Fwd: The Last BBC Thursday Walk

"Autumn…the year's last, loveliest smile." ~ William Cullen Bryant



   

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From: Tom Stephenson <12toms@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, Oct 10, 2024, 4:11 PM
Subject: The Last Thursday Walk
To: Peter Dorosh <prosbird@gmail.com>
Cc: Dennis Hrehowsik <DeepSeaGangster@gmail.com>, Roberta Manian <roberta.manian@gmail.com>, Michael Yuan <myuan@nycbirdalliance.org>, Valerie Masten <valerie.masten@gmail.com>, Marisa Hernandez <shishi47@gmail.com>, Rafael Guillermo Campos-Ramírez <ticornis@yahoo.com>, Lisa Curtiss <lccurtiss@gmail.com>, Megan Thornton <megankthornton@gmail.com>

Hi Peter,

It was a beautiful Fall day in the park, with a good number of birds. Our "bird of the day" was going to be the Bobolink, first spotted by Rafael in the newly rejuvenated Sparrow Bowl. But that was outshined by an American Bittern across from the pink beach. 

We ended up with 67 species including 15 species of warblers, Phila Vireo along with 2 other vireo species, and lots more.

Here's the list.

And everyone, please send a note to the Prospect Park Alliance telling them how important their restored habitat in the Sparrow Bowl is for our migrants.

Best regards,

Tom

Great Blue Heron

American Bittern

Turkey Vulture

Canada Goose

Mute Swan

Wood Duck

American Black Duck

Mallard

Northern Shoveler

Ruddy Duck

Cooper's Hawk

Red-tailed Hawk

Merlin

Rock Dove

Mourning Dove

Belted Kingfisher

Red-bellied Woodpecker

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker

Downy Woodpecker

Northern Flicker

Eastern Phoebe

Blue-headed Vireo

Philadelphia Vireo

Red-eyed Vireo

Blue Jay

American Crow

Tufted Titmouse

White-breasted Nuthatch

Brown Creeper

Winter Wren

Golden-crowned Kinglet

Ruby-crowned Kinglet

Swainson's Thrush

Hermit Thrush

American Robin

Gray Catbird

European Starling

Tennessee Warbler

Nashville Warbler

Northern Parula

Yellow Warbler

Magnolia Warbler

Black-throated Blue Warbler

Yellow-rumped Warbler

Black-throated Green Warbler

Blackburnian Warbler

Palm Warbler

Bay-breasted Warbler

Blackpoll Warbler

Black-and-white Warbler

American Redstart

Common Yellowthroat

Scarlet Tanager

Eastern Towhee

Chipping Sparrow

Song Sparrow

Lincoln's Sparrow

Swamp Sparrow

White-throated Sparrow

Northern Cardinal

Common Grackle

Baltimore Oriole

American Goldfinch

House Sparrow

Bobolink

Fwd: BBC First Sunday walk

Led by Ryan G.

"Autumn…the year's last, loveliest smile." ~ William Cullen Bryant



   

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From: Ryan Goldberg <ryan.goldberg@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, Oct 8, 2024, 11:06 AM
Subject: BBC First Sunday walk
To: Peter Dorosh <prosbird@gmail.com>

Hi Peter,

Here is a checklist from the club's first Sunday walk this past weekend: https://ebird.org/checklist/S197785991

We had a great turnout of 35 people and some excellent sightings along the way. Lots of sparrows and kinglets, a perched juvenile Cooper's Hawk in Arleen's pines, and a large flock of wood ducks on the Lullwater. 

The first Sunday walk will be back in November with a 10 a.m. start time. 

Ryan

Fort Tilden: Aerial highway of hawks October 5

      Atop Battery Harris East Bunker hawk platforms (photo taken by Myles S.)

Leader Peter Dorosh

Bald Eagle

6 attendees

https://ebird.org/checklist/S197631654       

all photos taken by Tracy Chan

Red Tailed Hawk

Eastern Phoebe

Coopers Hawk

Fwd: Thursday's Walk

"Autumn…the year's last, loveliest smile." ~ William Cullen Bryant



   

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From: Tom Stephenson <12toms@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, Oct 3, 2024, 3:37 PM
Subject: Thursday's Walk
To: Peter Dorosh <prosbird@gmail.com>
Cc: Valerie Masten <valerie.masten@gmail.com>, Marisa Hernandez <shishi47@gmail.com>, Dennis Hrehowsik <DeepSeaGangster@gmail.com>, Roberta Manian <roberta.manian@gmail.com>, Lisa Curtiss <lccurtiss@gmail.com>, brian d foy <briandfoy@pobox.com>, Amy Cook <brklynamy@gmail.com>

Hi Peter,

A beautiful day, a great group and, in the northern parts of the park, lots of birds. It became eirily quiet south of lookout. For me the most amazing location was the newly fenced in Sparrow Bowl. Wow, it was so birdy there and a great testament to the real benefits of good habitat.

