Results of BBC Tuesday walk

Leading : Bobbi  Manian

Hi Peter and Rob

We had 13 people on the walk yesterday including a couple visiting from Sweden.  It was overall more quiet than last week, i guess the winds have not been favorable.  But we did tally 60 species including 8 warblers.   It looks like the winds won't turn until the weekend :-(

best bobbi

On Tuesday, April 28, 2015 7:11 PM, "ebird-checklist@cornell.edu" <ebird-checklist@cornell.edu> wrote:

Prospect Park, Kings, US-NY
Apr 28, 2015 7:06 AM - 12:15 PM
Protocol: Traveling
4.0 mile(s)
Comments:    <br />Submitted from BirdLog NA for iOS, version 1.8
59 species (+1 other taxa)

Canada Goose  5
Mute Swan  2
Wood Duck  3
Mallard  2
Ruddy Duck  6
Double-crested Cormorant  1
Black-crowned Night-Heron  2
Red-tailed Hawk  2
American Coot  1
Laughing Gull  4
Herring Gull  1
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  X
Mourning Dove  X
Chimney Swift  5
Belted Kingfisher  1
Red-bellied Woodpecker  1
Downy Woodpecker  1
Hairy Woodpecker  1
Northern Flicker  2
American Kestrel  1
Merlin  1
Monk Parakeet  3
Blue-headed Vireo  5
Warbling Vireo  1
Red-eyed Vireo  1
Blue Jay  3
Fish Crow  6
Tree Swallow  2
Barn Swallow  5
Black-capped Chickadee  1
Tufted Titmouse  1
White-breasted Nuthatch  1
House Wren  2
Carolina Wren  1
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher  4
Ruby-crowned Kinglet  5
Hermit Thrush  3
American Robin  27
European Starling  X
Northern Waterthrush  1
Louisiana/Northern Waterthrush  1
Black-and-white Warbler  3
Northern Parula  3
Yellow Warbler  2
Palm Warbler  17
Pine Warbler  2
Yellow-rumped Warbler  31 
Eastern Towhee  1
Chipping Sparrow  7
Song Sparrow  1
Swamp Sparrow  1
White-throated Sparrow  31
Dark-eyed Junco  3
Northern Cardinal  7
Red-winged Blackbird  21
Rusty Blackbird  1
Common Grackle  10
Brown-headed Cowbird  4
American Goldfinch  3
House Sparrow  X

View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S23108169

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

Slow day not ready for prime time

Despite a warm day that produced below expectations, ten+ warbler species were reported.Highlighting the warblers, the best and first of season was a BLUE WINGED WARBLER seen in the Peninsula near the shelter road fork ( Joshua.Malbin). It stayed for an hour but wasn't around by noon.

RUSTY BLACKBIRD at the back of Lower Pool offered another good bird opportunity per Joshua .Ed Crowne report flyover COMMON LOON.

Blue winged Warbler just off asphalt path to rustic shelter per ed c. Earlier in peninsula

new link feature

I added a new link right above this note " Recent Prospect Lists" which you can click  for the latest list(s) from the last observer(s) inputting into ebird cornell.  With migration under swing, it helps you get more info on birds that miss this blog for the most part a summary of "events".

Fwd: Prospect Park, Brooklyn, Apr 28, 2015

-----Original Message-----
From: ticornis@yahoo.com
Sent: Tue, Apr 28, 2015 2:35 pm
Subject: Prospect Park, Brooklyn, Apr 28, 2015

Prospect Park, Brooklyn, Kings, US-NY
Apr 28, 2015 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM

