Waterfowl count 1/18/09

Team Rockaway P.Dorosh,M.Eyster,R. Campos
Waterfowl in bold type/ Note : 20 species duck recorded both teams

Brant
Canada Goose
Mute Swan
Wood Duck
Gadwall
American Wigeon
American Black Duck
Mallard
Northern Shoveler
Redhead (1 at Dead Horse Bay)
Ring-necked Duck
Greater Scaup
Lesser Scaup
Surf Scoter
White-winged Scoter
Black Scoter
Long-tailed Duck
Bufflehead
Hooded Merganser
Common Merganser (Prospect Park)
Red-breasted Merganser
Ruddy Duck
Red-throated Loon
Common Loon
Pied-billed Grebe
Horned Grebe
Great Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Cooper's Hawk
Peregrine Falcon
American Coot
Sanderling
Purple Sandpiper
Ring-billed,Herring & Great Black-backed Gulls
Rock Pigeon
Downy Woodpecker
American Crow
Horned Lark
American Robin
Northern Mockingbird
European Starling
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Savannah,
Fox, Song & Swamp Sparrows
Snow Bunting
Northern Cardinal
Common Grackle

Team North Brooklyn


eBird Report - Greenwood Cemetery , 1/18/09
Location: Greenwood Cemetery
Observation date: 1/18/09, 12PM
Observers: Rob Jett, Marge Raymond
Number of species: 6
Snow Goose 3
Canada Goose
Eurasian Wigeon 1
American Wigeon 28
Mallard
Pied-billed Grebe 1
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eBird Report - Bush Terminal , 1/18/09
Location: Bush Terminal
Observation date: 1/18/09, 1PM
Observers: Rob Jett, Marge Raymond
Number of species: 17
Gadwall 30
American Wigeon 47
American Black Duck 7
American Black Duck Mallard (hybrid) 1
Mallard 38
Lesser Scaup 37
Bufflehead 8
Hooded Merganser 1
Red-breasted Merganser 1
Ruddy Duck 1
Horned Grebe 2
Double-crested Cormorant 1
Great Cormorant 3
Red-tailed Hawk 1
Killdeer 1
Belted Kingfisher 1
Song Sparrow 2
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eBird Report - Columbia Street Pier , 1/18/09
Location: Columbia Street Pier
Observation date: 1/18/09, 2PM
Observers: Rob Jett, Marge Raymond
Number of species: 9
Gadwall 2
Bufflehead 4
Red-breasted Merganser 3
Double-crested Cormorant 1
Great Cormorant 1
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull 1
Great Black-backed Gull
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eBird Report - Greenwood Cemetery , 1/18/09
Location: Greenwood Cemetery
Observation date: 1/18/09, 3PM
Observers: Rob Jett, Marge Raymond
Number of species: 22
Snow Goose
Canada Goose
American Wigeon
Pied-billed Grebe
Northern Goshawk 1
Red-tailed Hawk 3
Merlin 1
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Blue Jay
American Crow
Black-capped Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
White-breasted Nuthatch 1
Northern Mockingbird
European Starling
White-throated Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Northern Cardinal
American Goldfinch 20=

Long Island Weekend 1/9- 1/11/09

site = Long Island: Orient Point, South Fork/Montauk, South shore Shinnecock regions

date = Jan 9th-Jan11th, 2009

Brooklyn Bird Club Long Island Weekend 1/9-1/11/09

leader :Peter Dorosh

89 species

Red-throated Loon
Common Loon
Pied-billed Grebe
Horned Grebe
Red-necked Grebe (Cullloden Pt ( Montauk)
Northern Gannet (mostly Shinnecock Inlet)
Great Cormorant
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Turkey Vulture
Canada Goose
Brant
Mute Swan
American Wigeon
American Black Duck
Mallard
Green-winged Teal
Canvasback (Seatuck Creek)
Redhead (Seatuck Creek)
Ring-necked Duck (27 Fort Pond ( Montauk) ; Seatuck Creek)
Greater Scaup (Seatuck Creek;Shinnecock)
Lesser Scaup (Seatuck Creek)
King Eider (2 females @ Montauk Pt)
Common Eider (Montauk Pt)
Surf Scoter
White-winged Scoter
Black Scoter
Long-tailed Duck
Bufflehead
Common Goldeneye
Barrow's Goldeneye (Orient Pt Causeway;drake)
Hooded Merganser (Seatuck Creek)
Red-breasted Merganser
Ruddy Duck
Northern Harrier
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Merlin
Peregrine Falcon
American Coot (Seatuck Creek)
Black-bellied Plover (Napeague Pt;Shinnecock)
Ruddy Turnstone (Napeague Pt)
Sanderling
Purple Sandpiper (Ditch Plains; Orient Pt)
Dunlin
Bonaparte's Gull
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull (Napeague Pt; Shinnecock)
Great Black-backed Gull
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Great Horned Owl (Orient Pt)
Snowy Owl (Smith's Pt Park)
Belted Kingfisher
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Blue Jay
American Crow
Black-capped Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
Red-breasted Nuthatch
White-breasted Nuthatch
Carolina Wren (Orient Pt)
Eastern Bluebird (Calverton Grasslands)
Hermit Thrush
American Robin
Northern Mockingbird
European Starling ("flyover")
American Pipit (Shinnecock)
Yellow-rumped Warbler (common at Smiths Pt Park)
American Tree Sparrow (Montauk; Shinnecock)
Savannah Sparrow (6 east Hither hills preserev; also "Ipswich" Shiinecock)
Song Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Snow Bunting (Orient Pt; Shinnecock)
Northern Cardinal
Red-winged Blackbird
Eastern Meadowlark (~18 Calverton Grasslands)
House Finch
Pine Siskin (flyover Orient Pt)
American Goldfinch
House Sparrow
White-winged Crossbill (14 Orient Pt Beach State Park)
Wild Turkey (7 Calverton Grasslands)