Please thank Director Monaco for that newly refurbished habitat. I had three different conversations with her when she first joined about the destruction caused by the dog walkers and all of their many dogs. My goal had been just to get enforcement down there to try to protect what was left. But the newly grown, protected habitat, was fantastic.

Highlights were: Nashville, Chestnut-sided, Swamp Sparrow, Magnolia, Gray-cheeked Thrush, Indigo Bunting, Scarlet Tanager, Black-throated Green: all in that fenced in area or on the fence.

Other highlights: Olive-sided Flycatcher, Bald Eagle (spotted by our top raptor spotter, Lisa Curtiss), White-eyed Vireo in the Vale, Green-winged Teal and more: 67 species.

Here's the list.

Best regards,

Tom

Double-crested Cormorant

Great Blue Heron

Green Heron

Canada Goose

Mute Swan

Wood Duck

Mallard

Northern Shoveler

Green-winged Teal

Bald Eagle

Cooper's Hawk

Red-tailed Hawk

Herring Gull

Rock Dove

Mourning Dove

Belted Kingfisher

Red-bellied Woodpecker

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker

Downy Woodpecker

Hairy Woodpecker

Northern Flicker

Olive-sided Flycatcher

Eastern Wood-Pewee

Eastern Phoebe

White-eyed Vireo

Blue-headed Vireo

Red-eyed Vireo

Blue Jay

American Crow

Red-breasted Nuthatch

White-breasted Nuthatch

Brown Creeper

Carolina Wren

House Wren

Ruby-crowned Kinglet

Gray-cheeked Thrush

Swainson's Thrush

Wood Thrush

American Robin

Gray Catbird

Brown Thrasher

European Starling

Nashville Warbler

Northern Parula

Chestnut-sided Warbler

Magnolia Warbler

Black-throated Blue Warbler

Black-throated Green Warbler

Palm Warbler

Bay-breasted Warbler

Black-and-white Warbler

American Redstart

Common Yellowthroat

Yellow-breasted Chat

Scarlet Tanager

Eastern Towhee

Chipping Sparrow

Song Sparrow

Swamp Sparrow

White-throated Sparrow

Northern Cardinal

Rose-breasted Grosbeak

Indigo Bunting

Common Grackle

Baltimore Oriole

American Goldfinch

House Sparrow

Fwd: eBird Report - Prospect Park, Oct 1, 2024

Tuesday BBC Walk

"Autumn…the year's last, loveliest smile." ~ William Cullen Bryant



   

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From: Angie Co <angie@birdcollective.com>
Date: Wed, Oct 2, 2024, 9:34 AM
Subject: Fwd: eBird Report - Prospect Park, Oct 1, 2024
To: <prosbird@gmail.com>, <kathytoomy@gmail.com>, <megankthornton@gmail.com>, <roberta.manian@yahoo.com>

Hi Peter,

We had a great Tuesday walk yesterday. Thanks Megan for leading us, and Kathy for keeping and sharing the list!

I'm forwarding it here below.

Bobbi, I hope you have a great walk next week. Sorry Ryan and I won't be there--we'll be in Montreal.

Angie

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From: <do-not-reply@ebird.org>
Date: Wed, Oct 2, 2024 at 9:23 AM
Subject: eBird Report - Prospect Park, Oct 1, 2024
To: <angie@birdcollective.com>

Prospect Park, Kings, New York, US
Oct 1, 2024 7:40 AM - 2:20 PM
Protocol: Traveling
3.1 mile(s)
Checklist Comments:     BBC Tuesday walk led by Megan
63 species (+1 other taxa)

Canada Goose  1
Mute Swan  2
Wood Duck  10
Northern Shoveler  6
Mallard  2
American Black Duck  3
Green-winged Teal  24     A large flock reported by Forrest W. in the center of the lake;  smaller than nearby Shovelers.  Photos.
Mourning Dove  1
Common Nighthawk  1
Spotted Sandpiper  1
Green Heron  1
Great Blue Heron  1
Osprey  1
Cooper's Hawk  2
Belted Kingfisher  2
Red-bellied Woodpecker  4
Downy Woodpecker  5
Hairy Woodpecker  1
Northern Flicker  20
Peregrine Falcon  1
Eastern Wood-Pewee  2
Eastern Phoebe  14
Blue-headed Vireo  2
Red-eyed Vireo  4
Blue Jay  6
American Crow  1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet  4
White-breasted Nuthatch  1
Brown Creeper  1
House Wren  2
Carolina Wren  5
European Starling  5
Gray Catbird  6
Brown Thrasher  1
Swainson's Thrush  3
Wood Thrush  1
American Robin  10
House Sparrow  20
American Goldfinch  8
Chipping Sparrow  4
Field Sparrow  1
White-throated Sparrow  2
Savannah Sparrow  2
Swamp Sparrow  1
Baltimore Oriole  1
Ovenbird  2
Northern Waterthrush  1
Black-and-white Warbler  5
Common Yellowthroat  4
American Redstart  5
Cape May Warbler  1
Northern Parula  20     At least 10 seen in from the Vanderbilt St.  entrance to the park.  Many more scattered throughout the park
Magnolia Warbler  2
Yellow Warbler  1
Blackpoll Warbler  1
Black-throated Blue Warbler  2
Palm Warbler  5
Yellow-rumped Warbler  5
Black-throated Green Warbler  1
new world warbler sp.  1     We had a brief look at a warbler walking in vegetation on the Peninsula.   It didn't walk like either a waterthrush or an ovenbird.
Scarlet Tanager  2
Northern Cardinal  5
Rose-breasted Grosbeak  5
Indigo Bunting  2

