The "hot zone" has shifted towards the Terrace Bridge, with the Switchback trail keeping up its respectable reputation; First , a very brief look of YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT staying within the Peninsula sumacs, closer to the Peninsula road, led to the better bird ( in my opinion) of CONNECTICUT WARBLER, finally allowing me great looks after last weekend's disappointing derriere perspective on the Peninsula thumb.
Spurred on by a very brief look report by Rob Bate of a YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT in the Peninsula Sumac Grove, first seen yesterday, I spent my lunch hour waiting for this species to appear. Andy Beiderman, a new birder to Prospect I met there , whom I gave my cell # then , to text me in case of a good bird texts me soon after of a CONNECTICUT WARBLER that walked unto a wide slope trail. Pics of the bird by Andy when I got there confirmed the species; but never I succeeded seeing the COWA on my lunch hour yet allowed me to tweet/ alert my group.
I was determined to go back after work. Around five o'clock, I was alerted by a BLACK-THROATED BLUE WARBLER in the woods on that slope and right below was the CONNECTICUT WARBLER ( my 34th warbler species for 2012) at a tree base, feeding mid slope and walking up slope into an area of Narcissus fronds or stalks , staying within, its eye ring a definitive field mark with the rest of the plump bird.. I relocated the bird after a friend texted me back, about 615 but just before his arrival, it already disappeared . Figures, if only 5 minutes more...Despite heavy shade, it looks like an adult female.
The slope is the adjoining slope that meets the southwest side of the Terrace Bridge; look for the road fork on the west side of the Lullwater for nearest reference .
Also of note other uncommon birds: an early LINCOLN's SPARROW where locals call the "Sparrowbowl" between the Tennis and Picnic Houses; 5 GREEN-WINGED TEAL on the lake with 12 NSHovelers, 2 Wood Duck, with 4 more in the Lullwater. OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER also reported, on Lookout Hill; I received notice that it was active at the "switchback Trail" early this morning , best spot on Lookout Hill.
14 species warblers
--KB
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From Andy Beiderman:
Prospect Park, Kings, US-NY
Sep 10, 2012 6:30 AM - 3:30 PM
Protocol: Traveling
8.0 mile(s)
Comments: started with mike, dennis and ali and met up with others along the way
51 species (+1 other taxa)
Canada Goose 4
Mute Swan 4
Osprey 1
Rock Pigeon 20
Mourning Dove 5
Chimney Swift 2
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 3
Belted Kingfisher 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 2
Downy Woodpecker 4
Hairy Woodpecker 2
Northern Flicker 2
Merlin 1
Eastern Wood-Pewee 2
Least Flycatcher 1
Empidonax sp. 3
Great Crested Flycatcher 2
White-eyed Vireo 1
Warbling Vireo 1
Red-eyed Vireo 6
Blue Jay 3
Black-capped Chickadee 1
Tufted Titmouse 2
Red-breasted Nuthatch 4
White-breasted Nuthatch 1
House Wren 2
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 2
Swainson's Thrush 2
American Robin 30
Gray Catbird 10
Northern Mockingbird 1
European Starling 4
Cedar Waxwing 10
Ovenbird 3
Northern Waterthrush 1
Black-and-white Warbler 4
Tennessee Warbler 1
Nashville Warbler 1
Connecticut Warbler 1 walking up sw slope of terrace bridge around 1pm, peter relocated around 5pm
Common Yellowthroat 10
American Redstart 10
Northern Parula 2
Magnolia Warbler 6
Chestnut-sided Warbler 3
Black-throated Blue Warbler 6
Palm Warbler 1
Black-throated Green Warbler 1
Northern Cardinal 4
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 2
Baltimore Oriole 1
American Goldfinch 10
House Sparrow 20
This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org)
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Peter's lists
Prospect Park, Kings, US-NY
Sep 10, 2012 4:45 PM - 5:30 PM
Protocol: Stationary
2 species
Connecticut Warbler 1 Terrace bridge slope
Black-throated Blue Warbler 1
Prospect Park, Kings, US-NY
Sep 10, 2012
Protocol: Incidental
29 species
Canada Goose 21
Mute Swan 6
Mallard X
Northern Shoveler 12 Lake
Green-winged Teal 5 Lake
Black-crowned Night-Heron 2- juv Duck Isl; 1 Lullwater
Osprey 1
Herring Gull X
Rock Pigeon X
Mourning Dove X
Chimney Swift X
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 4; 2 feeding Jewelweed 3arch Br area
Downy Woodpecker 1
Eastern Wood-Pewee 1
Least Flycatcher 1 Binnen Run
House Wren 1
Swainson's Thrush 1 Peninsula
American Robin X
Gray Catbird X
European Starling X
Ovenbird 3 Peninsula
Northern Waterthrush 1
Black-and-white Warbler 4
Common Yellowthroat 25 good showing today
American Redstart 4
Magnolia Warbler 1
Lincoln's Sparrow 1 buff across streaky breast, gray head with buffy malar, thin eye ring; early bird
Northern Cardinal X
House Sparrow X
This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org)
Monday, September 10, 2012
Prospect Sept 9th Good day for quality
On a good day for quality, several species worth cell alerts from my position afar in Fort Tilden ,where fortunately no twisters were discovered but spectacular skies abound, Prospect Park came through with autumn gems
First among great birds to see, YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT tops the list. The bird was spotted by Rob Bate along the northern Peninsula meadow, eventually making it to the sumacs grove, this reclusive species seen by Anne Murray and Keir Randall as well. With patience and inactive movement, you can see the bird.
Continuing its hot spot, a BOBOLINK was seen perched atop a tree across from the Well House, near the sumacs. In its nondescript plumage , yet buffy look, its a great bird to see here. (Keir)
OLIVE -SIDED FLYCATCHER is anothe nice bird, just a stones throw away from the Peninsula, seen on Breeze Hill, by the path that descends the south slope of the hill, the bird perched in a snag i presume. (Keir)
WORM-EATING WARBLER, & YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO complement the day as well. Check the lists below and prevoius field postings for locations. . ( MBerger; Keir , respectively)
Prospect Park, Kings, US-NY
Sep 9, 2012 6:30 AM - 1:30 PM
Protocol: Traveling
4.0 mile(s)
49 species (+1 other taxa)
Canada Goose 8
Mute Swan 6
Wood Duck 3
Mallard 15
Black-crowned Night-Heron 2
Red-tailed Hawk 2
Spotted Sandpiper 2
Rock Pigeon 6
Mourning Dove 5
Yellow-billed Cuckoo 1 Lookout, Butterfly Meadow, thanks to Kathy T.
Chimney Swift 15
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 2
Downy Woodpecker 2
Northern Flicker 2
Olive-sided Flycatcher 1 Breeze Hill
Eastern Wood-Pewee 3
Empidonax sp. 1
Great Crested Flycatcher 2
White-eyed Vireo 2
Warbling Vireo 2
Red-eyed Vireo 15
Blue Jay 5
Black-capped Chickadee 3
Red-breasted Nuthatch 3
House Wren 2
Carolina Wren 1
Veery 3
Swainson's Thrush 1
American Robin 12
Gray Catbird 7
European Starling 8
Ovenbird 2
Northern Waterthrush 3
Black-and-white Warbler 7
Common Yellowthroat 6
American Redstart 14
Northern Parula 4
Magnolia Warbler 2
Yellow Warbler 4
Chestnut-sided Warbler 1
Blackpoll Warbler 1
Prairie Warbler 1 Lookout, switchback trail
Yellow-breasted Chat 1 Sumac grove near Peninsula meadow. With patience, good views from path looking up slope. Thanks to Rob B. & Ann M.
