Fwd: The First Thursday Walk

  A quiet Thursday..

"The crickets felt it was their duty to warn everybody that summertime cannot last for ever. Even on the most beautiful days in the whole year - the days when summer is changing into autumn - the crickets spread the rumour of sadness and change."

E.B. White, Charlotte's Web










   

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From: Tom Stephenson <12toms@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, Sep 4, 2025, 12:35 PM
Subject: The First Thursday Walk
To: Peter Dorosh <prosbird@gmail.com>
Cc: Dennis Hrehowsik <DeepSeaGangster@gmail.com>, Ryan Goldberg <ryangoldberg@gmail.com>, Roberta Manian <roberta.manian@gmail.com>, Bob Curtis <bobolink@nyct.net>, Valerie Masten <valerie.masten@gmail.com>, Marisa Hernandez <shishi47@gmail.com>, Megan Thornton <megankthornton@gmail.com>

Hi Peter,

It was a beautiful day today. And before I tell you what record we broke, I'll tell you about the bird of the day:  A Bald-faced Hornet looking out of its nest.... or maybe the Summer Azure butterfly.... or a perfectly shaped spider web....  

You may have guessed that the record broken was "quietest park ever"....  But still fun. And we did have 32 (thirty two) species...!

Here's the list.

Best regards,

Tom

Double-crested Cormorant

Canada Goose

Mute Swan

Wood Duck

American Black Duck

Mallard

American Kestrel

Ring-billed Gull

Rock Dove

Mourning Dove

Chimney Swift

Ruby-throated Hummingbird

Red-bellied Woodpecker

Downy Woodpecker

Hairy Woodpecker

Northern Flicker

Warbling Vireo

Red-eyed Vireo

Blue Jay

Carolina Wren

American Robin

Gray Catbird

European Starling

Cedar Waxwing

Black-and-white Warbler

American Redstart

Ovenbird

Northern Waterthrush

Song Sparrow

Northern Cardinal

American Goldfinch

House Sparrow

Fwd: Tuesday walk BBC recap

"The crickets felt it was their duty to warn everybody that summertime cannot last for ever. Even on the most beautiful days in the whole year - the days when summer is changing into autumn - the crickets spread the rumour of sadness and change."

E.B. White, Charlotte's Web










   

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From: Ryan Goldberg <ryan.goldberg@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, Sep 2, 2025, 5:26 PM
Subject: Tuesday walk recap
To: Peter Dorosh <prosbird@gmail.com>

Hi Peter,

Today was our first Tuesday walk of the season and we got off to a good start. The south side of the lake from the Hammerhead to Three Sisters was the most active, with a nice variety of warblers down there. The best sightings, though, were two Least Sandpipers on the Lefrak splash pad, momentarily joined by a pair of Greater Yellowlegs calling loudly; the yellowlegs didn't stay put, taking off as quickly as they appeared. Who needs Plumb Beach when you have flooded concrete?

Here is our list for the day: https://ebird.org/checklist/S271122335. We saw or heard 44 species. Thanks to Megan Thornton for co-leading and all the other experienced regulars in the group.

Ryan

August 24th GWC BBC tour

"The crickets felt it was their duty to warn everybody that summertime cannot last for ever. Even on the most beautiful days in the whole year - the days when summer is changing into autumn - the crickets spread the rumour of sadness and change."

E.B. White, Charlotte's Web










   

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From: Rob Jett <rob.e.jett@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, Aug 24, 2025, 4:54 PM
Subject: GWC tour
To: Peter Dorosh <prosbird@gmail.com>

Peter,

Overnight south winds made for a pretty slow day for migrants, although we did tally 4 species of warbler.

Attached is the group pic.

Cheers,

Rob

Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, Kings, New York
Aug 24, 2025 8:10 AM - 12:10 PM
Protocol: Traveling
5.1 mile(s)
Checklist Comments:     Brooklyn Bird Club walk.
32 species

Canada Goose  8
Mallard  5
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  10
Mourning Dove  6
Chimney Swift  5
Ruby-throated Hummingbird  1
Spotted Sandpiper  1
Laughing Gull  5
American Herring Gull  2
Turkey Vulture  2     Seen at the same time.
Red-tailed Hawk  3
Red-bellied Woodpecker  1
Downy Woodpecker  1
Northern Flicker  2
American Kestrel  2
Monk Parakeet  8
Great Crested Flycatcher  1
Eastern Kingbird  1
Blue Jay  3
European Starling  12
Gray Catbird  4
Northern Mockingbird  6
American Robin  20
House Sparrow  5
American Goldfinch  1
Chipping Sparrow  1
Baltimore Oriole  1
Ovenbird  1
Blue-winged Warbler  1
American Redstart  2
Yellow Warbler  1
Northern Cardinal  6

Jamaica Bay Refuge August 9

Leader Tom Stephenson

https://ebird.org/tripreport/401362

https://photos.app.goo.gl/LHC29wpdVT9stc2EA  Sameer's photos

Hi Peter,

It was a very beautiful, and mostly bugless day, yesterday. The East Pond is starting to clear up, although we were restricted by the poison ivy to the very southern end..  It's an early date for migration but we still had good looks at most of the shorebirds on the list.

