Barn Swallow

Black-capped Chickadee

Tufted Titmouse

White-breasted Nuthatch

Carolina Wren

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher

Veery

American Robin

Gray Catbird

Northern Mockingbird

European Starling

Cedar Waxwing

Northern Parula

Yellow Warbler

Chestnut-sided Warbler

Magnolia Warbler

Cape May Warbler One fall male, fairly yellow, one pale fall female

Black-throated Blue Warbler

Black-throated Green Warbler

Blackburnian Warbler Thanks to great spotting by Yoni Rabino

Pine Warbler One bright male

Bay-breasted Warbler Fairly colorful bird, unfortunately not seen by everyone

Blackpoll Warbler 3 birds

Black-and-white Warbler

American Redstart

Ovenbird One on walk out

Northern Waterthrush

Common Yellowthroat

Song Sparrow

Northern Cardinal

Common Grackle

Baltimore Oriole

American Goldfinch

House Sparrow

August 8th Jamaica Bay Refuge

2010-08-08T21:40:00.002-04:00

Leader : Peter Dorosh

Location: Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge

Observation date: 8/8/10

Number of species: 57

Canada Goose X

Mute Swan X

Gadwall X

American Black Duck X

Mallard X

Northern Shoveler 2

Greater Scaup ( non breeding hen or transitional molt)

Double-crested Cormorant X

Great Blue Heron X

Great Egret X

Snowy Egret X

Little Blue Heron X

Black-crowned Night-Heron X

Yellow-crowned Night-Heron X

Glossy Ibis X

Osprey X

Black-bellied Plover X

Semipalmated Plover X

Killdeer X

American Oystercatcher X

Spotted Sandpiper X

Greater Yellowlegs X

Lesser Yellowlegs X

Hudsonian Godwit X

Semipalmated Sandpiper X

Least Sandpiper X

White-rumped Sandpiper X

Stilt Sandpiper X

Short-billed Dowitcher X

Wilson's Phalarope X

Laughing Gull X

Herring Gull X

Great Black-backed Gull X

Common Tern X

Forster's Tern X

Rock Pigeon X

Mourning Dove X

Eastern Wood-Pewee X

American Crow X

Fish Crow X

Tree Swallow X

Barn Swallow X

Carolina Wren X

American Robin X

Gray Catbird X

Northern Mockingbird X

Brown Thrasher X

European Starling X

Blue-winged Warbler 1

Yellow Warbler 1

American Redstart 1

Northern Waterthrush 2

Song Sparrow X

Northern Cardinal X

Red-winged Blackbird X

Common Grackle X

American White Pelican

This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org)

June 27th Ward Pound Ridge

2010-07-01T19:06:00.014-04:00

Leader: Jerry Layton

click on list for larger copy ( list compiler Lenore Swenson)

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Nature Photo galleries (click on link addresses)

photos by Sandy Paci http://tinyurl.com/39cmtdk

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photos by Rusty Harold

http://picasaweb.google.com/erharold/WardPoundRidge?feat=email#

addendum species

(likely) Tule Bluet and Lancet Clubtail dragonflies

June 19th: The Glassboro region (southwestern New Jersey)

2010-06-22T17:20:00.003-04:00

GLASSBORO WOODS/HAWKIN ROAD/BRIGHTVIEW FARM

Brooklyn Bird Club trip - 6/19/2010
List submitted by: Sandra Paci (leader)

1 Canada Goose Branta canadensis
2 Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
3 Double Crested Cormorant Phalacrocorax auritus
4 Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
5 Cooper's Hawk Accipiter cooperii
6 Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
7 Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo (from road)
8 Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
9 Rock Pigeon Columba livia
10 Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
11 Yellow Billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus (Glassboro WMA)
12 Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica
13 Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris
14 Red-bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus
15 Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
16 Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
17 Acadian Flycatcher Empidonax virescens (Glassboro WMA)
18 Great Crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus
19 White-eyed Vireo Vireo griseus (Glassboro WMA)
20 Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
21 Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata
22 American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
23 Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
24 Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
25 Carolina Chickadee Poecile carolinensis
26 Tufted Titmouse Baeolophus bicolor
27 Brown Creeper Certhia americana (Hawkin Rd)
28 White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis
29 Carolina Wren Thryothorus ludovicianus
30 House Wren Troglodytes aedon
31 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea (Glassboro WMA)
32 Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina
33 American Robin Turdus migratorius
34 Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
35 European Starling Sturnus vulgaris
36 Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
37 Yellow Warbler Dendroica petechia
38 Worm Eating Warbler Helmitheros vermivorus (Glassboro WMA; Hawkin Rd)
39 Prairie Warbler Dendroica discolor
40 Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla
41 Hooded Warbler Wilsonia citrina (Glassboro WMA)
42 Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea (Glassboro WMA; Hawkin Rd)
43 Eastern Towhee Pipilo erythrophthalmus
44 Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
45 Field Sparrow Spizella pusilla (Glassboro WMA; Brightview Farm)
46 Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum (Brightview Farm)
47 Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
48 Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis
49 Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea (Glassboro WMA)
50 Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
51 Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula
52 Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
53 American Goldfinch Carduelis tristis
54 House Sparrow Passer domesticus

Odonates and Butterflies list
Prepared by Suzanne Ortiz, trip participant

DAMSELFLIES

Ebony Jewelwing (Hawkin Rd) Calopteryx maculata
Violet Dancer (Hawkin Rd) Argia fumipennis violacea

DRAGONFLIES
Eastern Pondhawk (Glassboro WMA) Erythemis simplicicollis
Slaty Skimmer (Glassboro WMA) Libellula incesta
Blue Dasher (Glassboro WMA) Pachydiplax longipennis
Common Whitetail (Glassboro WMA) Plathemis lydia
Black Saddlebags (Glassboro WMA) Tramea lacerata

