BBC Prospect "Friends" Walk Sunday Sept 16th

Results of BBC Friends Walk Sunday Sept 16th


Report from Monica Berger

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Black-crowned Night-Heron

Red-tailed Hawk

Rock Pigeon

Mourning Dove

Chimney Swift

Red-bellied Woodpecker

Downy Woodpecker

Northern Flicker

Eastern Wood-Pewee

Empid sp.

Carolina Wren

Gray Catbird

Northern Mockingbird

Veery

Swainson's Thrush

Wood Thrush

American Robin

Black-capped Chickadee

Red-breasted Nuthatch

White-breasted Nuthatch

Blue Jay

American Crow

European Starling

House Sparrow

Red-eyed Vireo

Purple Finch

Northern Parula

Chestnut-sided Warbler

Magnolia Warbler

Black-throated Blue Warbler

Black-throated Green Warbler

Pine Warbler

Blackpoll Warbler

Black-and-white Warbler

American Redstart

Ovenbird

Common Yellowthroat

Scarlet Tanager

Northern Cardinal

Rose-breasted Grosbeak

Common Yellowthroat.

September 13th Thursday BBC Fall Series

Thursday BBC Fall Series

Leader Tom Stephenson

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We had a great group of about 15 today. The park was a bit slow. It seemed like most of the birds of earlier this week had gone on and only a few arrived. The most activity was in the south of the lake with some birds in the Vale area.

Highlights were Yellow-bellied, Least and Traill's flycatchers and Lincoln Sparrow.

Here's the list.

Best regards,

Tom
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Green Heron



Black-crowned Night-Heron



Canada Goose



Mute Swan



Mallard



Northern Shoveler



Red-tailed Hawk



Rock Dove



Mourning Dove



Chimney Swift



Ruby-throated Hummingbird



Red-bellied Woodpecker



Downy Woodpecker



Hairy Woodpecker



Northern Flicker



Eastern Wood-Pewee



Yellow-bellied Flycatcher



Willow Flycatcher (Traill's sp)



Least Flycatcher



Warbling Vireo



Red-eyed Vireo



Blue Jay



American Crow



Black-capped Chickadee



Tufted Titmouse



Red-breasted Nuthatch



Carolina Wren



House Wren



Ruby-crowned Kinglet



Blue-gray Gnatcatcher



American Robin



Gray Catbird



European Starling



Cedar Waxwing



Nashville Warbler



Northern Parula



Yellow Warbler



Magnolia Warbler



Black-throated Blue Warbler



Blackpoll Warbler



Black-and-white Warbler



American Redstart



Northern Waterthrush



Scarlet Tanager



Song Sparrow



Lincoln's Sparrow



Northern Cardinal



Rose-breasted Grosbeak



Common Grackle



American Goldfinch



House Sparrow

Sept 8th, Sandy Hook , Gateway NRA, NJ

Leader : Bob Machover


Note: Rain shorten trip, heavy deluge, tornadic activity; later tornado report at Breezy Point



Sandy Hook, Monmouth, US-NJ

Sep 8, 2012 8:00 AM - 10:00 AM

Protocol: Traveling

1.0 mile(s)

Comments: BBC Trip

28 species (+1 other taxa)



Canada Goose X

Great Blue Heron X

Osprey X

Black-bellied Plover X

Semipalmated Plover X

Piping Plover X

American Oystercatcher X

Ruddy Turnstone X

Sanderling X

Laughing Gull X

Herring Gull X

Great Black-backed Gull X

Black Tern 1 bird not in full breeding plumage much smaller and darker than common terns

Common Tern X

Forster's Tern X

Sandwich Tern 1 much larger than common terns, yellow tipped black bill clearly visible not in full breeding plumage

Black Skimmer X

Mourning Dove X

Chimney Swift X

American Kestrel X

crow sp. X

Tree Swallow X

Barn Swallow X

Carolina Wren X

Gray Catbird X

Northern Mockingbird X

Common Yellowthroat X

Eastern Towhee X

Field Sparrow X

Mute Swan (2) -flyover

Double-crested Cormorant

Dunlin

Song Sparrow

Snowy Egret

Royal Terns ; Spermaceti Cove

House Finch

Prospect Park Sept 1st

Leading : Ed Crowne

Hi, Peter.