Song Sparrow 1
Northern Cardinal 6
Bobolink 1 Sat for a few minutes in bare tree on Peninsula meadow, opp Wellhouse. Buffy non-breeding type
Red-winged Blackbird 3
Common Grackle 2
American Goldfinch 8
House Sparrow 20
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From Rafel Campos:
Prospect Park, Brooklyn, Kings, US-NY
Sep 9, 2012 8:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Protocol: Traveling
Observer: Rafael G. Campos R
1.5 kilometer(s)
39 species
Canada Goose (Branta canadensis) X
Mute Swan (Cygnus olor) X
Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) X
Northern Shoveler (Anas clypeata) 8 Lake
Pied-billed Grebe (Podilymbus podiceps) 1 Lake
Green Heron (Butorides virescens) 1 Lower Lullwater
Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) 1 Flyover
Rock Pigeon (Columba livia) X
Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) X
Chimney Swift (Chaetura pelagica) 8 flyovers
Ruby-throated Hummingbird (Archilochus colubris) 3
Red-bellied Woodpecker (Melanerpes carolinus) 1
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) (Colaptes auratus [auratus Group]) 2
White-eyed Vireo (Vireo griseus) 1 Peninsula
Warbling Vireo (Eastern) (Vireo gilvus gilvus) 2
Red-eyed Vireo (Vireo olivaceus) 2
Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) X
Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus) X
Tufted Titmouse (Baeolophus bicolor) 1
White-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta carolinensis) 1
Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) 2
Swainson's Thrush (Catharus ustulatus) 3
Wood Thrush (Hylocichla mustelina) 1
American Robin (Turdus migratorius) X
Gray Catbird (Dumetella carolinensis) X
European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris) X
Ovenbird (Seiurus aurocapilla) 1
Blue-winged Warbler (Vermivora cyanoptera) 1
Black-and-white Warbler (Mniotilta varia) 5
Common Yellowthroat (Geothlypis trichas) 1
American Redstart (Setophaga ruticilla) 11
Northern Parula (Setophaga americana) 3
Chestnut-sided Warbler (Setophaga pensylvanica) 2
Black-throated Blue Warbler (Setophaga caerulescens) 1
Canada Warbler (Cardellina canadensis) 1
Wilson's Warbler (Cardellina pusilla) 1
Common Grackle (Quiscalus quiscula) 1
Baltimore Oriole (Icterus galbula) 3
House Sparrow (Passer domesticus) X
Brooklyn is great birding!!!
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From Keir:
Prospect Park, Kings, US-NY
Sep 8, 2012 7:30 AM - 9:45 AM
Protocol: Traveling
2.0 mile(s)
Comments: Vale to Midwood very quiet, more activity on Lookout and south lakeside before rain started.
37 species
Canada Goose 8
Mute Swan 5
American Black Duck 1
Mallard 24
Northern Shoveler 7
Double-crested Cormorant 1
Red-tailed Hawk 2
Laughing Gull 1
Herring Gull 1
Rock Pigeon 2
Mourning Dove 3
Chimney Swift 20
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 1
Eastern Wood-Pewee 1
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher 1 Path above Wellhouse - seen very well, yellow throated.
White-eyed Vireo 1
Warbling Vireo 2
Red-eyed Vireo 2
Blue Jay 1
Carolina Wren 1
American Robin 8
Gray Catbird 3
European Starling 5
Worm-eating Warbler 1 Path above Wellhouse
Northern Waterthrush 2
Black-and-white Warbler 2
Common Yellowthroat 3
American Redstart 3
Magnolia Warbler 1
Yellow Warbler 2
Wilson's Warbler 1 Lakeside opp West Island
Northern Cardinal 2
Red-winged Blackbird 4
American Goldfinch 6
House Sparrow 30
First among great birds to see, YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT tops the list. The bird was spotted by Rob Bate along the northern Peninsula meadow, eventually making it to the sumacs grove, this reclusive species seen by Anne Murray and Keir Randall as well. With patience and inactive movement, you can see the bird.
Continuing its hot spot, a BOBOLINK was seen perched atop a tree across from the Well House, near the sumacs. In its nondescript plumage , yet buffy look, its a great bird to see here. (Keir)
OLIVE -SIDED FLYCATCHER is anothe nice bird, just a stones throw away from the Peninsula, seen on Breeze Hill, by the path that descends the south slope of the hill, the bird perched in a snag i presume. (Keir)
WORM-EATING WARBLER, & YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO complement the day as well. Check the lists below and prevoius field postings for locations. . ( MBerger; Keir , respectively)
Prospect Park, Kings, US-NY
Sep 9, 2012 6:30 AM - 1:30 PM
Protocol: Traveling
4.0 mile(s)
49 species (+1 other taxa)
Canada Goose 8
Mute Swan 6
Wood Duck 3
Mallard 15
Black-crowned Night-Heron 2
Red-tailed Hawk 2
Spotted Sandpiper 2
Rock Pigeon 6
Mourning Dove 5
Yellow-billed Cuckoo 1 Lookout, Butterfly Meadow, thanks to Kathy T.
Chimney Swift 15
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 2
Downy Woodpecker 2
Northern Flicker 2
Olive-sided Flycatcher 1 Breeze Hill
Eastern Wood-Pewee 3
Empidonax sp. 1
Great Crested Flycatcher 2
White-eyed Vireo 2
Warbling Vireo 2
Red-eyed Vireo 15
Blue Jay 5
Black-capped Chickadee 3
Red-breasted Nuthatch 3
House Wren 2
Carolina Wren 1
Veery 3
Swainson's Thrush 1
American Robin 12
Gray Catbird 7
European Starling 8
Ovenbird 2
Northern Waterthrush 3
Black-and-white Warbler 7
Common Yellowthroat 6
American Redstart 14
Northern Parula 4
Magnolia Warbler 2
Yellow Warbler 4
Chestnut-sided Warbler 1
Blackpoll Warbler 1
Prairie Warbler 1 Lookout, switchback trail
Yellow-breasted Chat 1 Sumac grove near Peninsula meadow. With patience, good views from path looking up slope. Thanks to Rob B. & Ann M.
Song Sparrow 1
Northern Cardinal 6
Bobolink 1 Sat for a few minutes in bare tree on Peninsula meadow, opp Wellhouse. Buffy non-breeding type
Red-winged Blackbird 3
Common Grackle 2
American Goldfinch 8
House Sparrow 20
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From Rafel Campos:
Prospect Park, Brooklyn, Kings, US-NY
Sep 9, 2012 8:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Protocol: Traveling
Observer: Rafael G. Campos R
1.5 kilometer(s)
39 species
Canada Goose (Branta canadensis) X
Mute Swan (Cygnus olor) X
Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) X
Northern Shoveler (Anas clypeata) 8 Lake
Pied-billed Grebe (Podilymbus podiceps) 1 Lake
Green Heron (Butorides virescens) 1 Lower Lullwater
Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) 1 Flyover
Rock Pigeon (Columba livia) X
Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) X
Chimney Swift (Chaetura pelagica) 8 flyovers
Ruby-throated Hummingbird (Archilochus colubris) 3
Red-bellied Woodpecker (Melanerpes carolinus) 1
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) (Colaptes auratus [auratus Group]) 2
White-eyed Vireo (Vireo griseus) 1 Peninsula
Warbling Vireo (Eastern) (Vireo gilvus gilvus) 2
Red-eyed Vireo (Vireo olivaceus) 2
Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) X
Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus) X
Tufted Titmouse (Baeolophus bicolor) 1
White-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta carolinensis) 1
Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) 2
Swainson's Thrush (Catharus ustulatus) 3
Wood Thrush (Hylocichla mustelina) 1
American Robin (Turdus migratorius) X
Gray Catbird (Dumetella carolinensis) X
European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris) X
Ovenbird (Seiurus aurocapilla) 1
Blue-winged Warbler (Vermivora cyanoptera) 1
Black-and-white Warbler (Mniotilta varia) 5
Common Yellowthroat (Geothlypis trichas) 1
American Redstart (Setophaga ruticilla) 11
Northern Parula (Setophaga americana) 3
Chestnut-sided Warbler (Setophaga pensylvanica) 2
Black-throated Blue Warbler (Setophaga caerulescens) 1
Canada Warbler (Cardellina canadensis) 1
Wilson's Warbler (Cardellina pusilla) 1
Common Grackle (Quiscalus quiscula) 1
Baltimore Oriole (Icterus galbula) 3
House Sparrow (Passer domesticus) X
Brooklyn is great birding!!!
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From Keir:
Prospect Park, Kings, US-NY
Sep 8, 2012 7:30 AM - 9:45 AM
Protocol: Traveling
2.0 mile(s)
Comments: Vale to Midwood very quiet, more activity on Lookout and south lakeside before rain started.
37 species
Canada Goose 8
Mute Swan 5
American Black Duck 1
Mallard 24
Northern Shoveler 7
Double-crested Cormorant 1
Red-tailed Hawk 2
Laughing Gull 1
Herring Gull 1
Rock Pigeon 2
Mourning Dove 3
Chimney Swift 20
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 1
Eastern Wood-Pewee 1
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher 1 Path above Wellhouse - seen very well, yellow throated.
White-eyed Vireo 1
Warbling Vireo 2
Red-eyed Vireo 2
Blue Jay 1
Carolina Wren 1
American Robin 8
Gray Catbird 3
European Starling 5
Worm-eating Warbler 1 Path above Wellhouse
Northern Waterthrush 2
Black-and-white Warbler 2
Common Yellowthroat 3
American Redstart 3
Magnolia Warbler 1
Yellow Warbler 2
Wilson's Warbler 1 Lakeside opp West Island
Northern Cardinal 2
Red-winged Blackbird 4
American Goldfinch 6
House Sparrow 30
Sunday, September 9, 2012
Saturday, September 8, 2012
Northwest wind alert
A fantastic opportunity for birders after tonight's strong cold front with its loud entry thru the region with severe storms . From Sunday morning through Tuesday,the winds stay NORTHWEST... So regardless where you are, be at somewhere green and even the coastal areas i.e.dune habitat with green habitats will be good if looking for a change of pace or new scenery.
