A DUCK WALK MARATHON OF SOUTHERN JAMAICA BAY DECEMBER 9

Leader : Peter Dorosh

Participants : Lexy Lovell, Rudi and Ann D'Hooge

Note: Trip Modified to include JBWR and Breezy Point due to weather.

Hilights : 14 species Ducks, Two Peregrine Falcons eating prey on ground, Snowy Owl, Snow Buntings

45 species total

SNOWY OWL

American Crow

House Sparrow

Rock Dock

X	Brant
X	Canada Goose
X	Mute Swan
X	Northern Shoveler
X	Gadwall
X	American Wigeon
X	Mallard
X	American Black Duck
X	Greater Scaup
X	Lesser Scaup
X	Surf Scoter
X	Black Scoter
X	Long-tailed Duck
X	Bufflehead
X	Hooded Merganser
X	Red-breasted Merganser
X	Ruddy Duck
X	Red-throated Loon
X	Common Loon
X	Pied-billed Grebe
X	Northern Gannet
X	Double-crested Cormorant
X	Great Blue Heron
X	Northern Harrier
X	American Coot
X	Black-bellied Plover
X	Sanderling
X	Ring-billed Gull
X	Herring Gull
X	Great Black-backed Gull
X	Mourning Dove
X	Red-bellied Woodpecker
X	Peregrine Falcon
X	Horned Lark
X	Northern Mockingbird
X	European Starling
X	Snow Bunting
X	Yellow-rumped Warbler
X	Fox Sparrow
X	Song Sparrow
X	Northern Cardinal
X	House Finch

Fwd: Prospect Park Club Walk Report: Saturday, December 2nd 2017

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: "Sean Zimmer" <seankzimmer@gmail.com>
Date: Dec 2, 2017 8:58 PM
Subject: Prospect Park Club Walk Report: Saturday, December 2nd 2017
To: "Peter Dorosh" <prosbird@gmail.com>
Cc:

Hi Peter,

Overall a very quiet morning in the park, with unusually low bird activity. Even the feeders were unoccupied when we went by! Despite this, our very small group of 4 managed to enjoy the clear weather and make some good sightings. We got some very good long looks at perching Red-Tailed Hawks at a few different locations, allowing us to study the differences between juvenile and adult birds. Lexy had the sharpest eye of the day, picking out a perched Cooper's Hawk through some dense branches near the Upper Pool. We found a second perched Cooper's while patrolling the southern shore of the Lake. A pair of Carolina Wrens practically dive-bombed us as we left the Vale, and this species was a first-time sighting for one of our participants and his son. My personal favorite sighting was near the end of our walk, when a visit to the Butterfly Meadow on Lookout Hill turned up 3 Fox Sparrows, one of my favorite winter species.

Many thanks to our small but enthusiastic group!

Full list below; 28 species in total.

Best,

Sean

Ruby-crowned Kinglet

Blue Jay

European Starling

American Robin

House Sparrow

Northern Cardinal

Red-bellied Woodpecker

Downy Woodpecker

Mourning Dove

Red-tailed Hawk

Cooper's hawk

1 unidentified raptor species; fast flyover of Vale.

Carolina Wren

Northern Mockingbird

House Finch

Mallard

Canada Goose

Northern Shoveler

Pie-billed Grebe

Ruddy Duck

Wood Duck

American Coot

Great Blue Heron

White-throated Sparrow

Song Sparrow

Fox Sparrow

Ring-billed Gull

Herring Gull

Fwd: 11-18 Jones Beach Area

Leading : Mike Yuan

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-----Original Message-----
From: Michael Yuan <mjyuan@gmail.com>
To: Peter Dorosh <prosbird@aol.com>
Cc: Bob Washburn <nyc_bob@earthlink.net>; D. Edward Davis <eddie@warmsilence.org>; l_ewing <l_ewing@att.net>
Sent: Tue, Nov 21, 2017 04:55 PM
Subject: 11-18 Jones Beach Area

4 of us had a productive, blustery day on Jones Beach and the Inlet on Saturday.  We had a good assortment of shorebirds on the Coast Guard station sandbar, with some BLACK-BELLIED PLOVERS and DUNLINS comfortable enough to lounge on the field. On our walk out to end of the West End we had a large flock (flurry?) of SNOW BUNTINGS and all three expected species of scoter on the water. No diving ducks at the jetty or Pt Lookout, unfortunately.  Despite the leader losing half his vision when a gust blew away a dislodged contact lens, we spotted more waterfowl and herons at the reliable Cammann's Pond in Merrick. 

Lists:

http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S40584366

http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S40584402

http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S40584431

Big thanks to Bob for pulling double duty of handling the registration And driving!  Thanks all for a very enjoyable day. 

