Prospect Park Bird Sightings & North Brooklyn Nature News

Tuesday, May 7, 2024

Pine siskin butterfly meadow

Pine Siskin (Spinus pinus) (1)
- Reported May 07, 2024 05:48 by Asher Fusco
- Prospect Park, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6602841,-73.9689534&ll=40.6602841,-73.9689534
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S172583938
- Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Repeatedly vocalizing. Eventually seen perched on the east edge of Butterfly Meadow. Thanks to Ryan for the heads up. Photo and poor audio."

Yutori(Japanese): intentionally slowing down to simply be,breathe, listen and approach the beauty of nature and life.
Consciously creating space to relax, reflect,and integrate rather than being constantly busy or rushed.

eBird Checklist - 7 May 2024 - 11th St. Yard - 38 species (+3 other taxa)

https://ebird.org/checklist/S172575169

Epstein chklist note pine siskin,Brant and 6 solitary sandpipers flyover

Monday, May 6, 2024

Warblers

Louisiana Waterthrush (Parkesia motacilla) (1)
- Reported May 06, 2024 13:12 by Sean Sime
- Prospect Park, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6602841,-73.9689534&ll=40.6602841,-73.9689534
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S172456359
- Comments: "Seen well at 15ft. Bright white supercilium, contrasting with warmer toned underparts. Clean thought and cinnamon flanks"

Yellow-throated Warbler (Setophaga dominica) (1)
- Reported May 06, 2024 07:01 by MCHL ____
- Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6523083,-73.9904281&ll=40.6523083,-73.9904281
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S172460535
- Comments: "Bright yellow throat. Gray back. Black cheeks. Striped sides. White eyebrow."

Greenwood Cemetery BBC Walk

Co-leaders Valerie Masten and Linda Ewing

Good morning Peter! It was a tough day out there -- not much vocalizing, and birds were pretty spread out. All said though we saw 47 species. Unfortunately, even though Linda and I had located the Grasshopper Sparrow merely 45 minutes before the walk, it had sulked off somewhere by the time we brought the group back. Here's the list:

5 Mallard
10 Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)
10 Mourning Dove
1 Spotted Sandpiper
7 Laughing Gull
1 Double-crested Cormorant
1 Great Egret
1 Great Blue Heron
1 Red-tailed Hawk
1 Belted Kingfisher
1 Red-bellied Woodpecker
1 Downy Woodpecker
8 Monk Parakeet
1 Eastern Kingbird
1 Blue-headed Vireo
1 Warbling Vireo
2 Blue Jay
2 American Crow
2 Northern Rough-winged Swallow
10 Barn Swallow
2 Ruby-crowned Kinglet
1 House Wren
15 European Starling
6 Gray Catbird
4 Northern Mockingbird
30 American Robin
20 House Sparrow
5 House Finch
5 American Goldfinch
6 Chipping Sparrow
1 Field Sparrow
1 White-crowned Sparrow
10 White-throated Sparrow
3 Song Sparrow
1 Eastern Towhee
2 Baltimore Oriole
2 Red-winged Blackbird
2 Brown-headed Cowbird
8 Common Grackle
3 Ovenbird
1 Common Yellowthroat
8 Northern Parula
2 Yellow Warbler
1 Black-throated Blue Warbler
5 Yellow-rumped Warbler
2 Prairie Warbler
8 Northern Cardinal

Rusty in Prospects

Rusty Blackbird (Euphagus carolinus) (1)
- Reported May 06, 2024 06:44 by Ant Tab
- Prospect Park, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6602841,-73.9689534&ll=40.6602841,-73.9689534
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S172395948
- Comments: "Sorta late. Smallish blackbird with pale eye and short tail compared to COGR around pond at north end of Nethermead. It was missing a foot and seemed to be hobbling a bit but was actively foraging and was capable of flight. Photos."

eBird Checklist - 4 May 2024 - Prospect Park - 65 species

https://ebird.org/checklist/S172316470

Note Yellow throated warbler. Saturday sighting.

Why you should let insects eat your plants

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20240503-why-you-should-let-insects-eat-your-plants

If we want help birds,this is what we need to do regardless where..plant native !

American Bird Conservancy: Bird Conservation Results Across the Americas

https://abcbirds.org/?gad_source=1&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIj-Oz08nVhQMVIWhHAR3hwwKjEAAYASAAEgK0k_D_BwE

A great organization to join for what we love.

