Brooklyn Bird Club Field Trip Reports

Monday, April 8, 2013

April 7th Mount Loretto Preserve, Staten Island

Leader : Gil Shrank

Brooklyn Bird Club Field Trip to Staten Island
April 7, 2013
16 participants
Mt. Loretto, cemetery, Blue Heron Park
51 species

Brant
Canada Goose
Wood Duck
American Black Duck
Mallard
Green-winged Teal
Ring-necked Duck
Red-breasted Merganser
Red-throated Loon
Common Loon
Horned Grebe
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Turkey Vulture
Red-tailed Hawk
Killdeer
American Oyster Catcher
Ruddy Turnstone
Wilson's Snipe
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Belted Kingfisher
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Eastern Phoebe
American Crow

Tree Swallow
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Bank Swallow
Cliff Swallow
Barn Swallow


Black-capped Chickadee
Carolina Wren
American Robin
European Starling
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Savannah Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Dark-eyed junco
Northern Cardinal
Red-winged Blackbird
Common Grackle
American Goldfinch
House Sparrow

Photo gallery from  Peter Colen  http://tinyurl.com/bbcapr7SI

Saturday, March 30, 2013

March 30th Prospect Park

Results of Brooklyn Bird Club walk in Prospect , led by Tom Stephenson

Hi Peter,

We had a great group this morning, with 20+ people on a great sunny day.

It's interesting to see that the movements of migration are in effect even this early in the season, as many of the birds we saw on Tuesday were gone and overall the park was much slower.

However we were able to eventually find 50 species, with highlights including Pine and Yellow-rumped Warbler, Golden-crowned Kinglet, singing Fox Sparrow, nice Wood Duck pair, good looks at female Common Merganser, Ring-necked Duck, 6+ Tree Swallows, Red-breasted Nuthatch, Brown Creeper and more.

Here's the list.

See you at the warbler ID talk on Thursday.

Best regards,

Tom

Pied-billed Grebe

Canada Goose

Mute Swan

Wood Duck

Gadwall

American Black Duck

Mallard

Northern Shoveler

Ring-necked Duck

Common Merganser

Red-breasted Merganser

Ruddy Duck

Red-tailed Hawk

American Coot

Ring-billed Gull

Herring Gull

Great Black-backed Gull

Rock Dove

Mourning Dove

Belted Kingfisher

Red-bellied Woodpecker

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker

Downy Woodpecker

Hairy Woodpecker

Eastern Phoebe

Blue Jay

American Crow

Tree Swallow

Black-capped Chickadee

Tufted Titmouse

Red-breasted Nuthatch

White-breasted Nuthatch

Brown Creeper

Carolina Wren

Golden-crowned Kinglet

American Robin

Northern Mockingbird

European Starling

Yellow-rumped Warbler

Pine Warbler

American Tree Sparrow

Fox Sparrow

Song Sparrow

White-throated Sparrow

Dark-eyed Junco

Northern Cardinal

Red-winged Blackbird

Brown-headed Cowbird

American Goldfinch

House Sparrow

Sunday, March 24, 2013

March 24th, Morning stroll for waterfowl and gulls in Coney Island, Brooklyn

American Oystercatcher, photo by Peter Colen

Leading : Keir Randall

hi Peter

Here's the birdlist from this morning (thanks Mike!) Mike also found us the best bird of the day, a Bonaparte's Gull. Thanks also to Dennis, Peter and Bobbi for chipping in with bird finding and sharing scopes. Peter may have pics that can be added too.

best

Keir

Coney Island Beach, Kings, US-NY
Mar 24, 2013 8:10 AM - 10:10 AM

Protocol: Traveling
0.5 mile(s)

Comments: 
Submitted from BirdLog NA for iOS, version 1.5.2
19 species

 Brant (Atlantic) 180

Canada Goose 110 1 flyover skein

Greater Scaup 2

Lesser Scaup 18

Long-tailed Duck 750 Conservative count. Streams flying over and sitting in Gravesend Bay.
Bufflehead 1

 Red-breasted Merganser 22

Red-throated Loon 1

 Common Loon 3

Horned Grebe 3 --1 in breeding plumage or close to it

Northern Gannet 1

American Oystercatcher 2

Purple Sandpiper 4

Ring-billed Gull 200

Herring Gull 30

 Great Black-backed Gull 6

 Rock Pigeon 4

Common Loon eating Starfish, ( credit Peter Colen)

American Crow 2

European Starling 2

Coney Island Creek Park, Kings, US-NY
Mar 24, 2013 10:25 AM - 11:40 AM

Protocol: Traveling
0.75 mile(s) 
Comments: 
Submitted from BirdLog NA for iOS, version 1.5.2
31 species (+1 other taxa) 


Brant (Atlantic) 200 
Canada Goose 18 
Mute Swan 2 
Gadwall 6 
American Wigeon 4 
American Black Duck 3

