Fwd: Tuesday walk recap

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From: Ryan Goldberg <ryan.goldberg@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, Apr 21, 2026 at 9:01 PM
Subject: Tuesday walk recap
To: Peter Dorosh <prosbird@gmail.com>

Hi Peter,

It was chilly on the walk today, but that was preferable to last week's heatwave, and the first bird we found upon entering the park was a Yellow-throated Warbler, singing in a pine across from the Vanderbilt Playground. That was the highlight of the day, and a life bird for a bunch of folks. Other warblers included two Northern Yellows, a Louisiana Waterthrush on the south side of the lake, a Northern by the Lower Pool, and dozens of Yellow-rumps. Ruby-crowned Kinglets were also all over the park. A Rusty Blackbird was also on the Ambergill--that was one of the last birds of the morning. Thankfully it was sunny all morning, and the birds were singing.

We found 53 species. Here's our list: https://ebird.org/checklist/S325121424.

Thanks to the other Tuesday leaders, Angie Co and Megan Thornton. As attendance continues to grow--we had around 40 people--everyone benefits from having multiple experienced guides.

Ryan

--

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

                                                                            --Carl Sagan

Fwd: First BBC Thursday Walk

Led by Tom Stephenson 

And from Humming-Bird to Eagle, the daily existence of every bird is a remote and bewitching mystery.

~Thomas Wentworth Higginson, "The Life of Birds," Out-door Papers, 1868









   

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From: Tom Stephenson <12toms@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, Apr 16, 2026, 2:37 PM
Subject: First Thursday Walk
To: Peter Dorosh <prosbird@gmail.com>
Cc: Dennis Hrehowsik <DeepSeaGangster@gmail.com>, Roberta Manian <roberta.manian@gmail.com>, Megan Thornton <megankthornton@gmail.com>, Bob Curtis <bobolink@nyct.net>, Lisa Curtiss <lccurtiss@gmail.com>, Valerie Masten <valerie.masten@gmail.com>, Carol Page <carolpagebu@yahoo.com>, Ryan Goldberg <ryangoldberg@gmail.com>, Angie Co <Angie.co@gmail.com>

Hi Peter,

It was a beautiful (but very hot...) spring day with a good group of about 45 including one gentleman from Dublin. The park was very birdy with lots of yellowrumps and 56 species seen.

Highlights included a male Summer Tanager, the bright Yellow-throated Warbler, a fairly cooperative Hooded Warbler, Brown Thrasher, a very low Cooper's Hawk drinking swamp water, and more.

Here's the list.

Best regards,

Tom

Common Loon

Double-crested Cormorant

Black-crowned Night-Heron

Canada Goose

Mute Swan

Wood Duck

American Black Duck

Mallard

Ruddy Duck

Cooper's Hawk

Red-tailed Hawk

Peregrine Falcon

Laughing Gull

Ring-billed Gull

Rock Dove

Mourning Dove

Belted Kingfisher

Red-bellied Woodpecker

Downy Woodpecker

Hairy Woodpecker

Northern Flicker

Blue-headed Vireo

Blue Jay

Barn Swallow

Tufted Titmouse

Red-breasted Nuthatch

Carolina Wren

House Wren

Golden-crowned Kinglet

Ruby-crowned Kinglet

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher

Hermit Thrush

American Robin

Northern Mockingbird

Brown Thrasher

European Starling

Yellow-rumped Warbler

Black-throated Green Warbler

Yellow-throated Warbler

Pine Warbler

Palm Warbler

Black-and-white Warbler

Common Yellowthroat

Hooded Warbler

Summer Tanager

Eastern Towhee

Song Sparrow

Swamp Sparrow

White-throated Sparrow

Dark-eyed Junco

Northern Cardinal

Red-winged Blackbird

Common Grackle

Brown-headed Cowbird

American Goldfinch

House Sparrow

Fwd: BBC Tuesday walk

Led by Ryan goldberg and Angie Co

And from Humming-Bird to Eagle, the daily existence of every bird is a remote and bewitching mystery.

