Fwd: Bird migration explained at last: It’s all about energy efficiency - The Washington Post

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Date: Mon, May 7, 2018, 2:51 PM
Subject: Bird migration explained at last: It's all about energy efficiency - The Washington Post
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Fwd: GreenWood Cemetery walk

Leader Ed Crowne

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From: Ed Crowne <erc310@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, May 6, 2018, 5:53 PM
Subject: GreenWood Cemetery walk
To: Peter Dorosh <prosbird@gmail.com>

Greetings, Peter

The sky was overcast but rain-free. Yesterday's bird riches largely disappeared. Our party of nine nonetheless enjoyed a less stressful cemetery tour. We reached a total of 45 species. Here is the checklist: https://ebird.org/view/checklist/email?subID=S45379056

Best regards, Ed

Fwd: BBC Thursday walk

Leader Ed Crowne

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From: Ed Crowne <erc310@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, May 3, 2018, 1:47 PM
Subject: BBC Thursday walk
To: Peter Dorosh <prosbird@gmail.com>

Greetings, Peter

Our morning began warm and became warmer. We started from GAP with nearly 50 participants (including a school group). We counted 67 species, including 18 species of warblers. Among highlights: Cape May Warblers, Worm-eating Warbler, Hooded Warbler (female), and Prothonotary Warbler. (Here is my eBird checklist:  https://ebird.org/view/checklist/email?subID=S45217585)

Best regards, Ed 

Fwd: pics from the BBC walk

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From Bobbi's walk today, here are a couple of pics.



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Janet Zinn
Brooklyn, NY
www.janetzinnphotography.com

On Tue, May 1, 2018 at 8:04 PM, Janet Zinn <bkbirdr@gmail.com> wrote:

We are out now but later could send Prairie and prothonotary

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> On May 1, 2018, at 7:25 PM, Roberta Manian <roberta.manian@gmail.com> wrote:
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> Hey Janet,
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> do you have any pics from today i can send to peter for his blog?
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> b.

Fwd: Great Swamp / Lord Sterling April 28

Leader Ryan Goldberg

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From: Ryan Goldberg <ryan.goldberg@gmail.com>
To: Peter Dorosh <prosbird@aol.com>
Sent: Sun, Apr 29, 2018 10:35 PM
Subject: Fwd: Great Swamp / Lord Sterling

Marc's photos from our trip. 

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Date: Sun, Apr 29, 2018 at 10:20 PM
Subject: Great Swamp / Lord Sterling
To: Ryan Goldberg <ryan.goldberg@gmail.com>

Hey Ryan, I attached a few photos from our trip yesterday.  Feel free to use them as you wish.

 

Good seeing you and Angie again in the Park today!

 

Marc

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April 29th Brooklyn bridge park

Leader Heather Wolf

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From: Heather Wolf <heather.wolf@jugglefit.com>
To: Peter Dorosh <prosbird@aol.com>
Sent: Mon, Apr 30, 2018 09:28 AM
Subject: Re: Your walk

Hi Peter,

Yes, we had a great walk, thanks! 

At least 20 people showed up, but there may be a few more I'm forgetting.

My eBird list has some species not seen by the group so I've included our list of 23 species below:

Brant (Branta bernicla) 65
Canada Goose (Branta canadensis) 2
Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) 3
American Black Duck (Anas rubripes) 3
Double-crested Cormorant (Phalacrocorax auritus) 6
Laughing Gull (Leucophaeus atricilla) 11
Herring Gull (Larus argentatus) 2
Great Black-backed Gull (Larus marinus) 2
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) (Columba livia (Feral Pigeon)) 4
Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) 5
Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus) 1
crow sp. (Corvus sp. (crow sp.)) 2
Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) 1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet (Regulus calendula) 5
Hermit Thrush (Catharus guttatus) 2
American Robin (Turdus migratorius) 11
Gray Catbird (Dumetella carolinensis) 2
European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris) 6
Black-and-white Warbler (Mniotilta varia) 1
White-throated Sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis) 8
Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia) 3
Common Grackle (Quiscalus quiscula) 20
House Sparrow (Passer domesticus) 20

Thanks!

Best,

Heather

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Hi Heather

I hope you had a productive great walk. 

Can u send me your species list it can be the Ebird link.

Thanks

How many people showed up?

Peter

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April 28 BBC Great Swamp recap

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From: Ryan Goldberg <ryan.goldberg@gmail.com>
To: Peter Dorosh <prosbird@aol.com>
Sent: Sun, Apr 29, 2018 04:46 PM
Subject: BBC Great Swamp recap

Peter,

A group of nine experienced and enthusiastic birders traveled to central New Jersey's Great Swamp NWR yesterday, April 28, and came away with 66 species, a number of memorable sightings, and appreciation for the beauty of this hardwood swamp forest less than an hour from Brooklyn (without traffic, of course). 

