Monday, May 17, 2010

May 15th Brooklyn Botanic Garden walk

Leader: Rusty Harold

31 species:

2 Canada Goose
2 Mallard
1 Red-tailed Hawk
1 Ring-billed Gull
X Mourning Dove
1 Chimney Swift
X Red-eyed Vireo
X Veery
X Swainson's Thrush
X American Robin
X Gray Catbird
X Northern Mockingbird
X European Starling
X Cedar Waxwing
X Northern Parula
1 Yellow Warbler
X Chestnut-sided Warbler
X Magnolia Warbler
X Black-throated Blue Warbler
X Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)
X Black-throated Green Warbler
X Blackburnian Warbler
X Blackpoll Warbler
X American Redstart
X Ovenbird
X Common Yellowthroat
3 Song Sparrow
X White-throated Sparrow
X Northern Cardinal
2 Common Grackle
X House Sparrow

--
Elliotte Rusty Harold
elharo@macfaq.com

Sunday, May 9, 2010

May 9th Prospect

Results of 5/9 BBC walk
Leading: Peter Dorosh

Note : High winds ( impacts passerine movements and flight)


Location: Prospect Park
Observation date: 5/9/10
Number of species: 46

Wood Duck 2 Upper Pool
Mallard X
Green Heron 1 Upper Pool island
Turkey Vulture 1 f/o Lookout HIll
Red-tailed Hawk 1 f/o ballfields
Laughing Gull X
Herring Gull X
Rock Pigeon X
Mourning Dove X
Cuckoo species f/o Lily Pool
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1 Midwood
Eastern Wood-Pewee 1 Ricks Place
Blue-headed Vireo 1
Warbling Vireo 2 --Binnen Run, Ricks Place
Red-eyed Vireo 1
Blue Jay 2
Barn Swallow X
House Wren 1
Veery 3
Swainson's Thrush 1
American Robin X
Gray Catbird X
European Starling X
Nashville Warbler 1 Midwood
Northern Parula 2
Magnolia Warbler 2 Midwood
Black-throated Blue Warbler 2 -ravine, Ricks Place
Yellow-rumped Warbler 2
Blackpoll Warbler 1 Ricks Pl
Black-and-white Warbler 1
American Redstart 2
Ovenbird 1 Midwood
Northern Waterthrush 1 Midwood
Common Yellowthroat 1
Scarlet Tanager 5 --2 Rocky Pass, 3 Midwood
Chipping Sparrow 1
Savannah Sparrow 1 ballfields
Swamp Sparrow 1 lily pool
White-throated Sparrow 1
Northern Cardinal X
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 1 Ricks Pl
Indigo Bunting 2 molting males Midwood
Red-winged Blackbird X
Common Grackle X
Baltimore Oriole 4
House Sparrow X

May 8th Birdathon "International Bird Migratiory Day"

RESULTS of Brooklyn Bird Club teams in support of "Friends of Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge"

date = 5/08/2010
sites = Prospect Park, Jamaica Bay Refuge, Big Egg Marsh, Floyd Bennett
observers = BBC Team 1: P.Dorosh, M.Eyster, S.Paci,K.Randall, & T.Preston

Location key code P=Prospect Park, J= Jamaica Bay Refuge, B=Big Egg Marsh

Condition: Chilly with sporadic morning rain; high winds with gusts in afternoon.

Exceptional sightings: 2 Summer Tanagers, flyover Common Terns over Prospect Park ballfields, 2 Gull-Billed Terns at JBWR East Pond, Barn Owl, Eastern Bluebird; 12 species duck, 18 species warblers