Observer: Rafael G Campos
Protocol: Traveling
3.0 kilometer(s)
45 species

Canada Goose (Branta canadensis)  10
Mute Swan (Cygnus olor)  4
Wood Duck (Aix sponsa)  4
Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)  3
Double-crested Cormorant (Phalacrocorax auritus)  1
Black-crowned Night-Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax)  1
Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis)  1
Herring Gull (American) (Larus argentatus smithsonianus)  6
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) (Columba livia (Feral Pigeon))  7
Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura)  12
Chimney Swift (Chaetura pelagica)  2
Belted Kingfisher (Megaceryle alcyon)  1
Red-bellied Woodpecker (Melanerpes carolinus)  2
Downy Woodpecker (Picoides pubescens)  2
Hairy Woodpecker (Picoides villosus)  1
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) (Colaptes auratus auratus/luteus)  9
Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe)  1
Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata)  2
American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos)  1
Tree Swallow (Tachycineta bicolor)  4
Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica)  2
Tufted Titmouse (Baeolophus bicolor)  1
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (Polioptila caerulea)  3
Ruby-crowned Kinglet (Regulus calendula)  4
Hermit Thrush (Catharus guttatus)  13
American Robin (Turdus migratorius)  18
Gray Catbird (Dumetella carolinensis)  1
European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)  3
Northern Waterthrush (Parkesia noveboracensis)  1    Lower Pool.
Black-and-white Warbler (Mniotilta varia)  7
Northern Parula (Setophaga americana)  1    Lullwater cove.
Palm Warbler (Yellow) (Setophaga palmarum hypochrysea)  7
Pine Warbler (Setophaga pinus)  1
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) (Setophaga coronata coronata)  26
Eastern Towhee (Pipilo erythrophthalmus)  3
Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia)  1
Swamp Sparrow (Melospiza georgiana)  3
White-throated Sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis)  22
Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored) (Junco hyemalis hyemalis/carolinensis)  1
Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis)  15
Rose-breasted Grosbeak (Pheucticus ludovicianus)  1    male, Midwood.
Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus)  2
Common Grackle (Quiscalus quiscula)  7
Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater)  8
House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)  6

For more pictures go to: ticornis.tumblr.com

Brooklyn is great birding!!!

uneventful day

An uneventful day that revealed nothing new except for my EASTERN KINGBIRD I spotted briefly flying along the Peninsula lakeshore. Rob Jett reported a BALD EAGLE flyover in Park Slope.

Warblers remain the same mix from the past week; I did see a NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH in the ravine ,then at the Three arches bridge, a high oak feeding NORTHERN PARULA , a great looking male bird.

For anyone still wanting to see a PROTHONOTARY WARBLER,one remains at Greenwood Cemetery Sylvan Water per Rob Jett.

http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S23115696

Eastern Kingbird peninsula meadow lake shore

Blog rules for photos

Dear reader:

Please in the future send me /limit two or three photos of the best photo of birds with a link to your personal gallery if more.

Nowadays I just forward the email to my blog , never download...so I dont want to consume more time necessary with the migration in  full swing and i  get inundated with emails and information,

furthermore, the more than three photos takes up space , pushes good information way down the blog as this blog is a newsboard for information of birds , lists, rarities not a photo gallery...If i get an email with more than 2 or 3 photos, it wont be posted

thanks

--Kingsboider

Fwd: Virginia Rail GWC

-----Original Message-----
From: sandy <sandypac56@gmail.com>
To: prosbird@aol.com Dorosh <prosbird@aol.com>
Cc: prosbird 
Sent: Tue, Apr 28, 2015 1:47 pm
Subject: Virginia Rail

Hi Peter,

It looks like the Virginia Rail was able to leave Greenwood under it's own steam last night as it has not been seen today by several searchers.

Attached are two of my photos from yesterday.  What a treat it was to be able to observe this gorgeous bird at length and in the open.

Sandy Paci

April 26 Ridgewood reservoir walk

From my walk for queens parks dept

http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S23101508

Thanks to Chris laskowski providing the list

greenwood cemetery

KB note. Photos are Prothonotary warbler and Common Yellow throat warbler

-----Original Message-----
From: macrogears@gmail.com
To: Peter Dorosh
Sent: Mon, Apr 27, 2015 2:47 pm
Subject: Thank you

Hi Peter, How are you? Im John, the Borneo guy that you met in Green Wood Cemetery. Just want say thanks for everything. I still got the map that you gave me in Prospect Park. Here are some photos that i took in Green Wood Cemetery... 

Fwd: Prospect Park, Brooklyn, Apr 27, 2015

-----Original Message-----
From: ticornis@yahoo.com
Sent: Mon, Apr 27, 2015 2:43 pm
Subject: Prospect Park, Brooklyn, Apr 27, 2015

A very short walk around the Park.  I did not make to the Lake or Peninsula.  Very similar to the 2 previous walks I made in the Park, as bird species seen.

