Researchers find new invasive tick species in Staten Island park | SILive.com

https://www.silive.com/news/2018/08/new_invasive_tick_species_spot.html

Watch it if you go to SI. amatter of time before Brooklyn sees it as the bird flies.practice tick prevention protocols

Cool front brings in the boids?

Currently a north northeast wind is blowing ;  with this hot stagnant week long bubble getting pushed out, will Friday be generous?

Find out.

Bbc walk Fwd: 2nd Thursday Walk

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-----Original Message-----
From: Tom Stephenson <12toms@gmail.com>
To: ProsBird <ProsBird@aol.com>
Cc: Dennis Hrehowsik <.com>
Sent: Thu, Aug 30, 2018 06:33 PM
Subject: 2nd Thursday Walk

Hi Peter,

Hope you're surviving the heat in the park. 

We had our second Thursday walk. Unlike the extremely birdy first walk, this one was a bit more like walking through a ghost town...very quiet...We did end up with some good species, including 8 species of warblers, and we got a good number of lifers for a visitor from S California. 

But all in all it was pretty quiet.

Here's the list.

Highlights included Wilson's and Canada Warblers, two Northern Waterthrush, Osprey, adolescent Wood Duck, Least Flycatcher, two Great Blue Heron, and lots of Orioles...

Best regards,

Tom

Great Blue Heron

Canada Goose

Wood Duck

Mallard

Ruddy Duck

Osprey

Red-tailed Hawk

American Coot

Rock Dove

Mourning Dove

Chimney Swift

Ruby-throated Hummingbird

Red-bellied Woodpecker

Downy Woodpecker

Hairy Woodpecker

Northern Flicker

Eastern Wood-Pewee

Least Flycatcher

Eastern Phoebe

Eastern Kingbird

Warbling Vireo

Red-eyed Vireo

Blue Jay

Carolina Wren

American Robin

Gray Catbird

European Starling

Northern Parula

Magnolia Warbler

Black-and-white Warbler

American Redstart

Northern Waterthrush

Common Yellowthroat

Wilson's Warbler

Canada Warbler

Song Sparrow

Northern Cardinal

Common Grackle

Baltimore Oriole

American Goldfinch

House Sparrow

European Goldfinch

Tweet from The Kingsboider (@BBCKingsbirds). NW wind alert

The Kingsboider (@BBCKingsbirds) tweeted at 8:12 AM on Thu, Aug 30, 2018:
Northwest wind alert today
NIGHTHAWKS this evening?
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Hooded Warbler (Setophaga citrina) (1)
- Reported Aug 26, 2018 08:05 by The Wildlab
- Prospect Park, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6602841,-73.9689534&ll=40.6602841,-73.9689534
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S48083898
- Comments: "Male, Vale of Cashmere"

The man who saves city greens

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Tweet from The Kingsboider (@BBCKingsbirds)

The Kingsboider (@BBCKingsbirds) tweeted at 10:00 AM on Sun, Aug 26, 2018:
Gabriel Wreported an HR ago Male Hooded Warbler Vale of Cashmere
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eBird Checklist – Prospect Park--Prospect Lake, Kings County, New York, US – Fri Aug 24, 2018 – 35 species

https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S48055146

Note Least Flycatcher.

Friday fizzle

A day after Thursday's treat of birds,Friday fizzled in Prospect.

My day off coupled with a few friends I met found little evidence of warbler numbers. Except for a scattered pitter patter of birds, apparently yesterday's birds just wanna get the heck out of Brooklyn.

This is today's secondhand offerings regarding noteworthy Warblers  : PRAIRIE & Magnolia along western Well Drive; BLUEWINGED Butterfly north path into the chipped dirt trail; CHESTNUT SIDED slope dirt trail between Lookout Meadows;YELLOW inside Butterfly Meadow and Redstarts in few numbers at the perimeter.

I didn't stay long as reports came to me of stagnant activity ( or what we say " dead everywhere').

EASTERN PEWEE,VEERY,ORIOLES all appeared.

Interesting is reported RED BREASTED NUTHATCH. Normally a later fall species that irrupts,hearing one now sends signals of potential irruption. Joshua M heard one along Lookout's summit.

