April 9th Brooklyn Wetlands

Leader Heydi Lopes

Location

Plumb Beach, Kings County, New York, US ( Map )

Date and Effort

Sat Apr 09, 2016 8:00 AM

Protocol:

Traveling

Party Size:

11

Duration:

1 hour(s), 50 minute(s)

Distance:

1.25 mile(s)

Observers:

Alexandra Ratay List , BOB WASHBURN List , HJ Kim List , Heydi Lopes List , Michael Yuan , Roberta Manian List , kristin costello List

Comments:

Submitted from eBird for iOS, version 1.1.5 Build 44

Species

30 species total

130	Brant (Atlantic)
6	Mute Swan
8	American Black Duck
2	Mallard
4	Long-tailed Duck
15	Bufflehead
9	Red-breasted Merganser
9	Red-throated Loon Careful count from vantage point near restrooms. Flocks of 3 and 6.
38	Common Loon All around the bay and channel.
18	Horned Grebe
17	Northern Gannet
6	Double-crested Cormorant
1	Great Blue Heron
1	Northern Harrier
3	American Oystercatcher
1	Laughing Gull
9	Ring-billed Gull
22	Herring Gull
7	Great Black-backed Gull
4	Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)
3	American Robin
2	European Starling
2	American Tree Sparrow
1	White-throated Sparrow
1	Savannah Sparrow
2	Song Sparrow
1	Northern Cardinal
4	Red-winged Blackbird
1	Boat-tailed Grackle
14	House Sparrow

 

 Salt Marsh Nature Center at Marine Park, Kings County, New York, US ( Map )

Date and Effort

Sat Apr 09, 2016 1:45 PM

Protocol:

Traveling

Party Size:

11

Duration:

1 hour(s), 20 minute(s)

Distance:

1.5 mile(s)

Observers:

Alexandra Ratay List , BOB WASHBURN List , Dennis Hrehowsik List , HJ Kim List , Heydi Lopes List , Michael Yuan , Roberta Manian List , kristin costello List

Comments:

Submitted from eBird for iOS, version 1.1.5 Build 44

Species

30 species (+1 other taxa) total

60	Brant (Atlantic)
5	American Black Duck
7	Mallard
1	Bufflehead
1	Ring-necked Pheasant
1	Red-throated Loon
1	Pied-billed Grebe
1	Double-crested Cormorant
4	Great Egret
2	Snowy Egret
2	Osprey
5	American Oystercatcher
1	Killdeer
2	Greater Yellowlegs
1	shorebird sp.
1	Laughing Gull
8	Ring-billed Gull
14	Herring Gull
5	Great Black-backed Gull
2	Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)
1	American Crow
1	Fish Crow
4	American Robin
1	Northern Mockingbird
50	European Starling
1	White-throated Sparrow
5	Song Sparrow
1	Common Grackle
1	Boat-tailed Grackle
1	Brown-headed Cowbird
8	House Sparrow

Floyd Bennett Field

22 species total

360	Brant (Atlantic)
3	Canada Goose
4	Mallard
2	Blue-winged Teal
2	Northern Shoveler
2	Bufflehead
2	Red-breasted Merganser
6	Common Loon
7	Horned Grebe
9	Northern Gannet
1	Double-crested Cormorant
1	Great Cormorant
3	Great Blue Heron
5	Black-crowned Night-Heron
3	Osprey
22	Herring Gull
8	Great Black-backed Gull
2	Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)
1	Mourning Dove
1	Downy Woodpecker
2	American Robin
4	Location Dead Horse Point, Kings County, New York, US ( Map ) Date and Effort Sat Apr 09, 2016 10:00 AM Protocol: Traveling Party Size: 11 Duration: 1 hour(s), 10 minute(s) Distance: 1.0 mile(s) Observers: Alexandra Ratay List , BOB WASHBURN List , HJ Kim List , Heydi Lopes List , Michael Yuan , Roberta Manian List , kristin costello List Comments: Submitted from eBird for iOS, version 1.1.5 Build 44 Species 23 species total 2 Wood Duck 6 Gadwall 3 Mallard 7 Greater Scaup 7 Long-tailed Duck 23 Bufflehead 1 Red-breasted Merganser 2 Common Loon 7 Horned Grebe 4 Northern Gannet 2 American Oystercatcher 6 Ring-billed Gull 9 Herring Gull 3 Great Black-backed Gull 1 Downy Woodpecker 1 Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 1 Peregrine Falcon 1 Fish Crow 1 Carolina Wren 1 Northern Mockingbird 1 Field Sparrow 1 Northern Cardinal 4 Red-winged Blackbird   Are you submitting a complete checklist of the birds you were able to identify? Yes © White-throated Sparrow

Fwd: Jamaica Bay Field Trip Report

--Leader Steve Nanz ,8 members

-------- Forwarded message ----------
From: "Alexis Clements" &
Date: Apr 2, 2016 4:15 PM
Subject: Jamaica Bay Field Trip Report
To: "Heidi Steiner" < "Peter Dorosh" &lt
Cc:

Hi Heidi:

I promised I would send my list around to the group from today's walk, but I just realized I wasn't on any of the group emails - if you wouldn't mind passing this along - list below.