BUTTERFLIES

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail Papilio glaucus

Spicebush Swallowtail (Glassboro WMA) Papilio toilus

Cabbage White (Brightview Farm) Pieris rapae

Clouded Sulphur (Brightview Farm) Colias philodice

Orange Sulphur (Brightview Farm) Colias eurytheme

Pearl Crescent (Glassboro WMA) Phyciodes tharos

Mourning Cloak Nymphalis antiopa

Red Admiral (Glassboro WMA) Vanessa atalanta

Little Wood Satyr (Hawkin Road) Megisto cymela

Photo gallery by Rusty Harold

http://picasaweb.google.com/erharold/BearSwamp?feat=email#

http://picasaweb.google.com/erharold/BrightwaterFarm?feat=email#

June 12th Doodletown ( Harriman State Park)

2010-06-14T22:37:00.003-04:00

Leader : Tom Preston (submitting list)

Canada Goose
Mute Swan
Wood Duck
Wild Turkey
Black Vulture
Turkey Vulture
Red-tailed Hawk
Killdeer
Chimney Swift

Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Belted Kingfisher
Downy Woodpecker
Pileated Woodpecker
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Willow Flycatcher
Eastern Phoebe
Great Crested Flycatcher
Eastern Kingbird
Yellow-throated Vireo
Warbling Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
Blue Jay
American Crow
Tree Swallow
Barn Swallow
Cliff Swallow
Black-capped Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
Carolina Wren
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Veery
Wood Thrush
American Robin
Gray Catbird
Northern Mockingbird
Cedar Waxwing
Blue-winged Warbler
Yellow Warbler
Cerulean Warbler
Black-and-white Warbler
American Redstart
Worm-eating Warbler
Ovenbird
Louisiana Waterthrush
Common Yellowthroat
Hooded Warbler
Eastern Towhee
Chipping Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Northern Cardinal
Indigo Bunting
Red-winged Blackbird
Common Grackle
Brown-headed Cowbird
Orchard Oriole
Baltimore Oriole
American Goldfinch
House Sparrow

- 58 species

June 4th-7th, Delmarva Weekend, Delaware coast , interior Maryland

2010-06-09T18:40:00.037-04:00

(Clapper Rail photo by Sandy Paci @ Chincoteague NWR)

[ click on photo for zoom in]

Sandy's photo gallery --> http://tinyurl.com/2at2q6p

Leader : Peter Dorosh

date = 6/4/10-6/7/10
site = Delmarva Weekend: Delaware coast and Maryland ( and briefly Virginia)
observers = Brooklyn Bird Club

130 species

Loon species
Northern Gannet Ferry ride
Double-crested Cormorant
Snowy Egret
Little Blue Heron
Black-crowned Night-Heron
Green Heron
Great Egret
Great Blue Heron
Cattle Egret Chincoteague NWR
Tricolored Heron Chincoteague NWR
Glossy Ibis
Turkey Vulture
Black Vulture
Gadwall
American Black Duck
Canada Goose
Wood Duck Bombay Hook NWR
Ruddy Duck Bombay Hook NWR
Mute Swan
Mallard
Bald Eagle various locations, notably Blackwater NWR
Red-tailed Hawk
Osprey common
Northern Harrier
Clapper Rail Chincoteague NWR, calling and very cooperatively seen
Piping Plover Cape Henlopen's Gordon's Pond beach
Killdeer
Black-bellied Plover
Semipalmated Plover
American Oystercatcher
Black-necked Stilt Bombay Hook NWR- 12

American Avocet Bombay Hook NWR- 45
Semipalmated Sandpiper abundant
Red Knot Point Mispillion --12
Short-billed Dowitcher
Dunlin
Lesser Yellowlegs
Spotted Sandpiper
White-rumped Sandpiper Blackwater NWR
Willet
Ruddy Turnstone
Greater Yellowlegs
Red-necked Phalarope -breeding female, Gordon's Pond @ Cape Henlopen SP
Wilson's Phalarope Chincoteague NWR, male
Gull-billed Tern
Caspian Tern Chincoteague NWR
Royal Tern
Forster's Tern
Common Tern
Least Tern
Black Skimmer
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Laughing Gull
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Yellow-billed Cuckoo Bald Cypress trail @ Pocomoke SP Mill Landing area
Chimney Swift
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Red-headed Woodpecker Blackwater NWR
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Pileated Woodpecker Pocomoke River SP; Great Cypress Swamp
Northern Flicker
Least Flycatcher
Willow Flycatcher Bombay Hook NWR
Great Crested Flycatcher
Eastern Phoebe
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Eastern Kingbird
White-eyed Vireo Nassawango creek crossing
Red-eyed Vireo
American Crow
Blue Jay
Fish Crow
Tree Swallow
Purple Martin Blackwater NWR and other locations
Barn Swallow
Northern Rough-winged Swallow Ferry dock
Tufted Titmouse
Carolina Chickadee
Brown-headed Nuthatch
White-breasted Nuthatch
House Wren
Carolina Wren
Marsh Wren Bombay Hook NWR
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
American Robin
Eastern Bluebird
Wood Thrush
Gray Catbird
Brown Thrasher
Northern Mockingbird
European Starling
Cedar Waxwing
Prairie Warbler
Kentucky Warbler calling, Nassawango Creek crossing
Worm-eating Warbler Pocomoke River Bald Cypress Trail;Great Cypress Swamp
Yellow Warbler
Yellow-throated Warbler Great Cypress Swamp aka "Pocomoke Swamp"
Black-and-white Warbler
Ovenbird common, calling
Common Yellowthroat
Prothonotary Warbler Nassawango Creek crossing , several spots
Louisiana Waterthrush Great Cypress Swamp
Yellow-breasted Chat EA Vaughan WMA; calling and seen well male
Northern Parula
Summer Tanager several locations, Nassawango Creek first.
Chipping Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Saltmarsh Sharp-tailed Sparrow Point Mispillion
Seaside Sparrow Point Mispillion
Field Sparrow
Eastern Towhee
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Northern Cardinal
Indigo Bunting common
Blue Grosbeak several locations, Gordon's Pond first
Boat-tailed Grackle
Red-winged Blackbird
Orchard Oriole common
Common Grackle
Eastern Meadowlark Blackwater NWR
Brown-headed Cowbird
House Finch
American Goldfinch
House Sparrow