Mallard 23 
Greater Scaup 6 
Lesser Scaup 16 
Bufflehead 12 
Red-breasted Merganser 10 
Common Loon 1 
Horned Grebe 2 
Double-crested Cormorant 1 
Bonaparte's Gull 1 Adult found by Mike Y in flight and then sitting preening on beach 
Ring-billed Gull 75

Herring Gull 8 
Great Black-backed Gull 4 
Rock Pigeon 5 
American Crow 1 
Black-capped Chickadee 1 
Carolina Wren 1 
American Robin 2 
Northern Mockingbird 1 
European Starling 3 
Song Sparrow 2 
Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored) 1
sparrow sp. 1 Light colored, short tailed 
Northern Cardinal 2 
Red-winged Blackbird 1 
Common Grackle 2 


Bonarpartes Gull, ( credit Peter Colen)

House Sparrow 5

Sunday, March 17, 2013

Prospect Park March 16th

Note: this trip was originally slated for Greenwich Audubon and Greenwich Pt State Park but due to weather concerns , snow, was shifted to Prospect Park)

Leader : Peter Dorosh

5 Participants

date = 2013/03/16
site = Prospect Park
observers = BBC group, led by Peter Dorosh


VARIED THRUSH Ravine's Ambergill
Pied-billed Grebe Lake 
Horned Grebe Lake
Great Blue Heron 
Northern Shoveler 
Bufflehead 
Gadwall 2
American Black Duck 
Canada Goose 
Ring-necked Duck 2
Red-breasted Merganser 7
Hooded Merganser 
Common Merganser 2 hen
Ruddy Duck 
Mute Swan 
Mallard 
Cooper's Hawk Greenwood Cemetery
Red-tailed Hawk 
American Coot 
Great Black-backed Gull 
Ring-billed Gull 
Herring Gull 
Rock Pigeon 
Mourning Dove 
Downy Woodpecker 
Red-bellied Woodpecker 
Eastern Phoebe 2
Blue Jay 
Tufted Titmouse 
Black-capped Chickadee 
Red-breasted Nuthatch 
White-breasted Nuthatch 
Carolina Wren 
American Robin abundant
European Starling 
White-throated Sparrow 
Song Sparrow 
Fox Sparrow 
Northern Cardinal 
Red-winged Blackbird 
Common Grackle 
Eastern Meadowlark Greenwood Cemetery
Pine Siskin 12
House Finch 
American Goldfinch 
House Sparrow

Hairy Woodpecker

Dark eyed Junco

WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILLS

Monday, March 11, 2013

March 10th, Marine Park and Jamaica Bay Refuge

Leader :Tom Stephenson

( note: Jamaica Bay was changed to Jones beach based on better bird reports)

Hi Peter,

I wanted to report in on our trip yesterday. It was a very good and fairly diverse group of over 20 including a family with a sharp and enthusiastic young birder. Thanks very much to Mike for coordinating all of the logistics.

We decided not to go to Jamaica Bay as we had a couple of reports that it was very slow there. Instead we went to Jones Beach and Gilgo to try and find the Gyrfalcon which didn't show for us and apparently wasn't seen at all Sunday; but we did get several very good species including some lifers for various people in the group. We also spent some time with part of the group talking about gull aging and ID tips.

Below is the list. Highlights include:

3 grebe species including Red-necked Grebe; very good views of Great Cormorant in breeding plumage; fantastic long looks at hunting American Bittern; very close fly by of an immature and very crisp Goshawk; Horned Larks, and several Boat-tailed Grackles.

Best regards,

Tom

Red-throated Loon

Common Loon

Pied-billed Grebe

Horned Grebe

Red-necked Grebe

Double-crested Cormorant

Great Cormorant

American Bittern

Great Blue Heron

Canada Goose

Brant

Mute Swan

Wood Duck

American Wigeon

American Black Duck

Mallard

Northern Shoveler

Greater Scaup

Lesser Scaup

Bufflehead

Red-breasted Merganser

Ruddy Duck

Northern Harrier

Northern Goshawk

Red-tailed Hawk

Peregrine Falcon

Ring-necked Pheasant

Clapper Rail (spotted by keen young birder and his parents; not seen by rest of group but description was precise)

Black-bellied Plover

Killdeer

American Oystercatcher

Greater Yellowlegs

Sanderling

Dunlin

Ring-billed Gull

Herring Gull

Great Black-backed Gull

Rock Dove

Mourning Dove

Red-bellied Woodpecker

Downy Woodpecker

Blue Jay

American Crow

Fish Crow

Horned Lark

Black-capped Chickadee

Red-breasted Nuthatch

American Robin

Northern Mockingbird

European Starling

Yellow-rumped Warbler

American Tree Sparrow

Savannah Sparrow

Song Sparrow

White-throated Sparrow

Dark-eyed Junco

Northern Cardinal

Red-winged Blackbird

Common Grackle

Boat-tailed Grackle

House Sparrow

Sunday, March 3, 2013

Jones Beach region March 2nd

Leader : Steve Nanz

Top Highlight was Gyrfalcon - yes! ( Gilgo Beach)