Mike

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Nov 11th Sandy Hook, Monmouth County, New Jersey, US – Sat Nov 11, 2017 – 55 species

Species list:
http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S40461536               

Maritime Holly Trail at Spermaceti Cove lot

Leaders Ryan Goldberg & Peter Dorosh 

BBC Participants :Ryan, Lenore,Marc,Adelia, Chris,Bob, Rudi (top ) ; Grace,Angie, Adam. Peter ( bottom row) ; Janet is taking our photo; plus Ryan's family 

Fort Tilden November 4th

Leader Steve Nanz

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-----Original Message-----
From: Steve Nanz <steve@stevenanz.com>
To: Peter Dorosh <prosbird@aol.com>
Sent: Sun, Nov 5, 2017 07:15 AM
Subject: Re: List

Hi Peter,

We had 8 participants and covered Fort Tilden, Reese Park, and Floyd Bennett.

58 species:

Brant

Canada Goose

American Black Duck

Common Eider

White-winged Scoter

Black Scoter

Bufflehead

Red-breasted Merganser

Red-throated Loon

Common Loon

Horned Grebe

Northern Gannet

Great Cormorant

Double-crested Cormorant

Great Blue Heron

Great Egret

Cooper's Hawk

Red-tailed Hawk

Black-bellied Plover

Sanderling

Laughing Gull

Ring-billed Gull

Herring Gull

Great Black-backed Gull

Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)

Mourning Dove

Downy Woodpecker

Northern Flicker

Merlin

Peregrine Falcon

Eastern Phoebe

American Crow

Fish Crow

Tree Swallow

Brown Creeper

Winter Wren (heard)

Carolina Wren

Golden-crowned Kinglet

Ruby-crowned Kinglet

Hermit Thrush

American Robin

Northern Mockingbird

European Starling

Cedar Waxwing

Palm Warbler

Pine Warbler

Yellow-rumped Warbler

Chipping Sparrow

Field Sparrow

Dark-eyed Junco

White-throated Sparrow

Savannah Sparrow

Song Sparrow

Swamp Sparrow

Northern Cardinal

Red-winged Blackbird

Brown-headed Cowbird

House Sparrow

Best,

Steve

On Nov 4, 2017, at 8:39 PM, prosbird@aol.com wrote:

Steve

Thanks for helping out. No hurry,when u can ,please send me your bird list

Thx

P

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RANDALL’S ISLAND OCTOBER 28

Co leaders Chris Girgenti, Peter Dorosh

Nature List ( courtesy of Lenore Swenson)

Flora

Winged Sumac
Little Bluestem
Switchgrass
Smooth Sumac
Grounsel Bush
Seaside Goldenrod
Sweetgum
Sycamore
Mulberry
Eastern Red Cedar
Autumn Crocus
Chokecherry
Golden Japanese Grass
Fucus
Betony
BeautyBerry
Thread leaf Bluestar
Amstonia
Chicory
Phragmites
Black Locust

Birds

Laughing Gull
American Coot
Common Raven
Song Sparrow
Great Black Backed Gull
Mallard
Brant
Canada Goose
Common Grackle
Yellow rumped Warbler
Crow species
Ring billed Gull
Herring Gull
Mourning Dove
Hermit Thrush
White throated Sparrow
Northern Mockingbird
Blue Jay
Rock Pigeon
European Starling
House Sparrow
Double crested Cormorant
Vesper Sparrow
Savannah Sparrow
American Kestrel
Carolina Wren


Orange Sulphur
Common Buckeye
Cabbage white

Ribbed Mussel

Eastern Gray Squirrel

Fwd: eBird Report - Floyd Bennett Field, Oct 21, 2017

Leader Rob Jett

-----Original Message-----
From: Rob Jett <citybirder@earthlink.net>
To: Peter Dorosh <prosbird@aol.com>
Sent: Mon, Oct 23, 2017 9:46 am
Subject: eBird Report - Floyd Bennett Field, Oct 21, 2017

Peter,

Here is the day list from the FBF trip I led on Saturday. It was a good day with a great group of people. I especially enjoyed finding lots of life birds for our visiting Belgian birder.

Best,

Rob

**********

Floyd Bennett Field, Kings, New York, US
Oct 21, 2017 7:30 AM - 4:00 PM
Protocol: Traveling
5.0 mile(s)
Comments: Leading a Brooklyn Bird Club trip
52 species

Brant X
Canada Goose X
American Black Duck 2
Surf Scoter 1 Male. Close to shore near the boat ramp. Previously reported.
Double-crested Cormorant 82
Northern Harrier 5
Cooper's Hawk 1
Red-tailed Hawk 1
Black-bellied Plover 17
Killdeer 11
Ruddy Turnstone 3
Red Knot 1 On Archery Road pilings among BBPL, DUNL and RUTU. Photographed by Heydi Lopes
Dunlin 3
Laughing Gull X
Ring-billed Gull X
Herring Gull X
Great Black-backed Gull X
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) X
Mourning Dove X
Red-bellied Woodpecker X
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1
Downy Woodpecker X
Northern Flicker X
American Kestrel 1
Peregrine Falcon 1
Eastern Phoebe 9
Blue-headed Vireo 1
Blue Jay X
American Crow X
Carolina Wren 1
Golden-crowned Kinglet X
Ruby-crowned Kinglet X
American Robin X
Northern Mockingbird X
European Starling X
Cedar Waxwing X
Palm Warbler X
Yellow-rumped Warbler X
Chipping Sparrow X
Field Sparrow 3
Dark-eyed Junco X
White-crowned Sparrow 5
White-throated Sparrow X
Vesper Sparrow 1 In mixed flock of sparrows near petting zoo. Photographed by Heydi Lopes.
Savannah Sparrow X
Song Sparrow X
Swamp Sparrow X
Northern Cardinal X
Red-winged Blackbird X
Brown-headed Cowbird X
House Finch X
House Sparrow X

View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S40063344

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

Fwd: Re: Proposed participant-led trip, Staten Island, Sun 15th

Staten Island BBC. Led by members.