And Peter, figured I would send it your way for the field trip report blog.

Best,

Alexis

JAMAICA BAY LIST

American Black Duck

American Coot

American Goldfinch

American Oystercatcher

American Robin

Blue-Gray Gnatcatcher

Boat-Tailed Grackle

Brant

Brown-Headed Cowbird

Bufflehead

Canada Goose

Common Grackle

Common Loon

Dark-Eyed Junco, Slate-Colored

Double-Crested Cormorant

Downy Woodpecker

Eastern Phoebe

Gadwall

Great Black-Backed Gull

Greater Yellowlegs

Green-Winged Teal

Herring Gull

Horned Grebe

Mute Swan

Northern Cardinal

Northern Flicker, Yellow-Shafted

Northern Mockingbird

Northern Shoveler

Osprey

Pied-Billed Grebe

Red-Breasted Merganser

Red-Winged Blackbird

Rock Pigeon

Ruby-Crowned Kinglet

Ruddy Duck

Snowy Egret

Song Sparrow

Tree Swallow

White-Throated Sparrow

SEEN ONLY AT DUANE READE, BEACH CHANNEL DRIVE

Ruddy Turnstone

SEEN ONLY AT FLOYD BENNETT FIELD

American Crow

Black-Crowned Night-Heron

European Starling

Fish Crow

Laughing Gull

Mallard

Mourning Dove

Red-Tailed Hawk

Turkey Vulture

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Fwd: Green-Wood Walk BBC

Leading Matthew Wills



-----Original Message-----
From: matthewwills@earthlink.net
To: ProsBird
Sent: Sat, Mar 26, 2016 10:27 am
Subject: Green-Wood Walk

A cool morning warming up as spring should. There were a dozen of us and we spent about 2.5 hours in the cemetery, passing by all four water bodies. Great views of bright, vocalizing Pine warblers, Kestrel plucking what looked like a sparrow, and a brief Merlin appearance at Crescent Water, which was the most active spot of the morning. Definitely felt like spring with the Phoebes and Pines singing.

This is the full list. 

Canada Goose

Mallard

Cooper's Hawk

Red-tailed Hawk (may have been same juvie x3)

Ring-billed Gull

Rock Pigeon

Mourning Dove

Belted Kingfisher (Sylvan Water)

Red-bellied Woodpecker

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker

Northern Flicker (flickermania)

Kestrel 

Merlin

Monk Parakeet

Eastern Phoebe

Blue Jay

Fish Crow (6, vocalizing as they harried a Red-tailed)

Tufted Titmouse

Golden-crowned Kinglet

American Robin

Northern Mockingbird

European Starling

Cedar Waxwing

Pine Warbler (min. of 5, Valley & Crescent Waters)

Field Sparrow (Sylvan Water)

Dark-eyed Junco

White-throated Sparrow

Song Sparrow

Northern Cardinal

Red-winged Blackbird

Common Grackle

Brown-headed Cowbird 

House Sparrow

Cheers

Matthew

http://matthewwills.com

March 20th, Prospect Park’s First Day of Spring

Leader Ed Crowne



-----Original Message-----
From: erc310@gmail.com
To: Peter Dorosh
Sent: Sun, Mar 20, 2016 9:06 am
Subject: First day of spring? walk

Greetings, Peter

On a day more like late winter than spring, four of us took an abbreviated walk through the park. We tallied 34 species, including the still present and singing Pine warbler. See eBird list (http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S28445317) for complete info.

Best regards, Ed

March 13th, Marine Park & Floyd Bennett Field

BBC members using the just dedicated waterfowl blind in memory of Jean Bourque at Floyd Bennett Gift a Pond in the North 40 section. Note the "wood" duck at the upper beam in the back.