Sunday, May 5, 2024

PRESENTATION: Birds Observed at Naval Cemetery Landscape – Brooklyn Bird Club May22@630 pm

https://brooklynbirdclub.org/event/webinar-birds-observed-at-naval-cemetery-landscape/

Bird List - Prospect Park, Kings, New York, United States - eBird Hotspot

https://ebird.org/hotspot/L109516/bird-list

A respectable 84 species seen on this damp wet prospect day

Continuing white pelican in NY harbor

American White Pelican (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos) (1)
- Reported May 05, 2024 10:26 by Carl Biers
- Louis Valentino Jr. Park and Pier, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6783803,-74.0180565&ll=40.6783803,-74.0180565
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S172242019
- Comments: "Seen with bins flying from south of statue towards Bayonne/Jersey City piers. Unmistakable loping wing beats, black and white contrast on wings, and size relative to nearby gulls.

Continuing grasshopper sparrow

Grasshopper Sparrow (Ammodramus savannarum) (1)
- Reported May 05, 2024 06:00 by M D
- Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6523083,-73.9904281&ll=40.6523083,-73.9904281
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S172221463
- Comments: "short tail, flat head, white eye ring, pink legs. I observed for some time on a cemetery headstone about 20 feet away from our group."

Saturday report grasshopper sparrow

Continuing at the Steinway mausoleum area.Greenwood Cemetery

Amer white pelican saturday report pier 6

American White Pelican (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos) (1)

- Reported May 04, 2024 09:02 by Xinyi Z
- Brooklyn Bridge Park, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6996104,-73.9973745&ll=40.6996104,-73.9973745
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S171924912
- Comments: "Continuing bird in harbor, seen from pier 6 looking south toward Staten Island. Very distant but unmistakable scope views - huge white bird with long neck floating in the water, black flight feathers seen as the bird took off. Thanks to everyone tracking the bird from multiple boroughs and to Brooklyn folks for sharing their scopes ¨̮"

Saturday rept grasshopper sparrow at gwc

Grasshopper Sparrow (Ammodramus savannarum) (1)
- Reported May 04, 2024 08:56 by Autumn Von Plinsky
- Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6523083,-73.9904281&ll=40.6523083,-73.9904281
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S171922755
- Comments: "Seen near the Steinway area in a clump of bushes. Very faint yellow marking above eye"

Saturday report white pelican

American White Pelican (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos) (1)
- Reported May 04, 2024 06:59 by Patrick Markee
- Brooklyn Bridge Park--Pier 1, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.7021612,-73.996524&ll=40.7021612,-73.996524
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S171872309
- Comments: "**Very rare! Continuing bird in NY Harbor. Saw a report that it was visible from the Battery and decided to try our luck from Pier 1. We managed to locate it pretty quickly and got some horrific but identifiable photos. A scope would be a good idea, though binoculars and a camera were sufficient in this case. Massive white bird on water with black primaries and huge orange bill."

Friday, May 3, 2024

Early gray cheeked

Gray-cheeked Thrush (Catharus minimus) (1)
- Reported Apr 28, 2024 07:43 by Zach L
- Prospect Park, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6602841,-73.9689534&ll=40.6602841,-73.9689534
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S170736046
- Media: 3 Photos
- Comments: "Likely very early gray cheeked thrush. Didn't get a great look at the tail however from photos noting more consistency in the color despite shadowing. Also lack of eye ring, contrast in cheek. Confirmed by three others with photo review. Seen in the ravine in a tall sweetgum."

GWC specialties

Red-headed Woodpecker (Melanerpes erythrocephalus) (1)
- Reported May 03, 2024 09:58 by Julien Piette
- Green-Wood Cemetery--Dell Water, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6492286,-73.9952976&ll=40.6492286,-73.9952976
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S171691167
- Comments: "Photo"

Grasshopper Sparrow (Ammodramus savannarum) (1)
- Reported May 03, 2024 10:45 by Hershy Nove
- Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6523083,-73.9904281&ll=40.6523083,-73.9904281
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S171686128
- Comments: "Pics"

" Preserve and cherish the pale blue dot,the only home we've ever known"