SPECIS TOTAL = 114

Double-crested Cormorant PJ
Great Blue Heron P
Snowy Egret J
Little Blue Heron J
Black-crowned Night-Heron PJ
Green Heron J
Great Egret J
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron J
Great Blue Heron P
Glossy Ibis J
Northern Shoveler J
Blue-winged Teal J
Bufflehead J
Gadwall J 13
American Black Duck J
Canada Goose PJ
Wood Duck P
Greater Scaup J
Red-breasted Merganser J
Green-winged Teal J
Brant J
Hooded Merganser J
Ruddy Duck PJ
Mute Swan PJ
Mallard PJ
Red-tailed Hawk P 25
Osprey J
Peregrine Falcon J
Killdeer B
Black-bellied Plover J
American Oystercatcher J
Least Sandpiper J
Dunlin J
Spotted Sandpiper J
Willet J
Greater Yellowlegs B
Gull-billed Tern 2@J , East Pond 36
Laughing Gull JP
Great Black-backed Gull J
Forster's Tern J
Common Tern 4@P f/o Ballfields; J
Ring-billed Gull J
Herring Gull PJ
Least Tern J
Rock Pigeon P
Mourning Dove P
Barn Owl J
Chimney Swift P
Ruby-throated Hummingbird P 48
Downy Woodpecker P
Hairy Woodpecker P
Red-bellied Woodpecker P
Great Crested Flycatcher P
Eastern Phoebe P
Eastern Wood-Pewee P
Eastern Kingbird P
Yellow-throated Vireo P
Blue-headed Vireo P
Warbling Vireo P
Red-eyed Vireo P
American Crow PJ 60
Blue Jay P
Fish Crow PJ
Bank Swallow J
Tree Swallow PJ
Barn Swallow PJ
Tufted Titmouse P
House Wren PJ
Carolina Wren P
American Robin PJ
Swainson's Thrush P
Eastern Bluebird P; Ballfields West
Wood Thrush P
Hermit Thrush P 73
Veery P
Gray Catbird PJ
Brown Thrasher J
Northern Mockingbird PJ
European Starling PJB
Prairie Warbler P
Worm-eating Warbler P
Yellow Warbler PJ
American Redstart PJ
Black-and-white Warbler PJ
Blackpoll Warbler P
Ovenbird P 85
Black-throated Green Warbler P
Black-throated Blue Warbler P
Common Yellowthroat PJ
Blue-winged Warbler P
Northern Parula PJ
Magnolia Warbler P
Nashville Warbler P
Hooded Warbler P
Northern Waterthrush P
Yellow-rumped Warbler P
Blackburnian Warbler P
Summer Tanager 2P;Ravine, Sulivan Hill 97
Scarlet Tanager P
Chipping Sparrow P
White-throated Sparrow P
Song Sparrow PJ
Eastern Towhee J
Rose-breasted Grosbeak P
Northern Cardinal PJ
Indigo Bunting P
Baltimore Oriole P
Boat-tailed Grackle BJ
Red-winged Blackbird PJ
Orchard Oriole P 109
Common Grackle P
House Finch B
American Goldfinch P
House Sparrow PJ 113

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Team 2 : E.Davis, D.Evans, B.Washburn, A.Lin

Species total= 88

http://birdigo.warmsilence.org/

+Pending list+

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Team 3:

OBSERVERS: Rafael Campos (BBC); Kyle Bardwell, Justine Davenport, Christine Smith, Anne Swaim, & Larry Trachtenberg (Saw Mill Audubon)
This morning (0730 am-1200 noon), with some members of Saw Mill Audubon, we started a bird walk from Litchfield Villa, Pools, Ravine, Midwood, and Lookout Hill. We got some rain, but later, blue skies were present, and so the birds. A high number of warbler species were tallied, 18 in total, plus other species (see list below). We missed a Hooded Warbler seen by Ed & Phil. A great walk.
The birds:
Canada Goose
Wood Duck (3 drakes, upper pool)
Mallard
Great Blue Heron (1 fly over)
(American) Herring Gull (1, fly over)
Rock (Common) Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Chimney Swift (fly overs)
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Eastern Wood-Pewee (1, Midwood)
Great Crested Flycatcher (1, Lookout Hill)
Blue-headed Vireo (1)
Warbling Vireo (2, Lilly Pond)
Red-eyed Vireo (2, Lookout Hill)
Blue Jay
Barn Swallow (fly overs)
Black-capped Chickadee (1)
Tufted Titmouse (heard only)
Carolina Wren (1, heard only: Lookout Hill)
House Wren (Rick's Place)
Veery (1)
Swainson's Thrush (2, Lookout Hill)
Wood Thrush (2)
American Robin
Gray Catbird
European (Common) Starling
Blue-winged Warbler (1, Midwood)
Nashville Warbler (1)
Northern Parula
(American) Yellow Warbler (3)
Chestnut-sided Warbler (3)
Magnolia Warbler (3)
Black-throated Blue Warbler (2)
Yellow-rumped (Myrtle) Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler (1)
Blackburnian Warbler (1, Quaker Hill)
Bay-breasted Warbler (3, Lookout Hill)
Black-and-white Warbler
American Redstart (2)
Worm-eating Warbler (1 Ravine; 2 Midwood)
Ovenbird (±3)
Northern Waterthrush (2)
Common Yellowthroat (±4)
Chipping Sparrow (heard only, near Picnic House)
White-throated Sparrow (1)
Scarlet Tanager (±5)
Northern Cardinal
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Common Grackle
Brown-headed Cowbird (4, Rick's Place)
Baltimore Oriole
American Goldfinch (1)
House Sparrow

