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From: Tom Stephenson <12toms@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, Oct 9, 2025, 6:02 PM
Subject: Thursday's Walk
To: Peter Dorosh <prosbird@gmail.com>
Cc: Marisa Hernandez <shishi47@gmail.com>, Valerie Masten <valerie.masten@gmail.com>, Amy Cook <brklynamy@gmail.com>, Bob Curtis <bobolink@nyct.net>, Dennis Hrehowsik <DeepSeaGangster@gmail.com>, Ryan Goldberg <ryan.goldberg@gmail.com>, Angie Co <Angie.co@gmail.com>, Roberta Manian <roberta.manian@gmail.com>, Lisa Curtiss <lccurtiss@gmail.com>, Sameer Ajmani <ajmani@gmail.com>
From: Tom Stephenson <12toms@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, Oct 9, 2025, 6:02 PM
Subject: Thursday's Walk
To: Peter Dorosh <prosbird@gmail.com>
Cc: Marisa Hernandez <shishi47@gmail.com>, Valerie Masten <valerie.masten@gmail.com>, Amy Cook <brklynamy@gmail.com>, Bob Curtis <bobolink@nyct.net>, Dennis Hrehowsik <DeepSeaGangster@gmail.com>, Ryan Goldberg <ryan.goldberg@gmail.com>, Angie Co <Angie.co@gmail.com>, Roberta Manian <roberta.manian@gmail.com>, Lisa Curtiss <lccurtiss@gmail.com>, Sameer Ajmani <ajmani@gmail.com>
Hi Peter,
Another brilliant Fall day, crisp weather and crispy underfoot. We had a huge frenetic flurry at GAP, no doubt overnight arrivals, and then a good number of birds throughout the park. Except for Field Sparrow we ran the sparrow list down including the Nelson's, Vesper, White-crowned, Savannah and more; and some but not a lot of warbler species, for a total of 64 overall. Not the 74 we had last week but good for a Fall day. Lots of new faces including 3 folks from the UK.
Here's the list.
| Double-crested Cormorant |
| Great Blue Heron |
| Canada Goose |
| Mute Swan |
| American Black Duck |
| Mallard |
| Northern Shoveler |
| Green-winged Teal |
| Ruddy Duck |
| Sharp-shinned Hawk |
| Cooper's Hawk |
| Red-tailed Hawk |
| Merlin |
| Rock Dove |
| Mourning Dove |
| Red-bellied Woodpecker |
| Downy Woodpecker |
| Northern Flicker |
| Eastern Phoebe |
| Blue-headed Vireo |
| Red-eyed Vireo |
| Blue Jay |
| American Crow |
| Red-breasted Nuthatch |
| House Wren |
| Winter Wren |
| Golden-crowned Kinglet |
| Ruby-crowned Kinglet |
| Swainson's Thrush |
| Hermit Thrush |
| American Robin |
| Gray Catbird |
| European Starling |
| Nashville Warbler |
| Northern Parula |
| Cape May Warbler |
| Black-throated Blue Warbler |
| Yellow-rumped Warbler |
| Black-throated Green Warbler |
| Blackburnian Warbler |
| Pine Warbler |
| Palm Warbler |
| Black-and-white Warbler |
| Northern Waterthrush |
| Common Yellowthroat |
| Scarlet Tanager |
| Eastern Towhee |
| Chipping Sparrow |
| Vesper Sparrow |
| Savannah Sparrow |
| Song Sparrow |
| Lincoln's Sparrow |
| Swamp Sparrow |
| White-throated Sparrow |
| White-crowned Sparrow |
| Dark-eyed Junco |
| Northern Cardinal |
| Rose-breasted Grosbeak |
| Red-winged Blackbird |
| Common Grackle |
| Brown-headed Cowbird |
| American Goldfinch |
| House Sparrow |
| Nelson's Sparrow |