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Hawk watches will see good action especially big push of osprey maybe even an eagle. Check out www.Hmana.org for details and nearby hawk watches.
Have fun and stay safe !
--KB
--KB
Friday, September 7, 2012
Fwd: eBird Report - Prospect Park, Sep 7, 2012
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report from alex wwilson
NOTE Bobolinks & Wormeating Warbler
From: alex
To: prosbird
Sent: Fri, Sep 7, 2012 4:12 pm
Subject: Fwd: eBird Report - Prospect Park, Sep 7, 2012
Begin forwarded message: > Prospect Park, Kings, US-NY > Sep 7, 2012 > 62 species (+1 other taxa) > > Canada Goose 25 > Mute Swan 10 > Wood Duck 9 > Mallard 80 > Northern Shoveler 12 > Double-crested Cormorant 2 > Green Heron 1 > Black-crowned Night-Heron 1 > Osprey 1 > Red-tailed Hawk 4 > Laughing Gull 17 > Rock Pigeon 30 > Mourning Dove 25 > Chimney Swift 75 > Ruby-throated Hummingbird 1 > Belted Kingfisher 1 > Red-bellied Woodpecker 2 > Downy Woodpecker 5 > Northern Flicker 6 > American Kestrel 2 > Merlin 1 > Eastern Wood-Pewee 3 > Yellow-bellied Flycatcher 1 > Empidonax sp. 3 > White-eyed Vireo 2 (Singing adult and one juvenile.) > Warbling Vireo 7 > Red-eyed Vireo 5 > Blue Jay 10 > Black-capped Chickadee 5 > Red-breasted Nuthatch 4 > White-breasted Nuthatch 1 > House Wren 1 > Carolina Wren 5 > Veery 4 > Swainson's Thrush 5 > Wood Thrush 1 > American Robin 80 > Gray Catbird 20 > European Starling 100 > Cedar Waxwing 2 > Ovenbird 2 > Worm-eating Warbler 1 (Upper Lullwater trail, working dried > leaf clusters.) > Northern Waterthrush 7 > Blue-winged Warbler 3 > Black-and-white Warbler 10 > Nashville Warbler 1 > Common Yellowthroat 8 > American Redstart 12 > Northern Parula 5 > Magnolia Warbler 3 > Yellow Warbler 2 > Chestnut-sided Warbler 3 > Prairie Warbler 1 > Wilson's Warbler 2 > Song Sparrow 2 > Northern Cardinal 20 (Including late fledglings.) > Bobolink 2 (Early flyovers.) > Red-winged Blackbird 4 > Common Grackle 4 > Brown-headed Cowbird 5 > Baltimore Oriole 3 > American Goldfinch 20 > House Sparrow 35
Lecture tonight at 6pm about Prospect Park's waters
Received from Maria Carrasco , director the Audubon Center, for your information:
Tonight is the lecture 6 PM
Subject: Dr. Brett Branco Lecture on Prospect Park Lake, September 7 at 6pm - Audubon Center
Hi,
I wanted you to know that Professor Brett Branco from Brooklyn College will be doing a free public presentation at the Audubon Center this Friday at 6pm about Prospect Park Lake. Below is his Bio and a short summary of his presentation. I hope that you and other members of your group will be able to attend. Please feel free to share this message with anyone you feel would be interested.
Light refreshments will be served.
Best,
Maria
Brief Bio
Dr. Brett Branco is an Assistant Professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences at Brooklyn College and the CUNY Graduate Center. He is also the Associate Director of Brooklyn College's Aquatic Research and Environmental Assessment Center (AREAC). Dr. Branco is an aquatic scientist specializing in both Marine Science and Limnology. His research interests focus on the impacts of eutrophication on shallow aquatic ecosystems around New York City, both marine and fresh water. Since arriving at Brooklyn College in 2009, he has been working with students to monitor and assess the condition of Prospect Park Lake. Dr. Branco earned his Ph.D. in Oceanography at the University of Connecticut and completed a two-year post doc at the University of Western Australia in Perth before arriving at Brooklyn College.
Summary of the Lecture
Despite its man-made origins, Prospect Park Lake is a typical shallow lake that supports a rich wildlife right here in the middle of Brooklyn. But much like many other shallow urban lakes all around the world, our lake is reacting to decades of nutrient overload in undesirable ways, such as supporting blooms of nuisance aquatic plant and algae species. In this lecture, Dr. Branco will explain how shallow lakes operate as physical, chemical and biological systems and share his observations on the state of Prospect Park Lake over the past four years.
Maria Carrasco
Vice President of Education
Prospect Park
95 Prospect Park West
Brooklyn, NY 11215
Tonight is the lecture 6 PM
Subject: Dr. Brett Branco Lecture on Prospect Park Lake, September 7 at 6pm - Audubon Center
Hi,
I wanted you to know that Professor Brett Branco from Brooklyn College will be doing a free public presentation at the Audubon Center this Friday at 6pm about Prospect Park Lake. Below is his Bio and a short summary of his presentation. I hope that you and other members of your group will be able to attend. Please feel free to share this message with anyone you feel would be interested.
Light refreshments will be served.
Best,
Maria
Brief Bio
Dr. Brett Branco is an Assistant Professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences at Brooklyn College and the CUNY Graduate Center. He is also the Associate Director of Brooklyn College's Aquatic Research and Environmental Assessment Center (AREAC). Dr. Branco is an aquatic scientist specializing in both Marine Science and Limnology. His research interests focus on the impacts of eutrophication on shallow aquatic ecosystems around New York City, both marine and fresh water. Since arriving at Brooklyn College in 2009, he has been working with students to monitor and assess the condition of Prospect Park Lake. Dr. Branco earned his Ph.D. in Oceanography at the University of Connecticut and completed a two-year post doc at the University of Western Australia in Perth before arriving at Brooklyn College.
Summary of the Lecture
Despite its man-made origins, Prospect Park Lake is a typical shallow lake that supports a rich wildlife right here in the middle of Brooklyn. But much like many other shallow urban lakes all around the world, our lake is reacting to decades of nutrient overload in undesirable ways, such as supporting blooms of nuisance aquatic plant and algae species. In this lecture, Dr. Branco will explain how shallow lakes operate as physical, chemical and biological systems and share his observations on the state of Prospect Park Lake over the past four years.
Maria Carrasco
Vice President of Education
Prospect Park
95 Prospect Park West
Brooklyn, NY 11215
Thursday, September 6, 2012
The next Cold Front
The next cold front is predicted to pass thru Saturday evening when northwest winds rule..HOWEVER..so does drenching rain and hard downpours (so they say) that eve so unless birds are wearing goretex slickers...well..
But Sunday should be better than TODAY ! Go for it...Northwest winds during the day should trigger song bird flights and hawks above following the gravy train....
From NOAA NWS:
Saturday Night Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm before 2am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 2am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 68. South wind 10 to 16 mph becoming northwest after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
--KB
But Sunday should be better than TODAY ! Go for it...Northwest winds during the day should trigger song bird flights and hawks above following the gravy train....
From NOAA NWS:
Saturday Night Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm before 2am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 2am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 68. South wind 10 to 16 mph becoming northwest after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
--KB
Prospect September 6th..few birds lull us to sleep...
A really slow day , obviously weather the cause the past two days of overcast clouds and rain disrupting or stopping migration in its tracks. Birds need to orient themselves as the sun sets before taking off . That hasn't been the case , hence the dearth of birds today as I led the BBC Fall walk in Tom's stead.
So quiet and so bored until we hit the Ricks place area. In the trees above a few warblers bravely and wisely showed up for us with teasing looks under foliage cover, best among them BLUE-WINGED WARBLER ,NORTHERN PARULA and WILSONS WARBLER. Moments later, at the bridle trail puddle, again we were treated like last weekend a winners circle of warbler "buddies" , BLUE-WINGED, REDSTART(m), NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH, OVENBIRD ,and BLACK&WHITE.Worth a moment to relish for this s-l-o-o-o-w day...
Later , on my lunch hour, a flurry of warblers at the north path from Butterfly Meadow, CHESTNUT-SIDED, REDSTART, and PARULA with RED EYED VIREOS. A full crop of pine cones in a mature Pine tree at the north section enticed a RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH , hovering at times picking at the cones..
