November 14th Jones Beach

"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

November 8th "A trip to Somewhere"

Leader : Steve Nanz

Coastal Brooklyn; Rockaway Peninsula

Hilights: Red-Necked Grebe in Sheepshead Bay, Common Eider in Breezy Point

BBC field trip "Trip to Somewhere" -- led by Steve Nanz
8 Nov 2008
Plum Beach, Floyd Bennett Field, Fort Tilden, Breezy Point


Loon (sp)
Common Loon
Red-necked Grebe
Northern Gannet
Great Cormorant
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Egret
Canada Goose
Brant
Mute Swan
American Black Duck
Green-winged Teal
Common Eider
Bufflehead
Red-breasted Merganser
Northern Harrier
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Ring-necked Pheasant
Laughing Gull
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Rock Dove
Mourning Dove
Northern Flicker
American Crow
Horned Lark (9)
Eastern Bluebird
Northern Mockingbird
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Savannah Sparrow
Song Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Northern Cardinal
Brown-headed Cowbird (flock of approx. 500 with Starlings)
European Starling
American Goldfinch


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Haunts of the Rockaway Inlet

Trip List for Saturday 31 Oct 2009

Brooklyn BirdClub : Plum Beach, Floyd Bennett, Fort Tilden, Breezy Point

Leader: Bob Gochfeld
participants: J. Schumacher, S. Paci, B. Washburn, B. O'Neill, R. Harold, D. Evans


common loon
double-crested cormorant
great egret
mute swan
brant
canada goose
green-winged teal
black duck
mallard
scoter sp. (flying low over water)


osprey
sharp-shinned hawk
cooper's hawk (seen from Ocean Parkway)
american kestrel
merlin
peregrine falcon (late entry!)


plover sp.- probably black-bellied (distance too great to be certain)
american oystercatcher
sanderling
laughing gull
ring-billed gull
herring gull
greater black-backed gull
northern gannet


rock dove
mourning dove
tree swallow
american crow
house wren
hermit thrush
american robin
grey catbird
northern mockingbird
cedar waxwing
starling


yellow-rumped warbler
northern cardinal
rufous-sided towhee (heard)
white-throated sparrow
white-crowned sparrow
song sparrow
red-winged blackbird
house finch
american goldfinch
house sparrow








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October 17th Caumsett State Park, Long Island north coast

Leader: Sandy Paci


Brooklyn Bird Club Field Trip
Caumsett State Park Oct. 17, 2009
Participants:
Sandy Paci (leader), Lenore Swenson, Suzanne Ortiz, John Cristiciello,
Rusty Harold, Donna Evans, Hilary Salk

1 Brant
2 Canada Goose
3 Mute Swan
4 Black Duck
5 Mallard
6 Surf Scoter (flock of 8 to 10 flying west on LI Sound)
7 Common Loon (2 on LI Sound & 1 flyover)
8 DC Cormorant
9 Great Blue Heron
10 Great Egret
11 Osprey
12 Northern Harrier
13 Sharp Shinned Hawk
14 Cooper's Hawk
15 Red-tailed Hawk (multiple)
16 American Kestrel
17 Merlin (1 ind seen several times, including dogfight w/5 Crows)
18 Killdeer (flock of 6 calling in flight, late afternoon)
19 Dunlin (flock of 6 on beach of LI Sound)
20 Laughing Gull
21 Ring Billed Gull
22 Herring Gull
23 Great Black Backed Gull
24 Rock Pigeon
25 Mourning Dove
26 Yellow Billed Cuckoo (heard only --"tuk-tuk" -- in several spots)
27 Belted Kingfisher
28 Red Bellied Woodpecker
29 Downy Woodpecker
30 Hairy Woodpecker
31 Northern Flicker
32 Eastern Wood PeeWee
33 Eastern Phoebe
34 Eastern Kingbird
35 Blue Headed Vireo
36 American Crow (group of 5 defended Meadowlark, attacked Merlin & drove it from area)
37 Blue Jay
38 Black Capped Chickadee (heard only)
39 Tufted Titmouse (heard only)
40 White Breasted Nuthatch
41 Carolina Wren (heard only)
42 Golden Crowned Kinglet
43 Ruby Crowned Kinglet
44 Hermit Thrush
45 American Robin
46 Gray Catbird (heard only)
47 Northern Mockingbird
48 European Starling
49 Cedar Waxwing
50 Black Throated Blue Warbler (1 female)
51 Yellow Rumped Warbler (numerous)
52 Black Throated Green Warbler
53 Palm Warbler (multiple, seen several spots)
54 Common Yellowthroat
55 Eastern Towhee (heard only)
56 Chipping Sparrow
57 Savannah Sparrow
58 Song Sparrow
59 Swamp Sparrow
60 White Throated Sparrow
61 White Crowned Sparrow (multiple adults & juveniles, great looks in several spots, prob. 8-10 inds altogether)
62 Dark Eyed Junco
63 Northern Cardinal
64 Indigo Bunting (heard only)
65 Eastern Meadowlark (2 inds, 1 attacked by Merlin & defended by Crows!)
66 Baltimore Oriole (1 male)
67 American Goldfinch (flock flyover & heard)
68 House Sparrow

