Fwd: BBC Walk Today

-----Original Message-----
From: Tom Stephenson 
To: Peter Dorosh <ProsBird@aol.com>
Cc: Rob Bate; Roberta Manian 
Sent: Thu, Oct 9, 2014 3:10 pm
Subject: BBC Walk Today

Hi Peter,

Well, we had a good group today, including folks from Colorado and California. The birds were scattered and in the opposite locations from prior trips: small groups in the north (vale, etc) and nothing at all in the south below the lake.

We were still able to find 63 species including 2 Bald Eagles, lots of Yellow-bellied Sapsuckers, Red-breasted Nuthatch, Brown Creeper, Gray-cheeked Thrush, 13 species of warblers including Tennessee; Field Sparrow and at least 3 Purple Finches.

Best regards,

Tom

Double-crested Cormorant

Canada Goose

Mute Swan

Wood Duck

Mallard

Northern Shoveler

Ruddy Duck

Bald Eagle

American Coot

Ring-billed Gull

Herring Gull

Rock Dove

Mourning Dove

Chimney Swift

Red-bellied Woodpecker

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker

Downy Woodpecker

Hairy Woodpecker

Northern Flicker

Eastern Wood-Pewee

Eastern Phoebe

Blue-headed Vireo

Red-eyed Vireo

Blue Jay

American Crow

Black-capped Chickadee

Tufted Titmouse

Red-breasted Nuthatch

White-breasted Nuthatch

Brown Creeper

Golden-crowned Kinglet

Ruby-crowned Kinglet

Veery

Gray-cheeked Thrush

Swainson's Thrush

American Robin

Gray Catbird

European Starling

Cedar Waxwing

Tennessee Warbler

Northern Parula

Magnolia Warbler

Black-throated Blue Warbler

Yellow-rumped Warbler

Black-throated Green Warbler

Pine Warbler

Palm Warbler

Black-and-white Warbler

American Redstart

Ovenbird

Northern Waterthrush

Common Yellowthroat

Scarlet Tanager

Eastern Towhee

Field Sparrow

Song Sparrow

White-throated Sparrow

Northern Cardinal

Rose-breasted Grosbeak

Common Grackle

Purple Finch

American Goldfinch

House Sparrow

Oct 7th Tuesday Prospect Walk

From Tuesday morning,the BBC walk led by Bobbi Manian and Kathy Toomey

(Bobbi reporting)

Kathy and I filled in for Rob today.  Along with Emily and Gus we had an initially quiet morning.  Baseball fields had savannah and chipping sparrows and a few palms.  Lookout was fairly quiet, Kathy had at Black-throated Blue.  As has been the case for the Thursday and weekend walks, things picked up on the south end of park by lake and 3-sisters.  Gus spotted a red-breasted nuthatch.  We saw the Great Cormorant on a buoy between 3-sisters and peninsula.   Kathy found a late (for eBird) yellow warbler and willow flycatcher.   We did not cover lullwater or peninsula.  

Best,

Bobbi

On Tuesday, October 7, 2014 4:54 PM, "ebird-checklist@cornell.edu" <ebird-checklist@cornell.edu> wrote:

Prospect Park, Kings, US-NY
Oct 7, 2014 7:10 AM - 1:53 PM
Protocol: Traveling
4.0 mile(s)
Comments:    BBC tues migration walk.  Bobbi/Kathy covering for Rob Bate

Submitted from BirdLog NA for iOS, version 1.7.6
56 species (+1 other taxa)