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Locations ( in order of visit): Cape May -Lewes Ferry ride, Cape Henlopen Gordon's Pond,Delaware Seashore State Park ( Burton's Island Sanctuary), Nanticoke River WMA, Blackwater NWR, Pocomoke River's Mill Landing Area, EA Vaughan WMA, Chincoteague NWR, Great Cypress Swamp aka "Pocomoke Swamp", Point Mispillion/Slaughter Beach, Bombay Hook NWR

May 15th Brooklyn Botanic Garden walk

2010-05-17T18:58:00.001-04:00

Leader: Rusty Harold

31 species:

2 Canada Goose
2 Mallard
1 Red-tailed Hawk
1 Ring-billed Gull
X Mourning Dove
1 Chimney Swift
X Red-eyed Vireo
X Veery
X Swainson's Thrush
X American Robin
X Gray Catbird
X Northern Mockingbird
X European Starling
X Cedar Waxwing
X Northern Parula
1 Yellow Warbler
X Chestnut-sided Warbler
X Magnolia Warbler
X Black-throated Blue Warbler
X Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)
X Black-throated Green Warbler
X Blackburnian Warbler
X Blackpoll Warbler
X American Redstart
X Ovenbird
X Common Yellowthroat
3 Song Sparrow
X White-throated Sparrow
X Northern Cardinal
2 Common Grackle
X House Sparrow

--
Elliotte Rusty Harold
elharo@macfaq.com

May 9th Prospect

2010-05-09T14:44:00.001-04:00

Results of 5/9 BBC walk
Leading: Peter Dorosh

Note : High winds ( impacts passerine movements and flight)

Location: Prospect Park
Observation date: 5/9/10
Number of species: 46

Wood Duck 2 Upper Pool
Mallard X
Green Heron 1 Upper Pool island
Turkey Vulture 1 f/o Lookout HIll
Red-tailed Hawk 1 f/o ballfields
Laughing Gull X
Herring Gull X
Rock Pigeon X
Mourning Dove X
Cuckoo species f/o Lily Pool
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1 Midwood
Eastern Wood-Pewee 1 Ricks Place
Blue-headed Vireo 1
Warbling Vireo 2 --Binnen Run, Ricks Place
Red-eyed Vireo 1
Blue Jay 2
Barn Swallow X
House Wren 1
Veery 3
Swainson's Thrush 1
American Robin X
Gray Catbird X
European Starling X
Nashville Warbler 1 Midwood
Northern Parula 2
Magnolia Warbler 2 Midwood
Black-throated Blue Warbler 2 -ravine, Ricks Place
Yellow-rumped Warbler 2
Blackpoll Warbler 1 Ricks Pl
Black-and-white Warbler 1
American Redstart 2
Ovenbird 1 Midwood
Northern Waterthrush 1 Midwood
Common Yellowthroat 1
Scarlet Tanager 5 --2 Rocky Pass, 3 Midwood
Chipping Sparrow 1
Savannah Sparrow 1 ballfields
Swamp Sparrow 1 lily pool
White-throated Sparrow 1
Northern Cardinal X
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 1 Ricks Pl
Indigo Bunting 2 molting males Midwood
Red-winged Blackbird X
Common Grackle X
Baltimore Oriole 4
House Sparrow X

May 8th Birdathon "International Bird Migratiory Day"

2010-05-09T14:43:00.014-04:00

RESULTS of Brooklyn Bird Club teams in support of "Friends of Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge"

date = 5/08/2010
sites = Prospect Park, Jamaica Bay Refuge, Big Egg Marsh, Floyd Bennett
observers = BBC Team 1: P.Dorosh, M.Eyster, S.Paci,K.Randall, & T.Preston

Location key code P=Prospect Park, J= Jamaica Bay Refuge, B=Big Egg Marsh

Condition: Chilly with sporadic morning rain; high winds with gusts in afternoon.

Exceptional sightings: 2 Summer Tanagers, flyover Common Terns over Prospect Park ballfields, 2 Gull-Billed Terns at JBWR East Pond, Barn Owl, Eastern Bluebird; 12 species duck, 18 species warblers

SPECIS TOTAL = 114

Double-crested Cormorant PJ
Great Blue Heron P
Snowy Egret J
Little Blue Heron J
Black-crowned Night-Heron PJ
Green Heron J
Great Egret J
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron J
Great Blue Heron P
Glossy Ibis J
Northern Shoveler J
Blue-winged Teal J
Bufflehead J
Gadwall J 13
American Black Duck J
Canada Goose PJ
Wood Duck P
Greater Scaup J
Red-breasted Merganser J
Green-winged Teal J
Brant J
Hooded Merganser J
Ruddy Duck PJ
Mute Swan PJ
Mallard PJ
Red-tailed Hawk P 25
Osprey J
Peregrine Falcon J
Killdeer B
Black-bellied Plover J
American Oystercatcher J
Least Sandpiper J
Dunlin J
Spotted Sandpiper J
Willet J
Greater Yellowlegs B
Gull-billed Tern 2@J , East Pond 36
Laughing Gull JP
Great Black-backed Gull J
Forster's Tern J
Common Tern 4@P f/o Ballfields; J
Ring-billed Gull J
Herring Gull PJ
Least Tern J
Rock Pigeon P
Mourning Dove P
Barn Owl J
Chimney Swift P
Ruby-throated Hummingbird P 48
Downy Woodpecker P
Hairy Woodpecker P
Red-bellied Woodpecker P
Great Crested Flycatcher P
Eastern Phoebe P
Eastern Wood-Pewee P
Eastern Kingbird P
Yellow-throated Vireo P
Blue-headed Vireo P
Warbling Vireo P
Red-eyed Vireo P
American Crow PJ 60
Blue Jay P
Fish Crow PJ
Bank Swallow J
Tree Swallow PJ
Barn Swallow PJ
Tufted Titmouse P
House Wren PJ
Carolina Wren P
American Robin PJ
Swainson's Thrush P
Eastern Bluebird P; Ballfields West
Wood Thrush P
Hermit Thrush P 73
Veery P
Gray Catbird PJ
Brown Thrasher J
Northern Mockingbird PJ
European Starling PJB
Prairie Warbler P
Worm-eating Warbler P
Yellow Warbler PJ
American Redstart PJ
Black-and-white Warbler PJ
Blackpoll Warbler P
Ovenbird P 85
Black-throated Green Warbler P
Black-throated Blue Warbler P
Common Yellowthroat PJ
Blue-winged Warbler P
Northern Parula PJ
Magnolia Warbler P
Nashville Warbler P
Hooded Warbler P
Northern Waterthrush P
Yellow-rumped Warbler P
Blackburnian Warbler P
Summer Tanager 2P;Ravine, Sulivan Hill 97
Scarlet Tanager P
Chipping Sparrow P
White-throated Sparrow P
Song Sparrow PJ
Eastern Towhee J
Rose-breasted Grosbeak P
Northern Cardinal PJ
Indigo Bunting P
Baltimore Oriole P
Boat-tailed Grackle BJ
Red-winged Blackbird PJ
Orchard Oriole P 109
Common Grackle P
House Finch B
American Goldfinch P
House Sparrow PJ 113