October 10th, Prospect Park

October 10th, Prospect Park

Leader : Tom Stephenson


Here's a list of what we saw yesterday. We had about 10 people for the trip. It threatened rain and drizzled a bit now and then, but all in all a nice fall day.
We had 10 species of warblers, but oddly, very few sparrows...Not even large numbers of White-throats yet.

Best regards,
Tom

Double-crested Cormorant

Black-crowned Night-Heron

Canada Goose

Mute Swan

American Black Duck

Mallard

Northern Shoveler

Ruddy Duck

Red-tailed Hawk

Ring-billed Gull

Rock Dove

Mourning Dove

Red-bellied Woodpecker

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker

Downy Woodpecker

Northern Flicker

Blue-headed Vireo

Red-eyed Vireo

Blue Jay

American Crow

Black-capped Chickadee

Tufted Titmouse

White-breasted Nuthatch

Brown Creeper

Carolina Wren

House Wren

Golden-crowned Kinglet

Ruby-crowned Kinglet

Swainson's Thrush

American Robin

Gray Catbird

European Starling

Cedar Waxwing

Tennessee Warbler

Nashville Warbler

Northern Parula

Magnolia Warbler

Black-throated Blue Warbler

Yellow-rumped Warbler

Black-throated Green Warbler

American Redstart

Ovenbird

Common Yellowthroat

Scarlet Tanager

Eastern Towhee

Song Sparrow

White-throated Sparrow

Northern Cardinal

Rose-breasted Grosbeak

Indigo Bunting

Red-winged Blackbird

American Goldfinch

House Sparrow

October 4th End to End Bridge birding

Fort Tilden to Riis Park to Floyd Bennett

Leader:Peter Dorosh
(note: this trip was postponed from October 3rd)


35 Canada Goose
36 Double-crested Cormorant
Laughing Gull
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
1 Black Skimmer
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Eastern Phoebe
American Crow
Tree Swallow
1 Golden-crowned Kinglet
American Robin
Gray Catbird
Northern Mockingbird
European Starling
1 Cedar Waxwing
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Palm Warbler
1 Blackpoll Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
29 Savannah Sparrow
5 Song Sparrow
1 Lincoln's Sparrow
1 White-throated Sparrow
1 Eastern Towhee
Song Sparrow
3 Northern Cardinal
8 Brown-headed Cowbird
5 American Goldfinch
4 House Finch
House Sparrow
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)
Tree Swallow
1 Brown Creeper
1 Carolina Wren
1 Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Killdeer
Brown Thrasher

September 26th Sandy Hook

Brooklyn Bird Club Trip
Leader : Bob Machover

To
Sandy Hook & Hackensack Meadowlands
September 26, 2009

Weather cool and sunny to start, SE winds; then mostly cloudy and even windier later. Sandy Hook from 8AM to 12:30PM and the Meadowlands (De Korte Park) from 2PM to 4:45PM.

As usual, numbers are based on rough impressions.

