Tuesday, May 27, 2014

Today is... : Odd looking Tanager; reports

Today is Rachel Carson;s 107th birdthday .. check out the Google montage webpage search

http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/may/27/rachel-louise-carson-google-doodle

more on Ms Carson : https://www.google.com/search?q=Rachel+Louise+Carson&oi=ddle&ct=rachel-louise-carsons-107th-birthday-6210023252295680-hp&hl=en

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This morning on Butterfly Meadow, I spotted a weird looking very molted Tanager species perched on the Buttefly Mead fence before the bird flew up into the east Pin oak then locust nearby before it took off . Rob Bate was there behind me and spotted briefly the bird down the path later. I noted a red spot on the bird's wing tertiaries. Just reddish and weird looking..that I presumed was a Summer.

From appearance and profile it leans towards Scarlet but keep a heads up if you are up there on Lookout .

GREAT CRESTED FLYCATCHER ( past breeder here) , HOUSE WREN, INDIGO BUNTING ( fem) were some other birds we spotted at Butterfly.

-KB

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From Keir

Location
Prospect Park, Kings County, New York, US Map )
Date and Effort
Tue May 27, 2014 5:55 AM
Protocol:
Traveling
Party Size:
3
Duration:
3 hour(s), 20 minute(s)
Distance:
2.0 mile(s)
Observers:
Keir Randall
Species
59 species (+1 other taxa) total
8
Canada Goose
4
Mute Swan
Breeding Code
FL Confirmed--Recently Fledged Young
1
Wood Duck
5
Mallard
1
Double-crested Cormorant
2
Green Heron
Breeding Code
ON Confirmed--Occupied Nest
2
Black-crowned Night-Heron
3
Spotted Sandpiper
4
Laughing Gull
8
Herring Gull
7
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)
5
Mourning Dove
3
Chimney Swift
4
Red-bellied Woodpecker
1
Downy Woodpecker
1
Hairy Woodpecker
2
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)
3
Eastern Wood-Pewee
3
Empidonax sp.
Including a likely Yellow-bellied, only glimpsed near bottom of switchback trail and a possible Acadian call.
3
Great Crested Flycatcher
2
Eastern Kingbird
7
Warbling Vireo
6
Red-eyed Vireo
7
Blue Jay
1
Tree Swallow
7
Barn Swallow
1
Tufted Titmouse
1
White-breasted Nuthatch
3
House Wren
2
Carolina Wren
1
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
3
Gray-cheeked Thrush
Lookout, Lullwater and Midwood. Two very gray and one with a little red brown in tail but no contrast in face.
2
Swainson's Thrush
2
Wood Thrush
20
American Robin
Breeding Code
FL Confirmed--Recently Fledged Young
8
Gray Catbird
20
European Starling
15
Cedar Waxwing
2
Ovenbird
2
Northern Waterthrush
1
Black-and-white Warbler
6
Common Yellowthroat
7
American Redstart
1
Northern Parula
3
Magnolia Warbler
3
Yellow Warbler
1
Chestnut-sided Warbler
6
Blackpoll Warbler
1
Black-throated Blue Warbler
2
Black-throated Green Warbler
1
Eastern Towhee
4
Song Sparrow
6
Northern Cardinal
2
Indigo Bunting
5
Red-winged Blackbird
4
Common Grackle
5
Brown-headed Cowbird
6
Baltimore Oriole
1
American Goldfinch
8
House Sparrow
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From Adam

Hi All

At 10:45am today I was in the Lullwater Cove (opposite the Rustic Arbor) with my photographer friend Francois Portmann (http://fotoportmann.com/birds/). Francois spotted a cuckoo which on closer inspection turned into a Black-billed. We watched the bird as it moved around the cove, sometimes coming quite low down. As we were about to leave Francois spotted a second cuckoo flying in, though I could not relocate it and identify it.

Not bad for a 15 minute walk in the park.

Cheers

Adam