January 3rd Prospect Park Celebrate Centennial walk

site = Prospect Park
date = 1/3/09
Brooklyn Bird Club January Centennial walk.
10 participants

Leader: P.Dorosh

Pied-billed Grebe (4 lake)
Great Blue Heron (2 f/o Lullwater)
Canada Goose
Mute Swan
American Black Duck (lake 2)
Mallard (95 lake)
Northern Shoveler (30 lake)
Sharp-shinned Hawk (f/o nethermead)
Cooper's Hawk (Brooklyn Botanic Garden Daffodil hill;adult)
Red-tailed Hawk (4; south lakeside,f/o nethermead;2 f/o conservatory BBG)
American Coot (lake)
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull (4 lake)
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Red-bellied Woodpecker (feeders; Midwood)
Downy Woodpecker (zoo)
Blue Jay (3)
Black-capped Chickadee (2 north midwood)
Tufted Titmouse (3)
White-breasted Nuthatch (midwood;feeders)
Carolina Wren (nellies lawn)
Winter Wren (north midwood near tunnel arch bridle path)
Hermit Thrush (maryland monument)
American Robin (13 terrace bridge; feeding on sumacs)
Northern Mockingbird (boathouse)
European Starling
Fox Sparrow (feeders)
Song Sparrow (3 peninsula sumacs)
Swamp Sparrow (2 west island benches)
White-throated Sparrow (30)
Northern Cardinal (15)
Red-winged Blackbird (2 feeders)
House Finch (12 feeders)
Pine Siskin (6 west island sweetgums b/w shelter and shore benches)
American Goldfinch
House Sparrow

New Years Day 2009 The Brooklyn Bird Club Centennial begins

This year is the centennial of the Brooklyn Bird Club (NYC) .The dream started in late 1908 by our inspirational founder , Doctor Edward Vietor , and first President Edward Fleisher, along with a small circle of their birding friends started the official club charter in the spring of 1909; the club still remarkably continues to this day. Prospect Park is the birthplace of the club and it was appropriate to kick off the celebratory year in Prospect Park on a first (that I recalled) New Years Day bird trip by the club. In a valiant effort despite frigid temperatures, our own small band of brave birders trudged on and managed 56 species in Prospect with a coastal walk afterwards, thru the Coney Island region, ending at Dreier Offerman (Calvert Vaux) Park,using public transportation and walking totaling 8.5 miles.

Among our hilights include a rare Northern Harrier skimming the treetops of the Midwood in Prospect Park, which also yielded a small flock of 20 Pine Siskins also seen in the Midwood. Another noted hilight was seen at Brighton Beach's east end boardwalk, near Brighton 14th Street; offshore was a Red-Necked Grebe.

We hope to see some of you out there during our commemorative year's festivities involving our field trips (besides events and a party on June 18th), classified under themes of "Brooklyn Spotlights", "All Spring Brooklyn Locations" and "Prospect Springburst"; those will be detailed later on our website http://www.brooklynbirdclub.org/

Cheers,

Peter Dorosh
President
Brooklyn Bird Club

Today's list

site = Prospect Park, Manhattan Beach, Brighton Beach, Coney Island, Dreier-Offerman (Vaux ) Park
date = 1/1/09
observers = P.Dorosh (leading) , M.Eyster, D.Evans, J.Schumacher, J. Weinberger, S.Whittle

Brooklyn Bird Club Centennial New Years Day hike (8.5 miles)