Common Loon 
Red-throated Loon 
Horned Grebe 
Red-necked Grebe 
Double-crested Cormorant 
American Bittern 
Great Blue Heron 
Northern Shoveler 
Lesser Scaup 
Bufflehead 
American Black Duck 
Canada Goose 
Black Scoter 
Long-tailed Duck 
Greater Scaup 
Red-breasted Merganser 
Green-winged Teal 
Brant 
Hooded Merganser 
Mute Swan 
Bald Eagle 
Red-tailed Hawk 
Sharp-shinned Hawk 
Peregrine Falcon 
Black-bellied Plover 
American Oystercatcher 
Sanderling 
Dunlin 
Great Black-backed Gull 
Ring-billed Gull 
Herring Gull 
Rock Pigeon 
Mourning Dove 
American Crow 
Horned Lark 
Black-capped Chickadee 
Red-breasted Nuthatch 
American Robin 
Northern Mockingbird 
European Starling 
Savannah Sparrow 
Song Sparrow 
Northern Cardinal 
Boat-tailed Grackle 
Red-winged Blackbird 
Brown-headed Cowbird 
House Sparrow

Sunday, February 24, 2013

A personal winter Florida trip

Friday, February 22, 2013

Feb 16th Photographing Long Island Waterfowl

Leader Rusty Harold:

Rusty's photo album link

https://picasaweb.google.com/105668412117293290482/BrooklynBirdClubRoute27APonds?feat=email#

Sandy Paci 2 photos below

Ring Billed Gull_adult

Ring Billed Gull_juvenile

Sunday, February 10, 2013

February 10th, Greenwood Cemetery : Tour of the Winter Pines

Leader (and reporting) : Dennis Hrehowsik

Thirteen birders braved temperatures in the teens this morning to meet at the main gate ofGreenwood Cemetery for a Tour of the Winter Pines. After a slow start to the chilly morning birders were rewarded with a grand display of winter finches on the sweetgum trees at Southwood and Grove avenues. Species included two male white wing crossbills, a lone female common redpoll, half a dozen pine siskin, several American and one european goldfinch. While we were taking in this spectacle we heard a low croaking sound and a few minutes later saw a Common Raven in flight chasing a redtailed hawk just above the hilltops to the north. The bird perched and sat and nothing more for a few minutes above redtail in the same tree giving us a good sense of its immense size. We then went for coffee after which we headed to prospect park to survey the lake and check feeders. Our seven hour walk through the winter wonderlands of Brooklyn yielded 47 species. thanks to everyone for a great day!

see you in the field,

dennis

Sightings:

Canada Goose  

Mute Swan  

Mallard  

Northern Shoveler  

Hooded Merganser  

Red-breasted Merganser  

Ruddy Duck  

Sharp-shinned Hawk  

Red-tailed Hawk  

Turkey Vulture       

American Coot  

Ring-billed Gull  

Herring Gull  

Great Black-backed Gull 

Rock Pigeon  

Mourning Dove  

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker  

Red-bellied Woodpecker  

Downy Woodpecker  

Monk Parakeet  

Blue Jay  

Common Raven

Black-capped Chickadee 

Tufted Titmouse  

Red-breasted Nuthatch  

White-breasted Nuthatch  

Brown Creeper 

Carolina Wren  

Hermit Thrush

American Robin  

Northern Mockingbird  

European Starling  

Eastern Towhee  

American Tree Sparrow 

Fox Sparrow  

Song Sparrow  

White-throated Sparrow  

Dark-eyed Junco 

Northern Cardinal  

Red-winged Blackbird  

House Finch  

White-winged Crossbill  

Common Redpoll 

Pine Siskin     

American Goldfinch  

European Goldfinch       

House Sparrow

Photo by Peter Colen of Common Raven scolding Red-tailed Hawk

Monday, February 4, 2013

February 2nd Croton Point State park

Leader : Steve Nanz

Locations : Croton Pt, Croton Reservoir, Pelham Bay (Bronx)

http://www.flickr.com/photos/88884477@N00/8440813521/ Bird photo

date = 2013/02/03 site = Croton Pt
observers = BBC Red-throated Loon Pied-billed Grebe Turkey Vulture Black Vulture Bufflehead Gadwall American Black Duck Canada Goose Common Goldeneye Common Merganser
Hooded Merganser Mute Swan Mallard Bald Eagle Red-tailed Hawk Sharp-shinned Hawk American Coot Killdeer Great Black-backed Gull Ring-billed Gull Herring Gull Rock Pigeon Mourning Dove Barred Owl Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker Northern Flicker American Crow Blue Jay Tufted Titmouse Black-capped Chickadee Red-breasted Nuthatch White-breasted Nuthatch Brown Creeper Carolina Wren Northern Mockingbird American Pipit Song Sparrow Fox Sparrow American Tree Sparrow Dark-eyed Junco Eastern Towhee
White-throated Sparrow Red-winged Blackbird Common Grackle Eastern Meadowlark
Northern Cardinal
House Finch