We began at the Great Swamp's Wildlife Observation Center, a system of two boardwalk trails and three blinds, where northern waterthrushes and nesting bluebirds greeted our early-morning arrival in the fog. At the blinds we saw a pair of green-winged teal and green herons. Swamp sparrows were singing everywhere. But the highlight by far was a pair of pileated woodpeckers -- male and female, we soon learned, once they copulated on a tall oak branch. We followed the pair as they traveled back and forth over the boardwalk. We heard a prothonotary warbler but the golden bird never came within view despite waiting for 20 minutes. We found a singing wood thrush and observed a distant, perched adult bald eagle from one of the blinds. 

Our next stop was Lord Stirling Park, just down the road, as the sun cleared out the fog.  Somerset County maintains this beautiful mix of swamp, marsh, and meadow along the Passaic River. A female hooded merganser flew into the river as we ate lunch at the observation tower. The trails were muddy until we hit the boardwalks, where we observed a yellow-throated vireo singing. Bluebirds and yellow warblers abounded. We watched rusty blackbirds and brown thrashers up close. We finished the day with a drive and short walk up Pleasant Plains Road through the NWR. At the final bathroom break before driving home, a trio of purple martins and a flyover bald eagle offered a perfect end to a wonderful day.

Here are our checklists:

https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S45076465

https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S45076454

https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S45076563

https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S45076446

Attached is a photo of the group, from Lord Stirling's East Observation Tower. Photo was taken by Chris Laskowski.

Trip leader: Ryan Goldberg

Participants: Angie Co, Adam Nashban, Tina Alleva, Beth Goldberg, Marc Brawer, Chris Laskowski, Charles Tang, Richard Payne

Regards,

Ryan

Fwd: 4.28.18

Leader Dennis

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From: Dennis Hrehowsik <deepseagangster@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, Apr 28, 2018, 9:12 PM
Subject: 4.28.18
To: Peter Dorosh <prosbird@gmail.com>, <12toms@gmail.com>, Roberta <roberta.manian@gmail.com>

Peter,

Great walk with 25 participants and lots of new faces. Highlights were Yellow Throated Vireo, Prothonotary Warbler found by Simon and Leah and Kentucky Warbler found by Chellie Bowman. Total of 70 species and we didn't really work lake or we could have probably pulled out a few more. We had an ex president sighting as well.

Best,

D

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7:15 AM
Traveling
5.00 miles
420 Minutes
All birds reported? Yes
Comments: Submitted from eBird for iOS, version 1.5.0 Build 136

6 Canada Goose
3 Mute Swan
4 Wood Duck
10 Mallard
2 Double-crested Cormorant
2 Great Blue Heron
2 Great Egret
1 Green Heron
2 Black-crowned Night-Heron
2 Red-tailed Hawk
2 American Coot
2 Spotted Sandpiper
9 Laughing Gull
2 Herring Gull
5 Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)
10 Mourning Dove
35 Chimney Swift
1 Belted Kingfisher
3 Red-bellied Woodpecker
1 Downy Woodpecker
1 Hairy Woodpecker
3 Northern Flicker
1 American Kestrel
1 Merlin
1 Great Crested Flycatcher
1 Eastern Kingbird
2 White-eyed Vireo
1 Yellow-throated Vireo
5 Blue-headed Vireo
25 Blue Jay
3 Northern Rough-winged Swallow
25 Tree Swallow
25 Barn Swallow
1 House Wren
8 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
10 Ruby-crowned Kinglet
1 Veery
3 Hermit Thrush
125 American Robin
2 Gray Catbird
50 European Starling
4 Cedar Waxwing
1 Ovenbird
1 Louisiana Waterthrush
1 Northern Waterthrush
5 Black-and-white Warbler
1 Prothonotary Warbler
1 Kentucky Warbler -- Found behind music pagoda by Chellie Bowman. All olive above all yellow below. No white on tail edges yellow spectacles black facial pattern. I'm going to speculate this was an adult female because 1. the black facial pattern was not as extensive as others I have seen. it didn't extend as far down the side of the neck. 2 bird never sang but that's anecdotal I suppose.
1 Common Yellowthroat
1 American Redstart
2 Northern Parula
4 Yellow Warbler
3 Palm Warbler
1 Pine Warbler
85 Yellow-rumped Warbler
1 Prairie Warbler
6 Chipping Sparrow
8 White-throated Sparrow
3 Song Sparrow
1 Swamp Sparrow
3 Eastern Towhee
12 Northern Cardinal
1 Rose-breasted Grosbeak
1 Baltimore Oriole
25 Red-winged Blackbird
5 Brown-headed Cowbird
1 Rusty Blackbird
35 Common Grackle
2 American Goldfinch
10 House Sparrow

Number of Taxa: 70

Fwd: Thursday's walk

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To: ProsBird <ProsBird@aol.com>
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Sent: Thu, Apr 26, 2018 04:03 PM
Subject: Thursday's walk

Hi Peter,

Great seeing you in the park today.