Red-throated Loon
Common Loon
Horned Grebe (Manhattan Beach (6); scattered along coast)
Red-necked Grebe (Brighton Beach b/w Coney Island ave and Brighton 14th St)
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Blue Heron (Dreier Offerman)
Black-crowned Night-Heron (Dreier Offerman)
Canada Goose
Brant (~700 Dreier Offerman)
Mute Swan
Gadwall (Dreier Offerman)
American Black Duck (Sheepshead Bay;Dreier Offerman)
Mallard
Northern Shoveler (common,Prospect Lake)
Northern Pintail (drake Dreier Offerman , Coney island creek)
Long-tailed Duck
Bufflehead
Red-breasted Merganser
Ruddy Duck
Northern Harrier (rare in Prospect Park)
Sharp-shinned Hawk (Prospect Park)
Cooper's Hawk (Dreier Offerman;adult)
Red-tailed Hawk (4 Prospect Park)
Merlin (Prospect Park)
American Coot (Prospect Park)
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Blue Jay
Black-capped Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
Red-breasted Nuthatch (Prospect)
White-breasted Nuthatch
Brown Creeper (Prospect Park)
Carolina Wren (2 Prospect Park)
Hermit Thrush (2 Prospect Park)
American Robin
Northern Mockingbird
European Starling
Fox Sparrow
Song Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Northern Cardinal
Red-winged Blackbird
Brown-headed Cowbird
House Finch
Pine Siskin (~20 North Midwood Prospect Park)American Goldfinch
House Sparrow

Brooklyn Xmas 12/20/08 Xmas Count results

The final number of species seen in the NYBR circle was 124 species

the total # birds was 46,631

List

Red-throated Loon
Common Loon
Pied-billed Grebe
Horned Grebe
Red-necked Grebe
Northern Gannet
Great Cormorant
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Black-crowned Night-Heron
Mute Swan
Snow Goose
Brant
Canada Goose
Wood Duck
Green-winged Teal
American Black Duck
Mallard
Northern Pintail
Northern Shoveler
Gadwall
Eurasian Wigeon
American Wigeon
Canvasback
Greater Scaup
Lesser Scaup
Long-tailed Duck
Surf Scoter
White-winged Scoter
Scoter (sp.)
Common Goldeneye
Bufflehead
Hooded Merganser
Red-breasted Merganser
Ruddy Duck
Northern Harrier
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Cooper's Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
American Kestrel
Merlin
Peregrine Falcon
Ring-necked Pheasant
American Coot
Black-bellied Plover
Greater Yellowlegs
Sanderling
Purple Sandpiper
Dunlin
American Woodcock
Bonaparte's Gull
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Rock Dove
Mourning Dove
Monk Parakeet
Belted Kingfisher
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Horned Lark
Blue Jay
American Crow
Fish Crow
Black-capped Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
Red-breasted Nuthatch
White-breasted Nuthatch
Brown Creeper
Carolina Wren
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Hermit Thrush
American Robin
Gray Catbird
Northern Mockingbird
American Pipit
Cedar Waxwing
European Starling
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Palm Warbler
Northern Cardinal
Eastern Towhee
American Tree Sparrow
Field Sparrow
Savannah Sparrow
Fox Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Snow Bunting
Red-winged Blackbird
Eastern Meadowlark
Common Grackle
Brown-headed Cowbird
House Finch
American Goldfinch
House Sparrows
Great Egret
Ring-necked Duck
Black Scoter
Common Merganser
Rough-legged Hawk
Clapper Rail
Killdeer
Ruddy Turnstone
Snowy Owl
Winter Wren
Orange-crowned Warbler
White-crowned Sparrow
Purple Finch
Little Blue Heron
Common Eider
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Black-legged Kittiwake
Yellow Warbler
Sharp-tailed Sparrow (sp.)
Seaside Sparrow
Rusty Blackbird
Pine Siskin
Blackpoll Warbler

City Island/Pelham Bay Park 12/13/08

site = City Island/Pelham Bay
date = 12/13/08
observers = 8 Observers
Leader : Peter Dorosh

Red-throated Loon
Common Loon
Horned Grebe
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Snowy Egret
Canada Goose
Brant
Mute Swan
Gadwall
American Wigeon
American Black Duck
Mallard
Greater Scaup
Bufflehead
Common Goldeneye
Hooded Merganser
Common Merganser
Red-breasted Merganser
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Blue Jay
Black-capped Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
White-breasted Nuthatch
American Robin
European Starling
Eastern Towhee
Fox Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Northern Cardinal
American Goldfinch
Great Horned Owl
Hairy Woodpecker
Monk Parakeet
blackbird species fly over landfill
43 species

12/6/08 Jamaica Bay Refuge

Leader: Tom Preston

Location: Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge
Observation date: 12/6/08
Number of species: 62

