Friday, September 1, 2017

Fwd: Thursday Walk 8/31



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-----Original Message-----
From: Tom Stephenson <12toms@gmail.com>
To: ProsBird <ProsBird@aol.com>
Cc: Robert Bate <robsbate@gmail.com>; Dennis Hrehowsik <DeepSeaGangster@gmail.com>; Bobbi Manian <roberta.manian@yahoo.com>
Sent: Fri, Sep 1, 2017 10:05 AM
Subject: Thursday Walk


Hi Peter,

Thursday was a beautiful day, although a bit un-birdy...especially compared with last week. That may have changed today based on some of the reports I'm seeing....

Highlights were lots of American Redstarts, lots of Carolina Wren (!), several Northern Waterthrush and eventually 9 species of warblers. So not really that unbirdy after all... 

Here's the list. Let me know if you need more info.

Best regards,
Tom


Double-crested Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Green Heron
Canada Goose
Mute Swan
Wood Duck
Mallard
Osprey
Cooper's Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Rock Dove
Mourning Dove
Chimney Swift
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Traill's sp Flycatcher
Great Crested Flycatcher
Warbling Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
Blue Jay
Carolina Wren
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Veery
American Robin
Gray Catbird
European Starling
Cedar Waxwing
Northern Parula
Yellow Warbler
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Black-and-white Warbler
American Redstart
Ovenbird
Northern Waterthrush
Common Yellowthroat
Eastern Towhee
Song Sparrow
Northern Cardinal
Red-winged Blackbird
Common Grackle
Baltimore Oriole
American Goldfinch
House Sparrow

Wednesday, August 30, 2017

WEEKEND OVERNIGHT: NEW JERSEY’S SHOREBIRD SPECTACLE AT BRIGANTINE NWR AUGUST 26 - AUGUST 27

Egrets in marsh
Red-necked Phalarope (Heydi Lopes)
Leader : Peter Dorosh
Participants: Ed Crowne, Bobbi Manian,Karen O'Hearn,Kathy O'Toomey,Ryan Goldberg,Angie Co, Adelia Harrison,Alie Ratay,Heydi Lopes.

Comments; All sightings in one preserve Edwin G Forsthye NWR (Brigantine Unit)

Aug 26,27, 2017 
Protocol: Area
2000.0 ac
105 species

in Red "outstanding bird/rare "
in Blue -"Quality bird"
Orchard Oriole ( Karen O'Hearn)

19 shorebird species

Snow Goose  (out of season)
Canada Goose  
Mute Swan  
Wood Duck  
Blue-winged Teal  
Gadwall  
Mallard  
Wild Turkey 
Pied-billed Grebe  
Double-crested Cormorant  
Great Blue Heron  
Great Egret  
Snowy Egret  
Little Blue Heron  
Black-crowned Night-Heron  
White Ibis  (vagrant )
Glossy Ibis 
White-faced Ibis  
Turkey Vulture  
Osprey  
Sharp-shinned Hawk  
Broad-winged Hawk  
Sora  
American Oystercatcher  
Black-bellied Plover  
Semipalmated Plover  
Hudsonian Godwit  
Marbled Godwit  
Ruddy Turnstone  
BBC group scoping the shorebirds (Karen O'Hearn)

Stilt Sandpiper  
Least Sandpiper  
White-rumped Sandpiper  
Pectoral Sandpiper  
Semipalmated Sandpiper  
Western Sandpiper  
Short-billed Dowitcher  
Long-billed/Shortbilled Dowitcher  
Red-necked Phalarope  
Spotted Sandpiper  
Greater Yellowlegs 
Hudsonian Godwit ( Heydi Lopes)



Willet  
Lesser Yellowlegs  
Laughing Gull 
Ring-billed Gull  
Herring Gull  
Great Black-backed Gull  
Least Tern  
Caspian Tern  
Black Tern  
Forster's Tern  
Black Skimmer  
Mourning Dove  
Chimney Swift  
Ruby-throated Hummingbird  
Red-bellied Woodpecker 
Downy Woodpecker 
American Kestrel  
Peregrine Falcon  
Eastern Phoebe  
Great Crested Flycatcher
White Ibis with Glossy Ibis ; one of three ibis species ( Bobbi Manian)
 

Eastern Kingbird  
White-eyed Vireo  
Red-eyed Vireo 
Blue Jay 
American Crow     
Fish Crow  
Tree Swallow  
Bank Swallow 
Barn Swallow 
Tufted Titmouse  
White-breasted Nuthatch  
Marsh Wren  
Carolina Wren  
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher  
Gray Catbird  
Brown Thrasher  
European Starling  
Cedar Waxwing  
Black-and-white Warbler       
Common Yellowthroat  
American Redstart  
Yellow Warbler  
Pine Warbler  
Prairie Warbler  
Seaside Sparrow (heard) 
Chipping Sparrow 
Song Sparrow  
Northern Cardinal  
Blue Grosbeak  
Baltimore Oriole  
Red-winged Blackbird  
Brown-headed Cowbird     
White faced Ibis (Heydi Lopes)



Common Grackle  
House Finch  
Purple Finch  
American Goldfinch 
House Sparrow  
Common Tern
Carolina Chickadee
Bobolink
Orchard Oriole
Field Sparrow
American Robin
Clapper Rail
Rock Pigeon
Snow Goose (Heydi Lopes)


Hudsonian Godwit with Greater Yellowlegs ( Karen O'Hearn)

Monday, August 14, 2017

August 12th Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, Queens


leader Tom Stephenson

-----Original Message-----
From: Tom Stephenson <12toms@gmail.com>
To: ProsBird@aol.com <prosbird@aol.com>
Sent: Mon, Aug 14, 2017 7:06 am
Subject: Re: Jam Bay Trip

3 species to add to the list I forgot:
Bald Eagle (one flew in and landed on the mud)
Marsh Wren
House Finch

I'm happy to report that the trip to Jamaica Bay yielded a good number of shorebirds and some other species. It was a bit dicey walking around Dead Man's Cove but otherwise the water levels were fine and there was a reasonably good selection of species. Nothing rare but at least good views of almost everything we had.