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S197232746

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

Fwd: BBC field trip report: Governors Island on September 28

Led by Ryan G

"Autumn…the year's last, loveliest smile." ~ William Cullen Bryant



   

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From: Ryan Goldberg <ryan.goldberg@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, Sep 30, 2024, 10:57 AM
Subject: BBC field trip report: Governors Island on September 28
To: Peter Dorosh <prosbird@gmail.com>

Hi Peter,

The trip I led to Governors Island on Saturday was the fourth one I've led there now, and each visit has been outstanding. Fall is an especially good time because of the meadow around Fort Jay, a bunch of overgrown lots around the old buildings, and the native plantings at the south end of the island -- even on a gray, rainy day they were sparrow and warbler magnets. Even the old officers' houses of Nolan Park have lots of wildflowers planted around them. 

So birds can pop up anywhere, and they did. Our highlights were a group of four Bobolinks around Fort Jay that were very vocal and offered exceptional views; a Marsh Wren that popped up in a bush there (we took time to rule out Sedge Wren); and a Dickcissel on a fence at the south end of the glamping area. We had 55 species, which was excellent for a day with crappy weather and ENE winds. Thank you to the 10 birders who were game for yet another adventure to this beautiful island.

Here is the checklist from the day, with photos from some in the group: https://ebird.org/checklist/S196789140

Until next time!

Ryan

eBird Checklist - 28 Sep 2024 - Governors Island (N.Y. County) - 55 species (+1 other taxa)

BBC Walk to Governor's Island Les by Ryan Goldberg Saturday

Note bobolinks and dickcissel

https://ebird.org/checklist/S196789140

"Autumn…the year's last, loveliest smile." ~ William Cullen Bryant



   

Fwd: Migration Morning at Brooklyn Bridge Park 9-25-2024

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From: Mike Yuan <mjyuan@gmail.com>
Date: Wednesday, September 25, 2024
Subject: Migration Morning at Brooklyn Bridge Park 9-25-2024
To: Peter Dorosh <prosbird@gmail.com>
Cc: Dennis Hrehowsik <deepseagangster@gmail.com>


Peter-
Slower in the park today but good to see the blend of newly-arrived sparrows and flickers with the continuing warblers.
Low and close observation at obliging Red-eyed Vireos by the Pier 2 uplands and continuing Parula, Yellow, and Redstart in the Pier 3 maze were the best looks of the morning.
31 species
https://ebird.org/checklist/S196466611
Mike



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

Fwd: Tuesday BBC walk

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From: Ryan Goldberg <ryan.goldberg@gmail.com>
Date: Tuesday, September 24, 2024
Subject: Tuesday walk
To: Peter Dorosh <prosbird@gmail.com>


Hi Peter,
Today's walk was the best of the season for us, with the south side of the lake a real hotspot. It took our group two and a half hours to go from Vanderbilt Playground to the Lefrak Center. There was an incredible amount of warbler activity from around West Island to 3 Sisters, with large flocks moving through a few trees in particular -- the main species being northern parula, black-and-white, and American redstart. In one tree, we had around 12-15 warblers in one binocular view. Around the SE corner of the lake, a patch of pokeweed attracted a good assortment of fruit-eating birds, including a scarlet tanager. We had 62 species in total, 16 of them warblers. 
Here is the list: https://ebird.org/checklist/S196357658
Ryan


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

Fwd: Wednesday Migration Morning at BBP 9-11-2024

Clever man is a chicken; it can fly, but a little. Genius, on the other hand, is a migratory bird; it can fly at high altitudes until He disappears on the horizon!

--Mehmet Murat Ildan




   

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From: Mike Yuan <mjyuan@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, Sep 12, 2024, 10:40 AM
Subject: Wednesday Migration Morning at BBP 9-11-2024
To: Peter Dorosh <prosbird@gmail.com>

Hi Peter-

17 participants enjoyed a gorgeous morning full of seeps, zeeps, and zips. Loads of birds around, many too quick to stay on as birds tend to be jumpy in the park early in the day. We chased the sunny spots, moving from the turtle pond on Pier 1 to the recent hotspot of the Quaking Aspens in the maze on Pier 3. Nice close looks at a Tennessee Warbler and a slightly early western Palm Warbler.  

Chasing the light back at the Bridge Lawn on Pier 1, we noticed the Marine 1 helicopters at the lower Manhattan helipad, and tried to stake out a view of POTUS, but found out his schedule would have him arriving later. A Red breasted nuthatch tooting in the Vale was a nice treat. 

Good variety with 36 species.

https://ebird.org/checklist/S194777561

Mike