But it was Mike Yuan and Dennis H on their own early in the morning who salvaged the day's best birds, YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO above the switchback trail, which has been one of the best 3 fall spots this season, WORM-EATING WARBLER along the west perimeter of Butterfly Meadow. PALM WARBLER was reported , meaning fall warblers reaching a peak (typically i don't see this species till later)
All we can offer from the BBC walk is a MONK PARAKEET .....( and even that we didn't see it...it just squawk !)
A hint of northwest wind the next eve? I have to check the weather forecast and pray for all of us for fall fallouts....
Addenum: Bobbi Manian and Ann Murray continued to bird afte the BBC walk. 53 species, 14 Northern Waterthrushes reportd among their 13 warbler species seen for a a very credible day for the long haul. See their list
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From Mike:
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Results of BBC Fall Thursday walk:
Leading :Peter D.
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From Bobbi Manian:
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Peters list Post BBC walk
Prospect Park, Kings, US-NY
Sep 6, 2012
Protocol: Incidental
Comments: Post field BBC walk
21 species
Wood Duck 5 Upper Pool
Chimney Swift X
Northern Flicker 2
Red-eyed Vireo 3
Blue Jay X
Red-breasted Nuthatch 1
House Wren 1
Veery 1
Swainson's Thrush 1 9th street nursery
American Robin X
Gray Catbird X
Black-and-white Warbler 7
Common Yellowthroat 3
American Redstart X
Northern Parula 2
Chestnut-sided Warbler 1
Blackpoll Warbler 1 Butterfly Meadow
Northern Cardinal 3
Common Grackle 1
American Goldfinch X
House Sparrow X
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So quiet and so bored until we hit the Ricks place area. In the trees above a few warblers bravely and wisely showed up for us with teasing looks under foliage cover, best among them BLUE-WINGED WARBLER ,NORTHERN PARULA and WILSONS WARBLER. Moments later, at the bridle trail puddle, again we were treated like last weekend a winners circle of warbler "buddies" , BLUE-WINGED, REDSTART(m), NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH, OVENBIRD ,and BLACK&WHITE.Worth a moment to relish for this s-l-o-o-o-w day...
Later , on my lunch hour, a flurry of warblers at the north path from Butterfly Meadow, CHESTNUT-SIDED, REDSTART, and PARULA with RED EYED VIREOS. A full crop of pine cones in a mature Pine tree at the north section enticed a RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH , hovering at times picking at the cones..
But it was Mike Yuan and Dennis H on their own early in the morning who salvaged the day's best birds, YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO above the switchback trail, which has been one of the best 3 fall spots this season, WORM-EATING WARBLER along the west perimeter of Butterfly Meadow. PALM WARBLER was reported , meaning fall warblers reaching a peak (typically i don't see this species till later)
All we can offer from the BBC walk is a MONK PARAKEET .....( and even that we didn't see it...it just squawk !)
A hint of northwest wind the next eve? I have to check the weather forecast and pray for all of us for fall fallouts....
Addenum: Bobbi Manian and Ann Murray continued to bird afte the BBC walk. 53 species, 14 Northern Waterthrushes reportd among their 13 warbler species seen for a a very credible day for the long haul. See their list
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From Mike:
| From: | Michael Yuan |
| To: | Prosbird |
| Subject: | prospect 9/6 |
| Date: | Thu, Sep 6, 2012 10:19 am |
w/ Dennis H:
Prospect Park, Kings, US-NY
Sep 6, 2012 6:22 AM - 8:47 AM
Protocol: Traveling
1.5 mile(s)
Comments: <br />Submitted from BirdLog NA for iOS, version 1.4.8
37 species (+2 other taxa)
American Wigeon 1 Female, on lake near Peninsula rustic shelter.
Mallard 15
Ring-billed Gull 2
Rock Pigeon 4
Mourning Dove 6
Yellow-billed Cuckoo 1 Lookout switchback trail
Red-bellied Woodpecker 2
Downy Woodpecker 3
Hairy Woodpecker 2
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 4
Eastern Wood-Pewee 1
Alder/Willow Flycatcher (Traill's Flycatcher) 1
Empidonax sp. 2
Great Crested Flycatcher 1
Warbling Vireo 1
Red-eyed Vireo 3
American Crow 2
Black-capped Chickadee 1
Red-breasted Nuthatch 2
White-breasted Nuthatch 1
Carolina Wren 1
Veery 2
American Robin 14
Gray Catbird 4
European Starling 3
Worm-eating Warbler 1 Trail west of Lookout butterfly meadow
Black-and-white Warbler 6
Common Yellowthroat 3
American Redstart 20
Northern Parula 2
Magnolia Warbler 1
Yellow Warbler 2
Chestnut-sided Warbler 1
Palm Warbler 1Northern Cardinal 5
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 1
Baltimore Oriole 1
American Goldfinch 2
House Sparrow 18
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Prospect Park, Kings, US-NY
Sep 6, 2012 6:22 AM - 8:47 AM
Protocol: Traveling
1.5 mile(s)
Comments: <br />Submitted from BirdLog NA for iOS, version 1.4.8
37 species (+2 other taxa)
American Wigeon 1 Female, on lake near Peninsula rustic shelter.
Mallard 15
Ring-billed Gull 2
Rock Pigeon 4
Mourning Dove 6
Yellow-billed Cuckoo 1 Lookout switchback trail
Red-bellied Woodpecker 2
Downy Woodpecker 3
Hairy Woodpecker 2
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 4
Eastern Wood-Pewee 1
Alder/Willow Flycatcher (Traill's Flycatcher) 1
Empidonax sp. 2
Great Crested Flycatcher 1
Warbling Vireo 1
Red-eyed Vireo 3
American Crow 2
Black-capped Chickadee 1
Red-breasted Nuthatch 2
White-breasted Nuthatch 1
Carolina Wren 1
Veery 2
American Robin 14
Gray Catbird 4
European Starling 3
Worm-eating Warbler 1 Trail west of Lookout butterfly meadow
Black-and-white Warbler 6
Common Yellowthroat 3
American Redstart 20
Northern Parula 2
Magnolia Warbler 1
Yellow Warbler 2
Chestnut-sided Warbler 1
Palm Warbler 1Northern Cardinal 5
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 1
Baltimore Oriole 1
American Goldfinch 2
House Sparrow 18
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Results of BBC Fall Thursday walk:
Leading :Peter D.
Prospect Park, Kings, US-NY
Sep 6, 2012 7:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Protocol: Traveling
3.5 mile(s)
Comments: field walk
30 species
Mourning Dove X
Chimney Swift X
Red-bellied Woodpecker X
Downy Woodpecker X
Northern Flicker X
Merlin X
Monk Parakeet X-Lookout Hill
Eastern Wood-Pewee X
Red-eyed Vireo X
Blue Jay X
Tufted Titmouse X
Red-breasted Nuthatch X
House Wren X
Veery X
American Robin X
Gray Catbird X
European Starling X
Cedar Waxwing X
Northern Waterthrush X
Blue-winged Warbler X
Black-and-white Warbler X
Common Yellowthroat X
American Redstart X
Northern Parula X
Yellow Warbler X
Chestnut-sided Warbler X
Black-throated Blue Warbler X
Wilson's Warbler X
Northern Cardinal X
American Goldfinch X
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From Bobbi Manian:
Hi Peter and Rob,
Thanks for leading the walk today, as always it was tons of fun.
Ann and I were the last ones standing at 3:00 today, reenergized when Eni joined us in the afternoon. 53 species not bad for a 'slow' migration day. By the afternoon it felt like they were giving away Northern Waterthrushes (14)!
In addition, i believe Ann had a Tufted Titmouse (heard)
Bobbi
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Subject: eBird Report - Prospect Park, Sep 6, 2012
Prospect Park, Kings, US-NY
Sep 6, 2012 7:00 AM - 3:14 PM
Protocol: Traveling
5.0 mile(s)
Comments: <br />Submitted from BirdLog NA for iOS, version 1.4.4
53 species
Canada Goose 5
Mute Swan 8
Wood Duck 1
Mallard X
Green Heron 2
Black-crowned Night-Heron 2
Osprey 1
Red-tailed Hawk 1
Ring-billed Gull X
Rock Pigeon X
Mourning Dove 4
Chimney Swift 5
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 2
Downy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 1
Monk Parakeet 3
Eastern Wood-Pewee 1
White-eyed Vireo 1
Warbling Vireo 2
Red-eyed Vireo 15
Blue Jay 2
Black-capped Chickadee 1
Red-breasted Nuthatch 3
Carolina Wren 2
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 1
Veery 4
American Robin X
Gray Catbird X
Northern Mockingbird 2
European Starling X
Cedar Waxwing 10
Ovenbird 1
Northern Waterthrush 14
Blue-winged Warbler 2
Black-and-white Warbler 21
Common Yellowthroat 8
American Redstart 25
Northern Parula 12
Magnolia Warbler 1
Yellow Warbler 12
Chestnut-sided Warbler 2
Blackpoll Warbler 1
Black-throated Blue Warbler 2
Wilson's Warbler 1
Song Sparrow 2
Scarlet Tanager 1
Northern Cardinal 7
Red-winged Blackbird 1
Common Grackle 1
Baltimore Oriole 1
American Goldfinch 8
House Sparrow X
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Peters list Post BBC walk
Prospect Park, Kings, US-NY
Sep 6, 2012
Protocol: Incidental
Comments: Post field BBC walk
21 species
Wood Duck 5 Upper Pool
Chimney Swift X
Northern Flicker 2
Red-eyed Vireo 3
Blue Jay X
Red-breasted Nuthatch 1
House Wren 1
Veery 1
Swainson's Thrush 1 9th street nursery
American Robin X
Gray Catbird X
Black-and-white Warbler 7
Common Yellowthroat 3
American Redstart X
Northern Parula 2
Chestnut-sided Warbler 1
Blackpoll Warbler 1 Butterfly Meadow
Northern Cardinal 3
Common Grackle 1
American Goldfinch X
House Sparrow X
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Wednesday, September 5, 2012
Prospect Sept 5th Good Afternoons !
