Fwd: Trip recap: Waning Winter Days at Jamaica Bay Refuge

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From: Ryan Goldberg <ryan.goldberg@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, Mar 7, 2022, 4:57 PM
Subject: Trip recap: Waning Winter Days at Jamaica Bay Refuge
To: Peter Dorosh <prosbird@gmail.com>

Hi Peter,

We had a great turnout of 22 people for the "Waning Winter Days" field trip to Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge on Saturday, March 5. It was cloudy but not cold, in the low 40s with very little wind and occasional sunshine. For a few folks, this was their first time at the refuge. It didn't disappoint. 

Some of the highlights were the massive rafts of ruddies staging for migration on the West Pond, about 700 in all, plus approximately another 200 on the East Pond; a drake Eurasian Wigeon mixed in with American Wigeons; a drake and hen Northern Pintail; and many hundreds Snow Geese. We also detected an Orange-crowned Warbler by its call in some thick scrub bordering the West Pond, but it never emerged for proper looks. A lone Tree Swallow, getting a jump on migration, buzzed over the visitor center as we gathered at 8 a.m.

Here is our eBird checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S104236143

Leader: Ryan Goldberg

Participants: Angie Co, Tina Alleva, Indigo Goodson, Justin Fields, Kevin Rolwing, Russ Comeau, Terry & Erik Von Ploennies, Charles Tang, Valerie Masten, Xinyi Zhang, Danielle Khalife, Haowen Zheng, Marcela Mulholland, Vicki Seabrook, Cecilia Cho, Matt Fischer, Kathy Toomey, Allan Scholl, Anita Haravon, Michele Truong, Chris Laskowski.

Looking forward to spring now!

Best,

Ryan

BBC Walk - 19 Feb 2022 - Prospect Park

leader Peter Dorosh
5 members

Feeders

https://ebird.org/checklist/S103128173

Park wide

https://ebird.org/checklist/S103053475

After Hours Sunset Walk at Shirley Chisholm State Park February 6

Eastern Meadowlark photo'd by Charles Tang

 Leader Adelia Harrison

This evening walk was a special program hosted by the wonderful outdoor educators of Shirley Chisholm State Park Ciara Scully and Tiffany Yeung. It was a rare opportunity to be on the grasslands after the park closes well after sunset. We started at 2 pm for some daylight birding. It was a beautiful day. Cold but sunny with little wind. We hiked up to the top and got a perfect Eastern Meadowlark perched on the tippy top of the tree. We then hiked down to the path along the water to look at ducks, gulls and shorebirds. As the sun sank in the sky the horizontal light made the ducks on the water look especially stunning, with a Common Goldeneye's head a dazzling emerald. Along the trail we also got four American Tree Sparrows and a Fox Sparrow. For the second part of the hike, after the park closed we again ascended onto the grasslands. We were treated to three different plumages of Northern Harriers, a female, a juvenile and a grey ghost who was hunting until the sun disappeared. I started a new checklist just as the sun was going down and that list had only three species, the grey ghost Northern Harrier, a Red-tailed Hawk and some Savannah Sparrows. Sadly, we did not see any species of owl, including the Snowy Owl that has been present there recently. But overall, the evening yielded 38 species. We hope to do more partnership events with the staff at SCSP.

American Tree Sparrow photo'd by Charles Tang

American Black Duck (Anas rubripes)

American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos)

American Robin

American Tree Sparrow (Spizelloides arborea)

American Wigeon (Mareca americana)

Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus)

Brant (Branta bernicla)

Bufflehead (Bucephala albeola)

Canada Goose (Branta canadensis)

Common Goldeneye (Bucephala clangula)

Common Raven (Corvus corax)

crow sp. (Corvus sp. (crow sp.))

Double-crested Cormorant (Nannopterum auritum)

Eastern Meadowlark (Sturnella magna)

Fox Sparrow (Passerella iliaca)

Gadwall (Mareca strepera)

Great Black-backed Gull (Larus marinus)

Great Blue Heron

Greater Scaup (Aythya marila)

Herring Gull (Larus argentatus)

Hooded Merganser

Horned Grebe (Podiceps auritus)

House Finch (Haemorhous mexicanus)

Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus)

Lesser Scaup (Aythya affinis)

Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)

Northern Harrier (Circus hudsonius)

Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos)

Peregrine Falcon

Pied-billed grebe

Red-breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator)

Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis)

Red-throated Loon

Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus)

Ring-billed Gull (Larus delawarensis)

Ruddy Duck (Oxyura jamaicensis)

Sanderling

Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia)

Winter at Jones Beach State Park and Point Lookout February 5

 

Yawning Snowy Owl photo'd by Charles tang

Leader Adelia Harrison

Hi Peter

I wish there was an easy way to get a day list out of eBird! 

The attached photos have the names of the photographer in the file name for crediting.

