June 12th Doodletown ( Harriman State Park)

Leader : Tom Preston (submitting list)

Canada Goose
Mute Swan
Wood Duck
Wild Turkey
Black Vulture
Turkey Vulture
Red-tailed Hawk
Killdeer
Chimney Swift

Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Belted Kingfisher
Downy Woodpecker
Pileated Woodpecker
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Willow Flycatcher
Eastern Phoebe
Great Crested Flycatcher
Eastern Kingbird
Yellow-throated Vireo
Warbling Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
Blue Jay
American Crow
Tree Swallow
Barn Swallow
Cliff Swallow
Black-capped Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
Carolina Wren
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Veery
Wood Thrush
American Robin
Gray Catbird
Northern Mockingbird
Cedar Waxwing
Blue-winged Warbler
Yellow Warbler
Cerulean Warbler
Black-and-white Warbler
American Redstart
Worm-eating Warbler
Ovenbird
Louisiana Waterthrush
Common Yellowthroat
Hooded Warbler
Eastern Towhee
Chipping Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Northern Cardinal
Indigo Bunting
Red-winged Blackbird
Common Grackle
Brown-headed Cowbird
Orchard Oriole
Baltimore Oriole
American Goldfinch
House Sparrow

- 58 species

June 4th-7th, Delmarva Weekend, Delaware coast , interior Maryland

(Clapper Rail photo by Sandy Paci @ Chincoteague NWR)

[ click on photo for zoom in]

Sandy's photo gallery --> http://tinyurl.com/2at2q6p

Leader : Peter Dorosh

date = 6/4/10-6/7/10
site = Delmarva Weekend: Delaware coast and Maryland ( and briefly Virginia)
observers = Brooklyn Bird Club

130 species

Loon species
Northern Gannet Ferry ride
Double-crested Cormorant
Snowy Egret
Little Blue Heron
Black-crowned Night-Heron
Green Heron
Great Egret
Great Blue Heron
Cattle Egret Chincoteague NWR
Tricolored Heron Chincoteague NWR
Glossy Ibis
Turkey Vulture
Black Vulture
Gadwall
American Black Duck
Canada Goose
Wood Duck Bombay Hook NWR
Ruddy Duck Bombay Hook NWR
Mute Swan
Mallard
Bald Eagle various locations, notably Blackwater NWR
Red-tailed Hawk
Osprey common
Northern Harrier
Clapper Rail Chincoteague NWR, calling and very cooperatively seen
Piping Plover Cape Henlopen's Gordon's Pond beach
Killdeer
Black-bellied Plover
Semipalmated Plover
American Oystercatcher
Black-necked Stilt Bombay Hook NWR- 12

American Avocet Bombay Hook NWR- 45
Semipalmated Sandpiper abundant
Red Knot Point Mispillion --12
Short-billed Dowitcher
Dunlin
Lesser Yellowlegs
Spotted Sandpiper
White-rumped Sandpiper Blackwater NWR
Willet
Ruddy Turnstone
Greater Yellowlegs
Red-necked Phalarope -breeding female, Gordon's Pond @ Cape Henlopen SP
Wilson's Phalarope Chincoteague NWR, male
Gull-billed Tern
Caspian Tern Chincoteague NWR
Royal Tern
Forster's Tern
Common Tern
Least Tern
Black Skimmer
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Laughing Gull
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Yellow-billed Cuckoo Bald Cypress trail @ Pocomoke SP Mill Landing area
Chimney Swift
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Red-headed Woodpecker Blackwater NWR
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Pileated Woodpecker Pocomoke River SP; Great Cypress Swamp
Northern Flicker
Least Flycatcher
Willow Flycatcher Bombay Hook NWR
Great Crested Flycatcher
Eastern Phoebe
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Eastern Kingbird
White-eyed Vireo Nassawango creek crossing
Red-eyed Vireo
American Crow
Blue Jay
Fish Crow
Tree Swallow
Purple Martin Blackwater NWR and other locations
Barn Swallow
Northern Rough-winged Swallow Ferry dock
Tufted Titmouse
Carolina Chickadee
Brown-headed Nuthatch
White-breasted Nuthatch
House Wren
Carolina Wren
Marsh Wren Bombay Hook NWR
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
American Robin
Eastern Bluebird
Wood Thrush
Gray Catbird
Brown Thrasher
Northern Mockingbird
European Starling
Cedar Waxwing
Prairie Warbler
Kentucky Warbler calling, Nassawango Creek crossing
Worm-eating Warbler Pocomoke River Bald Cypress Trail;Great Cypress Swamp
Yellow Warbler
Yellow-throated Warbler Great Cypress Swamp aka "Pocomoke Swamp"
Black-and-white Warbler
Ovenbird common, calling
Common Yellowthroat
Prothonotary Warbler Nassawango Creek crossing , several spots
Louisiana Waterthrush Great Cypress Swamp
Yellow-breasted Chat EA Vaughan WMA; calling and seen well male
Northern Parula
Summer Tanager several locations, Nassawango Creek first.
Chipping Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Saltmarsh Sharp-tailed Sparrow Point Mispillion
Seaside Sparrow Point Mispillion
Field Sparrow
Eastern Towhee
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Northern Cardinal
Indigo Bunting common
Blue Grosbeak several locations, Gordon's Pond first
Boat-tailed Grackle
Red-winged Blackbird
Orchard Oriole common
Common Grackle
Eastern Meadowlark Blackwater NWR
Brown-headed Cowbird
House Finch
American Goldfinch
House Sparrow

