Sunday, October 30, 2022

Fwd: Saturday at the cemetery with Brooklyn bird club

Led by Ed Crowne

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From: Ed Crowne <erc310@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, Oct 30, 2022, 12:06 PM
Subject: Saturday at the cemetery
To: Peter Dorosh <prosbird@gmail.com>


Hello, Peter

We enjoyed the sunny, slightly cool day at Green-Wood Cemetery. We managed to see 41 species of birds overall. Highlights included two American Woodcocks, the first pursued by a somewhat determined but unsuccessful Red-tailed Hawk, and a male Eastern Bluebird fly-catching and vocalizing. Many thanks to all our participants and especially to Kathy Toomey.

Here is the link to my eBird list: https://ebird.org/checklist/S121567795

Best regards, Ed

Sunday, October 23, 2022

October 22 Floyd Bennett

Leader Heydi Lopes

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From: Heydi Lopes <kiskadee20@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, Oct 23, 2022, 7:21 AM
Subject: Re: Trip list
To: Peter Dorosh <prosbird@gmail.com>


Hi Peter,

See below for the list of birds.  It was a great group of birders, I really enjoyed birding with all of them.  We had a total of 10 participants.  I have attached one group photo, but I know that Alan B.  took some really nice photos, so If you want I can ask him to send them to you.  Barbara alo took photos, and I can ask her to send them as well, let me know!

Good fall birding!
Heydi


Floyd Bennett Field, Kings, New York, US
Oct 22, 2022 8:12 AM - 4:20 PM
Protocol: Traveling
5.0 mile(s)
Checklist Comments:     Brooklyn Bird Club trip. Beautiful day, 63/50 and mostly sunny, clouds rolled in late afternoon.
67 species (+3 other taxa)

Brant  11
Canada Goose  60
Mute Swan  2
Mallard  7
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  10
Mourning Dove  32
Black-bellied Plover  54
Semipalmated Plover  4
Killdeer  60     Large calling flyover flock, counted by 10s.
Ruddy Turnstone  6     Exact 1x1 count; Archery Rd. beach.
Red Knot  1     Archery Rd. pilings.  Plump grayish shorebird (white below$  with short legs, slightly smaller than nearby BBPLs.
Dunlin  80     Archery Rd.  Counted by 10s.  Large flock at far end of beach.
Laughing Gull  2
Ring-billed Gull  4
Herring Gull  3
Great Black-backed Gull  1
Forster's Tern  1
Royal Tern  1     Archery Rd pilings.  Large tern with orange bill and black shaggy crest.
Double-crested Cormorant  47
Osprey  1
Northern Harrier  3
Sharp-shinned Hawk  4
Cooper's Hawk  2
hawk sp.  1
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker  1
Downy Woodpecker  4
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)  4
American Kestrel  3
Merlin  1
Peregrine Falcon  2
Eastern Phoebe  3
Blue Jay  5
American Crow  8
Black-capped Chickadee  3
Tufted Titmouse  13
Tree Swallow  10
Ruby-crowned Kinglet  4
Golden-crowned Kinglet  2
Red-breasted Nuthatch  1
Carolina Wren  2
European Starling  66
Gray Catbird  3
Northern Mockingbird  4
American Robin  22
Cedar Waxwing  8
Northern Red Bishop  1     Make, orange and black; continuing in the Community Gardens.
House Sparrow  13
American Pipit  4
House Finch  4
Purple Finch  8
American Goldfinch  7
Chipping Sparrow  1
Field Sparrow  4
Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored)  1
White-crowned Sparrow  1
White-throated Sparrow  11
Vesper Sparrow  1     At Beach Grass Nursery.  Not very cooperative.  Largish streaky sparrow with bold white eye-ring and white other tail feathers visible on flying bird.
Savannah Sparrow  14
Song Sparrow  8
Swamp Sparrow  3
Eastern Towhee  3
Red-winged Blackbird  1
Common Grackle  3
Common Yellowthroat  4
Palm Warbler (Western)  2
Palm Warbler (Yellow)  9
Pine Warbler  1
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)  80
warbler sp. (Parulidae sp.)  1
Northern Cardinal  1

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S121159183

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




On Sat, Oct 22, 2022 at 4:47 PM Peter Dorosh <prosbird@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi Heydi

Kindly send me your checklist and any photos for my trips blog. Hope you had a grand day!

How many folks come? ( I'm thinking I reached the limit 16)

Thank you as usual your time and generosity helping the BBC. 🐦

Happy autumn!

P.

eBird Checklist - 22 Oct 2022 - Floyd Bennett Field - 55 species

https://ebird.org/checklist/S121139962

Led by Heydi Lopes

Thursday, October 13, 2022

Fwd: Thursday Fall finale. BBC Walk


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From: Ed Crowne <erc310@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, Oct 13, 2022, 6:11 PM
Subject: Thursday Fall finale
To: Peter Dorosh <prosbird@gmail.com>


Greetings, Peter

With the threat of rain on a relatively warm, somewhat windy and generally overcast day we set out in search. Thankfully the rain held off until after after our bird walk was completed. Highlights included lingering warblers and Chimney Swifts, plus one each of Rose-breasted Grosbeak and Scarlet Tanager. Perhaps most notable of all was a roosting Common Nighthawk in a tall horse chestnut tree at the north end of the vale. Meanwhile, the sparrows may have been at least slightly subdued by a scrutinizing sparrow hawk (American Kestrel) that made an unsuccessful swipe at a small flock of mixed sparrows on the fenced-in ballfield.

Here is my checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S120614427

Best regards, Ed

Tuesday, October 11, 2022

Fwd: eBird Report - Prospect Park, Oct 11, 2022. BBC walk

Led by Bobbi M.