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Team 2 : E.Davis, D.Evans, B.Washburn, A.Lin

Species total= 88

http://birdigo.warmsilence.org/

+Pending list+

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Team 3:

OBSERVERS: Rafael Campos (BBC); Kyle Bardwell, Justine Davenport, Christine Smith, Anne Swaim, & Larry Trachtenberg (Saw Mill Audubon)
This morning (0730 am-1200 noon), with some members of Saw Mill Audubon, we started a bird walk from Litchfield Villa, Pools, Ravine, Midwood, and Lookout Hill. We got some rain, but later, blue skies were present, and so the birds. A high number of warbler species were tallied, 18 in total, plus other species (see list below). We missed a Hooded Warbler seen by Ed & Phil. A great walk.
The birds:
Canada Goose
Wood Duck (3 drakes, upper pool)
Mallard
Great Blue Heron (1 fly over)
(American) Herring Gull (1, fly over)
Rock (Common) Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Chimney Swift (fly overs)
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Eastern Wood-Pewee (1, Midwood)
Great Crested Flycatcher (1, Lookout Hill)
Blue-headed Vireo (1)
Warbling Vireo (2, Lilly Pond)
Red-eyed Vireo (2, Lookout Hill)
Blue Jay
Barn Swallow (fly overs)
Black-capped Chickadee (1)
Tufted Titmouse (heard only)
Carolina Wren (1, heard only: Lookout Hill)
House Wren (Rick's Place)
Veery (1)
Swainson's Thrush (2, Lookout Hill)
Wood Thrush (2)
American Robin
Gray Catbird
European (Common) Starling
Blue-winged Warbler (1, Midwood)
Nashville Warbler (1)
Northern Parula
(American) Yellow Warbler (3)
Chestnut-sided Warbler (3)
Magnolia Warbler (3)
Black-throated Blue Warbler (2)
Yellow-rumped (Myrtle) Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler (1)
Blackburnian Warbler (1, Quaker Hill)
Bay-breasted Warbler (3, Lookout Hill)
Black-and-white Warbler
American Redstart (2)
Worm-eating Warbler (1 Ravine; 2 Midwood)
Ovenbird (±3)
Northern Waterthrush (2)
Common Yellowthroat (±4)
Chipping Sparrow (heard only, near Picnic House)
White-throated Sparrow (1)
Scarlet Tanager (±5)
Northern Cardinal
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Common Grackle
Brown-headed Cowbird (4, Rick's Place)
Baltimore Oriole
American Goldfinch (1)
House Sparrow

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Team 4

Prospect Park only led by Paul Keim + members recorded 75 species.

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OVERALL team combined totals = 128 species (not reflective of individual team pledges)

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Freinds of JBWR

http://www.alsnyc.org/ (see link on homepage)

http://tinyurl.com/3y7qv48

+List pending+

Thursday May 6TH Prospect walk

2010-05-06T21:09:00.001-04:00

Leader :Peter Dorosh
9 participants

Results of the Thursday BBC walk, led by P.Dorosh

Location: Prospect Park
Observation date: 5/6/10
Number of species: 35
Note BBC walk, led by P.Dorosh

Double-crested Cormorant 2 f/o
Spotted Sandpiper 1 Lower Pool
Rock Pigeon X
Mourning Dove X
Chimney Swift X
Blue-headed Vireo 1 Lookout Hill
Warbling Vireo 1 Binnen Run
Blue Jay 1
Barn Swallow X
Black-capped Chickadee 1
Tufted Titmouse 1
Carolina Wren 1 Lookout Hill
House Wren 1 Lookout Hill
Veery 1 Lookout Hill
Wood Thrush 1 Midwood
American Robin X
Gray Catbird X
European Starling X
Northern Parula 2
Black-throated Blue Warbler 1 Binnen Run
Yellow-rumped Warbler 4
Black-throated Green Warbler 2-- 1 Butterfly Meadow; lower Lookout Hill
Bay-breasted Warbler 1 Quaker Cemtery; Quaker Ridge
Blackpoll Warbler 4
Black-and-white Warbler 2
Ovenbird 2
Northern Waterthrush 1 Midwood
Common Yellowthroat 2
Scarlet Tanager 3-- 1 Boulder Br; 1 Sullivan Hill, males; 1 female Lookout Hill
Northern Cardinal X
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 2- male Binnen Run
Common Grackle X
Brown-headed Cowbird 1
Baltimore Oriole 3
House Sparrow X

This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org

Greenwood Cemetery May 2nd

2010-05-02T22:27:00.000-04:00

leader :Paul Keim

Report sent by Janet Zinn

SPECIES SEEN
From 5/2/2010 to 5/2/2010 ~ in Greenwood Cemetary ~ 51 seen
From 8 a.m. - 11 a.m.