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Team 4

Prospect Park only led by Paul Keim + members recorded 75 species.

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OVERALL team combined totals = 128 species (not reflective of individual team pledges)

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Freinds of JBWR

http://www.alsnyc.org/ (see link on homepage)

or

http://tinyurl.com/3y7qv48



+List pending+

Thursday, May 6, 2010

Thursday May 6TH Prospect walk

Leader :Peter Dorosh
9 participants


Results of the Thursday BBC walk, led by P.Dorosh


Location: Prospect Park
Observation date: 5/6/10
Number of species: 35
Note BBC walk, led by P.Dorosh

Double-crested Cormorant 2 f/o
Spotted Sandpiper 1 Lower Pool
Rock Pigeon X
Mourning Dove X
Chimney Swift X
Blue-headed Vireo 1 Lookout Hill
Warbling Vireo 1 Binnen Run
Blue Jay 1
Barn Swallow X
Black-capped Chickadee 1
Tufted Titmouse 1
Carolina Wren 1 Lookout Hill
House Wren 1 Lookout Hill
Veery 1 Lookout Hill
Wood Thrush 1 Midwood
American Robin X
Gray Catbird X
European Starling X
Northern Parula 2
Black-throated Blue Warbler 1 Binnen Run
Yellow-rumped Warbler 4
Black-throated Green Warbler 2-- 1 Butterfly Meadow; lower Lookout Hill
Bay-breasted Warbler 1 Quaker Cemtery; Quaker Ridge
Blackpoll Warbler 4
Black-and-white Warbler 2
Ovenbird 2
Northern Waterthrush 1 Midwood
Common Yellowthroat 2
Scarlet Tanager 3-- 1 Boulder Br; 1 Sullivan Hill, males; 1 female Lookout Hill
Northern Cardinal X
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 2- male Binnen Run
Common Grackle X
Brown-headed Cowbird 1
Baltimore Oriole 3
House Sparrow X

This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org

Sunday, May 2, 2010

Greenwood Cemetery May 2nd

leader :Paul Keim

Report sent by Janet Zinn


SPECIES SEEN
From 5/2/2010 to 5/2/2010 ~ in Greenwood Cemetary ~ 51 seen
From 8 a.m. - 11 a.m.

Canada Goose
Mallard
Common Loon (2 flyover)
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Egret
Red-tailed Hawk
American Kestrel
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Monk Parakeet
Chimney Swift
Belted Kingfisher
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Great Crested Flycatcher
Eastern Kingbird
Blue-headed Vireo
Blue Jay
American Crow
Barn Swallow
Black-capped Chickadee
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Carolina Wren
House Wren
Eastern Bluebird
Hermit Thrush
Wood Thrush
American Robin
Gray Catbird
Northern Mockingbird
European Starling
Blue-winged Warbler
Nashville Warbler
Northern Parula
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Magnolia Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Blackpoll Warbler
Black-and-white Warbler
OvenbirdEastern Towhee
Chipping Sparrow
Song Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Northern Cardinal
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Common Grackle
Baltimore Oriole
House Finch
American Goldfinch
House Sparrow
-------- STATISTICS --------
Species seen - 51