Fwd: eBird Report - Prospect Park, May 8, 2018

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From: Roberta Manian <roberta.manian@gmail.com>
To: Peter Dorosh <prosbird@aol.com>
Sent: Wed, May 9, 2018 03:41 PM
Subject: Fwd: eBird Report - Prospect Park, May 8, 2018

Hi Peter,

We had a good walk yesterday.  Quality birds, if not in quantity.  Isabel found a Summer Tanager on the steep path up to the pool, then she and Michelle jointly found a very cooperative and not-too-high Blackburnian along the ravine. 

I'll be away next week, it will be a friends walk, with some of the regulars overseeing and helping out any newcomers.

b.

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Subject: eBird Report - Prospect Park, May 8, 2018
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Prospect Park, Kings, New York, US
May 8, 2018 7:18 AM - 1:21 PM
Protocol: Traveling
2.0 mile(s)
55 species

Canada Goose  3
Mute Swan  4
Wood Duck  3
Mallard  2
Red-tailed Hawk  2
American Coot  1     Continuing
Laughing Gull  1
Herring Gull  1
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  4
Mourning Dove  5
Chimney Swift  5
Hairy Woodpecker  1
Great Crested Flycatcher  1
Eastern Kingbird  2
Blue-headed Vireo  1
Warbling Vireo  5
Blue Jay  3
American Crow  1
Northern Rough-winged Swallow  3
Barn Swallow  4
Tufted Titmouse  1
House Wren  1
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher  1
Wood Thrush  1
American Robin  10
Gray Catbird  18
European Starling  X
Cedar Waxwing  10
Ovenbird  3
Northern Waterthrush  2
Black-and-white Warbler  3
Nashville Warbler  2
Common Yellowthroat  3
American Redstart  2
Northern Parula  12
Magnolia Warbler  2
Blackburnian Warbler  3
Yellow Warbler  1
Chestnut-sided Warbler  1
Blackpoll Warbler  1
Black-throated Blue Warbler  3
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)  8
Black-throated Green Warbler  1
Song Sparrow  1
Summer Tanager  1
Scarlet Tanager  5
Northern Cardinal  8
Rose-breasted Grosbeak  1
Orchard Oriole  1
Baltimore Oriole  6
Red-winged Blackbird  11
Brown-headed Cowbird  7
Common Grackle  12
American Goldfinch  2
House Sparrow  X

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S45455567

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

Fwd: eBird -- Prospect Park -- May 5, 2018

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From: Dennis Hrehowsik <deepseagangster@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, May 8, 2018 at 11:49 AM
Subject: eBird -- Prospect Park -- May 5, 2018
To: Peter Dorosh <prosbird@gmail.com>, 12toms@gmail.com, roberta.manian@gmail.com


Peter,

Sorry for the belated report busy weekend. I'd like to start with a special thanks to Phil Davis who led the first half of the walk so I was able to compete in the Castelli Cup Bike race. Phil is a fantastic birder and has the chops to be a great trip leader any time he wants.

Highlights on the walk were 19 Warbler species including Prothonotary and Bay Breasted. Eye level looks at Scarlet Tanager and wood thrush. Also indigo bunting and rose breasted grosbeak. A fun morning in perfect weather for a grand total of 72 species. I may have missed a few Phil let us know.

Best,

D




Prospect Park
May 5, 2018
8:30 AM
Traveling
5.00 miles
560 Minutes
All birds reported? Yes
Comments: Submitted from eBird for iOS, version 1.5.0 Build 136