HM = Hackensack Meadowlands
SH = Sandy Hook

1. Canada Goose: SH – 50
2. Gadwall: HM – 15
3. American Black Duck: HM – 6
4. Mallard: HM – 60
5. Northern Shoveler: HM – 2? (I missed this)
6. Northern Pintail: HM – 50
7. Green-winged Teal: HM – 80
8. Double-crested Cormorant: SH – 25 HM – 60
9. Great Blue Heron: HM – 4
10. Great Egret: SH – 1 HM – 80
11. Snowy Egret: SH – 4 HM – 110
12. Turkey Vulture: 2 en route
13. Cooper’s Hawk: HM – 1 Large female stooping on shorebirds
14. American Kestrel: SH – 1
15. Sora: HM – 1 Juvenile, extremely close, leisurely looks, many photos taken
16. Black-bellied Plover: SH – 1 (heard) HM – 5
17. Semipalmated Plover: SH – 8 on beach at end of fisherman’s trail
18. Killdeer: SH – on lawn at lot K
19. American Oystercatcher: SH – 1 on beach at Plum Island
20. Greater Yellowlegs: HM – 12
21. Lesser Yellowlegs: HM – 120
22. Sanderling: SH – 2 on beach at end of fisherman’s trail
23. Semipalmated Sandpiper: HM – 15
24. Least Sandpiper: HM – 3
25. Stilt Sandpiper: HM – 1
26. Long-billed Dowitcher: HM – 3
27. Laughing Gull: SH – 8 HM – 40
28. Ring-billed Gull: SH – 20 HM – 50
29. Herring Gull: SH – 60 HM – 30
30. Great Black-backed Gull: SH – 50 HM – 4
31. Rock Pigeon
32. Mourning Dove
33. Downy Woodpecker: SH – 3
34. Northern Flicker: SH – 12
35. Eastern Wood-Pewee: SH – 2
36. Eastern Phoebe: SH – 10
37. Blue-headed Vireo: SH – 1
38. Red-eyed Vireo: SH – 4
39. Blue Jay: SH – 10 (heard only)
40. American Crow: SH – 12 (mostly heard)
41. Tree Swallow: SH – 200
42. Black-capped/Carolina Chickadee: SH – 2
43. Brown Creeper: SH - 1
44. Carolina Wren: SH – 6 (heard only) HM – 1 (heard)
45. Winter Wren: SH – 1 (heard only)
46. Golden-crowned Kinglet: SH – 1
47. Ruby-crowned Kinglet: SH – 4
48. American Robin: SH – 45 HM – 10
49. Gray Catbird: SH – 5
50. Northern Mockingbird: SH – 6 HM – 6
51. European Starling
52. Cedar Waxing: SH – 150
53. Northern Parula: SH – 25
54. Yellow-rumped Warbler: SH – 8 HM – 2
55. Black-throated Green Warbler: SH – 4
56. Palm Warbler: SH – 1

Notes: 1. Other birders at Sandy Hook reported Black-throated Blue, Magnolia, Black-and-white, etc.
2. Connecticut Warbler: SH – 1 (We missed it as did other birders but I’m sure there was at least one, so I figure I’d mention it)

57. Scarlet Tanager: SH – 2
58. Eastern Towhee: SH – 5 (heard only)
59. Chipping Sparrow: SH – 4
60. Savannah Sparrow: SH – 1 HM – 8
61. Song Sparrow: SH – 1
62. Swamp Sparrow: SH – 1
63. White-throated Sparrow: SH – 6
64. Northern Cardinal: SH – 1 (low)
65. Indigo Bunting: SH – 2
66. Red-winged Blackbird: HM – 80
67. Baltimore Oriole: SH – 1
68. House Sparrow: HM – 10

Butterflies (all at SH)

Cabbage White, Monarch, American Copper, Orange Sulphur, Question Mark

Hudson River 400th Anniversary weekend Sept 18th-20th

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Celebrating Henry Hudson's "discovery " of the River by a European, in September to October 1609

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TripLeader: Peter Dorosh

(photo credit: Sandy Paci)

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Trip

participants:

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Mary Eyster, Sandy Paci, John Criscitello, Suzanne Ortiz, Kellie Quinones, Linda Delotto, Janet Schumacher, Donna Evans
Total miles walked : 15.75

A course in history :Henry Hudson journey up the Hudson River in 1609

http://history-world.org/henry_hudson.htm


Locations birded ( in order) : Day 1: Hook Mountain, Moodna Creek, Kowawese Unique Area, day 2: Ramshorn-Livinston Preserve, Harrier Hill (Stockport), Station Road/Stockport Flats, Olana National Historic Site, Day 3: Tivoli Bays (Kidd Lane) WMA, Constitution Marsh, and Croton Point.



