Happy Halloween birds

Hilight for this day included up to 5 or 6 RUSTY BLACKBIRDS,  several at the Lower Pool, likely also at Upper Pool shores. However Linda Ewing sent a report of perhaps additional Rusties. One was on the West Island cove plastic covering.

See her post :

Hi, Peter! Link to checklist below. Highlights were an abundance of phoebes (five was a conservative count), a northern parula south of the lake, and a total of 7 rusty blackbirds . . . one on the tarp by West island; and a total of six still by the lower pool where you’d seen at least four earlier. I had just finished counting three when another three flew in to join them.

http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S32311868

Linda E.

  Meanwhile over at more appropriate Halloween venue Greenwood Cemetery, Orrin Tilevitz reported 2 AMERICAN WOODCOCK  that most times flush when people walk by.Those woodcocks were at  along Central Avenue and Alcove path. One needs to be lucky for these wayward birds.

Also with my busy weekend schedule, it slipped by me that Gus Keri reported a pair of GREEN WINGD TEALS in the Lullwatre, one drake.

and last most bizarre,  Joshua Malbin reported 5 ROYAL TERNS over Greenwood Cemetery over the weekend.This is a spectacular sighting for the salty species there... but anything is possible with Brooklyn being an "island".

Happy Halloween Folks !  Be safe

Kingsboider

At least 4 Rusty Blackbirds back gate shoreline lower pool prospect

2 more woodcocks flushed gwc central ave and alcove path per orrin

Fwd: today at green-wood

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Fwd: Brooklyn Triple Crown - Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, Oct 30, 2016

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Date:10/30/2016 3:13 PM (GMT-05:00)

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Subject: Brooklyn Triple Crown - Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, Oct 30, 2016

Hi Peter,

we had 23+ birders show up for today's walk in Greenwood.  Lots of new faces, lots of good spotters.  We birded around the 4 waterways.  4 warbler species and 7 sparrow species *AND* we won the Brooklyn Triple Crown - Ruby, Golden and Orange.  

Mary E found 2 Orange Crowned Warblers by the new mausoleums, and somehow we managed to get a rather large group on them.   Attached OCWA photo by Karen O

best,

Bobbi

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Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, Kings, New York, US
Oct 30, 2016 8:06 AM - 1:09 PM
Protocol: Traveling
3.0 mile(s)
Comments:     BBC haunted halloween walk.
52 species (+1 other taxa)

Canada Goose  7
Wood Duck  2
Great Blue Heron  1
Turkey Vulture  2
Sharp-shinned Hawk  1
Cooper's Hawk  1
Red-tailed Hawk  2
Ring-billed Gull  2
Herring Gull  5
Great Black-backed Gull  1
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  3
Mourning Dove  7
Red-bellied Woodpecker  2
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker  1
Downy Woodpecker  1
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)  1
American Kestrel  2
Merlin  2
Monk Parakeet  6
Eastern Phoebe  2
Blue-headed Vireo  3     1 dell water.  2 tog on central.
Blue Jay  1
crow sp.  1
Tree Swallow  1
Black-capped Chickadee  3
Tufted Titmouse  1
Red-breasted Nuthatch  3
White-breasted Nuthatch  2
Brown Creeper  1
Winter Wren  2
Golden-crowned Kinglet  26
Ruby-crowned Kinglet  6
Hermit Thrush  9
American Robin  1
Northern Mockingbird  2
European Starling  6
Cedar Waxwing  3
Orange-crowned Warbler  2     Spotted by Mary Eister on BBC walk .  Eye-line. Streaking. Very bright undertail.  Streaky. Both seen at same time in new mausoleum area. Photo by Karen O.
Common Yellowthroat  1
Palm Warbler  2
Yellow-rumped Warbler  1
Chipping Sparrow  11
Field Sparrow  1
Dark-eyed Junco  14
White-crowned Sparrow  1
White-throated Sparrow  13
Song Sparrow  8
Swamp Sparrow  1
Northern Cardinal  4
Red-winged Blackbird  7
House Finch  2
Purple Finch  7
American Goldfinch  4

View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S32298152

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

Fwd: white-crowned sparrow, PP

From Karen, taken at lakeside greenroof

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Rustybbs

Report of up to 5 Rusty Blackbirds at the Upper Pool, at the back in that local vicinity.Prospect .upper pool is at the norteast end of the ballfoelds or south of the Tennis House

Obs Gus Keri ,also Steve Nanz

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@deepseagangster: Two orange crown warblers southwood mausoleum in BBC walk m.twitter.com/deepseagangster

Fwd: Taken yesterday by Jeffrey Jones

Belated report,( phone wasn't working & I was hiking all day yesterday). Good time now for our ny state bird!