--Carl Sagan

more on NY lower Bay white pelican

American White Pelican (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos) (1)
- Reported May 03, 2024 06:50 by E R
- Pier 44 Waterfront Garden, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6757764,-74.018366&ll=40.6757764,-74.018366
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S171645154
- Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "First picked it up in flight, giant white bird with black wingtips, flying straight towards where I was standing in Red Hook for quite a while, then banking to my right and heading up in the direction of the Statue of Liberty. Lost view of it. Hard to say what waters it was technically in, but it was on my side of the Staten Island Ferry at one point (where it was first reported from last night!) thanks to Richard for pointing me to the general area he had seen it previously! Back of camera photos"

American White Pelican (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos) (1)
- Reported May 03, 2024 06:27 by Richard Fleming
- Pier 44 Waterfront Garden, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6757764,-74.018366&ll=40.6757764,-74.018366
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S171645281
- Media: 5 Photos
- Comments: "Bird reported yesterday evening from the Staten Island Ferry by Texas visitor Wes Thompson and refound floating in the harbor this morning by Adam C and Enrico L. Likely in NJ waters. Massive white "seabird" with black wingtips and orange bill."

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" Preserve and cherish the pale blue dot,the only home we've ever known"

--Carl Sagan

Fw: Announcing the Spring Brooklyn Bird Club Birdathon: May 11

"Blessed are they who see beautiful things in humble places where other people see nothing. "

Camille Pissarro,19th c. artist, father of impressionism

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From: "membership@brooklynbirdclub.org" <membership@brooklynbirdclub.org>

To: Membership <membership@brooklynbirdclub.org>

Sent: Thursday, May 2, 2024 at 11:55:11 AM EDT

Subject: Announcing the Spring Brooklyn Bird Club Birdathon: May 11

We're happy to announce the 2024 Brooklyn Bird Club Birdathon, to be held in celebration of World Migratory Bird Day (WMBD) on Saturday, May 11. https://www.worldmigratorybirdday.org/

The annual Birdathon asks birders to form teams of up to 6 members and count bird species in Brooklyn in support of a cause that helps the birds we love. Everyone is welcome ─ hardcore birders, backyard feeder watchers, and beginners! Like a walkathon, participants collect pledges and donations from friends and family for finding and counting bird species on the day of the Birdathon. Instead of getting a pledge per mile walked, Birdathon participants ask for a pledge for each bird species seen by the team.

This year's designated beneficiary is the The Foundation for the Conservation of the Tropical Andes (FCAT – https://fcat-ecuador.org) For more information, and to donate: https://givebutter.com/brooklyn-bird-club-2024-spring-birdathon/

Please register your team by sending team members, your day's goal, and a team name to Bobbi Manian birdathon@ brooklynbirdclub.org by Tuesday, May 7.

If you'd like to be connected to a team, contact Bobbi Manian (see above) who will try to connect people with similar levels of commitment.

American White Pelican near south Governors Island

- American White Pelican (1 report)

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NOTE: all sightings are UNCONFIRMED unless indicated.

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American White Pelican (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos) (1)
- Reported May 03, 2024 06:18 by Adam Cunningham
- Upper New York Bay, New York US-NY (40.6738,-74.0389), Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.673788,-74.038864&ll=40.673788,-74.038864
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S171634432
- Comments: "Photos/details later. Seen from the SI Ferry. These are approximate coordinates."

" Preserve and cherish the pale blue dot,the only home we've ever known"

--Carl Sagan

GWC Pine siskins

Pine Siskin (Spinus pinus) (2)
- Reported May 02, 2024 07:44 by mark alan iantosca
- Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6523083,-73.9904281&ll=40.6523083,-73.9904281
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S171611637
- Comments: "Flew into south corner of Crescent water, then over the hill toward Winter Walk. Heavily streaked yellow patches on wings and tail. Singing."

Thursday, May 2, 2024

eBird Checklist - 2 May 2024 - Prospect Park - 47 species

https://ebird.org/checklist/S171596865

Note least sandpipers

BirdCast - Bird migration forecasts in real-time

https://birdcast.info/

latest birdcast

Thursday summary

Albeit a slower bird day, nevertheless the good stuff comes through. There's alot to report and for me too much info to absorb. Ill stress some highlights and that should inspire you to get out and find time.

Max Epstein subbed for Tom Stephenson and picked up seamlessly good production. Among his listed species, 2 Lincoln sparrows billed top prize along with Yellow throated vireo,Worm eating and blue winged warblers. His warbler list hit 16 species. See his list in a previous post.