x Canada Goose
x Mute Swan
x Wood Duck
x American Black Duck
x Mallard
x Pied-billed Grebe
x Double-crested Cormorant
x Great Blue Heron
x Great Egret
x Little Blue Heron
x Green Heron
x Turkey Vulture

Black Vulture
x Osprey
x Bald Eagle
x Northern Harrier
x Sharp-shinned Hawk
x Cooper's Hawk
x Red-shouldered Hawk
x Red-tailed Hawk
x American Kestrel
x Peregrine Falcon

Wild Turkey
x Killdeer
x Spotted Sandpiper
x Least Sandpiper
x Ring-billed Gull
x Herring Gull
x Great Black-backed Gull
x Rock Pigeon
x Mourning Dove
x Chimney Swift
x Ruby-throated Hummingbird
x Belted Kingfisher
x Red-bellied Woodpecker
x Downy Woodpecker
x Hairy Woodpecker
x Northern Flicker

Pileated Woodpecker
x Eastern Wood-Pewee
x Alder Flycatcher
x Eastern Phoebe
x Yellow-throated Vireo
x Blue-headed Vireo
x Red-eyed Vireo
x Blue Jay
x American Crow
x Raven
x Tree Swallow
x Black-capped Chickadee
x Tufted Titmouse
x White-breasted Nuthatch
x Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
x Swainson's Thrush
x Wood Thrush
x American Robin
x Gray Catbird
x Northern Mockingbird
x European Starling
x Cedar Waxwing
x Nashville Warbler
x Northern Parula
x Magnolia Warbler
x Black-throated Green Warbler
x Prairie Warbler
x Palm Warbler
x Black-and-white Warbler
x American Redstart
x Ovenbird
x Common Yellowthroat
x Baypoll sp.
x Scarlet Tanager
x Eastern Towhee
x Chipping Sparrow
x Field Sparrow
x Vesper Sparrow
x Savannah Sparrow
x Song Sparrow
x Lincoln's Sparrow
x Northern Cardinal
x Red-winged Blackbird
x Common Grackle
x Brown-headed Cowbird
x Baltimore Oriole
x House Finch
x American Goldfinch
x House Sparrow


Total species reported: 87

September 12th, Staten Island

Honorary Centennial Classic Leader : Rob Jett

Observation date: 9/12/09
Notes: Observers: John Criscitiello, Eddie Davis, Donna Evans, Rusty Harold, Rob Jett, Suzanne Ortiz, Janet Schumacher, Elizabeth Stone, Heather Walters, Bob Washburn

Location: Conference House Park
Number of species: 34

Mallard X
Common Loon 1
Double-crested Cormorant X
Cooper's Hawk 1
Spotted Sandpiper 3
Ring-billed Gull X
Herring Gull X
Great Black-backed Gull X
Rock Pigeon X
Mourning Dove X
Chimney Swift X
Downy Woodpecker 1
Hairy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker X
Empidonax sp. 1
Red-eyed Vireo 2
Blue Jay X
American Crow X
Tree Swallow X
Barn Swallow X
Carolina Wren X
House Wren X
American Robin X
Gray Catbird X
Northern Mockingbird X
European Starling X
Cedar Waxwing X
American Redstart X
Common Yellowthroat X
Song Sparrow X
Northern Cardinal X
Common Grackle X
American Goldfinch X
House Sparrow X

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Location: Mount Loretto Unique Area
Number of species: 35

Wood Duck 10
Mallard X
Double-crested Cormorant X
Great Blue Heron 1
Great Egret 1
Green Heron 1
Black-crowned Night-Heron 2
Osprey 1
Ring-billed Gull X
Herring Gull (American) X
Great Black-backed Gull X
Common Tern 1
Rock Pigeon X
Mourning Dove X
Northern Flicker X
Eastern Phoebe 1
Eastern Kingbird 2
Warbling Vireo 1
Blue Jay X
American Crow X
Tree Swallow X
Carolina Wren X
House Wren 1
American Robin X
Gray Catbird X
Northern Mockingbird X
European Starling X
Cedar Waxwing X
Yellow Warbler 1
American Redstart X
Northern Waterthrush 1
Common Yellowthroat 1
Song Sparrow X
Northern Cardinal X
Common Grackle X

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Location: Blue Heron Park
Number of species: 26