~Thomas Wentworth Higginson, "The Life of Birds," Out-door Papers, 1868









   

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From: Ryan Goldberg <ryan.goldberg@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, Apr 14, 2026, 4:39 PM
Subject: BBC Tuesday walk
To: Peter Dorosh <prosbird@gmail.com>

Hi Peter,

Here is the list from our first Tuesday walk of the season. A great group of regulars and new faces joined, more than 30 people in all. It was a warm day, but the birds were cooperative, with plenty of the early-ish migrants out in good numbers. We found 51 species in all: https://ebird.org/checklist/S321664375.

Thanks to Angie for co-leading. We'll see everyone again next Tuesday for week two of seven this spring.

Ryan

--

Ryan Goldberg (he/him)

ryangoldberg.net

(908) 489-7220

Vernal Awakenings at Shu Swamp Nature Preserve, Hume and Upper Francis Pond Preserves in Oyster Bay April 4

 

Skunk cabbage Shu Swamp

Checklists:

Shu swamp https://ebird.org/checklist/S317415648

Humes Preserve https://ebird.org/checklist/S317416649

Upper Francis Pond https://ebird.org/checklist/S317417689

Leader :Peter Dorosh

Highlights : Skunk Cabbage massed bloom ,Eastern Bluebird,Common Raven, Rusty Blackbird, 3 warblers-Pine,Palm Yellow rumped,Pied Billed Grebe,Ring-necked Ducks

Participants :Surya,Jen ,Laura,Leslie,Kenelma and Meranda

EASTERN  BLUEBIRD at Humes Preserve photo by Laura Waterbury

Palm Warbler at Upper Francis pond photo by Laura Waterbury

Shu Swamp pond photo by Meranda

Glory in the snow squill at Shu Swamp photo by Meranda

MARCH 28 March in Marine Park

Leader Heydi Lopes

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From: Heydi Lopes <
Date: Sun, Mar 29, 2026 at 6:26 PM
Subject: Re: Yesterday's walk
To: Peter Dorosh <prosbird@gmail.com>

Hey Peter,

Well, it was a chilly morning and certainly did not feel like Spring, but it was a nice walk regardless.  Below is a list of the birds seen and/or heard.  I shared the list with participants who wanted it, while others kept their own lists.

As always with BBC walks, it was a great group!  I did not take any photos, but many participants did (I know that Sameer, Marleny did).

If you need anything else, please don't hesitate to let me know!

Best regards,

Heydi

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Salt Marsh Nature Center at Marine Park, Kings, New York, US
Mar 28, 2026 7:32 AM - 11:18 AM
Protocol: Traveling
1.316 mile(s)
Checklist Comments:     BBC Walk.
☀️
Clear sky
Temperature: 33 - 36°F
Wind: Moderate breeze - fresh breeze
Wind Direction: N - NW
Cloud Cover: 3 - 4%
Humidity: 35 - 50%
Dew point: 13 - 18°F
Sunrise: 6:45am
Sunset: 7:15pm
Weather generated by <a href="https://raincrow.app/">RainCrow</a>
44 species (+1 other taxa)

