Fwd: BBC Green-Wood Cemetery walk list Jett Sept 10th

"Migrations speak to us, not just as observers, but as integral parts of nature."

preface excerpt " Living on the Wind", Scott Wiedensaul

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From: Rob Jett 
Date: Sun, Sep 10, 2023, 11:36 AM
Subject: Green-Wood Cemetery walk list
To: Peter Dorosh <prosbird@gmail.com>

Peter,

Below is the day list from this morning's Green-Wood Cemetery walk. There were 14 participants, including myself. 

The highlight of the walk was nice looks at a Mourning Warbler at Dell Water.

I decided to end the walk early as a pretty massive storm system was heading directly our way. All said, any day you get to see a Mourning Warbler and Little Blue Heron just 50 yards away from each other is pretty good IMHO.

I've shared the list on eBird with everyone, however, I'm not sure they all have accounts, so have copied them on this email.

Good birding and LET'S GO CYCLONES!

Rob

PS - I was not able to take pics of the MOWA as I was busy getting the group on it. Perhaps someone else did and can share it.

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Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, Kings, New York, US

Sep 10, 2023 8:02 AM - 10:20 AM

Protocol: Traveling

2.789 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:     Brooklyn Bird Club walk lead by myself. Ended walk early as thunderstorms were imminent.

32 species

Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  3

Mourning Dove  8

Chimney Swift  8

Solitary Sandpiper  1     At Dell Water.

Herring Gull  1

Little Blue Heron  1     Juvenile continuing at Dell Water.

Green Heron  1

Osprey  1

Red-tailed Hawk  2

Red-bellied Woodpecker  4

Downy Woodpecker  2

Northern Flicker  2

American Kestrel  2

Great Crested Flycatcher  1

Warbling Vireo  1

Red-eyed Vireo  1

Blue Jay  3

American Crow  2

European Starling  25

Gray Catbird  5

Brown Thrasher  3

Northern Mockingbird  6

Veery  1

American Robin  16

House Sparrow  X

Brown-headed Cowbird  1

Mourning Warbler  1     Found by young Elias. Bird was skulking in the thickets above the wall at east edge of Dell Water. Making loud, "spitting" chip call nearly continuously. Walked along top of coping wall several time giving good views. Immature male or adult female. Bright yellow underside with unmarked olive wings; contrasting gray hood and thin eye arcs. No black breast patch apparent.

Common Yellowthroat  1

American Redstart  1

Cape May Warbler  1

Northern Parula  1

Northern Cardinal  5

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S149532673

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

Fwd: Sat Walk 9.9.23

Dennis first fall BBC walk

"Migrations speak to us, not just as observers, but as integral parts of nature."

preface excerpt " Living on the Wind", Scott Wiedensaul

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From: Dennis Hrehowsik <deepseagangster@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, Sep 9, 2023, 10:49 PM
Subject: Sat Walk 9.9.23
To: Peter Dorosh <prosbird@gmail.com>

Hey Peter it was great to see you at terrace bridge today. Twenty birders met on a hot muggy early sept morn. Activity was slow with 41 sp highlights were 8 warbler sp. and an unkindness of four Raven over the lull-water. Other participants saw green wing teal and yellow bellied flycatcher. Fun day and looking forward to next week.

D

Prospect Park, Kings, New York, US
Sep 9, 2023 11:56 AM - 4:56 PM
Protocol: Traveling
2.5 mile(s)
41 species (+1 other taxa)

Canada Goose  25
Mute Swan  4
Wood Duck  4
Mallard  10
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  8
Mourning Dove  5
Chimney Swift  4
Spotted Sandpiper  2
Double-crested Cormorant  5
Great Blue Heron  2
Osprey  2
Accipiter sp.  1
Red-tailed Hawk  1
Red-bellied Woodpecker  3
Downy Woodpecker  4
Hairy Woodpecker  2
Northern Flicker  3
American Kestrel  1
Warbling Vireo  4     Singing near lefrak, wellhouse and Penna, 1 seen on breeze hill
Blue Jay  4
American Crow  1
Common Raven  4     An unkindness of four seen together over pink beach area, croaky wedge
House Wren  1
Carolina Wren  3
European Starling  25
Gray Catbird  7
Northern Mockingbird  2
American Robin  25
Cedar Waxwing  12
House Sparrow  15
American Goldfinch  3
Song Sparrow  2
Common Grackle  3
Northern Waterthrush  3
Black-and-white Warbler  2
Common Yellowthroat  1
American Redstart  3
Northern Parula  1
Magnolia Warbler  1
Yellow Warbler  2
Wilson's Warbler  1
Northern Cardinal  6

