-----Original Message-----
From: 12toms@gmail.com
To: Peter Dorosh
Sent: Thu, Oct 15, 2015 2:28 pm
Subject: BBC Walk Today
Hi Peter,
Well, as you know, we had a bang-up final Thursday walk today. The weather was fantastic and there were lots of birds around, including some really special ones.
In addition to the park, some of us went to the Brooklyn Botanical Garden's newish grasslands, adjacent to the native gardens. It is a spectacular new birding spot!
Highlights included Red-headed Woodpecker (1st yr bird found by our top spotter, Nina Bai), Vesper, Field and Savannah Sparrows; Eastern Meadowlark, American Widgeon. And at the Botanical Garden, Blue Grosbeak, Dickcissel (2), Indigo Bunting, White-crowned Sparrow, Prairie and Tennessee Warblers. In general there were lots of warblers and kinglets flying around; and there's been a strong influx of Ruddy Ducks and Shovelers on the lake.
All in all we had 74 species including 14 species of warblers and 10 species of sparrows.
Here's the list along with a couple of shots.
Best regards,
Tom
| Black-crowned Night-Heron |
| Canada Goose |
| Mute Swan |
| Wood Duck |
| American Wigeon |
| Mallard |
| Northern Shoveler |
| Ruddy Duck |
| Sharp-shinned Hawk |
| Red-tailed Hawk |
| American Coot |
| Ring-billed Gull |
| Rock Dove |
| Mourning Dove |
| Belted Kingfisher |
| Red-headed Woodpecker |
| Red-bellied Woodpecker |
| Yellow-bellied Sapsucker |
| Downy Woodpecker |
| Northern Flicker |
| Eastern Wood-Pewee |
| Eastern Phoebe |
| Blue-headed Vireo |
| Red-eyed Vireo |
| Blue Jay |
| American Crow |
| Red-breasted Nuthatch |
| White-breasted Nuthatch |
| Brown Creeper |
| House Wren |
| Winter Wren |
| Golden-crowned Kinglet |
| Ruby-crowned Kinglet |
| Swainson's Thrush |
| Hermit Thrush |
| American Robin |
| Gray Catbird |
| Northern Mockingbird |
| European Starling |
| Cedar Waxwing |
| Tennessee Warbler |
| Nashville Warbler |
| Northern Parula |
| Cape May Warbler |
| Black-throated Blue Warbler |
| Yellow-rumped Warbler |
| Black-throated Green Warbler |
| Pine Warbler |
| Prairie Warbler |
| Palm Warbler |
| Blackpoll Warbler |
| American Redstart |
| Common Yellowthroat |
| Wilson's Warbler |
| Scarlet Tanager |
| Eastern Towhee |
| Chipping Sparrow |
| Field Sparrow |
| Vesper Sparrow |
| Savannah Sparrow |
| Song Sparrow |
| Swamp Sparrow |
| White-throated Sparrow |
| White-crowned Sparrow |
| Dark-eyed Junco |
| Northern Cardinal |
| Blue Grosbeak |
| Indigo Bunting |
| Red-winged Blackbird |
| Common Grackle |
| House Finch |
| American Goldfinch |
| House Sparrow |
| Dickcissel |