After work is becoming a fine time for me now. For the 2nd consecutive day, considering that birding isn’t always great in midafternoons, I get a little excitement.
I now shifted my homeward route to pass by the Falkill Falls and Center drive habitats. From the Three Arch Bridge, I happened to look up and noted 6 COMMON NIGHTHAWKS (CONI) flying over. It turns out they were feeding pretty high up with the hordes of CHIMNEY SWIFTS. It was overcast, perhaps this spurring the nighthawks to come out earlier than usual. But, I get to the Nethermead: its teeming with small flies, an explosive hatch out, in the 10s of thousands... Started to make me itch. As I crossed the Nethermead triangle, I count three more NIGHTHAWKS among Ring-billed Gulls over the Lullwater. Conservatively, my Nine...
Bobbi answered my tweet, and we watched the sky. We didn’t see any CONI, but a BALTIMORE ORIOLE, RED EYED VIREO & a few warblers appeared along the south tree edge. We parted as I needed to get home.
But I had to stop in my tracks ...again... For above the Maryland Monument, I see a soaring hawk: it’s a buteo. It turns out to be a BROAD-WINGED HAWK, soaring upward for yonder till it dropped out of its helix over the Peninsula meadow, & straight southeast over Breeze Hill. A few good sighting; some appreciation as I headed home.
Other reports, under slow action, came from Lookout Hill mulch path. Rob Bate reported a YELLOW-THROATED VIREO and WILSONS WARBLER.
This morning, along the south lakeshore by three Sisters Island, NORTHERN PARULA and BLACKPOLL WARBLERS showed up.
However, the Lake yielded its own worth. While I took a quick look, a drake AMERICAN WIGEON flew in, later seen in the later afternoon feeding with a WOOD DUCK by Three Sisters. 2 NORTHERN SHOVELERS fed upon duckweed near the west shore.
Speaking of Wood Duck, 5 are still in Upper Pool, 4 feeding on duckweed (must be delicious stuff), and one perched on the fallen Oak, 6 all together in the park.
Prospect Park, Kings, US-NY
Sep 5, 2012
Protocol: Incidental
32 species
Canada Goose X
Mute Swan 6
Wood Duck 6
American Wigeon 1
Mallard X
Northern Shoveler 2
Broad-winged Hawk 1
Ring-billed Gull X
Rock Pigeon X
Mourning Dove X
Common Nighthawk 9
Chimney Swift 300 gnat or fly hatch out over Nethermead
Downy Woodpecker 1
Red-eyed Vireo 2
Blue Jay 1
Tree Swallow 1
Barn Swallow X
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 1
Veery 1
American Robin X
Gray Catbird X
European Starling X
Northern Waterthrush 1
Black-and-white Warbler 4
Common Yellowthroat 3
American Redstart 5
Northern Parula 2
Yellow Warbler 1
Blackpoll Warbler 1
Northern Cardinal X
Baltimore Oriole 2
House Sparrow X
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I now shifted my homeward route to pass by the Falkill Falls and Center drive habitats. From the Three Arch Bridge, I happened to look up and noted 6 COMMON NIGHTHAWKS (CONI) flying over. It turns out they were feeding pretty high up with the hordes of CHIMNEY SWIFTS. It was overcast, perhaps this spurring the nighthawks to come out earlier than usual. But, I get to the Nethermead: its teeming with small flies, an explosive hatch out, in the 10s of thousands... Started to make me itch. As I crossed the Nethermead triangle, I count three more NIGHTHAWKS among Ring-billed Gulls over the Lullwater. Conservatively, my Nine...
Bobbi answered my tweet, and we watched the sky. We didn’t see any CONI, but a BALTIMORE ORIOLE, RED EYED VIREO & a few warblers appeared along the south tree edge. We parted as I needed to get home.
But I had to stop in my tracks ...again... For above the Maryland Monument, I see a soaring hawk: it’s a buteo. It turns out to be a BROAD-WINGED HAWK, soaring upward for yonder till it dropped out of its helix over the Peninsula meadow, & straight southeast over Breeze Hill. A few good sighting; some appreciation as I headed home.
Other reports, under slow action, came from Lookout Hill mulch path. Rob Bate reported a YELLOW-THROATED VIREO and WILSONS WARBLER.
This morning, along the south lakeshore by three Sisters Island, NORTHERN PARULA and BLACKPOLL WARBLERS showed up.
However, the Lake yielded its own worth. While I took a quick look, a drake AMERICAN WIGEON flew in, later seen in the later afternoon feeding with a WOOD DUCK by Three Sisters. 2 NORTHERN SHOVELERS fed upon duckweed near the west shore.
Speaking of Wood Duck, 5 are still in Upper Pool, 4 feeding on duckweed (must be delicious stuff), and one perched on the fallen Oak, 6 all together in the park.
Prospect Park, Kings, US-NY
Sep 5, 2012
Protocol: Incidental
32 species
Canada Goose X
Mute Swan 6
Wood Duck 6
American Wigeon 1
Mallard X
Northern Shoveler 2
Broad-winged Hawk 1
Ring-billed Gull X
Rock Pigeon X
Mourning Dove X
Common Nighthawk 9
Chimney Swift 300 gnat or fly hatch out over Nethermead
Downy Woodpecker 1
Red-eyed Vireo 2
Blue Jay 1
Tree Swallow 1
Barn Swallow X
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 1
Veery 1
American Robin X
Gray Catbird X
European Starling X
Northern Waterthrush 1
Black-and-white Warbler 4
Common Yellowthroat 3
American Redstart 5
Northern Parula 2
Yellow Warbler 1
Blackpoll Warbler 1
Northern Cardinal X
Baltimore Oriole 2
House Sparrow X
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Brooklyn Bird Club evening fall programs
Brooklyn Bird Club has an exciting autumn evening program that just went up on the BBC website. Check out the link (click on it) and we hope we will see you at the Litchfield Villa the next three month dates ( starting with this month).
Peter
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Connecticut Warbler RECORDS ( no sighting 2day in case you got excited :) )
I forgot to catch up with this. A check of the records for the early bird seen last weekend.
The 9/1 COWA was not the earliest record , instead preceded by 3 much earlier records plus one on the same date as the recent bird. The earliest ever was Aug 16th 2003 in the BBGarden native flora section. Below are the records for your curiosity:
Aug 16th 2003, BBGarden obs Ed Crowne and Jerry Layton
Aug 25th ,1997 Peninsula obs Doug and Robert Gochfeld
Aug 28th, 2003 Nethermead Br west woods, Peter Dorosh
Sept 1st, 2007 Center Dr bridle trail, obs Ed Crowne & Phil Pane
(Note same day as last weekend's bird)
The 9/1 COWA was not the earliest record , instead preceded by 3 much earlier records plus one on the same date as the recent bird. The earliest ever was Aug 16th 2003 in the BBGarden native flora section. Below are the records for your curiosity:
Aug 16th 2003, BBGarden obs Ed Crowne and Jerry Layton
Aug 25th ,1997 Peninsula obs Doug and Robert Gochfeld
Aug 28th, 2003 Nethermead Br west woods, Peter Dorosh
Sept 1st, 2007 Center Dr bridle trail, obs Ed Crowne & Phil Pane
(Note same day as last weekend's bird)
Tuesday, September 4, 2012
Prospect Sept 4th Between and during the Raindrops
When it rains, it's as good as it gets.
Between the raindrops and then at the end of my work shift to the tune of "Raindrops Keep falling on my head” (hat tip to composer Hal David who passed this week), I had some nice moments.
