Sunday, February 12, 2023

Feb 11th Duck walk Jamaica Bay to Rockaway


Leader Peter Dorosh
Highlights 15 duck species!

Photo by Tim Sequin
List compiled by Alana Whitman

Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--West Pond
Feb 11, 2023
9:12 AM
Traveling
2.64 miles
187 Minutes
All birds reported? Yes
Comments: Submitted from eBird for iOS, version 2.16.0 Build 2.16.14

170 Snow Goose -- Large numbers, counted with the Brooklyn Bird Club
259 Brant
142 Canada Goose
86 Northern Shoveler
59 Gadwall -- Large numbers, counted with the Brooklyn Bird Club
11 American Wigeon
2 Mallard
9 American Black Duck
2 Northern Pintail
8 Green-winged Teal -- Counted in singles and pairs
29 Greater Scaup
8 Bufflehead
1 Common Goldeneye
4 Hooded Merganser
1 Common Merganser -- Spotted with the Brooklyn Bird Club
2 Red-breasted Merganser
248 Ruddy Duck
28 American Coot
X Ring-billed Gull
X Herring Gull
6 Great Black-backed Gull
1 Red-throated Loon
1 Barn Owl
1 Black-capped Chickadee
1 Carolina Wren
5 Northern Mockingbird
5 House Sparrow
5 White-throated Sparrow
4 Song Sparrow
1 Red-winged Blackbird
16 Yellow-rumped Warbler

Number of Taxa: 31


Rockaway Beach--Rockaway Park (Beach 108th-125th St.)
Feb 11, 2023
1:22 PM
Traveling
0.99 miles
70 Minutes
All birds reported? Yes
Comments: Submitted from eBird for iOS, version 2.16.0 Build 2.16.14

2 Black Scoter
13 Bufflehead
2 Horned Grebe
33 Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)
8 Sanderling
14 Dunlin
2 Razorbill -- Spotted with Brooklyn Bird Club
50 Ring-billed Gull
1 Herring Gull
3 Great Black-backed Gull
30 Red-throated Loon
7 Common Loon
2 European Starling
2 House Sparrow

Number of Taxa: 14


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Saturday, January 28, 2023

January 28th "Gullmania" on Western Brooklyn checklists

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Sunday, January 22, 2023

Coney Island- Jan 22, 2023

Leader Chris Laskowski

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Chris Laskowski <>
Date: Sunday, January 22, 2023
Subject: Fwd: eBird -- Powers St and Lorimer -- Jan 22, 2023
To: Peter Dorosh <prosbird@gmail.com>


Hi Peter, we had good day today. It was a fun and friendly group.  Weather was nice and we had good birds as well.  A razorbill giving us a couple of nice flybys was our highlight.  33 species total.

Oh and Totonno's was delicious!
>
> Brant
Razorbill
> Canada Goose
> Mute Swan
> Gadwall
> Mallard
> American Black Duck
> Lesser Scaup
> Greater/Lesser Scaup
> Long-tailed Duck
> Bufflehead
> Red-breasted Merganser
> Ruddy Duck
> Horned Grebe
> Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)
> Mourning Dove
> Sanderling
> Purple Sandpiper
> Ring-billed Gull
> Herring Gull
> Great Black-backed Gull
> Red-throated Loon
> Common Loon
> Great Blue Heron
> Red-tailed Hawk
> Peregrine Falcon
> Blue Jay
> American Crow
> Fish Crow
> Tufted Titmouse
> European Starling
> House Sparrow
> Song Sparrow
>
> Number of Taxa: 33
>
>
> Sent from my iPhone




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""What good is the warmth of summer, without the cold of winter to give it sweetness."

- John Steinbeck

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Wednesday, January 11, 2023

January 7th Sheepshead Bay, Manhattan Beach to Coney Island

Photo by Russ Comeau


Leader: Peter Dorosh
Attendees: Amy C,Brian F, Joe W,Tim and Emily,Danielle K, RussC, 

Highlights: Iceland, Black-headed & Lesser black backed Gulls (Sheepshead Bay); Common Murre and Razorbills ( Brighton Beach). A Fantastic day!

All photos taken by Brian Foy. Species sequence:Iceland Gull, Razorbill,Lesser Scaup Drake,American Kestrel, Ruddy Duck












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Tuesday, January 3, 2023

Fwd: New Year's Day Friend's Walk

TThe traditional New Years Day walk in Prospect Park,led by Karen O'Hearn.

