Fwd: Thursday Walk 9/30/21

Tom Stephenson leading

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From: Tom Stephenson <12toms@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, Sep 8, 2022, 3:45 PM
Subject: Re: Thursday Walk 9/30/21
To: Peter Dorosh <prosbird@gmail.com>
Cc: ANTHONY DALILEO <dalileo@att.net>, Alexander Rich <alexandersrich@gmail.com>, Dennis Hrehowsik <DeepSeaGangster@gmail.com>, Roberta Manian <roberta.manian@gmail.com>, Michele <truongmichele@gmail.com>, Jennifer Kalb <jjkalb@gmail.com>, Miranda chloe Wasserman <chloewasserman@hotmail.com>, Alan Bacchiochi <albinotoast@gmail.com>, Jeff Gramm <jeffgramm@gmail.com>, Ryan Goldberg <ryan.goldberg@gmail.com>, Bob Curtis <bobolink@nyct.net>, Crystal Thiele <cthiele7777@gmail.com>, Krissa Corbett Cavouras <krissa@gmail.com>, Madelyn Boesen <madelyn.boesen@gmail.com>, Michael Jon Fieni <mfieni@gmail.com>, Marisa Wohl <marisawohl193@gmail.com>, H Turer <har.val@verizon.net>, Miles Ewell <mdeanewell@gmail.com>, Jamie Magyar <jamiedmagyar@gmail.com>, Maria Bell <moctavia.bell@gmail.com>, Virginia Millington <vzmillington@gmail.com>, Valerie Masten <valerie.masten@gmail.com>, Zachary Koeber <zachary.koeber@gmail.com>, radka osickova <Radkadesign@yahoo.com>, Kimberly Bliss <kimberlybliss@gmail.com>, Darshan <darshan.markandaiah@gmail.com>, Nisarga Markandaiah <nisarga.markandaiah@gmail.com>, Janet Schumacher <janets33@gmail.com>, Sara Stokes <sara.m.stokes@gmail.com>, Sarah Andrew <sarahandrewmedia@gmail.com>, Katie Fallow <katiefallow@gmail.com>, Monique Oestreicher <monique.oest@gmail.com>, Jeremy Nadel <jeremynadel@gmail.com>, Martha Harbison <marthaharbison@gmail.com>, Lisa Curtiss <lccurtiss@gmail.com>, Lisa M Hoff <lisamhoff@gmail.com>, Athena Unroe <aunroe1@gmail.com>, noah ratzan <noah.ratzan@gmail.com>, Kevin Rolwing <krolwing@gmail.com>, Enrico Leonardi <leonardi.enrico@gmail.com>, Adelia Honeywood <honeywood5@yahoo.com>, Rory Bernstein <rory@rorybernstein.com>, Michael Sand <mlsandline@gmail.com>, Eleanor Ray <eleanorkray@gmail.com>, Elizabeth Norman <eln212@gmail.com>, Miriam Hibel <mhibel@nyc.rr.com>, Toby Kasper <tobykasper@gmail.com>, <ellenggarvey@gmail.com>, Irene S <irene.m.stojko@gmail.com>, Jay Ackley <Jay.Ackley@gmail.com>, Mari Carlesimo <maricarlesimo@gmail.com>, Mona Biblow <mbiblow@gmail.com>, Kassie Schwan <kas300@gmail.com>, Jeremy Ravinsky <ravinsky.jeremy@gmail.com>, Eva Sikes <evasikes@gmail.com>, Nancy Lynch <njlyn210@gmail.com>, Linda LaBella <lblabella@gmail.com>, Daniel Smith <ppbirder@gmail.com>, Liz Lauros <liz.lauros@gmail.com>, Myllicent Felder <myllicent.felder@gmail.com>, Nick Gordon <njg320@nyu.edu>, Angelica Calabrese <angelica.m.calabrese@gmail.com>, Clayton Raithel <clayton.raithel@gmail.com>, Anita Haravon <aharavon@gmail.com>, Katie Luecke <katie.luecke@gmail.com>, Marisa Hernandez <shishi47@gmail.com>, <cabreradv@gmail.com>, Xinyi Zhang <xinyi.zhang.zxy@gmail.com>, Sara Kaloudis <sara@kalomedia.co>, Danielle <daniellek97@gmail.com>

Hi Peter,

Another beautiful day. There was a much different mix of birds this week, most in the northern part of the park, so probably new arrivals last night.