Brant (Branta bernicla)  3
Canada Goose (Branta canadensis)  3
Northern Shoveler (Spatula clypeata)  8
Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)  12
American Black Duck (Anas rubripes)  2
Greater Scaup (Aythya marila)  6
Lesser Scaup (Aythya affinis)  2
Bufflehead (Bucephala albeola)  7
Red-breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator)  4
Ruddy Duck (Oxyura jamaicensis)  55
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) (Columba livia (Feral Pigeon))  2
Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura)  5
Laughing Gull (Leucophaeus atricilla)  1
Ring-billed Gull (Larus delawarensis)  49
American Herring Gull (Larus smithsonianus)  10
Horned Grebe (Podiceps auritus)  1
Common Loon (Gavia immer)  1
Double-crested Cormorant (Nannopterum auritum)  3
Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura)  2
Osprey (Pandion haliaetus)  4
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (Sphyrapicus varius)  2
Red-bellied Woodpecker (Melanerpes carolinus)  1
Downy Woodpecker (Dryobates pubescens)  2
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) (Colaptes auratus auratus/luteus)  6
American Kestrel (Falco sparverius)  1
Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe)  2
Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata)  5
American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos)  4
Fish Crow (Corvus ossifragus)  1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet (Corthylio calendula)  3
Brown Creeper (Certhia americana)  2
European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)  8
Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos)  4
American Robin (Turdus migratorius)  32
House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)  3
Purple Finch (Haemorhous purpureus)  2
Fox Sparrow (Red) (Passerella iliaca iliaca/zaboria)  1
Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored) (Junco hyemalis hyemalis/carolinensis)  3
Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia)  4
Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus)  8
Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater)  5
Boat-tailed Grackle (Quiscalus major)  3
grackle sp. (Quiscalus sp.)  4
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) (Setophaga coronata coronata)  2
Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis)  3

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S314037667

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

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Results of Spring BBC walk Prospect Park March 21

Leader Linda Ewing

"Lines Written in Early Spring" (excerpt)

I heard a thousand interwoven notes of birdsong while I lay in a grove, where I was enjoying the kind of mood in which happy thoughts remind you of sad ones.

Nature connected my soul to all the beautiful creatures around me—and I felt terribly sad to think about what humanity has done to itself.

poet William Wordsworth

for full poem , see link below:

https://www.litcharts.com/poetry/william-wordsworth/lines-written-in-early-spring













   

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From: Linda Ewing 
Date: Sat, Mar 21, 2026, 2:51 PM
Subject: Great walk this morning!
To: Peter Dorosh <prosbird@gmail.com>

We had around 20-25 people join the walk, saw 42 species, and had a lot of fun. The participants were a good mix of old hands (I especially appreciated Rusty's keen eyes) and relative newcomers; several birds were lifers for some, and the osprey (ospreys? seen twice, but most likely the same bird) were FOY for most of us.

Thanks for the opportunity to lead! The list is posted on eBird here:

eBird Checklist - 21 Mar 2026 - Prospect Park - 42 species ebird.org

Let me know if you'd like me to share it with you.

Linda 

Sent from my iPhone

March 14th Will you Dance ? Woodcocks at marine park

Leader Peter Dorosh

Note windy conditions likely factor in no woodcock display.. but a nice social walk with 30 species reported within the 2 hour walk.

Many Thanks to Heydi Lopes for her assistance and checklist..

And to all who showed up for some fun,

Salt Marsh Nature Center at Marine Park, Kings, New York, US
Mar 14, 2026 4:52 PM - 7:38 PM
Protocol: Traveling
0.911 mile(s)
Checklist Comments:     BBC Walk with Peter
30 species (+1 other taxa)

Brant (Branta bernicla)  23
Canada Goose (Branta canadensis)  3
Northern Shoveler (Spatula clypeata)  4
Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)  5
American Black Duck (Anas rubripes)  3
Greater Scaup (Aythya marila)  17
Bufflehead (Bucephala albeola)  11
Red-breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator)  3
Ruddy Duck (Oxyura jamaicensis)  34
Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura)  3
Ring-billed Gull (Larus delawarensis)  37
American Herring Gull (Larus smithsonianus)  7
Horned Grebe (Podiceps auritus)  1
Red-throated Loon (Gavia stellata)  2
Common Loon (Gavia immer)  1
Double-crested Cormorant (Nannopterum auritum)  1
Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura)  5
Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe)  1
Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata)  2
crow sp. (Corvus sp. (crow sp.))  1
Tree Swallow (Tachycineta bicolor)  7     Flagged for count; one by one count.
European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)  2
Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos)  3
American Robin (Turdus migratorius)  11
Purple Finch (Haemorhous purpureus)  1     Female type; coarse brown streaks below, white eyebrow.
Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored) (Junco hyemalis hyemalis/carolinensis)  5
White-throated Sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis)  1
Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia)  3
Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus)  12
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) (Setophaga coronata coronata)  2
Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis)  2

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S309281808

"Lines Written in Early Spring" Summary

I heard a thousand interwoven notes of birdsong while I lay in a grove, where I was enjoying the kind of mood in which happy thoughts remind you of sad ones.