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From: karenohearn
Date: Monday, January 2, 2023
Subject: New Year's Day Friend's Walk
To: Peter Dorosh <prosbird@gmail.com>

Iceland Gull spotted by Dennis H.

"What good is the warmth of summer, without the cold of winter to give it sweetness."

- John Steinbeck

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Monday, January 2, 2023

Brooklyn Bird Club NYD walk Ebird Checklist - 1 Jan 2023 - Prospect Park - 35 species

https://ebird.org/checklist/S125114505 

Led by Karen O'Hearn

Highlights were Iceland Gull,Winter wren,Purple Finch
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Monday, December 12, 2022

Fwd: Sandy Hook checklist from yesterday

(Lapland Longspur with Horned Lark ,photo by C.Tang)


Leader Richard Payne ( sub for Ryan)

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From: Richard Payne 
Date: Sun, Dec 11, 2022 at 10:28 AM
Subject: Sandy Hook checklist from yesterday
To: Peter Dorosh <


Hi Peter,

Here is my checklist from the BBC trip to Sandy Hook yesterday, which I took over from Ryan. There were seven people on the trip including myself: Danielle Khalife, Michael Landy, Kevin Rolwing, Tim Seguin, Charles Tang, and Xinyi Zhang.


RP

Photo gallery from Charles Tang    
Black bellied Plover photo by C.Tang



Hi everyone,

Thank you Richard for leading the trip. Peter for scheduling and Ryan for planning the trip! We all missed you 
Ryan and get well soon! Richard did a great job as always!


 
 

Long Tailed Duck photo by C.Tang





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Saturday, November 26, 2022

A Turkey in Prospect: Brooklyn Bird club walk

Leader Peter Dorosh

List compiled by courtesy of Gordon Lam.

Prospect Park
Nov 26, 2022
8:31 AM
Traveling
3.85 miles
210 Minutes
All birds reported? Yes
Comments: Part of a group of six led by Peter Dorosh for the Brooklyn bird club
Submitted from eBird for iOS, version 2.13.2 Build 2.13.20

60 Canada Goose
1 Mute Swan
8 Wood Duck
30 Northern Shoveler
20 Mallard
2 American Black Duck
2 Hooded Merganser
22 Ruddy Duck
1 Pied-billed Grebe
30 Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)
12 Mourning Dove
6 American Coot
100 Ring-billed Gull
15 Herring Gull
3 Great Black-backed Gull
1 Great Blue Heron
1 Sharp-shinned Hawk
1 Cooper's Hawk
3 Red-tailed Hawk
1 Red-bellied Woodpecker
2 Downy Woodpecker
1 Northern Flicker
1 Peregrine Falcon
10 Blue Jay
2 American Crow
7 Black-capped Chickadee
16 Tufted Titmouse
1 Ruby-crowned Kinglet
1 Red-breasted Nuthatch
3 White-breasted Nuthatch
2 Carolina Wren
4 European Starling
6 American Robin
24 House Sparrow
2 House Finch
3 American Goldfinch
1 Fox Sparrow
1 Dark-eyed Junco
4 White-throated Sparrow
2 Song Sparrow
7 Red-winged Blackbird
2 Northern Cardinal

Number of Taxa: 42 
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Saturday, November 19, 2022

Fwd: Bush Terminal Piers field trip

Leader (BBC debut) Linda Ewing

Congrats Linda!

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From: Linda Ewing <lkewing313@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, Nov 19, 2022, 2:55 PM
Subject: Bush Terminal Piers field trip
To: Peter Dorosh <prosbird@gmail.com>


Hi, Peter! We had a great group of 7 people in total…no rarities, but good birds nonetheless. Highlights included a pair of ravens that greeted us as soon as we entered Bush Terminal, and a Peregrine perched atop one of the BAT stacks. We took our time and studied the various duck & gull species. 

Checklists from both Bush Terminal park and the Army Terminal pier follow:

I'll forward our (not very good) selfie separately. For some reason no one else was out in the cold and wind to help us out by taking a group picture.

Congrats on the Long-billed Dowitcher!
Linda 


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Sunday, November 6, 2022

BBC Gull workshop Nov 6th



Highlight Lesser black backed gulls

Led by Dennis Hrehowsik and Bobbi Manian
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