2 Canada Goose
2 Mute Swan
2 Wood Duck
10 Mallard (Northern)
2 Double-crested Cormorant
2 Great Egret
1 Green Heron
2 Black-crowned Night-Heron
1 Turkey Vulture
1 Cooper's Hawk
2 Red-tailed Hawk
3 Spotted Sandpiper
2 Laughing Gull
5 Mourning Dove
5 Chimney Swift
2 Red-bellied Woodpecker
3 Downy Woodpecker
1 Hairy Woodpecker
2 Northern Flicker
1 Eastern Kingbird
1 Yellow-throated Vireo
4 Blue-headed Vireo
10 Warbling Vireo
7 Blue Jay
1 Northern Rough-winged Swallow
4 Bank Swallow
3 Tufted Titmouse
1 White-breasted Nuthatch
3 House Wren
10 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
3 Ruby-crowned Kinglet
1 Veery
1 Swainson's Thrush
2 Hermit Thrush
2 Wood Thrush
125 American Robin
5 Gray Catbird
75 European Starling
5 Ovenbird
4 Northern Waterthrush
1 Blue-winged Warbler
5 Black-and-white Warbler
1 Prothonotary Warbler
1 Nashville Warbler
8 Common Yellowthroat
5 American Redstart
20 Northern Parula
3 Magnolia Warbler
1 Bay-breasted Warbler
3 Yellow Warbler
2 Chestnut-sided Warbler
2 Blackpoll Warbler
8 Black-throated Blue Warbler
2 Palm Warbler (Yellow)
15 Yellow-rumped Warbler
1 Prairie Warbler
1 Black-throated Green Warbler
2 Chipping Sparrow
4 White-throated Sparrow
2 Song Sparrow
2 Swamp Sparrow
3 Eastern Towhee
3 Scarlet Tanager
25 Northern Cardinal
3 Rose-breasted Grosbeak
2 Indigo Bunting
5 Baltimore Oriole
15 Red-winged Blackbird
7 Brown-headed Cowbird
35 Common Grackle
1 American Goldfinch
10 House Sparrow

Number of Taxa: 72

Fwd: Bird migration explained at last: It’s all about energy efficiency - The Washington Post

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Date: Mon, May 7, 2018, 2:51 PM
Subject: Bird migration explained at last: It's all about energy efficiency - The Washington Post
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Cc: <janets33@optonline.net>, Sandy Paci <sandypac56@gmail.com>, <rquinones01@gmail.com>, Mary Jo Eyster <maryjoeyster@gmail.com>

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Fwd: GreenWood Cemetery walk

Leader Ed Crowne

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From: Ed Crowne <erc310@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, May 6, 2018, 5:53 PM
Subject: GreenWood Cemetery walk
To: Peter Dorosh <prosbird@gmail.com>

Greetings, Peter

The sky was overcast but rain-free. Yesterday's bird riches largely disappeared. Our party of nine nonetheless enjoyed a less stressful cemetery tour. We reached a total of 45 species. Here is the checklist: https://ebird.org/view/checklist/email?subID=S45379056

Best regards, Ed

Fwd: BBC Thursday walk

Leader Ed Crowne

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From: Ed Crowne <erc310@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, May 3, 2018, 1:47 PM
Subject: BBC Thursday walk
To: Peter Dorosh <prosbird@gmail.com>

Greetings, Peter

Our morning began warm and became warmer. We started from GAP with nearly 50 participants (including a school group). We counted 67 species, including 18 species of warblers. Among highlights: Cape May Warblers, Worm-eating Warbler, Hooded Warbler (female), and Prothonotary Warbler. (Here is my eBird checklist:  https://ebird.org/view/checklist/email?subID=S45217585)

Best regards, Ed 

Fwd: pics from the BBC walk

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From Bobbi's walk today, here are a couple of pics.



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Janet Zinn
Brooklyn, NY
www.janetzinnphotography.com

On Tue, May 1, 2018 at 8:04 PM, Janet Zinn <bkbirdr@gmail.com> wrote:

We are out now but later could send Prairie and prothonotary

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> On May 1, 2018, at 7:25 PM, Roberta Manian <roberta.manian@gmail.com> wrote:
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> Hey Janet,
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> do you have any pics from today i can send to peter for his blog?
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> b.