Canada Goose
Mallard
Common Loon (2 flyover)
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Egret
Red-tailed Hawk
American Kestrel
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Monk Parakeet
Chimney Swift
Belted Kingfisher
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Great Crested Flycatcher
Eastern Kingbird
Blue-headed Vireo
Blue Jay
American Crow
Barn Swallow
Black-capped Chickadee
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Carolina Wren
House Wren
Eastern Bluebird
Hermit Thrush
Wood Thrush
American Robin
Gray Catbird
Northern Mockingbird
European Starling
Blue-winged Warbler
Nashville Warbler
Northern Parula
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Magnolia Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Blackpoll Warbler
Black-and-white Warbler
OvenbirdEastern Towhee
Chipping Sparrow
Song Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Northern Cardinal
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Common Grackle
Baltimore Oriole
House Finch
American Goldfinch
House Sparrow
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Species seen - 51

Prospect Park April 18th

2010-04-18T14:17:00.002-04:00

Prospect Park
leaders: Steve Nanz, P.Dorosh

Location: Prospect Park
Observation date: 4/18/10
Number of species: 44

Canada Goose X
Mute Swan X
Mallard X
Ring-necked Duck 3 -2 drake, 1 hen Three Sisters Islands
Double-crested Cormorant 20 f/o Grand Army Plaza entrance
Great Egret 1 Terrace br
Red-tailed Hawk 2--f/o's one Ravine, one Peninsula/Lake
Peregrine Falcon 1 low fly Sullivan Woods
Herring Gull X
Rock Pigeon X
Mourning Dove X
Belted Kingfisher 1 Lullwater
Downy Woodpecker X
Northern Flicker X
Eastern Phoebe 1 Lily Pool
Blue-headed Vireo 3--Rose Garden, Midwood
Blue Jay 1 Nethermead Br
American Crow X
Tree Swallow 7 Lake
Barn Swallow 1 Lake
Tufted Titmouse 2
White-breasted Nuthatch 1 Vale Cashmere
Winter Wren 3 -singing Vale Cashmere, one north Zoo
Golden-crowned Kinglet 1 Rose Garden
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 5 --3 Midwood
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher X Midwood (heard)
Hermit Thrush 4
American Robin X
European Starling X
Yellow-rumped Warbler X
Pine Warbler 2 Midwood
Palm Warbler 3
Black-and-white Warbler 1 Midwood
Louisiana Waterthrush 1 Lullwater, north side near Terrace Br
Eastern Towhee 1 female north Midwood
Chipping Sparrow 9 -5 Butterfly Meadow Pin oaks, 5 Willow Oak Rose Garden
Field Sparrow 1 between Maryland Monument hydrant and Terrace Br (reported 1st by Dale Dyer)
White-throated Sparrow X
Northern Cardinal X
Red-winged Blackbird X
Common Grackle X
Brown-headed Cowbird 1
American Goldfinch 10 Ricks Place, some on horse trail below Boulder Br
House Sparrow X

This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org)

April 15th ,2010 Prospect Park Thursday walk

2010-04-15T15:23:00.000-04:00

Results of Brooklyn Bird Club weekday walk
leader: Tom Stephenson
attendees : 23 birders

#species: 47

hilights: Rusty Blackbird singing near the Pools;Winter Wren ,one singing in the Vale Cashmere; Louisiana Waterthrush in Ravine

Double-crested Cormorant

Great Egret

Canada Goose

Mute Swan

Wood Duck

Mallard

Ruddy Duck

Sharp-shinned Hawk

Red-tailed Hawk

Peregrine Falcon (on the radio tower)

Ring-billed Gull

Herring Gull

Rock Dove

Mourning Dove

Red-bellied Woodpecker

Downy Woodpecker

Northern Flicker

Eastern Phoebe

Blue-headed Vireo

Blue Jay

Tree Swallow

Black-capped Chickadee

White-breasted Nuthatch

Carolina Wren

Winter Wren one singing in the vale!!!

Ruby-crowned Kinglet

Hermit Thrush Many….20+

American Robin

European Starling

Yellow-rumped Warbler

Pine Warbler

Palm Warbler

Louisiana Waterthrush

Eastern Towhee

Chipping Sparrow

Song Sparrow

Swamp Sparrow

White-throated Sparrow

Northern Cardinal

Red-winged Blackbird

Rusty Blackbird singing near the pools

Common Grackle

Brown-headed Cowbird

American Goldfinch

House Sparrow

April 10th Brooklyn Botanic Garden :Centennial walk

2010-04-11T22:01:00.001-04:00

Leader : Mary Eyster

list submitted by Eddie Davis

Location: Brooklyn Botanic Garden
Observation date: 4/10/10

Canada Goose
Mallard
Red-tailed Hawk
Mourning Dove
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Blue Jay
Fish Crow
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Hermit Thrush
American Robin
Northern Mockingbird
European Starling
Palm Warbler
Song Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Northern Cardinal
Common Grackle
Brown-headed Cowbird
House Sparrow
Eastern Towhee,
American Crow,
American Goldfinch
and Rock Pigeon

March 28th Staten Island Tour

2010-03-28T19:18:00.005-04:00

Leader : Peter Dorosh

Locations: Fort Wadsworth, Clove Lake Park, Mount Loretto Preserve, Wolf's Pond ak, Sharrot Ave pier ( Lemoncreek Preserve south), Great Kills Park

date = 2010/03/28

note: heavy overcast,cold conditions, low 40's , windchill mid 30's)

