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
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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
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or
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