Dennis W Hrehowsik 

President Brooklyn Bird Club 

Fwd: Thursday BBC 9/7 Walk (Stephenson)

"Migrations speak to us, not just as observers, but as integral parts of nature."

preface excerpt " Living on the Wind", Scott Wiedensaul

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From: Tom Stephenson <12toms@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, Sep 7, 2023, 4:16 PM
Subject: Thursday Walk
To: Peter Dorosh <prosbird@gmail.com>
Cc: Dennis Hrehowsik <deepseagangster@gmail.com>, Roberta Manian <roberta.manian@gmail.com>, Valerie Masten <valerie.masten@gmail.com>, Marisa Hernandez <shishi47@gmail.com>, radka osickova <Radkadesign@yahoo.com>, Danielle <daniellek97@gmail.com>, Michele <truongmichele@gmail.com>, Bob Curtis <bobolink@nyct.net>, ANTHONY DALILEO <dalileo@att.net>, Jeremy Nadel <jeremynadel@gmail.com>, Carol Page <carolpagebu@yahoo.com>

Hi Peter,

Well, it was hot and seemingly birdless in the northern parts of the park. We started to think that the bird of the day would be the white squirrel that lives in the Vale.

But the group was full of great spotters and we persevered and eventually had some really great birds including 12 species of warblers. 

Highlights include: Yellow-billed Cuckoo (unfortunately Valerie had just left so we didn't get to hear her clarion call...), Purple and House Finches, and several warbler species including Bay-breasted, Cape May, Blackpoll, Prairie, and Canada.

Here's the list. We probably should have started our walk Aug 1....lots of migration has already happened, possibly due to birds displaced by the fires in Canada and then unable to continue their breeding activities.

Best regards,

Tom

Double-crested Cormorant

Great Blue Heron

Green Heron

Canada Goose

Mute Swan

Wood Duck

Gadwall

American Black Duck

Mallard

Osprey

Cooper's Hawk

American Coot

Rock Dove

Mourning Dove

Yellow-billed Cuckoo

Chimney Swift

Ruby-throated Hummingbird

Red-bellied Woodpecker

Downy Woodpecker

Northern Flicker

Eastern Wood-Pewee

Least Flycatcher

Great Crested Flycatcher

Eastern Kingbird

Warbling Vireo

Red-eyed Vireo

Blue Jay

Black-capped Chickadee

Carolina Wren

House Wren

Swainson's Thrush

Hermit Thrush

American Robin

Gray Catbird

Northern Mockingbird

European Starling

Cedar Waxwing

Northern Parula

Yellow Warbler

Magnolia Warbler

Cape May Warbler

Prairie Warbler

Bay-breasted Warbler

Blackpoll Warbler

Black-and-white Warbler

American Redstart

Northern Waterthrush

Common Yellowthroat

Canada Warbler

Northern Cardinal

Common Grackle

Purple Finch

House Finch

American Goldfinch

House Sparrow

Fwd: Migration Morning at Brooklyn Bridge Park, Sep 6, 2023

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Michael Yuan <mjyuan@gmail.com>
Date: Wednesday, September 6, 2023
Subject: Migration Morning at Brooklyn Bridge Park, Sep 6, 2023
To: Dennis Hrehowsik <deepseagangster@gmail.com>, Peter Dorosh <prosbird@gmail.com>


The first of our fall series of Wednesday mornings in Brooklyn Bridge Park started off with a nearly-full exploration of the park. 9 birders went from Pier 1 to Pier 6 and back. In the fall, the pier 6 pollinator garden attracts a good variety of birds, and we encountered a traill's type flycatcher, Red-eyed Vireo, and a Baltimore Oriole in the area. Sprinkles of other warblers and flycatchers on the other piers. 
Looking forward to more in our extended schedule of outings this fall! And cooler temps!
Mike
Brooklyn Bridge Park, Kings, New York, US
Sep 6, 2023 7:04 AM - 9:43 AM
Protocol: Traveling
3.183 mile(s)
Checklist Comments:     Brooklyn Bird Club migration morning outing
29 species (+2 other taxa)