Wood Duck X
Mallard X
Mourning Dove X
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
Downy Woodpecker 1
Hairy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 3
Blue Jay X
Tree Swallow X
Black-capped Chickadee X
White-breasted Nuthatch 2
Carolina Wren X
Veery 1
American Robin X
Gray Catbird X
European Starling X
Cedar Waxwing X
Northern Parula 3
Black-throated Blue Warbler 2
Black-and-white Warbler 2
American Redstart X
Common Yellowthroat 1
Northern Cardinal X
Common Grackle X
American Goldfinch 8
House Sparrow X

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Location: Wolfe's Pond Park
Number of species: 19

Mute Swan 4
Mallard X
Double-crested Cormorant X
Spotted Sandpiper 1
Ring-billed Gull X
Herring Gull (American) X
Great Black-backed Gull X
Rock Pigeon X
Mourning Dove X
Northern Flicker X
Blue Jay X
Tree Swallow X
American Robin X
Gray Catbird X
European Starling X
Cedar Waxwing X
Northern Cardinal X
House Finch 1
House Sparrow X

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Location: Arden Avenue Beach
Number of species: 11

Mallard X
Double-crested Cormorant X
Ruddy Turnstone 12
Semipalmated Sandpiper 2
Least Sandpiper 1
Ring-billed Gull X
Herring Gull (American) X
Great Black-backed Gull X
Tree Swallow X
European Starling X
House Sparrow X

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Location: Great Kills Park
Number of species: 21

Mallard X
Double-crested Cormorant X
Great Blue Heron 1
Ring-billed Gull X
Herring Gull (American) X
Great Black-backed Gull X
Rock Pigeon X
Belted Kingfisher 1
Northern Flicker X
Blue Jay 1
Tree Swallow X
Bank Swallow 1
Barn Swallow X
American Robin X
Gray Catbird X
European Starling X
Cedar Waxwing X
Song Sparrow X
Northern Cardinal X
Brown-headed Cowbird X
House Sparrow X

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Combined list:

1) Mute Swan
2) Wood Duck
3) Mallard
4) Common Loon
5) Double-crested Cormorant
6) Great Blue Heron
7) Great Egret
8) Green Heron
9) Black-crowned Night-Heron
10) Osprey
11) Cooper's Hawk
12) Spotted Sandpiper
13) Ruddy Turnstone
14) Semipalmated Sandpiper
15) Least Sandpiper
16) Ring-billed Gull
17) Herring Gull
18) Great Black-backed Gull
19) Common Tern
20) Rock Pigeon
21) Mourning Dove
22) Chimney Swift
23) Belted Kingfisher
24) Red-bellied Woodpecker
25) Downy Woodpecker
26) Hairy Woodpecker
27) Northern Flicker
28) Empidonax sp.
29) Eastern Phoebe
30) Eastern Kingbird
31) Warbling Vireo
32) Red-eyed Vireo
33) Blue Jay
34) American Crow
35) Tree Swallow
36) Bank Swallow
37) Barn Swallow
38) Black-capped Chickadee
39) White-breasted Nuthatch
40) Carolina Wren
41) House Wren
42) Veery
43) American Robin
44) Gray Catbird
45) Northern Mockingbird
46) European Starling
47) Cedar Waxwing
48) Northern Parula
49) Yellow Warbler
50) Black-throated Blue Warbler
51) Black-and-white Warbler
52) American Redstart
53) Northern Waterthrush
54) Common Yellowthroat
55) Song Sparrow
56) Northern Cardinal
57) Common Grackle
58) Brown-headed Cowbird
59) House Finch
60) American Goldfinch
61) House Sparrow
62) Laughing Gulls
63) Belted Kingfisher
64) Snowy Egret

September 5th, Prospect Park centennial walk

Leader : Steve Nanz

Note: various birding groups and birders had a cumulative 21 species warblers today.

Canada Goose
Mallard
Red-tailed Hawk
Herring Gull
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Chimney Swift
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Downy Woodpecker
Empid
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Great Crested Flycatcher
Warbling Vireo
Philadelphia 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
Blue-winged Warbler
Northern Parula
Yellow Warbler
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Magnolia Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Prairie Warbler
Blackpoll Warbler
Black-and-white Warbler
American Redstart
Northern Waterthrush
Canada Warbler
Song Sparrow
Northern Cardinal
Indigo Bunting
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Red-winged Blackbird
Baltimore Oriole
American Goldfinch
House Sparrow