A Yellow billed cuckoo reported by Benjamin Forbes showed up at Nethermead North edge by Center Drive. All oaks were mainstays for warblers.For example, the European turkey oak in front of the Well house had a cape may warbler according to Ann Miller. I had a chance despite my busy work schedule but couldnt be late for a 2 pm meeting.

Greenwood Cemetery rolled along
with top prize Grasshopper Sparrow ( Malbin) at the Steinway mausoleum environs.A mixed plumaged Summer Tanager appeared at Pine Hill. I haven't time to look at the checklist but Google " Greenwood Cemetery Ebird hotspot " for todays total list.

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"No bird soars too high if he soars with his own wings." -- William Blake, artist,author

GWC summer tanager

Summer Tanager (Piranga rubra) (1)
- Reported May 02, 2024 16:54 by Asher Fusco
- Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6523083,-73.9904281&ll=40.6523083,-73.9904281
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S171589377
- Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "Feasting in the bee-filled tree atop Pine Hill. Dingy ochre-yellow tanager with orange tinges, red splotches and a large light-colored bill. Photos."

Fwd:BBC Prospect Park List 5/2

Max Epstein leading

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Max Epstein >
Date: Thursday, May 2, 2024
Subject: Prospect Park List 5/2
To: Peter Dorosh <prosbird@gmail.com>

Hey Peter,
Good running into you today- see link below for today's checklist:
https://ebird.org/checklist/S171586366
Talk to you soon!
Max

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"No bird soars too high if he soars with his own wings." -- William Blake, artist,author

BBC Birdathon news may 11th

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=pfbid0265EV8gvkBx3WPNcjeRoyrmiZUN7NgfACKvw71gUAWErTuDsZFyMsPrV5thBbiEaUl&id=100064831802926&sfnsn=mo

Announcing the 2024 Brooklyn Bird Club Birdation, to be held on May 11th. The annual Birdathon asks birders to form teams of up to 6 members and count bird species in Brooklyn in support of a cause that helps the birds we love. Everyone is welcome ─ hardcore birders, backyard feeder watchers, and beginners! Like a walkathon, participants collect pledges and donations from friends and family for finding and counting bird species on the day of the Birdathon. Instead of getting a pledge per mile walked, Birdathon participants ask for a pledge for each bird species seen by the team.

This year's designated beneficiary is the The Foundation for the Conservation of the Tropical Andes. For full information please see our website:

Wednesday, May 1, 2024

Kentucky's in a community garden

Kentucky Warbler (Geothlypis formosa) (1)
- Reported May 01, 2024 15:23 by leo wexler-mann
- 171 East 4th Street, New York, US (40.648, -73.977), Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.648314,-73.9771837&ll=40.648314,-73.9771837
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S171375720
- Comments: "great find by Ryan Goldberg. first in NY for me.
unmistakable black face mask. brown olive back.
seen for exactly 2 seconds twice. seems to flush out of yard on the south east corner of the garden. perched once on telephone lines and once on hammock in neighboring backyard.
very skulky--seen only twice in one hour.
also: respect garden rules and privacy of neighbors if you chase!"

Kentucky Warbler (Geothlypis formosa) (1)
- Reported May 01, 2024 16:12 by Joseph Trezza
- East 4th Community garden, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.648116,-73.977377&ll=40.648116,-73.977377
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S171381713
- Comments: "Found earlier in the day — I was one of about 10 birders waiting for it when, seated in the southeast corner of the garden, it flew directly in front of me, maybe five feet away, and out of the garden and across the street. Yellow bird, black mask. Others spotted it briefly from where it landed before it took off out of the garden and out of sight."

Cerulean at Ryan Mandlebaums place

Cerulean Warbler (Setophaga cerulea) (1)
- Reported May 01, 2024 13:20 by Joseph Trezza
- 335 14th St, New York US-NY 40.66452, -73.98541, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.664518,-73.985408&ll=40.664518,-73.985408
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S171348517
- Comments: "Amazing find. Thank you to the birder who got the word out. Photos, mob"

Cerulean Warbler (Setophaga cerulea) (1)
- Reported May 01, 2024 12:52 by Maddy P
- 347 14th St, New York US-NY 40.66448, -73.98528, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.664479,-73.985281&ll=40.664479,-73.985281
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S171348724
- Comments: "Amazing alert from Ryan, accommodating warbler softly singing, similar to the yellow rumps also in the tree but no yellow and only a single chinstrap of dark blue on chest, will add photos"