51 species

observers = Brooklyn Bird Club
Common Loon
Red-throated Loon
Pied-billed Grebe
Horned Grebe
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Cormorant
Black-crowned Night-Heron
Great Egret
Turkey Vulture
Northern Shoveler
Bufflehead
Gadwall
American Black Duck
Canada Goose
Greater Scaup
Red-breasted Merganser
Green-winged Teal
Brant
Hooded Merganser
Mute Swan
Mallard
Sharp-shinned Hawk
American Oystercatcher
Wilson's Snipe Mt Loretto
Ruddy Turnstone
Great Black-backed Gull
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Downy Woodpecker
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Eastern Phoebe
American Crow
Blue Jay
Tufted Titmouse
Black-capped Chickadee
Carolina Wren
American Robin
Northern Mockingbird
European Starling
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Swamp Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Northern Cardinal
Common Grackle
Brown-headed Cowbird
House Finch
House Sparrow
Belted Kingfisher

March 21st Spring Profile: Carnarsie,Brooklyn

2010-03-22T17:37:00.006-04:00

Leader : Peter Dorosh

Locations: Carnarsie Park, Carnarsie Pier, Fresh Creek Preserve, Hendrix Creek, Fountain Ave /Spring Creek

48 species

date = 2010/03/21
site = Carnarsie region, Brooklyn
observers = Brooklyn Bird Club

Horned Grebe -one in breeding plumage + 3 basic
Double-crested Cormorant
Little Blue Heron
Northern Shoveler
Bufflehead
Gadwall
American Black Duck
Snow Goose --2 blue morph immature variants Carnarsie Pier
Canada Goose
Wood Duck
Greater Scaup
Red-breasted Merganser
Green-winged Teal
Brant
Hooded Merganser
Mallard
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Peregrine Falcon --enroute home, perched on BBG tower
Ring-necked Pheasant
American Coot
Killdeer
American Oystercatcher
Great Black-backed Gull
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Monk Parakeet
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Eastern Phoebe
American Crow
Fish Crow
Tree Swallow
American Robin
Northern Mockingbird
European Starling
Yellow-rumped Warbler
White-throated Sparrow
Song Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow --Hendrix Creek
Dark-eyed Junco
Northern Cardinal
Red-winged Blackbird
Common Grackle
Brown-headed Cowbird
American Goldfinch
House Sparrow

Prospect Park February 21st

2010-02-21T18:22:00.001-05:00

Leader : Peter Dorosh

site = Prospect Park
observers = Brooklyn Bird Club
date = 2010/2/21

Song Sparrow
American Coot
Red-winged Blackbird
Fox Sparrow
American Goldfinch
Downy Woodpecker
Wood Duck
Common Grackle
Dark-eyed Junco
Northern Shoveler
Great Black-backed Gull
Northern Cardinal
European Starling
Red-tailed Hawk
White-breasted Nuthatch
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
American Black Duck
White-throated Sparrow
Hermit Thrush
House Sparrow
Herring Gull
House Finch
Black-capped Chickadee
Rock Pigeon
American Robin
Canada Goose
Mourning Dove
Ruddy Duck
American Crow
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Eastern Towhee
Blue Jay
Merlin
Mute Swan
Mallard
Ring-billed Gull

February 7th Jamaica Bay Refuge

2010-02-07T19:46:00.001-05:00

Leader: Tom Preston

Today's trip to Jamaica Bay started off with the Big Chill. It was definitely bracing around the mostly frozen West Pond. 300+ Snow Geese, including at least 5 dark phase adults, surrounded the one open patch. We saw them quite closely before they took off, flying over our heads, and were rather spectacular. Two Fox Sparrows gave us good views on the way there. We saw 1 Common Goldeneye, but not the Barrow's which has been recorded this week.

Some of the team were getting very cold, despite being well wrapped up. We retreated to the Visitor Centre so that everyone could warm up. While there, two other birders showed us photos they'd just taken nearby of a Yellow-breasted Chat. We rushed over but could not relocate it, - though Suzanne and Rusty found a Catbird - and moved to the East Pond. It, too, was frozen, though there was some activity in the nearby vegetation.

On the way back, there were nice views of 3 Tree Sparrows, 2 Eastern Towhees and 1 Sharp-shinned Hawk. After lunch at the Cross Bay Diner, we checked out Spring Creek in both Queens and Brooklyn, and Hendrix Creek.

We had 3 Horned Grebes on the Queens side, and a Cooper's Hawk. We checked for Rough-legs and Harriers over the landfill; Eddie spotted a Harrier which we watched hunting for while - she didn't seem to having much success. Our only Red-breasted Mergansers were seen here - there were none at the wildlife refuge.

On the Brooklyn side, there were a female Hooded Merganser, 2 Pied-billed Grebes, and a Black-crowned Night Heron which Donna spotted while hunkered down in the corner. The local constabulary stopped by, keen to inform us that deceased persons are frequently found in the vicinity!

The last stop was nearby Hendrix Creek, which hosted 34 Ruddy Duck, and our only Gadwall of the day. We had 46 species:

Snow Goose
Brant
Canada Goose
Mute Swan
Gadwall
American Black Duck
Mallard
Greater Scaup
Bufflehead
Common Goldeneye
Hooded Merganser
Red-breasted Merganser
Ruddy Duck
Pied-billed Grebe
Horned Grebe
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Black-crowned Night-Heron
Northern Harrier
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Cooper's Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
American Crow
Black-capped Chickadee
Carolina Wren
American Robin
Gray Catbird
Northern Mockingbird
European Starling
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Eastern Towhee
American Tree Sparrow
Fox Sparrow
Song Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Northern Cardinal
Red-winged Blackbird
House Finch
House Sparrow

January 23rd southern Long Island shore

2010-01-23T21:14:00.003-05:00

Leader Peter Dorosh
13 participants

Locations: Belmont Lake State Park, Massepequa Preserve and lake, Mill Pond, Jones Beach Coast Guard, Nature Center region,Norman Levy Park

Note 21 species duck,3 rarities: white front Goose, Tundra Swans, Lapland Longspur