Prospect Park, Brooklyn, Kings, US-NY
Apr 27, 2015 10:50 AM - 1:00 PM

Observer: Rafael G Campos
Protocol: Traveling
1.5 kilometer(s)
34 species

Canada Goose (Branta canadensis)  2
Mute Swan (Cygnus olor)  1
Wood Duck (Aix sponsa)  7
Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)  2
Great Egret (Ardea alba)  1
Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis)  1
Herring Gull (American) (Larus argentatus smithsonianus)  1
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) (Columba livia (Feral Pigeon))  4
Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura)  2
Belted Kingfisher (Megaceryle alcyon)  1
Red-bellied Woodpecker (Melanerpes carolinus)  2
Downy Woodpecker (Picoides pubescens)  3
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) (Colaptes auratus auratus/luteus)  2
Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata)  5
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (Polioptila caerulea)  1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet (Regulus calendula)  2
Hermit Thrush (Catharus guttatus)  10
American Robin (Turdus migratorius)  12
Brown Thrasher (Toxostoma rufum)  1    Vale.
European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)  2
Northern Waterthrush (Parkesia noveboracensis)  1    Lower Pool.
Black-and-white Warbler (Mniotilta varia)  3
Palm Warbler (Yellow) (Setophaga palmarum hypochrysea)  4
Pine Warbler (Setophaga pinus)  1
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) (Setophaga coronata coronata)  12
Swamp Sparrow (Melospiza georgiana)  2
White-throated Sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis)  16
Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored) (Junco hyemalis hyemalis/carolinensis)  2
Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis)  13
Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus)  3
Rusty Blackbird (Euphagus carolinus)  1    Vale.
Common Grackle (Quiscalus quiscula)  6
American Goldfinch (Spinus tristis)  2
House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)  8

Brooklyn is great birding!!!

Sparrows = warblers

Most startling on this chilly off day for me was the diversity of sparrows. There were equally the same number species as warblers I saw. 8 sparrow species was my total that included FIELD, SAVANNAH  and TOWHEE as top birds.

With sparrows dominating the day, I'm pleased with the day. Sparrow and warblers are favorite bird groups for me. The FIELD numbered two, one at the back of the Peninsula meadow fence and the other in the Vale Cashmere south section. Two EASTERN TOWHEE as well: a female in the West Island benches area, a male inside the Peninsula woods. And the same for SAVANNAH, two again at the Peninsula Rustic shelter. On Nellie's Lawn a flock of CHIPPING fed along with DARK EYED JUNCOS. But  most noticeable were good numbers of WHITE THROATED SPARROWS within the Quaker slope woods and again in the Vale of Cashmere. With the latter, many were feeding high up on beech tree seedlings at the south end. In that same tree , I spotted a male ROSE BREASTED GROSBEAK. That's a cool looking bird to enjoy under the morning overcast skies.Sun finally broke thru at 9:45 am adding warmth to the day.

Sparrows were not the only thing in town. Very early this morning at about 645 am, as I was watching some Yellow rumps warblers-- common today-, five high flying terns  flew over  West Island. First thing to note is the wingtips, whitish that I identified as FORSTER TERNS: an early bird gets the worm moment.

Finally the warblers to mention. Best among the Prospect birds was my first season NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH in the Vale Cashmere pool.I heard from Rob Jett that LOUISIANA WATERTHRUSH still hangs out in the Ravine creek and a NASHVILLE WARBLER in the same area. I wound up with 6 species warblers in Prospect . Adding the Greenwood Cemetery PROTHONOTARY WARBLER at Sylvan Water southeast shoreline, a seven , then another new species  later equals my sparrow species list.

In Greenwood Cemetery,a SPOTTED SANDPIPER with swallows galore including a lone NORTHERN ROUGH WINGED at Sylvan Water accentuates my off day, making it a worthwhile birding day.

By the way, Maureen Matthews reported YELLOW THROATED WARBLER along Forest Ridge avenue when we crossed paths. I went looking with Peter Colen without success , both of us birding GWC the whole time. We did get a great looking male BLACK THROATED GREEN WARBLER in conifers above the south hillside of Sylvan Water.

Back at Prospect ,flyover  COMMON LOON,perched PEREGRINE FALCON and PRAIRIE WARBLER were other day offerings


http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S23095677

Prairie warbler above the Lullwater, feeding in young tree leaves - seen from Nethermead-Peninsula path. Linda E.

Prothonotary warb continues at Greenwood cemetery Sylvan water south shoreline by Herrman crpyt

Peregrine falcon perched BBG Fireman tower empire blvd

Field sparrow ,Rose breasted Grosbeak male vale cashmere south.decent sparrow diversity. 7 species

F/o Common Loon 3 arches nethermead bridge

Purple finch male southwest slope Lookut hill middle trail