Attached is the list I kept from yesterday's walk. We started with about 25 birders, so I am not sure this list is comprehensive. As you have already noted, the OS Flycatcher was one of the highlights.

Best regards, Ed

date = 2012/09/01site = Prospect Park
observers = Ed Crowne plus walk participants

Canada Goose
Wood Duck
Mallard
Red-tailed Hawk
Solitary Sandpiper
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Chimney Swift
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Great Crested Flycatcher
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Eastern Wood-Pewee
White-eyed Vireo
Warbling Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
Blue Jay
Black-capped Chickadee
Red-breasted Nuthatch
White-breasted Nuthatch
House Wren
Carolina Wren
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
American Robin
Hermit Thrush
Veery
Gray Catbird
Northern Mockingbird
 European Starling

Yellow Warbler
American Redstart
 Black-and-white Warbler
Canada Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Louisiana Waterthrush
Blue-winged Warbler
Northern Parula
Magnolia Warbler
Nashville Warbler
Northern Waterthrush
Blackburnian Warbler

Northern Cardinal
Baltimore Oriole
Red-winged Blackbird
Common Grackle
American Goldfinch
House Sparrow

Jamaica Bay Refuge August 19th

Leading : Peter Dorosh

Members: Maryjo E, Patricia S, Bobbi M, Monica B, Lenore S, Alice T, Chris H, Matthew R., Paige L

date = 2012/08/19

Comments: Quite low numbers shorebirds for this peak date. 14 species shorebirds, 5 tern species


site = Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge
(Later, Floyd Bennett Field 4-5pm  "FBF")

observers = Brooklyn Bird Club

73 Species

Double-crested Cormorant

Snowy Egret

Black-crowned Night-Heron

Green Heron

Great Egret

Yellow-crowned Night-Heron

Great Blue Heron

Glossy Ibis

Northern Shoveler

Blue-winged Teal

Gadwall

American Black Duck

Canada Goose

Green-winged Teal

Brant

Ruddy Duck

Mute Swan

Mallard

Osprey

Peregrine Falcon

American Kestrel  FBF

Merlin  FBF

Killdeer FBF

Black-bellied Plover

Semipalmated Plover

American Oystercatcher

Semipalmated Sandpiper

Stilt Sandpiper juvenile

Least Sandpiper

Short-billed Dowitcher

Dunlin

Lesser Yellowlegs

Spotted Sandpiper

White-rumped Sandpiper

Ruddy Turnstone

Greater Yellowlegs

Gull-billed Tern

Laughing Gull

Great Black-backed Gull

Forster's Tern

Common Tern

Black Skimmer

Herring Gull

Least Tern

Rock Pigeon

Mourning Dove

Belted Kingfisher FBF

Downy Woodpecker FBF

Willow Flycatcher

Eastern Kingbird FBF

American Crow

Fish Crow heard

Bank Swallow

Tree Swallow

Barn Swallow

Carolina Wren heard

American Robin

Gray Catbird

Brown Thrasher

Northern Mockingbird

European Starling

Cedar Waxwing

Yellow Warbler

Black-and-white Warbler

Common Yellowthroat heard

Northern Waterthrush

Song Sparrow

Eastern Towhee heard

Northern Cardinal

Boat-tailed Grackle

Red-winged Blackbird

American Goldfinch

House Sparrow


other non avian species: Raccoon, Eastern Cottontail, Red-spotted Purple, Cabbage White, Painted Lady, Common Sulphur, Monarch, Pearl Crescent,Common Buckeye,Black Swallowtail, Black Saddlebags, Carolina Saddlebags,Eastern Tiger Swallowtail, Familiar Bluet, Broad winged Skipper,Spot-winged Glider,Sachem Skipper, Darner species,Silver-spotted Skipper

Jamaica Bay Refuge, August 9th

Leading and reporting, Sandy Paci

Hi Peter,


It was a great trip with a large group of fun, skilled and eager birders. Through cooperation and team effort we had 58 total species with 16 shorebirds.