Fwd: Great Swamp / Lord Sterling April 28

Leader Ryan Goldberg

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From: Ryan Goldberg <ryan.goldberg@gmail.com>
To: Peter Dorosh <prosbird@aol.com>
Sent: Sun, Apr 29, 2018 10:35 PM
Subject: Fwd: Great Swamp / Lord Sterling

Marc's photos from our trip. 

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Date: Sun, Apr 29, 2018 at 10:20 PM
Subject: Great Swamp / Lord Sterling
To: Ryan Goldberg <ryan.goldberg@gmail.com>

Hey Ryan, I attached a few photos from our trip yesterday.  Feel free to use them as you wish.

 

Good seeing you and Angie again in the Park today!

 

Marc

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April 29th Brooklyn bridge park

Leader Heather Wolf

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From: Heather Wolf <heather.wolf@jugglefit.com>
To: Peter Dorosh <prosbird@aol.com>
Sent: Mon, Apr 30, 2018 09:28 AM
Subject: Re: Your walk

Hi Peter,

Yes, we had a great walk, thanks! 

At least 20 people showed up, but there may be a few more I'm forgetting.

My eBird list has some species not seen by the group so I've included our list of 23 species below:

Brant (Branta bernicla) 65
Canada Goose (Branta canadensis) 2
Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) 3
American Black Duck (Anas rubripes) 3
Double-crested Cormorant (Phalacrocorax auritus) 6
Laughing Gull (Leucophaeus atricilla) 11
Herring Gull (Larus argentatus) 2
Great Black-backed Gull (Larus marinus) 2
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) (Columba livia (Feral Pigeon)) 4
Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) 5
Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus) 1
crow sp. (Corvus sp. (crow sp.)) 2
Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) 1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet (Regulus calendula) 5
Hermit Thrush (Catharus guttatus) 2
American Robin (Turdus migratorius) 11
Gray Catbird (Dumetella carolinensis) 2
European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris) 6
Black-and-white Warbler (Mniotilta varia) 1
White-throated Sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis) 8
Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia) 3
Common Grackle (Quiscalus quiscula) 20
House Sparrow (Passer domesticus) 20

Thanks!

Best,

Heather

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Hi Heather

I hope you had a productive great walk. 

Can u send me your species list it can be the Ebird link.

Thanks

How many people showed up?

Peter

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In Search of Every Bird on the Brooklyn Waterfront

April 28 BBC Great Swamp recap

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-----Original Message-----
From: Ryan Goldberg <ryan.goldberg@gmail.com>
To: Peter Dorosh <prosbird@aol.com>
Sent: Sun, Apr 29, 2018 04:46 PM
Subject: BBC Great Swamp recap

Peter,

A group of nine experienced and enthusiastic birders traveled to central New Jersey's Great Swamp NWR yesterday, April 28, and came away with 66 species, a number of memorable sightings, and appreciation for the beauty of this hardwood swamp forest less than an hour from Brooklyn (without traffic, of course). 

We began at the Great Swamp's Wildlife Observation Center, a system of two boardwalk trails and three blinds, where northern waterthrushes and nesting bluebirds greeted our early-morning arrival in the fog. At the blinds we saw a pair of green-winged teal and green herons. Swamp sparrows were singing everywhere. But the highlight by far was a pair of pileated woodpeckers -- male and female, we soon learned, once they copulated on a tall oak branch. We followed the pair as they traveled back and forth over the boardwalk. We heard a prothonotary warbler but the golden bird never came within view despite waiting for 20 minutes. We found a singing wood thrush and observed a distant, perched adult bald eagle from one of the blinds. 