Snow Goose 350
Brant X
Canada Goose 22
Mute Swan 3
Gadwall 5
American Wigeon 3
American Black Duck 11
Mallard 25
Northern Shoveler 42
Northern Pintail 2
Green-winged Teal 4
Canvasback 3
Greater Scaup X
Lesser Scaup X
Bufflehead 45
Common Goldeneye 3
Hooded Merganser 16
Red-breasted Merganser 19
Ruddy Duck X
Horned Grebe 25
Double-crested Cormorant 9
Great Blue Heron 3
Little Blue Heron 1
Black-crowned Night-Heron 1
Northern Harrier 2
Sharp-shinned Hawk 1
Cooper's Hawk 1
Red-tailed Hawk 1
American Coot 7
Ring-billed Gull X
Herring Gull X
Great Black-backed Gull X
Rock Pigeon 18
Mourning Dove 2
Downy Woodpecker 2
Northern Flicker 2
American Crow 5
Black-capped Chickadee 2
Carolina Wren 5
Golden-crowned Kinglet 1
Hermit Thrush 2
American Robin 15
Gray Catbird 2
Northern Mockingbird 3
European Starling 27
Cedar Waxwing 11
Yellow-rumped Warbler 23
American Tree Sparrow 2
Chipping Sparrow 1
Field Sparrow 3
Song Sparrow 5
Swamp Sparrow 1
Fox Sparrow 1
White-throated Sparrow 55
Dark-eyed Junco 14
Northern Cardinal 6
Common Grackle 3
Purple Finch 1
House Finch 9
Pine Siskin 1
American Goldfinch 26
House Sparrow 2

11/23 "A trip to somewhere" : Fire Island /Jones Beach

Leader Peter Dorosh


You saw 53 unique species today

date = 11/23/08
observers = Brooklyn Bird Club "A trip to somewhere" Fire Island /Jones Beach barrier islands
Red-throated Loon
Common Loon
Horned Grebe
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Canada Goose
Brant
American Black Duck
Mallard
Greater Scaup
Long-tailed Duck
Bufflehead
Red-breasted Merganser
Northern Harrier
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Cooper's Hawk
Merlin
Black-bellied Plover
Laughing Gull
Bonaparte's Gull
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Snowy Owl (western Fire Island)
Northern Flicker
American Crow
Horned Lark
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Downy Woodpecker
Hermit Thrush
American Robin
Northern Mockingbird
European Starling
Yellow-rumped Warbler
American Tree Sparrow (Jones lot 2)
Field Sparrow (4)
Savannah Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Lincoln's Sparrow (Jones Beach coast guard station)
Swamp Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Snow Bunting (Fire Island lot 2 flock)
Northern Cardinal
Red-winged Blackbird
House Finch
Pine Siskin (Gilgo Beach road)
American Goldfinch (many flyovers)
House Sparrow
Black Scoter (abundant Fire Island)
Surf scoter (10,000's Fire Island)
Gannet

11/15 Jones Beach

Cancelled due to inclement weather

11/8 Mount Loretto,Staten Island

trip leader: Rob Jett

Location: Mount Loretto Unique Area
Observation date: 11/8/08
Notes: Brooklyn Bird Club trip. Leader: Rob Jett. Participants: Isabel Conte, Donna Evans, Mary Eyster, Edith Goren, Heydi Lopes, Bob O'Neil, Sandy Paci
Number of species: 38
Brant X
Canada Goose X
American Wigeon X
Mallard X
Red-throated Loon X
Common Loon X
Pied-billed Grebe X
Double-crested Cormorant X
Cooper's Hawk X
Merlin X
Herring Gull X
Great Black-backed Gull X
Rock Pigeon X
Mourning Dove X
Red-bellied Woodpecker X
Downy Woodpecker X
Northern Flicker X
Blue Jay X
American Crow X
Tufted Titmouse X
Carolina Wren X
Golden-crowned Kinglet X
Ruby-crowned Kinglet X
American Robin X
Northern Mockingbird X
European Starling X
American Pipit X
Cedar Waxwing X
Nashville Warbler X
Yellow-rumped Warbler X
Song Sparrow X
Swamp Sparrow X
White-throated Sparrow X
Northern Cardinal X
Red-winged Blackbird X
Common Grackle X
Brown-headed Cowbird X
American Goldfinch X

Location: Conference House Park
Observation date: 11/8/08

Number of species: 28
Brant X
Canada Goose X
Mallard X
Bufflehead X
Red-breasted Merganser X
Red-throated Loon X
Common Loon X
Double-crested Cormorant X
Northern Harrier X
Herring Gull X
Great Black-backed Gull X
Rock Pigeon X
Mourning Dove X
Red-bellied Woodpecker X
Downy Woodpecker X
Northern Flicker X
Blue Jay X
Ruby-crowned Kinglet X
American Robin X
Northern Mockingbird X
European Starling X
Yellow-rumped Warbler X
Song Sparrow X
White-throated Sparrow X
Northern Cardinal X
Red-winged Blackbird X
Common Grackle X
House Sparrow X
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