This morning, with a few minutes here and there, I saw a few good warblers. At the bottom of the slope path meeting Center Drive, in the left woods corner, deep inside among leaf clutter and limbs, a WORM-EATING WARBLER stayed in view for a few minutes. While OVENBIRD, MAGNOLIA and COMMON YELLOWTHROAT mingled close to me, my eyes fixated instead on the Worm-eating, the best view I had this season of this bird. Up the path, later on, when I stopped to check the Falkill Falls site, a gorgeous and fine looking LOUISIANA WATERTHRUSH flew in and landed on a boulder next to the falls, staying awhile, doing its usual tail bobbing: A great looking bird, quite clean looking, and with a bright white supercilium. Later, I found another LOWA in the Peninsula, a different bird. NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH did showed today, on the creek below Esdale Bridge.
During an afternoon check of the woods at southwest Quaker Cemetery, an empidonax landed on the cemetery fence, and it was good seeing in the soft light, a YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER in close view. Nice pickup for that sighting .
But it was after work, as raindrops came down that I experienced the beauty of fall migration without the need for a rare bird pursuit. Before entering the Falkill falls area, a flash of blue and an INDIGO BUNTING male, molting, flew out within the wildflower meadow adjacent the Upper Pool, ;then a female joined in, in all soothing buffy brown, very pretty for a fall bird, one species I find enjoyable to watch , both INBU perched in the Red Maple.
The triangle of Nethermead came alive with a few bird species, nevertheless much appreciated for me to see "rain-proof” bird action under falling raindrops. Two twins of trees combined at the east and west triangle points had AMERICAN REDSTARTS, close to ten and NORTHERN PARULAs, 4 on the same dead branch of the stressed Sugar Maple, the Parulas surrounding & picking at a spider web among the twigs, amazing watching that collective. It was back and forth action to the neighborly Black Walnut as I watched for over an hour. A YELLOW WARBLER, with the accompaniment of redstarts in this young sugar maple tree, joined in ; As I watched the warbler action, I caught sight of a flyover COMMON NIGHTHAWK. Oh, I forgot to add seen in those trees as well, WARBLING VIREO and BLUE-GRAY GNATCATCHER joining in the fun. Finally my umbrella going up in response to heavier drops,departing for home, made my after work birding a great afternoon and surprising experience.
Prospect Park, Kings, US-NY Sep 4, 2012 Protocol: Incidental 34 species
Canada Goose 24
Mute Swan 6
Wood Duck 5
Mallard X
Mourning Dove X
Common Nighthawk 1
Chimney Swift 100
Downy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 2
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher 1
Warbling Vireo 1
Blue Jay 2
Barn Swallow 25
House Wren 1
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 1
Veery 1
American Robin X
Gray Catbird X
Northern Mockingbird 1
European Starling X
Ovenbird 2
Worm-eating Warbler 1
Northern Waterthrush 1
Black-and-white Warbler 2
Common Yellowthroat 3
American Redstart 12
Northern Parula 7
Magnolia Warbler 1
Yellow Warbler 1
Northern Cardinal 3
Indigo Bunting 2
Common Grackle 2
Brown-headed Cowbird 5
House Sparrow X
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Between the raindrops and then at the end of my work shift to the tune of "Raindrops Keep falling on my head” (hat tip to composer Hal David who passed this week), I had some nice moments.
This morning, with a few minutes here and there, I saw a few good warblers. At the bottom of the slope path meeting Center Drive, in the left woods corner, deep inside among leaf clutter and limbs, a WORM-EATING WARBLER stayed in view for a few minutes. While OVENBIRD, MAGNOLIA and COMMON YELLOWTHROAT mingled close to me, my eyes fixated instead on the Worm-eating, the best view I had this season of this bird. Up the path, later on, when I stopped to check the Falkill Falls site, a gorgeous and fine looking LOUISIANA WATERTHRUSH flew in and landed on a boulder next to the falls, staying awhile, doing its usual tail bobbing: A great looking bird, quite clean looking, and with a bright white supercilium. Later, I found another LOWA in the Peninsula, a different bird. NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH did showed today, on the creek below Esdale Bridge.
During an afternoon check of the woods at southwest Quaker Cemetery, an empidonax landed on the cemetery fence, and it was good seeing in the soft light, a YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER in close view. Nice pickup for that sighting .
But it was after work, as raindrops came down that I experienced the beauty of fall migration without the need for a rare bird pursuit. Before entering the Falkill falls area, a flash of blue and an INDIGO BUNTING male, molting, flew out within the wildflower meadow adjacent the Upper Pool, ;then a female joined in, in all soothing buffy brown, very pretty for a fall bird, one species I find enjoyable to watch , both INBU perched in the Red Maple.
The triangle of Nethermead came alive with a few bird species, nevertheless much appreciated for me to see "rain-proof” bird action under falling raindrops. Two twins of trees combined at the east and west triangle points had AMERICAN REDSTARTS, close to ten and NORTHERN PARULAs, 4 on the same dead branch of the stressed Sugar Maple, the Parulas surrounding & picking at a spider web among the twigs, amazing watching that collective. It was back and forth action to the neighborly Black Walnut as I watched for over an hour. A YELLOW WARBLER, with the accompaniment of redstarts in this young sugar maple tree, joined in ; As I watched the warbler action, I caught sight of a flyover COMMON NIGHTHAWK. Oh, I forgot to add seen in those trees as well, WARBLING VIREO and BLUE-GRAY GNATCATCHER joining in the fun. Finally my umbrella going up in response to heavier drops,departing for home, made my after work birding a great afternoon and surprising experience.
Prospect Park, Kings, US-NY Sep 4, 2012 Protocol: Incidental 34 species
Canada Goose 24
Mute Swan 6
Wood Duck 5
Mallard X
Mourning Dove X
Common Nighthawk 1
Chimney Swift 100
Downy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 2
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher 1
Warbling Vireo 1
Blue Jay 2
Barn Swallow 25
House Wren 1
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 1
Veery 1
American Robin X
Gray Catbird X
Northern Mockingbird 1
European Starling X
Ovenbird 2
Worm-eating Warbler 1
Northern Waterthrush 1
Black-and-white Warbler 2
Common Yellowthroat 3
American Redstart 12
Northern Parula 7
Magnolia Warbler 1
Yellow Warbler 1
Northern Cardinal 3
Indigo Bunting 2
Common Grackle 2
Brown-headed Cowbird 5
House Sparrow X
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Monday, September 3, 2012
Parking permits at Tilden and Breezy Point units
During summers after May 15th thru Sept 15th ( this is apparently changed or only for Breezy Pt) , you cannot park freely in any parking lot in Fort Tilden or Breezy Point . The lots regularly used by birders traditionally is for fishermen during summer peak. ( this is too bad for birders wanting to see breeding terns, piping plover, etc)
Today while desiring to park at Breezy Pt lot ( 222nd road ), I inquired at Floyd Bennett Ryan Ctr for a "day permit" which was a policy agreed upon years ago at Tilden office ( now closed) but now no longer available. To make a long story short , after I spoke with a supervising ranger, I was told that the Breezy lot is ok to park in after 9/1 according to her regulations booklet .
There is also something called a Special Use permit available for $50.00 , the same amount fishermen pay for their parking permit (bumper sticker) . Special Use expires June 30/2013... so there is no need to buy this now with the approaching 9/15 deadline (listed on lot signs but quietly u can after 9/1) but with info that I obtained today it was ok for Breezy parking now, the permit fee is moot UNLESS you intend to bird Breezy or Tilden thru the summer bet May 15th thru Sept 1st (or 15th).. If on the latter summer peak birding , then download the application from the link attached and pay up next early May and wait 10 days for the dashboard permit.Since we use those areas, consider it a donation...and good faith.Fishermen pay, so....
http://www.nps.gov/gate/planyourvisit/upload/SPU-General-Application-Form-10-930-GATE-JABA.pdf
Today while desiring to park at Breezy Pt lot ( 222nd road ), I inquired at Floyd Bennett Ryan Ctr for a "day permit" which was a policy agreed upon years ago at Tilden office ( now closed) but now no longer available. To make a long story short , after I spoke with a supervising ranger, I was told that the Breezy lot is ok to park in after 9/1 according to her regulations booklet .
There is also something called a Special Use permit available for $50.00 , the same amount fishermen pay for their parking permit (bumper sticker) . Special Use expires June 30/2013... so there is no need to buy this now with the approaching 9/15 deadline (listed on lot signs but quietly u can after 9/1) but with info that I obtained today it was ok for Breezy parking now, the permit fee is moot UNLESS you intend to bird Breezy or Tilden thru the summer bet May 15th thru Sept 1st (or 15th).. If on the latter summer peak birding , then download the application from the link attached and pay up next early May and wait 10 days for the dashboard permit.Since we use those areas, consider it a donation...and good faith.Fishermen pay, so....
http://www.nps.gov/gate/planyourvisit/upload/SPU-General-Application-Form-10-930-GATE-JABA.pdf
Sunday, September 2, 2012
Prospect Sept 2nd, continuing "other" warbler delights
This morning, birders Mike Y and Paige L found a few good warblers, one still hanging about and for "other" two good quality birds, respectively rare and uncomon finds.