Greater White-fronted Goose-- Belmont Lake State Park
Brant
Canada Goose
Mute Swan
Tundra Swan-2 Massepequa via Pittsburgh Ave access
Wood Duck--common Belmont Lake
Gadwall
American Wigeon-Massepequa
American Black Duck
Mallard
Northern Shoveler
Northern Pintail-drake Belmont Lake
Green-winged Teal (American)-2 Massepequa
Redhead-drake Massepequa Lake
Ring-necked Duck-8 Massepequa, Mill Pond
Greater Scaup-flock Massepequa Lake
Lesser Scaup--Massepequa Lake
Common Eider--Point lookout - 3 flocks
Harlequin Duck- drake Pt Lookout beach jetty
Long-tailed Duck
Bufflehead
Common Goldeneye-hen Massepequa Lake, Mill Pond
Hooded Merganser-common
Common Merganser-common ; Belmont, Mill Pond, Massepequa Lake
Red-breasted Merganser
Ruddy Duck
Red-throated Loon
Common Loon
Pied-billed Grebe--Belmont, Massepequa
Horned Grebe
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Northern Harrier-gray phased Coast Guard Jones
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Merlin-Jones
Peregrine Falcon-Jones
American Coot
Ruddy Turnstone--Pt Lookout beach jetty
Sanderling
Purple Sandpiper--Pt Lookout beach jetty
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Belted Kingfisher-Massepequa
American Crow
Horned Lark--small flock Jones Nature center ; flats
Black-capped Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
Carolina Wren
Hermit Thrush
American Robin
Northern Mockingbird
European Starling
Yellow-rumped Warbler
American Tree Sparrow-Jones Coast guard
Field Sparrow--Jones Coast guard
Savannah Sparrow--Jones Coast guard
Song Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Lapland Longspur- Jones Coast Guard gazebo
Northern Cardinal
House Finch

Total species reported: 67

January 9th Croton Point

2010-01-11T20:21:00.002-05:00

Leader : Paul Keim

Hilights

Screech Owl (grey phase)
Great Horned Owl
numerous Bald Eagles
2 Northern Harrier/Silver ghost - males
4 Eastern Bluebirds
Canvasback
Redhead Duck
Common Merganser
Hooded Merganser

complete list pending.

December 27th Prospect Park Centennial Walk

2009-12-27T21:51:00.002-05:00

The walk concludes the festive celebration of the club's 100th year.

leader : Peter Dorosh
9 participants

Location: Prospect Park
Observation date: 12/27/09
Number of species: 39

Canada Goose X lake
Mute Swan 6 lake
Mallard X
Northern Shoveler 150 lake
Double-crested Cormorant 1 lake
Cooper's Hawk 1 Bartel Pritchard
Red-tailed Hawk 3--1 north woods f/o; 2 f/o boathouse
American Coot X lake
Ring-billed Gull 1200 lake
Herring Gull (American) X
Great Black-backed Gull 27 lake
Rock Pigeon X
Mourning Dove X
Red-bellied Woodpecker 2 --1 vale cashmere;1 feeders
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 2-- 1 LP 249; 1 vale cashmere
Downy Woodpecker 1
Blue Jay X
American Crow 1 f/o zoo
Fish Crow 2 f/o zoo
Black-capped Chickadee 3 --2 Vale Cashmere,one feeders
Tufted Titmouse 2 -1 feeders;1 Vale Cashmere
Red-breasted Nuthatch 1 feeders
White-breasted Nuthatch 2--one Valecashmere; one feeders
Winter Wren 1 Zoo
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1 LP 249
Hermit Thrush 1 vale cashmere
American Robin 6 zoo
Northern Mockingbird 1 boathouse
European Starling X
Eastern Towhee 1 lily pool
Song Sparrow X
Swamp Sparrow 1 vale cashmere
White-throated Sparrow X
Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored) X
Northern Cardinal X
Red-winged Blackbird 5 f/o boathouse
Common Grackle 1 boathouse
American Goldfinch 2 zoo
House Sparrow X

This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org

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December 19th Brooklyn Christmas Bird Count

2009-12-27T21:46:00.003-05:00

The final tally was 123 species

The breakdown by regions and species can be seen on the follwing link:

http://www.keepandshare.com/doc/view.php?id=1637120&da=y

December 12th: Classic Leader Trip-- Floyd Bennett Field

2009-12-15T07:33:00.005-05:00

Leaders: Jean and Ron Bourque

(field report compiled by Donna Evans)

BBC Field Trip 12 Dec 2009
Floyd Bennett Field
leaders: Jean & Ron Bourque

participants:
Lenore Swenson
"Rusty" Harold
Emily Goldstein
Mary Eyster
Bob O'Neill
Bob Washburn
Michael Yuan
Geri Ness
Donna Evans

Bird Sightings:

Red-throated Loon
Common Loon

Great Cormorant
Double-crested Cormorant
Canada Goose
Brant
Mute Swan (pair, fly over)
Gadwall
Am. Wigeon
Am. Black Duck
Mallard
Bufflehead
Red-breasted Merganser

N. Harrier (2; 1 a Grey Ghost)
Red-tailed Hawk
Am. Kestrel

Killdeer (heard)

Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull

Rock Dove
Mourning Dove

Downy Woodpecker (heard)

Am. Crow

Horned Lark (flock of ...30? -- check with Ron)

Black-capped Chickadee

Carolina Wren (heard)

Am. Robin

Grey Catbird
N. Mockingbird

Eur. Starling

Yellow-rumped Warbler

Am. Tree Sparrow
Field Sparrow
Savannah Sparrow
Song Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow

N. Cardinal

Red-winged Blackbird
E. Meadowlark (1)

House Finch

House Sparrow

[total 43 species]

November 29th Prospect Park Centennial walk

2009-12-12T09:37:00.002-05:00

Leader : Peter Dorosh
14 participants

Sunday, November 29, 2009
November 29th Prospect reports ; BBC walk
On a day known more for some quality than quantity, I led the Brooklyn Bird Club walk with 14 people having a good time outside on this gorgeous day. With things quite slow in the early part of the walk that started at Bartel Pritchard Square, a few early good moments surfaced, all with south Lookout Hill involved.