We did end up with a respectable list including 16 species of warblers.

Highlights: 2 different, close-perched Ospreys, one a fresh juvenile and one with a fish (didn't get the species..), Bay-breasted, Canada, Wilson's, Blackburnian, Blackpoll Warblers; Spotted Sandpiper, Coot, and more.

Here's the list.

Best regards,

Tom 

Double-crested Cormorant

Great Blue Heron

Black-crowned Night-Heron

Turkey Vulture

Canada Goose

Mute Swan

Wood Duck

Mallard

Northern Shoveler

Osprey

American Coot

Spotted Sandpiper

Ring-billed Gull

Rock Dove

Mourning Dove

Chimney Swift

Red-bellied Woodpecker

Downy Woodpecker

Hairy Woodpecker

Northern Flicker

Eastern Wood-Pewee

Warbling Vireo

Red-eyed Vireo

Blue Jay

Carolina Wren

Veery

Swainson's Thrush

American Robin

Gray Catbird

Northern Mockingbird

European Starling

Northern Parula

Yellow Warbler

Chestnut-sided Warbler

Magnolia Warbler

Black-throated Blue Warbler

Black-throated Green Warbler

Blackburnian Warbler

Bay-breasted Warbler

Blackpoll Warbler

Black-and-white Warbler

American Redstart

Ovenbird

Northern Waterthrush

Common Yellowthroat

Wilson's Warbler

Canada Warbler

Northern Cardinal

Orchard Oriole

Baltimore Oriole

American Goldfinch

House Sparrow

On Thu, Sep 1, 2022 at 4:18 PM Tom Stephenson <12toms@gmail.com> wrote:

First: I promised to send out the list from the Sept 1 Thursday walk today, but I don't know exactly who was on the  walk (or their email names) so I'm sending this out to the old Thursday list, when we had to register. Please let me know if you'd like to be off the list!

And if I've missed someone you know (Maybe Michael isn't on this?) please feel free to forward.

Hi Peter,

It was a beautiful day today, with a strong enough breeze to combat any heat other than in the most exposed spots.

There were a lot of birds in the park, many very early in the season for that species.

Highlights:  On the raptor front, Bald Eagle (probably 5th year bird, still a subadult), Black and Turkey Vultures.

On the flycatcher front: 7 species including Olive-sided, Yellow-bellied, Acadian and Least.

On the warbler front (lots of fronts...) Prairie, a very early Blackpoll, Nashville; 13 species total

Other notables: Winter Wren, Gray-cheeked Thrush (very early???), and Pied-billed Grebe.

Here's the list.

Everyone, please let us know if I've missed anything.