It was a very beautiful day and a great group. We had a couple of raccoons, chipmunks, squirrels...lots of stuff...Oh, also, Robins......And did I mention House Sparrows...lots of those also.

But kidding aside, it was wery, wery quite...

We did end up with 49 species, so actually we did OK.

Highlight probably was a small group of Brant flying over, and a very cooperative ovenbird.

There were also lots of yellow-rumps, a Pine Warbler and several Blue-headed Vireo. Also Towhee!

Here's the list.

Best regards,

Tom

Double-crested Cormorant

Black-crowned Night-Heron

Canada Goose

Brant

Mute Swan

Wood Duck

American Black Duck

Mallard

Northern Shoveler

Red-tailed Hawk

American Coot

Laughing Gull

Ring-billed Gull

Herring Gull

Rock Dove

Mourning Dove

Chimney Swift

Red-bellied Woodpecker

Downy Woodpecker

Hairy Woodpecker

Northern Flicker

Blue-headed Vireo

Blue Jay

Tree Swallow

Barn Swallow

Tufted Titmouse

Carolina Wren

House Wren

Golden-crowned Kinglet

Ruby-crowned Kinglet

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher

American Robin

European Starling

Yellow-rumped Warbler

Pine Warbler

Palm Warbler

Black-and-white Warbler

Ovenbird

Common Yellowthroat

Eastern Towhee

Chipping Sparrow

Song Sparrow

White-throated Sparrow

Northern Cardinal

Red-winged Blackbird

Common Grackle

Brown-headed Cowbird

American Goldfinch

House Sparrow

Fwd: 4.21.18 BBC WALK

leader Dennis

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From: Dennis Hrehowsik <deepseagangster@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, Apr 21, 2018, 8:29 PM
Subject: 4.21.18
To: Peter Dorosh <prosbird@gmail.com>, Roberta <roberta.manian@gmail.com>, Tom Stephenson <12toms@gmail.com>

Hey everyone,

A fun walk with a cold start but good birds. Good looks and listens to at least 2 Maaaaayybe 3 yellow-throated Warbler, rusty black bird, 2 lousisnia water thrush seen and heard well, yellow Warbler (acting like a prothonotary), and prairie. A fun second walk of the season with a total of 62 species. Photo of birders looking at ytwa attached.

Best,

D

25 Canada Goose
5 Mute Swan
6 Wood Duck
20 Mallard
1 Ring-necked Duck
20 Ruddy Duck
5 Double-crested Cormorant
1 Great Blue Heron (Blue form)
3 Great Egret
1 Green Heron
5 Black-crowned Night-Heron
1 Turkey Vulture
1 Osprey
2 Red-tailed Hawk
2 American Coot
10 Laughing Gull
5 Ring-billed Gull
1 Herring Gull
5 Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)
5 Mourning Dove
3 Belted Kingfisher
1 Red-bellied Woodpecker
2 Downy Woodpecker
2 Hairy Woodpecker
8 Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)
5 Eastern Phoebe
1 Blue-headed Vireo
35 Blue Jay
1 Fish Crow
2 Northern Rough-winged Swallow
10 Tree Swallow
5 Barn Swallow
1 Tufted Titmouse
2 Brown Creeper
5 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
2 Golden-crowned Kinglet
20 Ruby-crowned Kinglet
12 Hermit Thrush
150 American Robin
1 Northern Mockingbird
100 European Starling
5 Cedar Waxwing
2 Louisiana Waterthrush
2 Black-and-white Warbler
1 Northern Parula
1 Yellow Warbler
10 Palm Warbler (Yellow)
5 Pine Warbler
40 Yellow-rumped Warbler
2 Yellow-throated Warbler -- At lease two possible three. Two seen at once near terrace bridge. One vocal one mum. Later a single bird near lullwater bridge.
1 Prairie Warbler
7 White-throated Sparrow
5 Song Sparrow
4 Swamp Sparrow
2 Eastern Towhee
8 Northern Cardinal
15 Red-winged Blackbird
4 Brown-headed Cowbird
1 Rusty Blackbird
25 Common Grackle
2 American Goldfinch
25 House Sparrow

Number of Taxa: 62