Fwd: Wednesday Migration at Brooklyn Bridge Park 5/1

Mike leading

Note prothonotary warbler at pier 1 long pond

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From: Michael Yuan <mjyuan@gmail.com>
Date: Wednesday, May 1, 2024
Subject: Wednesday Migration at Brooklyn Bridge Park 5/1
To: Peter Dorosh <prosbird@gmail.com>, Dennis Hrehowsik <deepseagangster@gmail.com>

Hi Peter-
Nice not to see the forecasted drizzles this morning. While waiting for the group to assemble, a few of us saw some Raven activity on the Brookyln side of the Brookyln Bridge. A nice surprise, as earlier in the season we had seen a pair making a nest on the Manhattan side.
10 attendees saw the continuing Prothonotary Warbler light up the Long Pond again. Somewhat slow compared to previous days, but we got to carefully study a White-Crowned Sparrow amongst the White-throateds, and get nice looks a trio of brown-russet-olive birds in the same spot- Wood Thrush, Ovenbird, and Carolina Wren.
Best is yet to come next week
Mike
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eBird Checklist - 1 May 2024 - Brooklyn Bridge Park - 40 species
ebird.org

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"No bird soars too high if he soars with his own wings." -- William Blake, artist,author

Green point birding club

https://gothamist.com/arts-entertainment/in-greenpoint-a-wacky-new-birding-group-is-ruffling-some-feathers?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR2Fm8eFOMTfnWsjcNUwAhxQAqPvyZuZdQwAStkUl-EqXuAD5tKfr8Wswlg_aem_AasRchQ73L4ul6PrRURbKQXaQpuUf-ZFDWB9F2CmVe1H2yRb9kMfAyPbHqh1qkp585XXn-XVbJqfUrKasfonnXm-

Fwd: plant sale

from birder Jennifer Kalb

---------- Forwarded message ---------
From: Jennifer Kalb <jjkalb@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, May 1, 2024 at 2:42 PM
Subject: plant sale
To: Peter Dorosh <Prosbird@gmail.com>

Hi Peter here is the jpg of the plant sale flyer I gave you. Thanks so much for sharing it!

Jennifer J. Kalb

917-533-5830

" Preserve and cherish the pale blue dot,the only home we've ever known"

--Carl Sagan

Fwd: Possible lifer bird Lark Sparrow on the Hammerhead Tuesday afternoon

From Alex R

in southwestern corner Prospect Lake

Lark Sparrow on the Hammerhead.

---------- Forwarded message ---------
From: A Rosenfelder
Date: Wed, May 1, 2024 at 12:37 AM
Subject: Possible lifer bird
To: <prosbird@gmail.com>

Hi Peter,

I was wondering if you might be able to help ID this bird I saw briefly on the Hammerhead this afternoon. I was not prepared when it popped up so I only got a couple overexposed/unfocused shots, but it looks like a sparrow with a complex and striking face pattern. Maybe a lark sparrow. Last shot is for comedic effect (bird leaving frame). Thanks for any help you can provide.

Alex

" Preserve and cherish the pale blue dot,the only home we've ever known"

--Carl Sagan

Fwd: BBC Tuesday walk report

Ryan leading

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Ryan Goldberg <ryan.goldberg@gmail.com>
Date: Tuesday, April 30, 2024
Subject: BBC Tuesday walk report
To: Peter Dorosh <prosbird@gmail.com>

Hi Peter,
The floodgates stayed open for a second day with this wave of new arrivals. It felt a lot more like the second week of May than the last day of April. The highlights were many: just an incredible number of Northern Parulas singing everywhere, two Worm-eating Warblers on Lookout, a Cape May and Blackpoll on the SW side of the lake, and one of the last birds of the day, a Bay-breasted Warbler, by the broken stairs. At the Ambergill, which we went to after a coffee break at the Picnic House, we were treated to a number of warblers, like Nashville and Hooded, bathing in the creek. Our warbler count ended up at 21 species. Perhaps the biggest cheer though went to the male Scarlet Tanager we found above the Boulder Bridge, on a snag in the sunlight after the fog had lifted, the first of the season for most there (and a lifer for a few).
Here is the list for what was a great day: https://ebird.org/checklist/S171174122
Angie and Sheila will be co-leading for Bobbi next week.
Ryan

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"No bird soars too high if he soars with his own wings." -- William Blake, artist,author