Best regards,

Tom

Pied-billed Grebe

Great Blue Heron

Green Heron

Black-crowned Night-Heron

Turkey Vulture

Black Vulture

Canada Goose

Mute Swan

Wood Duck

Mallard

Osprey

Bald Eagle

American Kestrel

Rock Dove

Mourning Dove

Yellow-billed Cuckoo

Chimney Swift

Ruby-throated Hummingbird

Red-bellied Woodpecker

Downy Woodpecker

Hairy Woodpecker

Northern Flicker

Olive-sided Flycatcher

Eastern Wood-Pewee

Yellow-bellied Flycatcher

Acadian Flycatcher

Least Flycatcher

Great Crested Flycatcher

Eastern Kingbird

Blue-headed Vireo

Warbling Vireo

Red-eyed Vireo

Blue Jay

Carolina Wren

House Wren

Winter Wren

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher

Veery

Gray-cheeked Thrush

Swainson's Thrush

American Robin

Gray Catbird

European Starling

Nashville Warbler

Northern Parula

Yellow Warbler

Chestnut-sided Warbler

Magnolia Warbler

Yellow-rumped Warbler

Black-throated Green Warbler

Prairie Warbler

Blackpoll Warbler

Black-and-white Warbler

American Redstart

Northern Waterthrush

Common Yellowthroat

Northern Cardinal

Red-winged Blackbird

Common Grackle

Baltimore Oriole

American Goldfinch

House Sparrow

Fwd: Thursday BBC Walk 9/30/21

Led by Tom Stephenson in first fall  walk

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From: Tom Stephenson <

Hi Peter,

It was a beautiful day today, with a strong enough breeze to combat any heat other than in the most exposed spots.

There were a lot of birds in the park, many very early in the season for that species.

Highlights:  On the raptor front, Bald Eagle (probably 5th year bird, still a subadult), Black and Turkey Vultures.

On the flycatcher front: 7 species including Olive-sided, Yellow-bellied, Acadian and Least.

On the warbler front (lots of fronts...) Prairie, a very early Blackpoll, Nashville; 13 species total

Other notables: Winter Wren, Gray-cheeked Thrush (very early???), and Pied-billed Grebe.

Here's the list.

Everyone, please let us know if I've missed anything.

Best regards,

Tom

Pied-billed Grebe

Great Blue Heron

Green Heron

Black-crowned Night-Heron

Turkey Vulture

Black Vulture

Canada Goose

Mute Swan

Wood Duck

Mallard

Osprey

Bald Eagle

American Kestrel

Rock Dove

Mourning Dove

Yellow-billed Cuckoo

Chimney Swift

Ruby-throated Hummingbird

Red-bellied Woodpecker

Downy Woodpecker

Hairy Woodpecker

Northern Flicker

Olive-sided Flycatcher

Eastern Wood-Pewee

Yellow-bellied Flycatcher

Acadian Flycatcher

Least Flycatcher

Great Crested Flycatcher

Eastern Kingbird

Blue-headed Vireo

Warbling Vireo

Red-eyed Vireo

Blue Jay

Carolina Wren

House Wren

Winter Wren

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher

Veery

Gray-cheeked Thrush

Swainson's Thrush

American Robin

Gray Catbird

European Starling

Nashville Warbler

Northern Parula

Yellow Warbler

Chestnut-sided Warbler

Magnolia Warbler

Yellow-rumped Warbler

Black-throated Green Warbler

Prairie Warbler

Blackpoll Warbler

Black-and-white Warbler

American Redstart

Northern Waterthrush

Common Yellowthroat

Northern Cardinal

Red-winged Blackbird

Common Grackle

Baltimore Oriole

American Goldfinch

House Sparrow

eBird Checklist - 31 Aug 2022 - Prospect Park - 18 species. BBC Nighthawk Watch Epstein chklist

https://ebird.org/checklist/S117881717 

Leader Karen Ohearn.

Fwd: Brooklyn Bird Club trip to Jamaica Bay WR, Sunday Aug 28

Leader:Mike Yuan

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From: Michael Yuan <mjyuan@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, Aug 29, 2022, 5:05 PM
Subject: Re: Brooklyn Bird Club trip to Jamaica Bay WR, Sunday Aug 28
To: Kathy Willens <kathywillens@gmail.com>, lmdetert@gmail.com>To: Charles Tang <charles.tang@gmail.com>, Kathleen Toomey <kathleenmtoomey@icloud.com>, <russ@bassdozer.com>, Matthew Cook <MCook@harthowerton.com>, Allan Scholl <allanscholl505@gmail.com>, <truongmichele@gmail.com>, Valerie Masten <valerie.masten@gmail.com>, Adelia Harrison <honeywood5@yahoo.com>, Kelly Regan <kelaregan@gmail.com>, Marcia Van Wagner <marcia.vanwagner@gmail.com>, Cynthia Gehan <cynthia.gehan@gmail.com>, Kevin Rolwing <krolwing@gmail.com>, terry kim <terrykvp@yahoo.com>
Cc: Peter Dorosh <prosbird@gmail.com>

Thanks everyone for a wonderful day birding at Jamaica Bay. I had a terrific time and hope you did as well.