Canada Goose  5
Mute Swan  2
Wood Duck  1
Mallard  21
Northern Shoveler  24
Ruddy Duck  5
Pied-billed Grebe  2
Double-crested Cormorant  3
Great Cormorant  1
Black-crowned Night-Heron  1
Osprey  1
Sharp-shinned/Cooper's Hawk  1
Red-tailed Hawk  1
American Coot  5
Spotted Sandpiper  3
Ring-billed Gull  7
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  X
Mourning Dove  4
Chimney Swift  25    Over lake.
Ruby-throated Hummingbird  1    Green back no rufous on bird
Belted Kingfisher  2
Red-bellied Woodpecker  2
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker  2
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)  6
Willow Flycatcher  1    Vocalized fitz-pew
Eastern Phoebe  1
Red-eyed Vireo  4    2 Seen at different locations. Hours apart  Possibly same bird I suppose.  Later 2 seen at same time at yet a 3rd location
Blue Jay  7
Black-capped Chickadee  1
Red-breasted Nuthatch  1
White-breasted Nuthatch  2
Carolina Wren  2
Golden-crowned Kinglet  1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet  2
American Robin  7
Gray Catbird  4
Northern Mockingbird  1
European Starling  X
Northern Waterthrush  1
Black-and-white Warbler  3
Common Yellowthroat  6
Northern Parula  2
Magnolia Warbler  1
Yellow Warbler  1    Bright yellow. Yellow under stem to stern. Beady black eye.  Slight dark edging on wing. Spotted by Kathy near 3 sisters
Blackpoll Warbler  1
Black-throated Blue Warbler  1
Palm Warbler  12
Yellow-rumped Warbler  25
Eastern Towhee  1
Chipping Sparrow  2
Savannah Sparrow  1
Song Sparrow  3
Swamp Sparrow  2
White-throated Sparrow  4
Northern Cardinal  5
American Goldfinch  1
House Sparrow  18

View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S20060150

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

October 4th "Leader's Choice"

Leader Steve Nanz

( Trip rescheduled to the 5th  due to poor weather)

Peter,

We went to Plumb Beach for the Wheatear but struck out. Did see Royal Tern and

Black Scoter as consolation. We then went to Floyd Bennett where we came on some

good sparrow activity including Lincoln's and White-crowned. After striking out

a second time on the Wheatear, we went to find the Say's Phoebe reported at

Edgemere Landfill and was this time rewarded for the effort.

So here is the list - 49 species! Please let Peter know if I missed anything.

Rusty kindly sent me his list which included only his sightings so I added

Carolina Wren (heard at PB), Black-throated Green Warbler (I think this was seen

by several at PB), Blue Jay (FB - with the E. Phoebes), Yellow Warbler (PB),

Crow sp (Seen in Rockaways and trip back), and Mourning Dove. If we want to add

Redtail which I saw on Flatbush on our way to PB, it puts us at 50. Sparrow sp

seen going into the marsh at PB makes it 51.

American Black Duck

Mallard

Canada Goose

Surf Scoter

Black Scoter

Double-crested Cormorant

Great Egret

Black-crowned Night-Heron

Osprey

Northern Harrier

Sharp-shinned Hawk

American Kestrel

Clapper Rail

American Oystercatcher

Black-bellied Plover

Greater Yellowlegs

Laughing Gull

Ring-billed Gull

Herring Gull

Great Black-backed Gull

Royal Tern

Rock Pigeon

Mourning Dove

Northern Flicker

Downy Woodpecker

Eastern Phoebe

Say's Phoebe

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher

Carolina Wren

European Starling

Crow sp.

Blue Jay

Northern Mockingbird

Tree Swallow

Yellow-rumped Warbler

Common Yellowthroat

Palm Warbler

Yellow Warbler

Black-throated Green Warbler

Swamp Sparrow

Lincoln's Sparrow

White-throated Sparrow

White-crowned Sparrow

Song Sparrow

Savannah Sparrow

Red-winged Blackbird

Boat-tailed Grackle

House Finch

House Sparrow

Thanks everyone! I sure had fun!

Best,

Steve

Fwd: BBC Trip today

leader Tom Stephenson


-----Original Message-----
From: 12toms@
To: Peter Dorosh
Cc: Rob Bate
Sent: Thu, Oct 2, 2014 12:19 pm
Subject: BBC Trip today

Hi Peter,

Well, today was a crazy day...we started out with one of the quietest couple of hours I've ever experienced in the park..I thought our final count might be somewhere between 5 and 7 species...

But then we hit a magic tree at the base of Lookout and things began to look up.

Rob J was touting his great tree in Greenwood with 10 species of warblers...well, our tree went to 11....