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From: Roberta Manian <>
Date: Tuesday, October 11, 2022
Subject: Fwd: eBird Report - Prospect Park, Oct 11, 2022
To: Peter Dorosh <prosbird@gmail.com>,

Hi Peter,
today's walk began w/ a dumped-duck rescue.  Phil Hore noticed 3 baby domestic ducks clearly in distress, peeping incessantly on the path in by Vanderbilt Playground.  Dennis and Terri went in search of a cardboard box to put them in, and i called Marty who said she'd be right there.  While we waited i fed them my breakfast sandwich to keep them from wandering away.  passers by were incredibly respectful, especially the dog walkers.   Dennis returned first w/ a box and we scooped up the poor babies and had them waiting for Marty when she arrived.  hopefully they find a good home!
on to birds!  we saw the Lark Sparrow by the ballfields.  Dan found us a YB cuckoo by Fallkill falls and we scared some poor women who was just minding her own business on a bend as we crowded around her.  Oops...  many Common Nighthawks still flying in the daylight.  i guess it's a thing this time of year.

we had a visitor from Scotland today for whom most of the birds were lifers, and that's always rewarding.   
thanks to Kathy Willens for keeping todays list!
b.
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Subject: eBird Report - Prospect Park, Oct 11, 2022
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Prospect Park, Kings, New York, US
Oct 11, 2022 7:34 AM - 1:28 PM
Protocol: Traveling
4.834 mile(s)
Checklist Comments:     Almost all birds seen with Brooklyn Bird Club Fall Migration walk led by Roberta (Bobbi) Manian.
63 species

Canada Goose  1
Mute Swan  2
Wood Duck  11
Northern Shoveler  4
Mallard  13
Ruddy Duck  12
Pied-billed Grebe  2     Two individuals swimming together in Prospect Lake, seen clearly from Peninsula tip's 'Pearl Point' rustic shelter.
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  10
Mourning Dove  5
Yellow-billed Cuckoo  1     Found by Dan Smith. High up in a tree northeast of Fallkill Falls. Yellow bill clearly visible but briefly. Brown back, white belly, long tail.
Common Nighthawk  11     Flagged for high count and late season sightings. Boomerang-shaped bird, with  vertical white wing patches, much  bigger than chimney swifts in vicinity. Eight seen flying over West Drive at Wellhouse Drive by prospect Lake. Three seen flying over Center Drive at Three Arches Bridge earlier in walk.
Chimney Swift  1
American Coot  1     Continuing on SW side of Prospect Lake.
Herring Gull  1
Great Blue Heron  2
Turkey Vulture  1     Flyover, soaring, bird had gray trailing edge of flight feathers, not just on fingers.
Osprey  1
Cooper's Hawk  1
Red-bellied Woodpecker  1
Downy Woodpecker  6
Hairy Woodpecker  1
Northern Flicker  3
American Kestrel  1
Eastern Wood-Pewee  2     Flagged for being late. Long wing projection, looking around, buffy eye arc, incomplete. Small, slightly dusky vest.
Eastern Phoebe  2
Blue Jay  6
American Crow  13
Tufted Titmouse  1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet  9
Golden-crowned Kinglet  2
Red-breasted Nuthatch  1
White-breasted Nuthatch  5
Brown Creeper  6
House Wren  1
Carolina Wren  2
European Starling  12
Gray Catbird  3
Eastern Bluebird  1     Female bluebird possibly flagged for early and infrequent appearance in park. On a fence post at western edge of ballfields 2 or 3 (both are under construction).
Swainson's Thrush  1
Hermit Thrush  1
American Robin  4
House Sparrow  19
House Finch  1
Purple Finch  1     Notched tail, strong, dark brown streaking on breast and flanks, white eyebrow and white malar.
American Goldfinch  6
Chipping Sparrow  10
Lark Sparrow  1     Bold face pattern. Feeding at edge of ballfield  2 or 3. Larger sparrow, clean buffy & white breast, strong white eyebrow and moustache in malar area. Black eyeline from lores to back of head. Thick rufous median stripe. Slightly peaked head, white eye arcs and white throat. Found Tuesday by Carl Biers, maybe earlier by Linda Ewing?
Dark-eyed Junco  1
White-crowned Sparrow  1
White-throated Sparrow  13
Savannah Sparrow  4
Song Sparrow  5
Swamp Sparrow  4
Eastern Towhee  2
Common Yellowthroat  3
Northern Parula  3     Flagged for "high@ count at this late date?
Magnolia Warbler  3
Blackpoll Warbler  1
Black-throated Blue Warbler  3     1 male, two females
Palm Warbler  8
Yellow-rumped Warbler  7
Black-throated Green Warbler  1
Northern Cardinal  3

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S120513767

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



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"Life starts all over again when it gets crisp in the fall." --F.Scott Fitzgerald

Friday, October 7, 2022

Fwd: BBC Thursday's Bird Trek

Led by Ed Crowne

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From: Ed Crowne <erc310@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, Oct 6, 2022, 7:05 PM
Subject: Thursday's Bird Trek
To: Peter Dorosh <prosbird@gmail.com>


Hello, Peter

With the rain departed, we enjoyed a relatively warm, sunny day to look for birds in Prospect Park. We saw 64 species overall. Highlights included several Common Nighthawks (Long Meadow), a pair of Common Ravens (Nethermead), Philadelphia Vireo, Purple Finches (Sparrow Bowl) and a White-crowned Sparrow (Peninsula). Here is the link to my eBird list: https://ebird.org/checklist/S120099116

Best regards, Ed