Recap:

We had a full trip with a waiting list for a full day at Nickerson Beach, Pt Lookout, and Jones Beach. Although sunny, there was an unrelenting, biting wind for the entire day that made it hard to hold our scopes or take photos, not to mention being all around unpleasant. Nonetheless we had 12 fearless birders whose enthusiasm and good spiritedness overpowered the lousy conditions.

We got to see TWO Snowy Owls. A female at Nickerson, and a male at Jones Beach. The female kept opening her mouth as though she were yawning and we all are wondering what that was about. Was she trying to cough up a pellet? Charles has a great photo of it.

At Pt Lookout on a western jetty there was over 1,000 Dunlin who kept lifting up into the air and moving as a single entity like murmurating starlings. It was incredible. Mixed among them were probably dozens of Purple Sandpiper and just a handful of Black-bellied Plover. There were also over 100 Long-tailed ducks at Jones Beach West End. We only had a few Black Scoter and just one White-winged Scoter and only one Common Eider. Five Harlequin Ducks have been at the jetty at Pt Lookout all season and they did not let us down.

Many people had multiple lifers. The Harlequin Ducks especially were lifers for several in attendance.

Harlequin Ducks  photo'd by Terry Kim

List:

American Black Duck (Anas rubripes)

American Robin (Turdus migratorius)

Black Scoter (Melanitta americana)

Black-bellied Plover (Pluvialis squatarola)

Bufflehead (Bucephala albeola)

Common Eider (Somateria mollissima)

Common Loon (Gavia immer)

Cooper's Hawk (Accipiter cooperii)

Dunlin (Calidris alpina)

Great Black-backed Gull (Larus marinus)

Greater Scaup (Aythya marila)

Harlequin Duck (Histrionicus histrionicus)

Herring Gull (Larus argentatus)

Horned Grebe (Podiceps auritus)

Horned Lark (Eremophila alpestris)

Long-tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis)

Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)

Northern Harrier (Circus hudsonius)

Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos)

Purple Sandpiper (Calidris maritima)

Red-breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator)

Red-throated Loon (Gavia stellata)

Ring-billed Gull (Larus delawarensis)

Sanderling (Calidris alba)

Snowy Owl (Bubo scandiacus)

White-winged Scoter (Melanitta deglandi)

Yellow-rumped Warbler (Setophaga coronata)

Merlin (Falco columbarius)

Black-bellied Plover  photo'd by Barbara Schelkle

flying Long tailed Ducks photo'd by Barbara Schelkle

January 22nd “IF IT WALKS LIKE A DUCK…” A BBC DUCKATHON”

 

Buffleheads

Locations : Prospect Park, Sheepshead Bay,Manhattan Beach,Brighton Beach,Coney Island Beach,Coney Island Creek

All photos taken by Erik Von Ploennis

Leading Peter Dorosh

10 participants

List compiled courtesy of Danielle Khalife

Prospect park: https://ebird.org/checklist/S101192667

Sheepshead Bay: https://ebird.org/checklist/S101198960

Manhattan Beach: https://ebird.org/checklist/S101230693

Brighton Beach: https://ebird.org/checklist/S101229645

Coney Island Creek: https://ebird.org/checklist/S101230267

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1u9pWfp8Hgk86j3nDfcTraLeM2EolaElJ?usp=sharing

Ducks -15 reported ( seen by group or several,etc)

White-winged Scoter

Wood Duck Canard branchu Aix sponsa Prospect

Northern Shoveler Canard souchet Spatula clypeata Prospect

Gadwall Canard chipeau Mareca strepera  Coney Island Creek

Mallard Canard colvert Anas platyrhynchos 

American Black Duck Canard noir Anas rubripes 

Northern Pintail Canard pilet Anas acuta Coney Island Creek

Greater Scaup Fuligule milouinan Aythya marila Coney island creek

Lesser Scaup Petit Fuligule Aythya affinis sheepshead bay

Surf Scoter Macreuse à front blanc Melanitta perspicillata Manhattan Beach

White-winged Scoter

Stejneger's Scoter Macreuse de Sibérie Melanitta stejnegeri Manhattan Beach

Long-tailed Duck Harelde kakawi Clangula hyemalis Coney Island beach

Bufflehead Petit Garrot Bucephala albeola 

Common Goldeneye Garrot à oeil d'or Bucephala clangula Manhattan Beach

Hooded Merganser Harle couronné Lophodytes cucullatus Coney island creek

Red-breasted Merganser Harle huppé Mergus serrator 

Lesser Scaup

Fwd: Bird New Years Day weekend BBC Lists

Lists from leader Paul Keim for New Years Day (Saturday) and 1st Sunday walk.