The West Pond had very large shorebird flocks but the viewing options are basically none...  sometime we could think of trying to improve maybe with some bushwhacking...  

Sameer may have sent you the list, but just in case, here's what we saw for your site.

Best regards,

Tom

Double-crested Cormorant

Great Blue Heron

Great Egret

Snowy Egret

Yellow-crowned Night-Heron

Glossy Ibis

Canada Goose

Mute Swan

American Black Duck

Mallard

Ruddy Duck

Osprey

Peregrine Falcon

Semipalmated Plover

Killdeer

Greater Yellowlegs

Lesser Yellowlegs

Willet

Semipalmated Sandpiper

Least Sandpiper

White-rumped Sandpiper

Stilt Sandpiper

Short-billed Dowitcher

Laughing Gull

Herring Gull

Forster's Tern

Black Skimmer

Chimney Swift

Ruby-throated Hummingbird

Downy Woodpecker

Northern Flicker

Willow Flycatcher

Eastern Kingbird

Common Raven

Purple Martin

Tree Swallow

Bank Swallow

Barn Swallow

Carolina Wren

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher

American Robin

Gray Catbird

Northern Mockingbird

European Starling

Cedar Waxwing

Yellow Warbler

American Redstart

Common Yellowthroat

Song Sparrow

Northern Cardinal

Red-winged Blackbird

Boat-tailed Grackle

Baltimore Oriole

House Finch

American Goldfinch

"Summer was our best season: it was sleeping on the back screened porch in cots, or trying to sleep in the treehouse; summer was everything good to eat; it was a thousand colors in a parched landscape; but most of all, summer was Dill."

Harper Lee,author To Kill a Mockingbird



   

Fwd: Moth night with Matthew

Venue at Litchfield Villa woods

"Summer was our best season: it was sleeping on the back screened porch in cots, or trying to sleep in the treehouse; summer was everything good to eat; it was a thousand colors in a parched landscape; but most of all, summer was Dill."

Harper Lee,author To Kill a Mockingbird



   

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From: Matthew Wills <matthewwills@earthlink.net>
Date: Sun, Jul 20, 2025, 6:52 AM
Subject: Re: Moth night
To: Peter Dorosh <prosbird@gmail.com>

Peter,

 

About 25 people showed up for the BBC's National Moth Week Night Fliers event in Prospect Park on Friday, July 18th. A good time seems to have been had by all. Fireflies greeted our arrival and set up and katydids serenaded us as we left.

 

As of this writing, eleven attendees have put up a total of 105 observations on iNaturalist, representing some three dozen species.

These include moths, beetles, flies, lacewings, planthoppers, caddisflies, cricket, earwig, spider, roach, and cicada, all either drawn to our bug lights or found in the immediate area. This link lists them all: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?lat=40.66685269983176&lng=-73.97449963528965&on=2025-07-18&page=2&radius=0.0639678436419205&taxon_id=1. Many have not yet been identified identified to species level.

 

I've attached a live action picture. 

-----Original Message-----
From: Peter Dorosh <prosbird@gmail.com>
Sent: Jul 19, 2025 5:56 PM
To: Matthew Wills <matthewwills@earthlink.net>
Subject: Moth night

 

Hi Matthew

 

How did your moth night last night?  You had great weather!

 

Did you tally a list ?

 

Also how many showed up ?

 

Pete

 

"Summer was our best season: it was sleeping on the back screened porch in cots, or trying to sleep in the treehouse; summer was everything good to eat; it was a thousand colors in a parched landscape; but most of all, summer was Dill."

Harper Lee,author To Kill a Mockingbird



   

 

Early Shorebirds Stopping in Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge July 12

Leader Peter Dorosh

--https://ebird.org/checklist/S259315587

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

                                                                            --Carl Sagan

June 28th Butterfly World at Ward Pound Ridge

Snow White Moth

Rusty Harold's INaturalist list 

Leader Karlo Mirth

Alison M, Rusty H,Peter D.

30 species 

Hi Peter and Rusty, Ward Pound seldom disappoints - it's one of our favorite places. Here's the list of butterflies.

Delaware Skipper

Spicebush Swallowtail - 2

Cabbage White - 1

Orange Sulphur - 4 or 5

American Copper - 1

Banded Hairstreak - 3

Eastern Tailed-Blue - 1

Summer Azure - 20 plus

Great Spangled Fritillary - 40 to 50 (nice number)

Pearl Crescent - 1

Eastern Comma - 2

Compton Tortoiseshell - 1! 