I shared the trip report with those of you on eBird- https://ebird.org/tripreport/73323

If you don't have it, or the checklists, please let me know. 

Hope to see you around soon!

-Mike

August 13th Sunday at Jamaica Bay

Leader Tom Stephenson

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From: Tom Stephenson <12toms@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, Aug 15, 2022 at 10:28 AM
Subject: Sunday at Jamaica Bay
To: Peter Dorosh <prosbird

Hi Peter,

It was a very beautiful day out on the pond yesterday, with a good number of shorebirds and a nice breeze. The water level is very low, so we really only needed sneakers to get around. The only party-pooper was the Peregrine, who flushed the birds completely out of the northern end when we were just getting to the best area...and once again later moving them back to the northern end..!

But that being said, we still had a good number of species seen well. Highlights included many White-rumped Sandpipers, most very close, Hudsonian (and distant then gone Marbled) Godwits, Pectoral Sandpiper, Bonaparte's Gull and lots of time to study all of the regulars including one leucistic semipalmated sp.

Here's the list. I'll send some photos to the group later and will cc you for as many as you'd like to use.

And thanks very much to Bobbi for handling all of the reservations, cancellations, rebookings and more rebookings, all while navigating the swamps of our southern frontier.

Best regards,

Tom

Double-crested Cormorant

Great Blue Heron

Great Egret

Snowy Egret

Little Blue Heron

Glossy Ibis

Canada Goose

Mute Swan

Mallard

Northern Pintail

Osprey

Red-tailed Hawk

Peregrine Falcon

Black-bellied Plover

Semipalmated Plover

Killdeer

American Oystercatcher

Greater Yellowlegs

Lesser Yellowlegs

Hudsonian Godwit

Marbled Godwit

Red Knot

Semipalmated Sandpiper

Least Sandpiper

White-rumped Sandpiper

Pectoral Sandpiper

Stilt Sandpiper

Short-billed Dowitcher

Laughing Gull

Bonaparte's Gull

Ring-billed Gull

Herring Gull

Great Black-backed Gull

Caspian Tern

Forster's Tern

Rock Dove

Chimney Swift

Northern Flicker

Eastern Kingbird

Fish Crow

Barn Swallow

Carolina Wren

American Robin

Gray Catbird

European Starling

Northern Waterthrush

Common Yellowthroat

Northern Cardinal

Common Grackle

Boat-tailed Grackle

Baltimore Oriole

House Sparrow

--

" Preserve and cherish the pale blue dot,the only home we've ever known"

                                                                            --Carl Sagan

July 31A Beachcomber walk to Breezy Point

 Leader Peter Dorosh

Attendees Danielle,Juliette and Xingyi

All checklists created by Danielle K.

https://ebird.org/checklist/S116653774

https://ebird.org/checklist/S116653844

https://ebird.org/checklist/S116653873

June 26 2022 Connetqout state park. ( Rescheduled from 6/14) photo gallery

https://photos.app.goo.gl/yx8U4g175NbJ2jf98 

All photos taken by Charles Tang

Total distance walked : 9.5 ( from Great River LIRR station)

Greenwood Cemetery Insects Walk June 25th

Green-Wood Insect Walk June 25, 2022

Leader : Matthew Wills

Common Green Darner

Pantala gliders

Blue Dasher

Eastern Amberwing

Fragile Forktail 

Eastern Tailed-blue

Cabbage White

Unidentified moths (2)