Leader Rafael Campos

From: Rafael Guillermo Campos-Ramírez
Date: March 13, 2016 at 7:26:15 PM EDT
To: Kathleen Toomey
Subject: Floyd Bennett Field, Kings Co., Mar 13, 2016
Reply-To: Rafael Guillermo Campos-Ramírez &lt;ticornis@yahoo.com>

Floyd Bennett Field, Kings Co., Kings, New York, US

Mar 13, 2016 10:00 AM - 1:55 PM
Protocol: Traveling
2.5 kilometer(s)
Comments:    Second place visited with Brooklyn Bird Club.
35 species

Brant (Atlantic) (Branta bernicla hrota)  X
Canada Goose (Branta canadensis)  X
Mute Swan (Cygnus olor)  2
Gadwall (Anas strepera)  8
Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)  2
Long-tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis)  2
Red-breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator)  7
Common Loon (Gavia immer)  2
Horned Grebe (Podiceps auritus)  3
Double-crested Cormorant (Phalacrocorax auritus)  6
Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura)  2
Northern Harrier (American) (Circus cyaneus hudsonius)  1
Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis)  2
Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus)  3
Herring Gull (American) (Larus argentatus smithsonianus)  X
Great Black-backed Gull (Larus marinus)  1
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) (Columba livia (Feral Pigeon))  6
Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura)  6
Downy Woodpecker (Picoides pubescens)  1
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) (Colaptes auratus auratus/luteus)  1
American Kestrel (Falco sparverius)  2
American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos)  2
Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus)  1    Heard.
American Robin (Turdus migratorius)  16
Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos)  4
European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)  3
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) (Setophaga coronata coronata)  1
Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored) (Junco hyemalis hyemalis/carolinensis)  1
White-throated Sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis)  1
Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia)  6
Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis)  3
Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus)  X
Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater)  X
American Goldfinch (Spinus tristis)  3
House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)  3

Brooklyn is great birding!!

Salt Marsh/Marine Park, Kings, New York, US
Mar 13, 2016 7:20 AM - 10:45 AM
Protocol: Traveling
2.3 kilometer(s)
Comments:    I led a group of 11 people as part of the Brooklyn Bird Club monthly activities.  Best bird here was at least 2 American (Buff-bellied) Pipits.
37 species

Brant (Atlantic) (Branta bernicla hrota)  X
Canada Goose (Branta canadensis)  X
Mute Swan (Cygnus olor)  2
American Wigeon (Anas americana)  8
American Black Duck (Anas rubripes)  4
Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)  X
Northern Shoveler (Anas clypeata)  6
Northern Pintail (Anas acuta)  1
Greater Scaup (Aythya marila)  1
Bufflehead (Bucephala albeola)  X
Hooded Merganser (Lophodytes cucullatus)  2
Red-breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator)  3
Pied-billed Grebe (Podilymbus podiceps)  2
Double-crested Cormorant (Phalacrocorax auritus)  4
Sharp-shinned Hawk (Accipiter striatus)  2
Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus)  3
Ring-billed Gull (Larus delawarensis)  X
Herring Gull (American) (Larus argentatus smithsonianus)  X
Great Black-backed Gull (Larus marinus)  2
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) (Columba livia (Feral Pigeon))  1
Downy Woodpecker (Picoides pubescens)  2
Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus)  1
Monk Parakeet (Myiopsitta monachus)  5    They flew over the park, heading W.
American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos)  2
Fish Crow (Corvus ossifragus)  1
Common Raven (Corvus corax)  1    heard first vocalizing, and it perched for few minutes, at the edge of the golf course.
American Robin (Turdus migratorius)  2
Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos)  3
European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)  6
American Pipit (Anthus rubescens)  2
Savannah Sparrow (Passerculus sandwichensis)  2
Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia)  4
Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus)  6
Common Grackle (Quiscalus quiscula)  1
Boat-tailed Grackle (Quiscalus major)  4    All males.
Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater)  2
House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)  4

View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S28143956

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

Fwd: Croton Point Park BBC trip Sunday March 6

Screech Owl, photo by Nick Hawvemale

Leader Paul Keim

From: Patti O'Kane 
To: Peter Dorosh 
Cc: Debbie Keim 
Sent: Mon, Mar 7, 2016 8:33 am
Subject: Croton Point Park BBC trip Sunday March 6

photo by
Nick Hawvermale (who we met up at Croton)

Peter, our congenial band of 4 led by owl whisperer Paul Keim had a delightful Saturday at Croton Point Park where we enjoyed 2 species of owl (Screech & Great Horned) along with bald eagles, a northern harrier, goldeneye & 2 eastern meadowlarks (approx. 39 species). Here's our rough list (sorry gang if I missed any) :

Mallard
Canada Goose
Bufflehead
Common Goldeneye   
Turkey Vulture
Bald Eagle
Northern Harrier
Red Tail Hawk
Ring billed Gull
Great Black Back-Gull
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Eastern Screech Owl
Great Horned Owl
Red Bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker  
Blue Jay
Brown headed cowbird
American Crow
Fish Crow
Black Capped Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
White Breasted Nuthatch  
American Robin
Northern Mockingbird   
European Starling
American Tree Sparrow
Song Sparrow          
White Throated Sparrow
Carolina wren (heard by Paul)
Dark Eyed Junco
Northern Cardinal
Red Winged Blackbird
Brown headed cowbird 
Eastern Meadowlark
Common Grackle
House Finch  
American Goldfinch
House Sparrow

Happy Spring, Happy birding! Patti