Red Admiral - 1

Viceroy - 1

Appalachian Brown - 4

Little Wood-Satyr - 10

Common Wood-Nymph - 1

Monarch - 2

Silver-spotted Skipper - 4

Southern Cloudywing - 2

Least Skipper - 1

European Skipper - 2

Peck's Skipper - 1

Tawny-edged Skipper - 8

Crossline Skipper - 1

Northern Broken-Dash - 1

Little Glassywing - 20 plus

Delaware Skipper - 12

Hobomok Skipper - 1

Dion Skipper - 2

Dun Skipper - 3 to 4

One of the skippers that we saw turned out to be a Northern Broken-Dash. 

It was great meeting you guys.

Cheers,

Karlo

Rusty Harold's INaturalist list: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?on=2025-06-28&subview=table&user_id=elharo&verifiable=any

Eastern eye Click beetle

              

"Summer was our best season: it was sleeping on the back screened porch in cots, or trying to sleep in the treehouse; summer was everything good to eat; it was a thousand colors in a parched landscape; but most of all, summer was Dill."

Harper Lee,author To Kill a Mockingbird



   

BBC Member’s Night Picnic and Bug Expo! June 21 @ 6:30 pm - 10:00 pm

 Insect expert : Matthew Wills

BBC Bug Night

Nethermead Prospect Park June 21, 2025

 

(Thanks to iNaturalist observers kenelma & elharo.)

 

 

Large Lace-border Moth/Scopula limboundata

Green Cloverworm Moth/Hypena scabra

Larentiinae carpet moth

 

Oriental Beetle/Exomala orientalis

Asian Lady Beetle/Harmonia axyridis (larva)

Maladera or Diplotaxis genus beetle

Ptilodactyla genus beetle

Phyllophaga crenulata beetle

2 other unknown Scarabaeidae beetle species (“June Bugs”)

(beetle IDs tentative)

 

Band-winged Crane Fly/Epiphragma fasciapenne (first iNat observation in Brooklyn)

Psectrotanypus dyari (midge: first iNat observation in Brooklyn)

At least 2 Adedes genus mosquitos

Several Chironomidae family non-biting midge species

 

Long-palped Ant-mimic Sac Spider/Castianeira longipalpus

Harvestman (Leiobunum vittatum?)

 

Lime Leaf Aphid/Eucallipterus tiliae

 

Subfamily Hydropsychinae caddisfly (first iNat observation in Brooklyn)

 

Rhododendron Leafhopper/Graphocephala fennahi

A bunch of other tiny Cicadellidae family leafhoppers

 

Assorted tiny wasps…

Insect world of Brooklyn Brdige Park

 Canceled due to weekend rain.

June 7th The sights and sounds of Jamaica Bay Refuge

 Leader Tom Stephenson 

Note added location Plum Beach

Hi Peter,

It turned out to be a great day at Jamaica Bay (and also Plumb Beach). A fun group and lots of good birds.

The rain held off until the very end, so the weather was actually perfect.

I tallied 57 species but I think Sameer may have logged a couple more. If you didn't get his email link let him know.

Highlights were the Little Gull, distant Black-necked Stilt, a Clapper Rail parade, and more. Below is the list I put together.

And thanks very much to the drivers. We can't do these trips without you.

Don't forget to give them the BBC car fare for gas!

See everyone in the park again soon.

Best regards,

Tom

Double-crested Cormorant

Great Blue Heron

Great Egret

Snowy Egret

Green Heron

Black-crowned Night-Heron

Yellow-crowned Night-Heron

Glossy Ibis

Brant

Mute Swan

Gadwall

American Black Duck

Mallard

Bufflehead

Ruddy Duck

Osprey

Clapper Rail

Black-bellied Plover

Semipalmated Plover

Killdeer

American Oystercatcher

Black-necked Stilt

Willet

Semipalmated Sandpiper

Laughing Gull

Little Gull

Ring-billed Gull

Herring Gull

Great Black-backed Gull

Gull-billed Tern

Common Tern

Forster's Tern

Least Tern

Rock Dove

Mourning Dove

Willow Flycatcher

Eastern Kingbird

Warbling Vireo

Fish Crow

Tree Swallow

Bank Swallow

Barn Swallow

Carolina Wren

House Wren

American Robin

Gray Catbird

Northern Mockingbird

European Starling

Cedar Waxwing

Yellow Warbler

Common Yellowthroat

Eastern Towhee

Song Sparrow

Red-winged Blackbird

Boat-tailed Grackle

Baltimore Oriole

House Sparrow Sameers' s checklists  Hi all, here are the two eBird checklists; I've also shared each with this group via eBird. JBWR: https://ebird.org/checklist/S247676557 Plumb Beach: https://ebird.org/checklist/S247771976 I also created a trip report containing both checklists; we identified 58 species today: https://ebird.org/tripreport/382509 Here are our group photos: Video semipalmated sandpipers by Marisa  https://drive.google.com/file/d/114xHvnDDopcEP7fSob1sk-Jan0dTV5Vh/view?usp=drivesdk