Most of the action was in the southern sections of the park, apart from a few "hot" areas.

We eventually had 64 species including 17 species of warblers. Highlights included Common Raven, American Kestrel (thanks to Nina Bai's sharp eyes), at least 3 Bay-breasted Warblers, a cooperative ADM Chestnut-sided Warbler, Nashville Warbler, both kinglets, 5 species of woodpecker and Toren's Garganey (the escapee...)

Best regards,

Tom

Pied-billed Grebe

Double-crested Cormorant

Canada Goose

Mute Swan

Wood Duck

American Black Duck

Mallard

Northern Shoveler

Green-winged Teal

Ruddy Duck

American Kestrel

Spotted Sandpiper

Ring-billed Gull

Rock Dove

Mourning Dove

Chimney Swift

Ruby-throated Hummingbird

Red-bellied Woodpecker

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker

Downy Woodpecker

Hairy Woodpecker

Northern Flicker

Eastern Wood-Pewee

Eastern Phoebe

Blue-headed Vireo

Red-eyed Vireo

Blue Jay

Common Raven

Black-capped Chickadee

White-breasted Nuthatch

Carolina Wren

Golden-crowned Kinglet

Ruby-crowned Kinglet

American Robin

Gray Catbird

European Starling

Cedar Waxwing

Nashville Warbler

Northern Parula

Chestnut-sided Warbler

Magnolia Warbler

Black-throated Blue Warbler

Yellow-rumped Warbler

Black-throated Green Warbler

Pine Warbler

Prairie Warbler

Palm Warbler

Bay-breasted Warbler

Blackpoll Warbler

Black-and-white Warbler

American Redstart

Ovenbird

Northern Waterthrush

Common Yellowthroat

Scarlet Tanager

Song Sparrow

Swamp Sparrow

White-throated Sparrow

Northern Cardinal

Rose-breasted Grosbeak

Indigo Bunting

Red-winged Blackbird

American Goldfinch

House Sparrow

Sept 30th Tuesday Prospect Park

Leader Rob Bate

 Peter, this is the results from the Tuesday walk.  17 species of warbler.  There were pockets of activity and expanses of no activity throughout the park.  

(list courtesy of Kathy Toomey)

Prospect Park, Kings, US-NY
Sep 30, 2014 7:30 AM - 1:30 PM
Protocol: Traveling
3.0 mile(s)
Comments:     Rob Bate's Tuesday BBC walk
57 species (+2 other taxa)

Canada Goose  6
Mute Swan  8     Five juveniles
Wood Duck  23     Seen at Upper Pool all at the same time
American Black Duck  3
Mallard  46
Northern Shoveler  12
Green-winged Teal  2
Ruddy Duck  2
Pied-billed Grebe  1
Double-crested Cormorant  3
Great Cormorant  1     Continuing bird, near West Island, white belly
Green Heron  1
Black-crowned Night-Heron  2     One juvenile
Sharp-shinned Hawk  1
Sharp-shinned/Cooper's Hawk  1
Spotted Sandpiper  1
Herring Gull  3
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  19
Mourning Dove  1
Downy Woodpecker  1
Hairy Woodpecker  3
Northern Flicker  10
Empidonax sp.  1     Probably an Alder
Eastern Phoebe  1
Blue-headed Vireo  1
Red-eyed Vireo  3
Blue Jay  5
Black-capped Chickadee  1
White-breasted Nuthatch  1     Heard
Carolina Wren  1     Heard
Golden-crowned Kinglet  1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet  3
Swainson's Thrush  1
American Robin  10
Gray Catbird  3
European Starling  X
Northern Waterthrush  3
Black-and-white Warbler  6
Tennessee Warbler  1
Common Yellowthroat  4
American Redstart  5
Northern Parula  13
Magnolia Warbler  5
Bay-breasted Warbler  1
Blackburnian Warbler  1
Yellow Warbler  2
Chestnut-sided Warbler  1
Blackpoll Warbler  3
Black-throated Blue Warbler  5
Palm Warbler  4
Pine Warbler  2
Yellow-rumped Warbler  1
Black-throated Green Warbler  7
Swamp Sparrow  1
White-throated Sparrow  2
Northern Cardinal  6
Red-winged Blackbird  3
American Goldfinch  3
House Sparrow  X

View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S19992677

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

**

September 27th, Brooklyn "Wildcard"

Leader Keir Randall

Locations:Marine Park, Dreier Offerman (Calvert Vaux) Park 

Date: Sun, 28 Sep 2014 23:51:38 +0000

hi Peter

We had a friendly and enthusiastic group yesterday. We didn't come up with any real rarities but did see a nice variety of birds. Thanks to all and especially Dennis  for co-ordinating.