American Black Duck  3
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  15
Mourning Dove  6
Laughing Gull  8
Ring-billed Gull  6
Herring Gull  2
Great Black-backed Gull  2
Double-crested Cormorant  6
Black-crowned Night-Heron  2
Downy Woodpecker  1
Eastern Wood-Pewee  1
Alder/Willow Flycatcher (Traill's Flycatcher)  1
Empidonax sp.  1     Pier 3 west end. Long primary projection, bold-ish eyering.
Red-eyed Vireo  1
Carolina Wren  2
European Starling  8
Gray Catbird  13
Northern Mockingbird  2
Veery  1
American Robin  13
Cedar Waxwing  4
House Sparrow  24
Song Sparrow  1
Baltimore Oriole  1
Common Grackle  1
Common Yellowthroat  3
American Redstart  3
Northern Parula  2
Magnolia Warbler  1
Yellow Warbler  2
Northern Cardinal  2

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S149135814

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



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"No bird soars too high if he soars with his own wings." -- William Blake, artist,author

Aug 20th Jamaica Bay Refuge return of the shorebirds,

Leader Tom Stepehson

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Tom Stephenson <12toms@gmail.com>
Date: Sunday, August 20, 2023
Subject: Instructions for Aug 20th Jamaica Bay Refuge return of the shorebirds,
To: Peter Dorosh <prosbird@gmail.com>


Hi Peter,
Thanks again for your scouting yesterday. 
In spite of the very limited access to the East Pond, we had a fun time with a great group.

The West Pond was very birdy, with a good number of passerines and some shorebirds, including one of the day's highlights:
three Baird's Sandpipers.
There we also had Black Skimmer, Great Crested and Willow Flycatchers, some flying Purple Martins, Gull-billed Tern, Little Blue Heron, and more.
We then went over to the East Pond and found the Red-necked Phalarope that had been seen by others earlier, plus a White-rumped Sandpiper. But there wasn't much in the way of open mudflats, and thus not many other shorebirds. 
Here's the list. Forrest has the definitive list that has 5 more species (I missed them so I'm not sure what they were...) for a total of 69 species.https://ebird.org/checklist/S147725025
Best regards,
Tom

Pied-billed Grebe
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Snowy Egret
Little Blue Heron
Green Heron
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron
Glossy Ibis
Canada Goose
Mute Swan
Gadwall
Mallard
Ruddy Duck
Osprey
Peregrine Falcon
Semipalmated Plover
Killdeer
Greater Yellowlegs
Lesser Yellowlegs
Willet
Spotted Sandpiper
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
White-rumped Sandpiper
Baird's Sandpiper
Short-billed Dowitcher
Red-necked Phalarope
Laughing Gull
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Gull-billed Tern
Common Tern
Forster's Tern
Black Skimmer
Mourning Dove
Chimney Swift
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Downy Woodpecker
Willow Flycatcher
Great Crested Flycatcher
Eastern Kingbird
Purple Martin
Tree Swallow
Barn Swallow
Carolina Wren
House Wren
American Robin
Gray Catbird
Northern Mockingbird
Brown Thrasher
European Starling
Cedar Waxwing
Yellow Warbler
American Redstart
Northern Waterthrush
Eastern Towhee
Song Sparrow
Northern Cardinal
Boat-tailed Grackle
Baltimore Oriole
American Goldfinch
House Sparrow

 

Fwd: Photos — 8/5/23 Plumb Beach BBC Walk

"Migrations speak to us, not just as observers, but as integral parts of nature."

preface excerpt " Living on the Wind", Scott Wiedensaul

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From Asher Fusco
Date: Sat, Aug 5, 2023, 12:48 PM
Subject: Photos — 8/5/23 Plumb Beach BBC Walk
To: <Prosbird@gmail.com>

Hi Peter, 

Thanks so much for leading today's walk! 

Please find attached a ZIP folder with a few images taken by Tracey. Please let me know if you have any issues accessing the folder.

Below is the full species list with counts — and here's the eBird checklist. I shared the checklist with Elaine and Kathy via eBird as well, but it looks like they may need to accept the checklist on their end — let me know if there's anyone else with whom I should share the list. Thanks again Peter, see you soon!

Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)	13
Mourning Dove	6
Chimney Swift	2
Clapper Rail	3
American Oystercatcher	6
Semipalmated Plover	85
Ruddy Turnstone	1
Sanderling	9
Least Sandpiper	4
Semipalmated Sandpiper	48
Short-billed Dowitcher	8
Spotted Sandpiper	2
Greater Yellowlegs	12
Laughing Gull	34
Ring-billed Gull	10
Herring Gull	9
Great Black-backed Gull	3
Least Tern	50
Common Tern	16
Forster's Tern	1
Black Skimmer	5
Double-crested Cormorant	5
Great Blue Heron	1
Snowy Egret	1
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron	2
Osprey	2
Tree Swallow	1
Bank Swallow	1
Barn Swallow	8
European Starling	75
Gray Catbird	1
Northern Mockingbird	3
American Robin	1
House Sparrow	1
Song Sparrow	2
Red-winged Blackbird	6

- Asher

 BBC - 080523.zip

SUMMER BIRDS OF THE JAMAICA BAY WATERSHED July 15th

Plumb Beach shorebirds on driftwood :lone Greater Yellowlegs flanked by 3 Willets on left and 

     Short- billed Dowitchers on right. Photo taken by Barbara Schelkle.

 More of Barbara's photos : https://circc.smugmug.com/Birds/2023-July/

Leader Peter Dorosh

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https://ebird.org/tripreport/145520

Fwd: Saturday's Insect walk list Brooklyn Bridge Park

Insect walk led by Matthew Wills to Brooklyn Bridge Park.

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From: Matthew Wills <matthewwills@earthlink.net>
Date: Mon, Jul 3, 2023 at 7:21 AM
Subject: Saturday's Insect walk list Brooklyn Brisge Park
To: Peter Dorosh <prosbird@gmail.com>, 

Peter and walk attendees:

 

These are (most) of the insects and arachnids seen on Saturday's BBC walk in Brooklyn Bridge Park. Some IDs are tentative. (I added a couple of things I saw on Pier 6 on my way out to the park.)

 

Thanks to Rusty Harold for documenting many of these on iNaturalist.

 

For biodiversity purposes, this iNaturalist link shows all the arthropods reported in Brooklyn Bridge Park by all users: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?place_id=64626&taxon_id=47120

 

 

Lepidoptera

Question Mark Polygonia interrogationis

Painted Lady Vanessa cardui

Red Admiral Vanessa atalanta

Unidentified moth

 

Hymenoptera

Hibiscus Sawfly (adults and larvae) Atomacera decepta

Mexican Grass-carrying Wasp Isodontia mexicana

European Paperwasp Polistes dominula

Oak Button Gall Neuroterus umbilicatus

Oak Rough Bulletgall Wasp Disholcaspis quercusmamma

Typical aphid wasp, genus Pemphredon

Brown-belted Bumblebee Bombus grisecollis

Common Eastern Bumblebee Bombus virginica

Golden Northern Bumblebee Bombus fervidus

Long-horned bee, genus Melissodes

Western Honeybee Apis melifera

Eastern Carpenter Bee Xylocopa virginica

Small carpenter bee, genus Ceratina

Central European Bicolor Ant Lasius emarginatus

Carpenter ant, genus Camponotus

Odorous House Ant Tapinoma sessile

 

Diptera

Stiletto fly, genus Ozodiceromyia

Long-legged Flies, Condylostylus spp.

Long-tailed Aphideater Eupeodes americanus

Unidentified hover fly larvae: Syrphidae

Flesh fly, genus Sarcophaga

False Stable Fly Muscina stabulans

Common Picture-winged Fly Delphinia picta

Carbonifera Goldenrod Gall Midge Asteromyia carbonifera

Daylily Leafminer Ophiomyia kwansonis

 

Coleoptera

Asian Lady Beetle Harmonia axyridis

Two-spotted Lady Beetle Adalia bipunctata

Fourteen Spotted Lady Beetle Propylea quatuordecimpunctata

Twenty-spotted Lady Beetle (larva) Psyllobora vintimaculata

Seven-spotted Lady Beetle Coccinella septempunctata

Unidentified beetle

 

Odonata

Common Green Darner Anax junius

Blue Dasher Pachydiplax longipennis

Fragile Forktail Ischnura posita

Slaty Skimmer Libellula incesta

 

Hemiptera

Asian Wooly Hackberry Aphid Shivaphis celti

Other aphid species, Aphididae

Soft scale on Viburnum, perhaps genus Pulvaria

Spotted Lanternfly Lycorma delicatula

False Milkweed Bug Lygaeus turcicus

Plagiognathus politus, a plant bug spotted by Rusty that may be the first sighting in NYC

Other plant bugs

Unidentified true bug

 

Arachnids

Bold Jumping Spider Phidippus audax

Other unidentified spiders

Poison Ivy Leaf Mite Aculops rhois

 

 

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