Nature connected my soul to all the beautiful creatures around me—and I felt terribly sad to think about what humanity has done to itself.

poet William Wordsworth

for full poem , see link below:

https://www.litcharts.com/poetry/william-wordsworth/lines-written-in-early-spring













   

March 7th Hempstead/Jones Beach trip list

"How many lessons of faith and beauty we should lose, if there were no winter in our year!"

-- Thomas Wentworth Higginson

Leader Peter Dorosh


   

Common  Eider photo by Fabio Vera

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From: D.Evans <
Date: Sun, Mar 8, 2026, 2:36 PM
Subject: Hempstead/Jones Beach trip list
To: Peter Dorosh <prosbird@gmail.com>

Peter-

What a great and memorable trip!

 

Here are the birds I recorded at each site, with notations if we'd seen them before.

[H] for Hempstead, [J] for Jones Beach.

 

Hempstead Lake State Park

Canada Goose

Great Blue Heron

Ring-billed Gull

Herring Gull

Greater Black-backed Gull

Lesser Black-backed Gull (-imm, ID by PD)

Ring-necked Duck

Ruddy Duck

Hooded Merganser

Northern Mallard

Blue Jay

Fish Crow

Song Sparrow

Black-capped Chickadee

Downy Woodpecker

Red-bellied Woodpecker.                             Harlequin ducks in fog photo by. Fabio Vera

 

Jones Beach

Canada Goose [H]

Brant

Common Loon

Pacific Loon

Common Eider

Horned Grebe

Long-tailed Duck

Black Scoter

Surf Scoter

White-winged Scoter

Red-breasted Merganser

Bufflehead

Greater Scaup

Herring Gull  [H]

Ring-billed Gull [H]

Greater Black-backed Gull [H] 

Lesser Black-backed Gull  [H]  --(? not sure about this. My ID based on photo of bird resembling your [H] ID)

American Oystercatcher

Killdeer

Northern Harrier

American Robin

Fox Sparrow

Northern Mockingbird

European Starling

Rock Pigeon

 

Point Lookout

Sanderlings

Common Eider [J]

Greater Scaup  [J]

Red-throated Loon

Harlequin Duck

Brant  [J]

Purple Sandpiper

Long-tailed Duck  [J]

American Oystercatcher  [J]

 

(Harbor Seal)

 

Feb 14th Tribute to Paul Keim memorial walk Croton Point

 

Eastern Screech owl ( gray phased), zoomed photo by Marisa Hernandez 

Hilight 25 plus Bald Eagles and Eastern Screech Owl, a lifer for group participants 

Leader Peter Dorosh

Hilight : 25 plus Bald eagle from train ride to station to park interior  & Eastern Screech Owl a lifer for group participants 

Train ride along Hudson

https://ebird.org/checklist/S301080019

Croton Train Station

https://ebird.org/checklist/S301080339

Croton Point State Park

https://ebird.org/checklist/S301081306

Bald Eagle photos by Marisa Hernandez 

EASTERN SCREECH OWL zoomed photo by Yikun He

Juvenile Bald Eagle photos by Yikun He

GBBC Prospect walk by BBC Feb 15th

Leader Tina Alleva

"How many lessons of faith and beauty we should lose, if there were no winter in our year!"

-- Thomas Wentworth Higginson

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From: Tina Alleva <>
Date: Sun, Feb 15, 2026, 1:38 PM
Subject: GBBC
To: Peter Dorosh <>

Hi Peter,

We had a great walk today for the Great Backyard Bird Count with about 35 participants. I love this time of year when the resident birds start to sing again.

Highlight today was a low flying adult Red-shouldered hawk.

https://ebird.org/checklist/S301030442

Tina