Here are my eBird lists from our trip (thanks to Mira for getting it started). Anybody who wants me to share an eBird list with (and I haven't already done so) should let me know.

Marine Park

http://ebird.org/ebird/canada/view/checklist?subID=S19969827

Dreier Offerman

http://ebird.org/ebird/canada/view/checklist?subID=S19970101

cheers

Keir

Salt Marsh Nature Center at Marine Park, Kings County, New York, 

55 species (+3 other taxa) total

10	Canada Goose
2	Mute Swan
4	American Black Duck
25	Mallard
1	Ring-necked Pheasant RB only
2	Double-crested Cormorant
2	Great Blue Heron
2	Great Egret
2	Snowy Egret
1	Green Heron
1	Black-crowned Night-Heron
1	Yellow-crowned Night-Heron
1	Cooper's Hawk
1	Sharp-shinned/Cooper's Hawk Almost certainly a Sharp-Shinned Hawk over the grasslands but I didn't see enough to be sure.
X	Laughing Gull
X	Ring-billed Gull
X	Herring Gull
5	Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)
20	Mourning Dove
1	Belted Kingfisher
2	Downy Woodpecker
2	Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)
2	American Kestrel
1	Eastern Wood-Pewee
1	Empidonax sp.
6	Eastern Phoebe
2	Red-eyed Vireo
1	Blue Jay
3	American Crow
1	House Wren
1	Carolina Wren
12	American Robin
15	Gray Catbird
3	Northern Mockingbird
15	European Starling
10	Cedar Waxwing
1	Black-and-white Warbler
1	Common Yellowthroat
1	American Redstart
1	Northern Parula
1	Magnolia Warbler
1	Yellow Warbler
11	Palm Warbler
2	Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)
1	Black-throated Green Warbler Probably KR only
1	Eastern Towhee
1	Chipping Sparrow
1	Song Sparrow
1	Lincoln's Sparrow Probably KR only
1	Swamp Sparrow
2	White-throated Sparrow
1	sparrow sp. A mystery bird that may have been an immature Chipping Sparrow or maybe not...
2	Northern Cardinal
2	Indigo Bunting
1	Bobolink
7	Red-winged Blackbird
2	American Goldfinch
5	House Sparrow
Additional species seen by Mira Furgoch:
1	Sharp-shinned Hawk
2	Northern Flicker
2	Yellow-rumped Warbler

Dreier-Offerman Park, Kings County, New York

36 species total

4	Mute Swan
1	Double-crested Cormorant
1	Great Blue Heron
1	Osprey
10	Ring-billed Gull
3	Herring Gull
2	Great Black-backed Gull
10	Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)
25	Mourning Dove
2	Chimney Swift
1	Belted Kingfisher
8	Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)
1	Merlin Perhaps KR only
1	Eastern Wood-Pewee
10	Eastern Phoebe
3	Blue-headed Vireo
5	Red-eyed Vireo
2	Blue Jay
1	Red-breasted Nuthatch
2	Ruby-crowned Kinglet
2	American Robin
5	Gray Catbird
X	European Starling
4	Black-and-white Warbler
1	Nashville Warbler
3	American Redstart
1	Northern Parula
1	Magnolia Warbler
2	Palm Warbler
1	Pine Warbler
2	Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)
1	Wilson's Warbler Probably KR only
10	Savannah Sparrow
1	White-throated Sparrow
1	Scarlet Tanager
2	Northern Cardinal
Additional species seen by Mira Furgoch:
6	Northern Flicker
2	Yellow-rumped Warbler