Highlights included
Lots of Juv Short-billed Dowitchers
Several Stilt Sandpipers
Several White-rumped Sandpipers
Juv and adult Semipalmated and Least Sandpipers
Nice fly-bys of Yellow-crowned NIght-heron
A snout butterfly (thanks to Tom and Gail)
A sand wasp covering over a hole it had dug in the sand.

Below is the list and attached a few photos.

Best regards,
Tom

Double-crested Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Snowy Egret
Little Blue Heron
Black-crowned Night-Heron
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron
Glossy Ibis
Canada Goose
Mute Swan
Wood Duck
Gadwall
Mallard
Osprey
Peregrine Falcon
Black-bellied Plover
Semipalmated Plover
Killdeer
American Oystercatcher
Greater Yellowlegs
Lesser Yellowlegs
Willet
Spotted Sandpiper
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
White-rumped Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
Stilt Sandpiper
Short-billed Dowitcher
Laughing Gull
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Common Tern
Forster's Tern
Rock Dove
Mourning Dove
Chimney Swift
Willow Flycatcher
Blue Jay
Fish Crow
Tree Swallow
Barn Swallow
Carolina Wren
House Wren
Gray Catbird
European Starling
Cedar Waxwing
Yellow Warbler
Northern Waterthrush
Common Yellowthroat
Eastern Towhee
Song Sparrow
Northern Cardinal
Red-winged Blackbird
Common Grackle
Boat-tailed Grackle
American Goldfinch
House Sparrow



Wednesday, June 21, 2017

Van Cortlandt Park, BRONX 6/17/17

Leader: Peter Dorosh


Walk shortened by Rain and heavy overcast which impacted butterfly activity


-----Original Message-----
From: Lenore Swenson <lenoreswenson@gmail.com>
To: Peter Dorosh <prosbird@aol.com>
Sent: Tue, Jun 20, 2017 10:20 am
Subject: Van Cortlandt 6/17/17

Hi Peter!

Here's the list I get for our trip on Sat:

1. Canada Goose
2. Mute Swan
3. Wood Duck
4. Mallard
5. Rock Pigeon
6. Mourning Dove
7. Chimney Swift
8. Red-bellied Woodpecker
9. Downy Woodpecker
10. Northern Flicker
11. Eastern Wood Pewee (h)
12. Acadian Flycatcher
13. Warbling Vireo
14. Blue Jay
15. Tree Swallow
16. Northern Rough-winged Swallow
17. Tufted Titmouse
18. House Wren (h)
19. Wood Thrush
20. American Robin
21. Gray Catbird
22. European Starling
23. House Sparrow
24. American Goldfinch
25. Common Yellowthroat (h)
26. Yellow Warbler
27. Eastern Towhee
28. Song Sparrow
29. Red-winged Blackbird
30. Common Grackle
31. Baltimore Oriole

Eastern Gray Squirrel
Eastern Chipmunk
Eastern Painted Turtle

Cabbage White - 12+

Did you find out the ID of that moth from Steve?

Thanks for a fun trip! Too bad the weather didn't cooperate!

Lenore

This is in the subfamily Herminiinae or litter moths. The larvae eat leaf litter. The species is probably Idia aemula or Common Idia. There’s a couple similar species but I think I see enough detail to eliminate them. Compare with pinned image by Gary Anweiler at Moth Photographers Group: http://mothphotographersgroup.msstate.edu/species.php?hodges=8323


© Gary Anweiler

Saturday, June 3, 2017

Leader Joshua Malbin eBird Checklist – Fountain Avenue Landfill, New York – Sat Jun 03, 2017 – 54 species

http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S37357841

Fountain Avenue Landfill, Kings, New York, US
Jun 3, 2017 8:34 AM - 1:49 PM
Protocol: Traveling
6.0 mile(s)
54 species

Brant  45
Canada Goose  145     On the bay
Gadwall  8
American Black Duck  11
Mallard  7
Bufflehead  1
Red-breasted Merganser  3
Ring-necked Pheasant  3
Double-crested Cormorant  7
Great Egret  3
Snowy Egret  5
Black-crowned Night-Heron  1
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron  2
Glossy Ibis  24
Osprey  2
Red-tailed Hawk  1
American Oystercatcher  6
Semipalmated Plover  2
Killdeer  9
Semipalmated Sandpiper  3
Spotted Sandpiper  1
Willet  6
Laughing Gull  40
Herring Gull  29
Great Black-backed Gull  4
Common Tern  4
Forster's Tern  3
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  2
Mourning Dove  5
Chimney Swift  10
Downy Woodpecker  1
Northern Flicker  2
Willow Flycatcher  1
Fish Crow  1
Tree Swallow  3
Barn Swallow  20
Marsh Wren  2
American Robin  21
Gray Catbird  3
Northern Mockingbird  2
European Starling  24
Cedar Waxwing  6
Common Yellowthroat  4
Yellow Warbler  2
Savannah Sparrow  32     Exact count
Song Sparrow  19
Northern Cardinal  1
Red-winged Blackbird  150
Common Grackle  1
Boat-tailed Grackle  4
Brown-headed Cowbird  3
Baltimore Oriole  1
House Finch  2
American Goldfinch  3

View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S37357841

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