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: "Tom Stephenson" <12toms@gmail.com>
Date: Oct 15, 2017 6:52 PM
Subject: Re: Proposed participant-led trip, Staten Island, Sun 15th
To: "Peter Dorosh" <prosbird@gmail.com>
Cc: "Rusty Harold" <elharo@macfaq.com>, "Adelia Honeywood Harrison" <honeywood5@yahoo.com>, "seth.wollney@gmail.com" <seth.wollney@gmail.com>, "Robert O'Neill" <rjco815@hotmail.com>, "Donna Evans" <devansny@earthlink.net>

Hi Peter,

It was a really nice Fall day, a bit muggy at first, but not very birdy, unfortunately., We did get to 45 species (and I may be missing some).

The bird of the day was a woodchuck......next up was probably starling...no wait....blue-winged teal...no wait, monarchs reproducing....

Here's the list.

Best regards,

Tom

Double-crested Cormorant

Great Blue Heron

Great Egret

Canada Goose

Wood Duck

Mallard

Blue-winged Teal

Osprey

Bald Eagle

Cooper's Hawk

Ring-billed Gull

Herring Gull

Great Black-backed Gull

Rock Dove

Mourning Dove

Chimney Swift

Belted Kingfisher

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker

Downy Woodpecker

Hairy Woodpecker

Northern Flicker

Eastern Phoebe

Blue Jay

American Crow

Black-capped Chickadee

Tufted Titmouse

Carolina Wren

Golden-crowned Kinglet

Ruby-crowned Kinglet

American Robin

Gray Catbird

Northern Mockingbird

European Starling

Palm Warbler

Common Yellowthroat

Eastern Towhee

Savannah Sparrow

Song Sparrow

Swamp Sparrow

White-throated Sparrow

Dark-eyed Junco

Northern Cardinal

House Finch

American Goldfinch

House Sparrow

Fwd: eBird -- Prospect Park -- Oct 15, 2017

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: "Dennis Hrehowsik" <deepseagangster@gmail.com>
Date: Oct 15, 2017 2:26 PM
Subject: eBird -- Prospect Park -- Oct 15, 2017
To: "Peter Dorosh" <prosbird@gmail.com>, "Roberta" <roberta.manian@gmail.com>, "Tom Stephenson" <12toms@gmail.com>, "Rob Bate" <robsbate@gmail.com>
Cc:

Peter,

A good group of birders gathered at the pergola and managed to pull out 57 species on a day that saw many birds leave the park.

Highlights were, rusty black bird, white crown, chipping, swamp and savannah sparrows.

A fun close to the season thank you all for attending and thank you for letting me represent club.

Best,

D


Prospect Park
Oct 15, 2017
7:15 AM
Traveling
3.00 miles
360 Minutes
All birds reported? Yes
Comments: Submitted from eBird for iOS, version 1.5.0 Build 136

40 Canada Goose
5 Mute Swan
12 Wood Duck
8 Mallard
10 Ruddy Duck
3 Double-crested Cormorant
1 Great Blue Heron
1 Sharp-shinned Hawk
1 Cooper's Hawk
4 Red-tailed Hawk
2 American Coot
3 Laughing Gull
5 Ring-billed Gull
3 Herring Gull
1 Great Black-backed Gull
15 Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)
10 Mourning Dove
2 Red-bellied Woodpecker
1 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
3 Downy Woodpecker
5 Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)
4 Eastern Phoebe
1 Blue-headed Vireo
25 Blue Jay
1 American Crow
1 Black-capped Chickadee
1 Brown Creeper
1 House Wren
5 Ruby-crowned Kinglet
3 Hermit Thrush
75 American Robin
2 Gray Catbird
3 Northern Mockingbird
100 European Starling
2 Cedar Waxwing
1 Ovenbird
1 Northern Waterthrush
2 Black-and-white Warbler
5 Common Yellowthroat
1 Black-throated Blue Warbler
7 Palm Warbler
20 Yellow-rumped Warbler
1 Black-throated Green Warbler
12 Chipping Sparrow
4 Dark-eyed Junco
1 White-crowned Sparrow
7 White-throated Sparrow
1 Savannah Sparrow
7 Song Sparrow
3 Swamp Sparrow
10 Northern Cardinal
2 Red-winged Blackbird
1 Rusty Blackbird
5 Common Grackle
2 House Finch
2 American Goldfinch
85 House Sparrow

Number of Taxa: 57