On the middle or mid slope south path, a Red-tailed Hawk cooperated nicely, perched on a dead broken limb for all to see. At the bottom, along Lamppost 249, we delighted in watching an AMERICAN TREE SPARROW worked along the shrub edges , finally entering the chain link compound for the new picnic area. And ORANGED-CROWNED WARBLER did it again ! Although first seen in the phragmite edges by a multiflora shrub before hiding deeper in, it eventually sprung out and flew into the mulberry between the Magnolia trees and Ginkgo grove, the fourth straight day it appeared. Only several birders saw it since it was moving quite quickly and elusively.

Later noted sightings included Ring-necked Duck with a pair of Buffleheads in the Upper Pool; and another American Tree Sparrow on the horse path above the Boathouse;2 Wood ducks, each at Three Sister Islands and north Lullwater.

total # species 40

American Tree Sparrow profile: http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/American_Tree_Sparrow/id

Orange-crowned Warbler profile:
http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Orange-crowned_Warbler/id

trip leader: peter

Location: Prospect Park
Observation date: 11/29/09
Number of species: 40

Canada Goose X lake
Mute Swan X lake
Wood Duck 2-drake on Three Sisters; drake north Lullwater
American Black Duck 3-2 lullwater
Mallard X
Northern Shoveler X lake
Ring-necked Duck 1 drake Upper Pool
Bufflehead 2 , mixed pair Upper Pool
Ruddy Duck 75 lake
Pied-billed Grebe 2 lake
Great Blue Heron 1 Upper Pool
Sharp-shinned Hawk 1 f/o upper pool
Cooper's Hawk 1 f/o rink
Red-tailed Hawk 1 perched south lookout hill
American Coot X
Ring-billed Gull X
Herring Gull (American) X
Great Black-backed Gull X
Rock Pigeon X
Mourning Dove X
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
Downy Woodpecker 1
Blue Jay X
Black-capped Chickadee X
Tufted Titmouse X lookout
Brown Creeper 1 lookout south
Carolina Wren 1 boathouse
American Robin X
European Starling X
Cedar Waxwing X lookout
Orange-crowned Warbler 1 well drive /lamppost 249 (rare)
American Tree Sparrow 2-- LP 249; Boathouse (uncommon)
Fox Sparrow (Red) 1 lamppost 249
Song Sparrow X
White-throated Sparrow X
Dark-eyed Junco X lullwater
Northern Cardinal X
House Finch X
American Goldfinch X butterfly meadow; lullwater
House Sparrow X

This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org/)

November 21st The Meadowlands tour

2009-11-29T23:36:00.006-05:00

Leader :Peter Dorosh

11 particpants

( lists generated by Rusty Harold)

Overpeck County Park--Palisades Park, US-NJ, Bergen

Canada Goose
X Mallard
2 Bufflehead
X Double-crested Cormorant
X Great Blue Heron
X Red-tailed Hawk
X Ring-billed Gull
X Herring Gull
X Mourning Dove
X Monk Parakeet
X Belted Kingfisher
X Red-bellied Woodpecker
X Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
X Downy Woodpecker
X American Crow
X Black-capped Chickadee
X Carolina Wren
X Golden-crowned Kinglet
X American Robin
X Northern Mockingbird
X European Starling
X Eastern Towhee
X Fox Sparrow
X Song Sparrow
2 Swamp Sparrow
X White-throated Sparrow
X Northern Cardinal
X Common Grackle
X House Finch
X American Goldfinch

Meadowlands IBA--Mehrhof Pond (restricted access), US-NJ, Bergen

Canada Goose
X Gadwall
X Mallard
X Northern Shoveler
X Green-winged Teal
X Lesser Scaup
X Hooded Merganser
X Ruddy Duck
X Pied-billed Grebe
X Double-crested Cormorant
X Great Blue Heron
X Sharp-shinned Hawk
X Ring-billed Gull DE
X Red-bellied Woodpecker
X Northern Flicker
X Blue Jay
X Carolina Wren
X Song Sparrow
X White-throated Sparrow

Meadowlands IBA--Mill Creek Marsh, US-NJ, Hudson

Canada Goose
X Mallard
X Northern Shoveler
X Green-winged Teal
X Hooded Merganser
X Greater Yellowlegs
X Ring-billed Gull
X Herring Gull
X Rock Pigeon
X Mourning Dove

Richard W. Dekorte Park, US-NJ, Bergen

Mute Swan
X Gadwall
X American Black Duck
X Mallard
X Northern Shoveler
X Northern Pintail
X Green-winged Teal
X Bufflehead
X Common Merganser
X Ruddy Duck
X Great Blue Heron
X Red-tailed Hawk
X Greater Yellowlegs
X Great Black-backed Gull
X Belted Kingfisher
X Ruby-crowned Kinglet
X American Robin
X European Starling
X Dark-eyed Junco
X House Finch
X American Goldfinch
X House Sparrow

November 14th Jones Beach

2009-11-14T23:35:00.002-05:00

"Honorary Classic Leader "

Leader : Ed Crowne

Brant
Rock pigeon
Ring-billed gull
American crow
Red-breasted merganser
Great black-backed gull
American oystercatcher
Dunlin
Herring gull
Double-crested cormorant
Northern mockingbird
Black-bellied plover
Northern harrier
Common loon
White-winged scoter
Black duck
Mallard
Common eider
Laughing gull
Yellow-rumped warbler
Song sparrow
Mourning dove
Red-winged blackbird
House sparrow
Canada goose
Tree swallow
Sanderling
Snow bunting
Northern Gannet
Semi-palmated plover
House finch
Harlequin Duck
Red-tailed hawk
European starling