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From: Debbie Keim <zoodraw@aol.com>
Date: Sun, Jan 2, 2022, 4:58 PM
Subject: Bird Lists
To: prosbird@gmail.com <prosbird@gmail.com>

Peter,

Here are the lists Paul gave me for the New Year's Day walk, and the first Sunday walk.

Saturday, Jan 1, 2022 - Prospect Park - 34 Species

Pied Billed Grebe
Great Blue Heron
Mute Swan
Canada Goose
Mallard
Shoveler
Bufflehead
Ruddy Duck
Red Tail Hawk
Coot
'Herring Gull
Ring Billed Gull
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Red Bellied Woodpecker
Sapsucker
Downy Woodpecker
Chickadee
White Breasted Nuthatch
Carolina Wren
Ruby Crowned Kinglet
Robin
Hermit Thrush
Blue Jay
American Crow
Cardinal
House Finch
White Throated Sparrow
Fox Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Junco
European Starling
Dicksissel
House Sparrow

Sunday, January 2nd - Prospect Park - 30 Species
Mute Swan
Canada Goose
Mallard
Shoveler
Ring Necked Duck
Ruddy Duck
Cooper's Hawk (Paul only - on his way to meet everyone)
Coot
Herring Gull
Ring Billed Gull
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Red Bellied Woodpecker
Sapsucker
Downy Woodpecker
Chickadee
White Breasted Nuthatch
Carolina Wren
Ruby Crowned Kinglet
Robin
Hermit Thrush
Blue Jay
American Crow
Cardinal
House Finch
White Throated Sparrow
Fox Sparrow
Song Sparrow
European Starling
House Sparrow


Happy New Year!
Debbie

BBC POPUP NYDs led by Karen

https://ebird.org/checklist/S99843875 

Tweet from Michelle Talich (@michelletalich). Pop-up walk at Coney island gulls led by Dennis and Bobbi

Michelle Talich (@michelletalich) tweeted at 5:38 PM on Sat, Dec 11, 2021:
The @BklynBirdClub Gull ID Pop-up this a.m. was fab! I had lots of fun & learned so much. (Hopefully I can remember some of it🤞🏼😬) Gulls are fascinating! HUGE thank you to @BobbiInBrooklyn  & @deepseagangster for being so generous with their time & knowledge! #brooklynbirdclub https://t.co/9oHW03DFzv
(https://twitter.com/michelletalich/status/1469798727967596546?s=03)

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"Splashly Seafowl"- 4 Dec 2021 - Riis Beach/Fort Tilden - 32 species

https://ebird.org/checklist/S98473249 

( Yellow-rumped Warbler,photo'd by Carol Page)

Trip leader Peter Dorosh

Participants :12

Highlights. Flurry northern gannets, Ravens, close long tailed ducks

( Long-tailed Ducks , photo'd by Terry Kim)

(American Kestrel photo'd by Russ Comeau)

Fwd: Fw: eBird Report - Governors Island (open year-round), Nov 13, 2021

Leader Matthew Wills

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From: Matthew Wills <matthewwills@earthlink.net>
Date: Sat, Nov 13, 2021, 2:34 PM
Subject: Fw: eBird Report - Governors Island (open year-round), Nov 13, 2021
To: Peter Dorosh <prosbird@gmail.com>

Peter,
 
A beautiful day for a walk. Everyone showed up and enjoyed themselves, I think. (Practically had the ferry to ourselves; only two other people aboard.) Hardly any birds, but we did have a very close encounter with two Red-tails swooping up and over the hill. List from ebird below. Just gulls and a few Mallards & Black Ducks in surrounding waters
 
Red Admiral and Colias sulphur butterflies; big Differential Grasshopper crossing the road (good Kestrel food; saw what must be the resident male Am Kestrel eating one on Thursday when I scouted the island out). 
 
Cheers,
 
Matthew
 
 
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Subject: eBird Report - Governors Island (open year-round), Nov 13, 2021
 
Governors Island (open year-round), New York, New York, US
Nov 13, 2021 8:15 AM - 11:45 AM
Protocol: Traveling
2.0 mile(s)
Checklist Comments: Brooklyn Bird Club Walk
28 species
 
Canada Goose 4
Mallard 3
American Black Duck 2
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 5
Mourning Dove 12
Laughing Gull 1
Ring-billed Gull X
Herring Gull X
Great Black-backed Gull X
Double-crested Cormorant 2
Red-tailed Hawk 2 One adult, one juvenile, circling and chasing each other
American Kestrel 1 Male
Blue Jay 3
American Crow 1
Fish Crow 3
Carolina Wren 1
European Starling 20
Northern Mockingbird 2
American Robin 1
House Sparrow X
House Finch 5
American Goldfinch 3
Chipping Sparrow 2
Dark-eyed Junco 4
White-throated Sparrow 4
Song Sparrow 2
Red-winged Blackbird 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler 1
 
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S97527065
 
This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (https://ebird.org/home)