Megachile species bees

Bombus species bees

Halictus (?) species bee

Western Honey Bee

European Paper Wasp

Organpipe Mud-dauber mud nest chambers

Horned Oak Gall Wasp on Pin Oak

Spotted Lanternfly (nymph stage)

Witch-hazel Cone Gall Aphid on witch-hazel

Unknown aphid species on Tuliptree

Unknown aphid species on thistle

Poison Ivy Gall Mite on Fragrant Sumac

Red Nail Gall Mite on linden

Condylostylus genus flies

Margined Calligrapher

Calcomyza genus fly (larva leafmines on White Snakeroot)

Liriomyza genus fly (larval leafmines on White Snakeroot

Several other fly species

Conocephalus lesser meadow katydids

Melanoplus grasshopper

Unknown cricket

Asian Lady Beetle (larvae, pupae, and adults)

Common Eastern Firefly

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" Preserve and cherish the pale blue dot,the only home we've ever known"

                                                                            --Carl Sagan

Fwd: Rockaway/Jamaica Bay Bird Walk June4th

Leader Chris Laskowski

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From: Chris Laskowski <celaskowski@yahoo.com>
Date: Saturday, June 4, 2022
Subject: Re: Rockaway/Jamaica Bay Bird Walk

Hi Peter,

I had 9 people show up for the walk today.  It was a fun and friendly group.  We had great weather and some really nice birds.  Highlights included:  piping plover, nesting least and common terns, barn owl and some ruddy ducks in breeding plumage.  We managed 46 species for the trip. 

Thanks again everyone for supporting green birding!!

I sent the ebird lists please let me know if you didn't get it.

If the photographers got any good shots please share.  Charles, please send the group photo.

Checklists included in this summary:
(1): Rockaway Beach--Edgemere (Beach 32nd-56th St.)
Date: Jun 4, 2022 at 7:15 AM
(2): Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge
Date: Jun 4, 2022 at 10:36 AM

40 Canada Goose -- (1),(2)
15 Mute Swan -- (2)
3 Gadwall -- (2)
8 Mallard -- (2)
4 Ruddy Duck -- (2)
3 Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) -- (1)
6 Mourning Dove -- (1),(2)
3 Chimney Swift -- (1)
2 Piping Plover -- (1)
1 Killdeer -- (1)
12 Semipalmated Sandpiper -- (2)

1 Semipalmated Plover -- (2)
2 Willet -- (2)
60 Laughing Gull -- (1),(2)
5 Herring Gull -- (1),(2)
8 Least Tern -- (1)
6 Common Tern -- (1)
2 Forster's Tern -- (2)
72 Double-crested Cormorant -- (1),(2)
1 Great Blue Heron -- (2)
1 Great Egret -- (2)
2 Snowy Egret -- (2)
2 Yellow-crowned Night-Heron -- (2)
12 Glossy Ibis -- (1),(2)
3 Osprey -- (2)
1 Barn Owl -- (2)
2 Northern Flicker -- (1),(2)
6 Willow Flycatcher -- (1),(2)
1 Tree Swallow -- (1)
4 House Wren -- (1),(2)
2 Carolina Wren -- (1),(2)
15 European Starling -- (1),(2)
10 Gray Catbird -- (1),(2)
1 Brown Thrasher -- (2)
6 Northern Mockingbird -- (1),(2)
9 American Robin -- (1),(2)
9 House Sparrow -- (1),(2)
5 House Finch -- (1)
5 Song Sparrow -- (1),(2)
2 Eastern Towhee -- (2)
20 Red-winged Blackbird -- (1),(2)
1 Common Grackle -- (1)
1 Boat-tailed Grackle -- (2)
5 Common Yellowthroat -- (1),(2)
12 Yellow Warbler -- (1),(2)
5 Northern Cardinal -- (1),(2)

American Oystercatcher

Spring is nature's way of saying, 'Let's party!'

--Robin Williams