First the continuing hung out warbler is the GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER , the female that has been hanging about the Ricks Place perimeter, a length of a long personal vacation, 2 weeks at least in this general area. The bird was seen along the Midwood slope or path below the Tunnel Arch stairs.
Also reported , a male HOODED WARBLER , less rare than the Golden bird, and uncommon WORM-EATING WARBLER in this Midwood trail near the steps from what info I gathered.
After a day writing to get the club newsletter done after a day late my deadline, I ventured out in Prospect midafternoon. A first stop into the Peninsula yielded single ground birds of OVENBIRD, NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH, COMMON YELLOWTHROAT along the lakeside, and followed by higher up birds of NORTHERN PARULA, YELLOW, etc.
Donna E joined me and we proceeded thru , until a small activity of birds occured at the sumac grove, where three BLUE-GRAY GNATCATCHER delighted us.Keir showed up and after seeing WHITE-EYED VIREO in the Chinese peppercorn tree,our threesome went up to the base of the Switchback Trail; here a CANADA WARBLER appeared, a female SCARLET TANAGER with a CHESTNUT -SIDED WARBLER in a locust above the Monument, then up the trail a number of birds became active, mostly AMERICAN GOLDFINCHES outnumbering AMERICAN REDSTARTS and one BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLER.
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Fro Mike Yuan:
Slowish this morning, but some pockets of fun on Lookout Hill on the
path east of Butterfly Meadow. Paige Linden and I had the good
fortune of finding a female Golden-winged, a Worm-eating, and a male
Hooded Warbler in the same bush near the dirt path that runs through
the Midwood from the broken stairs/Tunnel arch. Shortly after, we
viewed a Yellow-bellied Flycatcher next to the broken stairs, and
refound the Worm-eating and a second one on our second pass of the
dirt path.
-Mike
Prospect Park, Kings, US-NY
Sep 2, 2012 6:55 AM - 1:10 PM
Protocol: Traveling
5.0 mile(s)
Comments:
Submitted from BirdLog NA for iOS, version 1.4.8
55 species (+1 other taxa)
Canada Goose 8
Wood Duck 6
Mallard 6
Green Heron 1
Osprey 1
Red-tailed Hawk 3
Ring-billed Gull 1
Herring Gull (American) 2
Rock Pigeon 6
Mourning Dove 15
Chimney Swift 10
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 2
Downy Woodpecker 4
Hairy Woodpecker 2
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 1
Eastern Wood-Pewee 1
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher 1
Empidonax sp. 4
Great Crested Flycatcher 2
White-eyed Vireo 1
Warbling Vireo 4
Red-eyed Vireo 8
Blue Jay 3
Black-capped Chickadee 12
Red-breasted Nuthatch 7
House Wren 4
Carolina Wren 1
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 2
Veery 4
Swainson's Thrush 1
American Robin 40
Gray Catbird 20
European Starling 8
Cedar Waxwing 1
Ovenbird 3
Worm-eating Warbler 2
Northern Waterthrush 9
Golden-winged Warbler 1
Black-and-white Warbler 11
Common Yellowthroat 8
Hooded Warbler 1
American Redstart 12
Northern Parula 1
Magnolia Warbler 1
Black-throated Blue Warbler 2
Canada Warbler 4
Wilson's Warbler 1Scarlet Tanager 1
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 1
Red-winged Blackbird 2
Common Grackle 2
Baltimore Oriole 2
American Goldfinch 7
House Sparrow 15
This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org)
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Peter's list
Mostly Peninsula/south Lookout MM
also obs Donna Evans, Keir Randall
Prospect Park, Kings, US-NY
Sep 2, 2012 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Protocol: Traveling
1.6 mile(s)
29 species
Mallard X
Green Heron 1- Peninsula
Spotted Sandpiper 1 Peninsula
Mourning Dove X
Chimney Swift X
Eastern Wood-Pewee 1 Lookout
White-eyed Vireo 1 Sumac Grove
Red-eyed Vireo 1
Red-breasted Nuthatch 1
House Wren 2 MMt
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 3 Sumacs
Veery 1
American Robin X
Gray Catbird X
European Starling X
Ovenbird 1
Northern Waterthrush 2
Black-and-white Warbler 3
Common Yellowthroat 3
American Redstart 7
Northern Parula 1
Magnolia Warbler 1
Yellow Warbler 1
Chestnut-sided Warbler 1
Black-throated Green Warbler 1 Switchback Tr
Canada Warbler 1 Switch tr
Scarlet Tanager 1 MMt
Northern Cardinal 3
American Goldfinch 11
This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird
First the continuing hung out warbler is the GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER , the female that has been hanging about the Ricks Place perimeter, a length of a long personal vacation, 2 weeks at least in this general area. The bird was seen along the Midwood slope or path below the Tunnel Arch stairs.
Also reported , a male HOODED WARBLER , less rare than the Golden bird, and uncommon WORM-EATING WARBLER in this Midwood trail near the steps from what info I gathered.
After a day writing to get the club newsletter done after a day late my deadline, I ventured out in Prospect midafternoon. A first stop into the Peninsula yielded single ground birds of OVENBIRD, NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH, COMMON YELLOWTHROAT along the lakeside, and followed by higher up birds of NORTHERN PARULA, YELLOW, etc.
Donna E joined me and we proceeded thru , until a small activity of birds occured at the sumac grove, where three BLUE-GRAY GNATCATCHER delighted us.Keir showed up and after seeing WHITE-EYED VIREO in the Chinese peppercorn tree,our threesome went up to the base of the Switchback Trail; here a CANADA WARBLER appeared, a female SCARLET TANAGER with a CHESTNUT -SIDED WARBLER in a locust above the Monument, then up the trail a number of birds became active, mostly AMERICAN GOLDFINCHES outnumbering AMERICAN REDSTARTS and one BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLER.
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Fro Mike Yuan:
Slowish this morning, but some pockets of fun on Lookout Hill on the
path east of Butterfly Meadow. Paige Linden and I had the good
fortune of finding a female Golden-winged, a Worm-eating, and a male
Hooded Warbler in the same bush near the dirt path that runs through
the Midwood from the broken stairs/Tunnel arch. Shortly after, we
viewed a Yellow-bellied Flycatcher next to the broken stairs, and
refound the Worm-eating and a second one on our second pass of the
dirt path.
-Mike
Prospect Park, Kings, US-NY
Sep 2, 2012 6:55 AM - 1:10 PM
Protocol: Traveling
5.0 mile(s)
Comments:
Submitted from BirdLog NA for iOS, version 1.4.8
55 species (+1 other taxa)
Canada Goose 8
Wood Duck 6
Mallard 6
Green Heron 1
Osprey 1
Red-tailed Hawk 3
Ring-billed Gull 1
Herring Gull (American) 2
Rock Pigeon 6
Mourning Dove 15
Chimney Swift 10
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 2
Downy Woodpecker 4
Hairy Woodpecker 2
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 1
Eastern Wood-Pewee 1
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher 1
Empidonax sp. 4
Great Crested Flycatcher 2
White-eyed Vireo 1
Warbling Vireo 4
Red-eyed Vireo 8
Blue Jay 3
Black-capped Chickadee 12
Red-breasted Nuthatch 7
House Wren 4
Carolina Wren 1
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 2
Veery 4
Swainson's Thrush 1
American Robin 40
Gray Catbird 20
European Starling 8
Cedar Waxwing 1
Ovenbird 3
Worm-eating Warbler 2
Northern Waterthrush 9
Golden-winged Warbler 1
Black-and-white Warbler 11
Common Yellowthroat 8
Hooded Warbler 1
American Redstart 12
Northern Parula 1
Magnolia Warbler 1
Black-throated Blue Warbler 2
Canada Warbler 4
Wilson's Warbler 1Scarlet Tanager 1
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 1
Red-winged Blackbird 2
Common Grackle 2
Baltimore Oriole 2
American Goldfinch 7
House Sparrow 15
This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org)
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Peter's list
Mostly Peninsula/south Lookout MM
also obs Donna Evans, Keir Randall
Prospect Park, Kings, US-NY
Sep 2, 2012 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Protocol: Traveling
1.6 mile(s)
29 species
Mallard X
Green Heron 1- Peninsula
Spotted Sandpiper 1 Peninsula
Mourning Dove X
Chimney Swift X
Eastern Wood-Pewee 1 Lookout
White-eyed Vireo 1 Sumac Grove
Red-eyed Vireo 1
Red-breasted Nuthatch 1
House Wren 2 MMt
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 3 Sumacs
Veery 1
American Robin X
Gray Catbird X
European Starling X
Ovenbird 1
Northern Waterthrush 2
Black-and-white Warbler 3
Common Yellowthroat 3
American Redstart 7
Northern Parula 1
Magnolia Warbler 1
Yellow Warbler 1
Chestnut-sided Warbler 1
Black-throated Green Warbler 1 Switchback Tr
Canada Warbler 1 Switch tr
Scarlet Tanager 1 MMt
Northern Cardinal 3
American Goldfinch 11
This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird
Saturday, September 1, 2012
Prospect Sept 1st early COWA + warbler quality
A very --at least a week --early CONNECTICUT WARBLER (COWA) appeared in Prospect, a female immature in the Peninsula, in a triangular brushy habitat before the "thumb" around 830 am. First seen by Tom Preston and Matthew Rymkiewizc, it was quite cooperative for them, walking the woods trail openly. Then after , throughout the day, the COWA got more skittish --flying away upon human approach to another section--, even though a number of birders saw glimpses and decent looks in the underbrush. I was only able to catch its tail and undercovert ( I guess I should count it then ;) ) as it walked under the fallen timber after I went back from a 1230 email from Chaoyan Dong who saw the rare bird with Queens County Birders Dennis Miller nd Jeff Ritter. Several birders were delighted with the post report in the late afternoon seeing COWA. A southweast wind may keep this bird on turf, and likley some success Sunday morning. Its a maybe worth checking.