Best,

Sandy


Brooklyn Bird Club – Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, Saturday August 4, 2012

Sandy Paci with 16+ members and non-members: Lenore Swenson, Tom Preston, Rusty Harold, Bob Washburn, Dennis Hrehowsik, Mike Yuan, Matthew Rymkiewicz, Donna Evans, Bobbi Manion, Phil Hoff, Bambi Friedman, Ania G, Mike and Kim Wylie, Robert and Laurie Petrillo, Paige, and (briefly) Janet Zinn and Alan Baratz

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Pied Billed Grebe

Double Crested Cormorant

Great Blue Heron

Great Egret

Snowy Egret

Black Crowned Night Heron

Yellow Crowned Night Heron

Glossy Ibis

Mute Swan

Canada Goose

Mallard

Am. Black Duck

Osprey

Black Bellied Plover

Semi-Palmated Plover

American Oystercatcher

American Avocet (SLAM DUNK!)

Greater Yellowlegs

Lesser Yellowlegs

Solitary Sandpiper (1 half hidden in reeds, south end)

Ruddy Turnstone

Red Knot (2 picked out of a crowd, thanks to Mike)

Dunlin

Pectoral Sandpiper (1, north island, thanks to Lenore)

White-Rumped Sandpiper (1, south end, thanks to Matthew)

Semi-Palmated Sandpiper

Least Sandpiper

Stilt Sandpiper (many)

Short Billed Dowitcher (100s)

Laughing Gull

Ring Billed Gull

Herring Gull

Great Black Backed Gull

Gull Billed Tern (several)

Common Tern

Forster’s Tern

Least Tern

Rock Dove

Downy Woodpecker

Fish Crow

American Crow

Barn Swallow

Tree Swallow

Carolina Wren

Grey Catbird

Northern Mockingbird

European Starling

Cedar Waxwing

Yellow Warbler

Common Yellowthroat

Northern Cardinal

Eastern Towhee

Song Sparrow

Red-Winged Blackbird

Boat-Tailed Grackle

Brown-Headed Cowbird

House Sparrow

American Goldfinch

June 30th Ward Pound Ridge's Odonata, Lepidoptera, and Aves...in that order

Leader : Ed Lam

Report from Saturday, June 30 trip to Ward Pound Ridge Reservation. Although the temperature was in the 90’s, there was a gentle breeze, it wasn’t humid and we enjoyed our dragonfly/damselfly/butterfly and birding trip with Ed Lam.


Butterflies:

Common wood nymph

Red Admiral (common)

Dun skipper (common)

Least skipper

Delaware skipper

Little glassy wing skipper

Great spangled fritillary

Question mark

Pearl crescent

Eastern tailed blue

Wood satyr

Dragonflies/damselflies



Black saddlebag

Spangled skimmers

Slaty skimmer

?mocha emerald dragonfly

Blue dasher

Eastern forktail damselfly

Halloween pennat

Pond hawk

Unicorn clubtail

Ebony jewel wing damselfly (many)

Arora damselfly

Fragile forktail

Common White tail

12 spot

Widow Skimmer

Ashy clubtail

Arrowhead spiketail

Tiger spiketail

Cyrano darner (big nose!)

Powdered dancer damselfly

Least clubtail

Dragon hunter clubtail

Shadow darner

Green darner

Birds:

More birds were heard than seen and we barely paid attention to birds. I’m sure Lenore had a much longer list.

Ovenbird

Black & white

Yellow warbler

Common yellow throat

Blue jays

White breasted nuthatch

Common crow

Downy woodpecker

Wood thrush

American robins

Great egret

Eastern phoebe

Indigo bunting

Blue grey Gnatcatcher

Black capped Chickadee

(list submitted by Janet Schumacher)

Sunday, June 17th, Far Rockaway breeding birds

date = 2012/06/17


sites = Far Rockaway: Arverne Beach site, Bayswater Pt State Park, Edgemere/Rockaway Community Park; Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge

observers = BBC led by Peter Dorosh

47 species

Double-crested Cormorant

Snowy Egret

Little Blue Heron

Black-crowned Night-Heron

Great Egret

Yellow-crowned Night-Heron

American Black Duck

Canada Goose

Ruddy Duck

Mallard

Osprey nesting ,perched and flying; Edgemere, JBWR

Piping Plover

American Oystercatcher

Willet

Gull-billed Tern

Laughing Gull

Great Black-backed Gull

Forster's Tern

Common Tern

Black Skimmer

Herring Gull

Least Tern

Rock Pigeon

Mourning Dove

Chimney Swift

American Crow

Tree Swallow

Barn Swallow

House Wren

American Robin

Gray Catbird

Brown Thrasher

Northern Mockingbird

European Starling

Cedar Waxwing

Yellow Warbler

Common Yellowthroat

Savannah Sparrow Edgemere

Song Sparrow

Boat-tailed Grackle

Red-winged Blackbird

Common Grackle

Brown-headed Cowbird

House Sparrow

Fish Crow
Common Yellowthroat
Ring billed Gull


Photo below taken by Dennis Hreshowsik, at JBWR , near Bench 11
Eastern Towhee consuming Autumn Olive fruit.

Saturday, June 9th, Jersey grasslands and other "Garden" gems

Leader : Bob Machover

Hi Peter et al,


For your curiosity and/or pleasure, here's my report on yesterday's trip. Due to various commitments (mine and other folks'), we only did four hours (8AM to noon). Besides me, participants were Emily Goldstein, Isabel Conte, James and Amy Cooke, Edith Goren and Julia Weinberger. Most of our time was spent at Negri-Nepote Grassland Preserve plus 45 minutes at the nearby Griggstown Grassland Preserve.

(G) Stands for Griggstown only.

1. Canada Goose - Several fly-overs.

2. Great Blue Heron - 2-3

3. Green Heron - 1 fly-over

4. Black Vulture - 2 (G)

5. Turkey Vulture - 4-5

6. Red-tailed Hawk - 1 perched on distant tower

7. Mourning Dove - several

8. Chimney Swift - 1

9. Red-bellied Woodpecker - 2-3 heard

10. Northern Flicker - 3

11. Willow Flycatcher - 3 heard, 1 seen

12. Eastern Kingbird - 4 (two pairs)

13. Blue Jay - several

14. American Crow - several

15. Fish Crow - 1-2

16. Tree Swallow - abundant

17. Barn Swallow - a few

18. Tufted Titmouse - 3-4 heard, 1 seen

19. Carolina Wren - 1 heard

20. House Wren - many heard, 4-5 seen

21. Eastern Bluebird - 4-5

22. American Robin - abundant

23. Gray Catbird - common

24. Northern Mockingbird - 1-2

25. European Starling - 1 (probably more?)

26. Cedar Waxwing - several small flocks

27. Yellow Warbler - fairly common

28. Prairie Warbler - 2-3 heard

29. Common Yellowthroat - common

30. Eastern Towhee - 1-2

31. Chipping Sparrow - common

32. Field Sparrow - fairly common

33. Savannah Sparrow - 1 (sitting on wire for at least 10 minutes)

34. Grasshopper Sparrow - over 12, maybe as many as 18 (I've never seen/heard so many in one place before)

35. Song Sparrow - several

36. Northern Cardinal - several

37. Blue Grosbeak - 1 adult male (great looks)

38. Indigo Bunting - common

39. Red-winged Blackbird - common

40. Common Grackle - several

41. Brown-headed Cowbird - a few

42. Orchard Oriole - pair - male and female, probable nest (G)

43. Baltimore Oriole - several

44. House Finch - a few

45. American Goldfinch - fairly common

46. House Sparrow - 1 female in meadow (unusual habitat) (G)

A good day....especially with the surprising Blue Grosbeak and the hordes of Grasshopper Sparrows.

Enjoy...

Bob

June 2nd, Breeding birds of Long Island

Leading : Rusty Harold

Among about 50 species counted by Saturday's Brooklyn Bird Club field


trip top Nassau County, two are worthy of particular note. We found

*two* Gull-billed Terns at Nickerson Beach, mostly standing apart from

the Common Terns. The first was spotted in the eastern most fenced off

area on the beach, and then flew off. A little while later we

relocated it standing near a second individual in the westernmost

fenced off area. We didn't see any evidence of these two nesting, but

it's worth checking out.



Later at the Oceanside Marine Nature Study Area, we found all six


expected heron species (Green, Great Blue, Black-crowned Night-heron,


Yellow-crowned Night-heron, Great Egret, and Snowy Egret) plus a


completely unexpected Little Blue Heron near the Golf Course.


Elliotte Rusty Harold