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I saw it today on the Picnic House side of the West Woods





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Those crazy woodcocks

Central park birder Bob DeCandido posted on Facebook group New York Birders today a photo of an American Woodcock sitting in the backyard of an Art gallery located in Park Slope.

Perhaps the bird admires good art like American Gothic ?

tough little bird with endurance

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2016/10/27/these-amazing-little-birds-just-broke-the-world-record-for-non-stop-flight/

Karen's yesterday PP report

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Hey Peter, 

it was a great autumn day for birding.  my list for today is http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S32242943 

Of note was a big influx of Hermit Thrushes - they were everywhere, and the Long Meadow was full of Juncos - maybe 200 or more.

i tried unsuccessfully to get all the 8 rustys in one pic.

best,

karen

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Rusties, Juncos and Chippies

This mid afternoon , I ran into Karen O'Hearn. Her report is intriguing.

First a very good number of eight RUSTY BLACKBIRDS reported near the Picnic House, under an oak tree, feeding on the ground. Occasionally the flock would fly up into the oak.

Then at the north end of the Long Meadow, also under trees, a frenzy of Dark Eyed Juncos and Chipping Sparrows, numbering a mixed flock of 300 birds. This is the highest number I heard of this fall known for sparse sparrow numbers. I've seen really big days of sparrows in past autumns but this year wasn't so kind. So, a good number for today observed by Karen with promised photos to come.

Also Kathy Toomey reported sparrow activity in the Sparrowbowl , the valley between the Picnic and Tennis houses per her 3:24 tweet .. Mostly Chippies, Juncos and Song.. hmm, good lyrics there.

CHicken in the wood

More aptly, Chicken of the woods fungus in Prospect,growing out of a rotted stump. A large specimen

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Finding nature spots in NYC

http://naturalareasnyc.org/map

GWC

Kathy Toomey reported 2 RED SHOULDERED HAWKS & a drab CAPE MAY WARBLER late afternoon in Greenwood Cemetery.

Fwd:INBU

Well drive

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hey Peter,

i saw an indigo bunting by the shipping containers today.

best,

karen

Cattle Egret at Bush Terminal Pier Park

There's been a spate of this rare egret species around the area, but a total unexpected sighting occurred at Bush Terminal Pier Park.

From Gus Keri's video on his Facebook page, the CATTLE EGRET was inside the ball field with artificial turf...

It looks like a new species for this young park on Brooklyn's coast....

Never expected to see that ...

also in Gus' words at Bush Terminal : " Bush Terminal Pier's park: Cattle Egret, Common Raven (2) and Killdeer.

Owl's Head park: Brown Creeper (3), Red-breasted Nuthatch (2) and Black-capped Chickadee.

NYTimes article Crows and Ravens

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/24/nyregion/crows-and-ravens-make-new-york-comebacks-to-caw-and-cr-r-uck-about.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Fnyregion&action=click&contentCollection=nyregion&region=rank&module=package&version=highlights&contentPlacement=6&pgtype=sectionfront&_r=0

This week's photo

From the Landscape Office Mary Keerbauch,

a monarch that newly emerged from its chrysalis in Butterfly Meadow

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- American Redstart (1 report)

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American Redstart (Setophaga ruticilla) (1)
- Reported Oct 20, 2016 09:00 by Paige Linden-Brams
- Prospect Park, Kings, New York
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- Comments: "Late little guy at the water pump in the playground flanking the vale. Pics to follow. "

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Woodcock bbgarden north of native plant garden. 2 feet away. Spooked.per Orrin T.

Virginia Rail again !

Yep as I was saying about that section of phragmites marsh across from the Wellhouse,    Joshua believes its a second bird...more to come if the rail is seen in better light...  -- Kingboider

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American Redstart (Setophaga ruticilla) (1)
- Reported Oct 19, 2016 10:10 by Rafael Campos-Ramírez
- Prospect Park--Prospect Lake, Kings, New York
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- Virginia Rail (1 report)

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NOTE: all sightings are UNCONFIRMED unless indicatedVirginia Rail (Rallus limicola) (1)
- Reported Oct 20, 2016 06:55 by Joshua Malbin
- Prospect Park, Kings, New York
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- Comments: "Hiding deep in the phragmites opposite Wellhouse. Reported as a small rail yesterday by Kathy Toomey. Small size and dark brown coloration rule out Clapper and King Rails. Long curved bill rules out Sora and rarer small rails. Unable to get a photo through the reeds. Uncommon and somewhat late, I think."