Look for the trash can for the general area , along the woods trail along the lakeside. Both the woods left and right were COWA turf.
This Connecticut greatly overshadowed a MOURNING WARBLER reported by Matthew at the east side of Terrace Bridge seen earlier than COWA, in the breeze Hill section at 7am. And add to this rare warbler, HOODED WARBLER, a female in the Vale Cashmere reported by Rafael where he also saw , along with Rob Bate a perched BROADWINGED HAWK in the Vale.OLIVE -SIDED FLYCATCHER reported by Ed Crowne's BBC walk , over the Lookout Hill "switchback" trail , same as yesterday's report. YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO also made a quality list, seen by Ann Murray and Bobbi Manian along the Center Drive between the Cemetery main gate and Lookout Hill's west slope.
A good day for warblers, my unaware of it a northwest wind day due to a busy Friday for me.
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From Rafael:
Look for the trash can for the general area , along the woods trail along the lakeside. Both the woods left and right were COWA turf.
This Connecticut greatly overshadowed a MOURNING WARBLER reported by Matthew at the east side of Terrace Bridge seen earlier than COWA, in the breeze Hill section at 7am. And add to this rare warbler, HOODED WARBLER, a female in the Vale Cashmere reported by Rafael where he also saw , along with Rob Bate a perched BROADWINGED HAWK in the Vale.OLIVE -SIDED FLYCATCHER reported by Ed Crowne's BBC walk , over the Lookout Hill "switchback" trail , same as yesterday's report. YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO also made a quality list, seen by Ann Murray and Bobbi Manian along the Center Drive between the Cemetery main gate and Lookout Hill's west slope.
A good day for warblers, my unaware of it a northwest wind day due to a busy Friday for me.
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From Rafael:
Another exceptional day (morning!!) in Prospect Park. I tallied 15 sps of warblers (missed Connecticut, Nashville, Blue-winged). Two sps of Empidonax flycatchers: Yellow-bellied & Least.
Prospect Park, Brooklyn, Kings, US-NY
Sep 1, 2012 8:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Protocol: Traveling
3.0 kilometer(s)
Sep 1, 2012 8:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Protocol: Traveling
3.0 kilometer(s)
Main Observer: Rafael G. Campos
Comments: After a Connecticut Warbler was reported in the Peninsula area, I went there, and joined forces with Peter D., Keir R., Rob B, Dennis, and others. No luck with the COWA.
40 species
Canada Goose (Branta canadensis) X
Wood Duck (Aix sponsa) 9
Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) X
Green Heron (Butorides virescens) 1 Lower Lullwater
Broad-winged Hawk (Buteo platypterus) 1 Juvenile, perched on a low branch (photos taken) in the Vale of Cashmere. Seen with Rob Bate.
Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) 1 Flyover Lookout Hill
Rock Pigeon (Columba livia) X
Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) X
Belted Kingfisher (Megaceryle alcyon) 1 Flyover Nethermead
Red-bellied Woodpecker (Melanerpes carolinus) 2
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher (Empidonax flaviventris) 1 Near Vale, eye level.
Least Flycatcher (Empidonax minimus) 1 Edge of the Nethermead, and the horse path near Quaker Hill
Warbling Vireo (Eastern) (Vireo gilvus gilvus) 5
Red-eyed Vireo (Vireo olivaceus) 1
Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) X
Veery (Catharus fuscescens) 1
American Robin (Turdus migratorius) X
Gray Catbird (Dumetella carolinensis) X
European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris) X
Ovenbird (Seiurus aurocapilla) 1
Northern Waterthrush (Parkesia noveboracensis) 4
Black-and-white Warbler (Mniotilta varia) 3
Tennessee Warbler (Oreothlypis peregrina) 2
Common Yellowthroat (Geothlypis trichas) 4
Hooded Warbler (Setophaga citrina) 1 Female, seen a close range; Vale.
American Redstart (Setophaga ruticilla) 7
Northern Parula (Setophaga americana) 2
Magnolia Warbler (Setophaga magnolia) 3
Bay-breasted Warbler (Setophaga castanea) 1
Yellow Warbler (Setophaga petechia) 1
Chestnut-sided Warbler (Setophaga pensylvanica) 2
Black-throated Blue Warbler (Setophaga caerulescens) 4
Canada Warbler (Cardellina canadensis) 3
Wilson's Warbler (Cardellina pusilla) 2
Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) X
Common Grackle (Quiscalus quiscula) 8
Baltimore Oriole (Icterus galbula) 1 Vale
House Finch (Haemorhous mexicanus) 1
American Goldfinch (Spinus tristis) X
House Sparrow (Passer domesticus) X
Brooklyn is great birding!!!!
Comments: After a Connecticut Warbler was reported in the Peninsula area, I went there, and joined forces with Peter D., Keir R., Rob B, Dennis, and others. No luck with the COWA.
40 species
Canada Goose (Branta canadensis) X
Wood Duck (Aix sponsa) 9
Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) X
Green Heron (Butorides virescens) 1 Lower Lullwater
Broad-winged Hawk (Buteo platypterus) 1 Juvenile, perched on a low branch (photos taken) in the Vale of Cashmere. Seen with Rob Bate.
Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) 1 Flyover Lookout Hill
Rock Pigeon (Columba livia) X
Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) X
Belted Kingfisher (Megaceryle alcyon) 1 Flyover Nethermead
Red-bellied Woodpecker (Melanerpes carolinus) 2
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher (Empidonax flaviventris) 1 Near Vale, eye level.
Least Flycatcher (Empidonax minimus) 1 Edge of the Nethermead, and the horse path near Quaker Hill
Warbling Vireo (Eastern) (Vireo gilvus gilvus) 5
Red-eyed Vireo (Vireo olivaceus) 1
Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) X
Veery (Catharus fuscescens) 1
American Robin (Turdus migratorius) X
Gray Catbird (Dumetella carolinensis) X
European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris) X
Ovenbird (Seiurus aurocapilla) 1
Northern Waterthrush (Parkesia noveboracensis) 4
Black-and-white Warbler (Mniotilta varia) 3
Tennessee Warbler (Oreothlypis peregrina) 2
Common Yellowthroat (Geothlypis trichas) 4
Hooded Warbler (Setophaga citrina) 1 Female, seen a close range; Vale.
American Redstart (Setophaga ruticilla) 7
Northern Parula (Setophaga americana) 2
Magnolia Warbler (Setophaga magnolia) 3
Bay-breasted Warbler (Setophaga castanea) 1
Yellow Warbler (Setophaga petechia) 1
Chestnut-sided Warbler (Setophaga pensylvanica) 2
Black-throated Blue Warbler (Setophaga caerulescens) 4
Canada Warbler (Cardellina canadensis) 3
Wilson's Warbler (Cardellina pusilla) 2
Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) X
Common Grackle (Quiscalus quiscula) 8
Baltimore Oriole (Icterus galbula) 1 Vale
House Finch (Haemorhous mexicanus) 1
American Goldfinch (Spinus tristis) X
House Sparrow (Passer domesticus) X
Brooklyn is great birding!!!!
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From Chaoyan Dong:
RE Connecticut Warbler
Relocated 12:30 brush patch at pen thumb tip on ground and in tree
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