Our next stop was Lord Stirling Park, just down the road, as the sun cleared out the fog.  Somerset County maintains this beautiful mix of swamp, marsh, and meadow along the Passaic River. A female hooded merganser flew into the river as we ate lunch at the observation tower. The trails were muddy until we hit the boardwalks, where we observed a yellow-throated vireo singing. Bluebirds and yellow warblers abounded. We watched rusty blackbirds and brown thrashers up close. We finished the day with a drive and short walk up Pleasant Plains Road through the NWR. At the final bathroom break before driving home, a trio of purple martins and a flyover bald eagle offered a perfect end to a wonderful day.

Here are our checklists:

https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S45076465

https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S45076454

https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S45076563

https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S45076446

Attached is a photo of the group, from Lord Stirling's East Observation Tower. Photo was taken by Chris Laskowski.

Trip leader: Ryan Goldberg

Participants: Angie Co, Adam Nashban, Tina Alleva, Beth Goldberg, Marc Brawer, Chris Laskowski, Charles Tang, Richard Payne

Regards,

Ryan

Fwd: 4.28.18

Leader Dennis

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From: Dennis Hrehowsik <deepseagangster@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, Apr 28, 2018, 9:12 PM
Subject: 4.28.18
To: Peter Dorosh <prosbird@gmail.com>, <12toms@gmail.com>, Roberta <roberta.manian@gmail.com>

Peter,

Great walk with 25 participants and lots of new faces. Highlights were Yellow Throated Vireo, Prothonotary Warbler found by Simon and Leah and Kentucky Warbler found by Chellie Bowman. Total of 70 species and we didn't really work lake or we could have probably pulled out a few more. We had an ex president sighting as well.

Best,

D

Prospect Park
Apr 28, 2018
7:15 AM
Traveling
5.00 miles
420 Minutes
All birds reported? Yes
Comments: Submitted from eBird for iOS, version 1.5.0 Build 136

6 Canada Goose
3 Mute Swan
4 Wood Duck
10 Mallard
2 Double-crested Cormorant
2 Great Blue Heron
2 Great Egret
1 Green Heron
2 Black-crowned Night-Heron
2 Red-tailed Hawk
2 American Coot
2 Spotted Sandpiper
9 Laughing Gull
2 Herring Gull
5 Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)
10 Mourning Dove
35 Chimney Swift
1 Belted Kingfisher
3 Red-bellied Woodpecker
1 Downy Woodpecker
1 Hairy Woodpecker
3 Northern Flicker
1 American Kestrel
1 Merlin
1 Great Crested Flycatcher
1 Eastern Kingbird
2 White-eyed Vireo
1 Yellow-throated Vireo
5 Blue-headed Vireo
25 Blue Jay
3 Northern Rough-winged Swallow
25 Tree Swallow
25 Barn Swallow
1 House Wren
8 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
10 Ruby-crowned Kinglet
1 Veery
3 Hermit Thrush
125 American Robin
2 Gray Catbird
50 European Starling
4 Cedar Waxwing
1 Ovenbird
1 Louisiana Waterthrush
1 Northern Waterthrush
5 Black-and-white Warbler
1 Prothonotary Warbler
1 Kentucky Warbler -- Found behind music pagoda by Chellie Bowman. All olive above all yellow below. No white on tail edges yellow spectacles black facial pattern. I'm going to speculate this was an adult female because 1. the black facial pattern was not as extensive as others I have seen. it didn't extend as far down the side of the neck. 2 bird never sang but that's anecdotal I suppose.
1 Common Yellowthroat
1 American Redstart
2 Northern Parula
4 Yellow Warbler
3 Palm Warbler
1 Pine Warbler
85 Yellow-rumped Warbler
1 Prairie Warbler
6 Chipping Sparrow
8 White-throated Sparrow
3 Song Sparrow
1 Swamp Sparrow
3 Eastern Towhee
12 Northern Cardinal
1 Rose-breasted Grosbeak
1 Baltimore Oriole
25 Red-winged Blackbird
5 Brown-headed Cowbird
1 Rusty Blackbird
35 Common Grackle
2 American Goldfinch
10 House Sparrow

Number of Taxa: 70