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Locations ( in order of visit): Cape May -Lewes Ferry ride, Cape Henlopen Gordon's Pond,Delaware Seashore State Park ( Burton's Island Sanctuary), Nanticoke River WMA, Blackwater NWR, Pocomoke River's Mill Landing Area, EA Vaughan WMA, Chincoteague NWR, Great Cypress Swamp aka "Pocomoke Swamp", Point Mispillion/Slaughter Beach, Bombay Hook NWR

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

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 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

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

Prospect Park April 18th

Prospect Park
leaders: Steve Nanz, P.Dorosh

Location: Prospect Park
Observation date: 4/18/10
Number of species: 44

Canada Goose X
Mute Swan X
Mallard X
Ring-necked Duck 3 -2 drake, 1 hen Three Sisters Islands
Double-crested Cormorant 20 f/o Grand Army Plaza entrance
Great Egret 1 Terrace br
Red-tailed Hawk 2--f/o's one Ravine, one Peninsula/Lake
Peregrine Falcon 1 low fly Sullivan Woods
Herring Gull X
Rock Pigeon X
Mourning Dove X
Belted Kingfisher 1 Lullwater
Downy Woodpecker X
Northern Flicker X
Eastern Phoebe 1 Lily Pool
Blue-headed Vireo 3--Rose Garden, Midwood
Blue Jay 1 Nethermead Br
American Crow X
Tree Swallow 7 Lake
Barn Swallow 1 Lake
Tufted Titmouse 2
White-breasted Nuthatch 1 Vale Cashmere
Winter Wren 3 -singing Vale Cashmere, one north Zoo
Golden-crowned Kinglet 1 Rose Garden
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 5 --3 Midwood
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher X Midwood (heard)
Hermit Thrush 4
American Robin X
European Starling X
Yellow-rumped Warbler X
Pine Warbler 2 Midwood
Palm Warbler 3
Black-and-white Warbler 1 Midwood
Louisiana Waterthrush 1 Lullwater, north side near Terrace Br
Eastern Towhee 1 female north Midwood
Chipping Sparrow 9 -5 Butterfly Meadow Pin oaks, 5 Willow Oak Rose Garden
Field Sparrow 1 between Maryland Monument hydrant and Terrace Br (reported 1st by Dale Dyer)
White-throated Sparrow X
Northern Cardinal X
Red-winged Blackbird X
Common Grackle X
Brown-headed Cowbird 1
American Goldfinch 10 Ricks Place, some on horse trail below Boulder Br
House Sparrow X

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

April 15th ,2010 Prospect Park Thursday walk

Results of Brooklyn Bird Club weekday walk
leader: Tom Stephenson
attendees : 23 birders

#species: 47

hilights: Rusty Blackbird singing near the Pools;Winter Wren ,one singing in the Vale Cashmere; Louisiana Waterthrush in Ravine

Double-crested Cormorant

Great Egret

Canada Goose

Mute Swan

Wood Duck

Mallard

Ruddy Duck

Sharp-shinned Hawk

Red-tailed Hawk

Peregrine Falcon (on the radio tower)

Ring-billed Gull

Herring Gull

Rock Dove

Mourning Dove

Red-bellied Woodpecker

Downy Woodpecker

Northern Flicker

Eastern Phoebe

Blue-headed Vireo

Blue Jay

Tree Swallow

Black-capped Chickadee

White-breasted Nuthatch

Carolina Wren

Winter Wren one singing in the vale!!!

Ruby-crowned Kinglet

Hermit Thrush Many….20+

American Robin

European Starling

Yellow-rumped Warbler

Pine Warbler

Palm Warbler

Louisiana Waterthrush

Eastern Towhee

Chipping Sparrow

Song Sparrow

Swamp Sparrow

White-throated Sparrow

Northern Cardinal

Red-winged Blackbird

Rusty Blackbird singing near the pools

Common Grackle

Brown-headed Cowbird

American Goldfinch

House Sparrow

April 10th Brooklyn Botanic Garden :Centennial walk

Leader : Mary Eyster

list submitted by Eddie Davis

Location: Brooklyn Botanic Garden
Observation date: 4/10/10

Canada Goose
Mallard
Red-tailed Hawk
Mourning Dove
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Blue Jay
Fish Crow
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Hermit Thrush
American Robin
Northern Mockingbird
European Starling
Palm Warbler
Song Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Northern Cardinal
Common Grackle
Brown-headed Cowbird
House Sparrow
Eastern Towhee,
American Crow,
American Goldfinch
and Rock Pigeon