This is the time of year we expect COMMON NIGHTHAWKS. Sure enough Karen O saw a flyover this morning over Lookout. But a secondhand report had me muttering to myself as Tim G reported some last night; normally I would have gone to look. There will be more in the next two weeks.

Fwd: First bbc Thursday Walk

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-----Original Message-----
From: Tom Stephenson <12toms@gmail.com>
To: ProsBird <ProsBird@aol.com>

Sent: Thu, Aug 23, 2018 05:57 PM
Subject: First Thursday Walk

Hi Peter,

Along with great weather, we had lots of birds in the park today.

In the north end there were lots of redstarts , other warblers and a couple of orioles, indicating a good flight last night.

We stayed so long there that we arrived a bit late in the day at Lookout, and missed the Golden-winged that Ed found. But otherwise we had a very good day.

Highlights included:

13 species of warblers (15 counting the Blackburnian and Blue-winged Eni had on the way to join the group...) including a very bright Canada (as well as a dull one), Prairie Warbler, several Chestnut-sided Warblers, Least Flycatcher (possible Olive-sided but we didn't get a good enough look to be sure...), Spotted Sandpiper, several Ruby-throated Hummingbirds, both waterthrush including a very bright Louisiana, and lots more.

I'll post a couple of pictures on the FB site.

Best regards,

Tom

Great Blue Heron

Green Heron

Canada Goose

Wood Duck

Mallard

Ruddy Duck

Red-tailed Hawk

Spotted Sandpiper

Ring-billed Gull

Rock Dove

Mourning Dove

Cuckoo SP flyover

Chimney Swift

Ruby-throated Hummingbird

Belted Kingfisher

Red-bellied Woodpecker

Downy Woodpecker

Hairy Woodpecker

Northern Flicker

Eastern Wood-Pewee

Least Flycatcher

Eastern Phoebe

Eastern Kingbird

Warbling Vireo

Blue Jay

Barn Swallow

Carolina Wren

House Wren

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher

Wood Thrush

American Robin

Gray Catbird

European Starling

Cedar Waxwing

Nashville Warbler

Yellow Warbler

Chestnut-sided Warbler

Magnolia Warbler

Black-throated Blue Warbler

Prairie Warbler

Black-and-white Warbler

American Redstart

Ovenbird

Northern Waterthrush

Louisiana Waterthrush

Common Yellowthroat

Canada Warbler

Scarlet Tanager (fly over)

Northern Cardinal

Common Grackle

Brown-headed Cowbird

Baltimore Oriole

American Goldfinch

House Sparrow

Moon and Mars on August 23 | Tonight | EarthSky

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NORTHWEST wind alert

Currently at 6 pm thru the night till 7 am.Thank God it's birdy Friday ?

Have fun.

https://m.accuweather.com/en/us/new-york-ny/10007/hourly-weather-forecast/349727

a good start

A good start for the first fall Thursday Brooklyn Bird Club walk  as good warbler numbers occurred but it was a single observer's bird that drew the hi light.

Tom Stephensons group witnessed good numbers at the north end of Prospect with Redstarts a prime species. Later in the Peninsula, reports of NASHVILLE, PRAIRIE and CANADA appeared.Tom;s report will be posted later.

However it was Ed Crowne's bird that stole the day. At the wood chip trail above the Maryland monument , a male GOLDEN WINGED WARBLER put in a rare showing .Unfortunately no other observer lucked in . Janet Zinn reported a young BLACKBURNIAN WARBLER nearby as she searched for the Golden bird.

Filling out a rest of the day, Joshua Malbin reported OLIVE SIDED FLYCATCHER , perched in a snag above Center drive around 3 PM.

Tweet from Tom Stephenson (@TomProspectBird)

Tom Stephenson (@TomProspectBird) tweeted at 0:29 PM on Thu, Aug 23, 2018:
Canada prairie Nashville black-and-white On Peninsula. Very birdie in north end of Park also.
(https://twitter.com/TomProspectBird/status/1032666070597988356?ref_src=twcamp%5Eshare%7Ctwsrc%5Eandroid%7Ctwgr%5Egmail%7Ctwcon%5E7090%7Ctwterm%5E3)

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Tweet from Ed Crowne (@ecrowne)

Ed Crowne (@ecrowne) tweeted at 9:35 AM on Thu, Aug 23, 2018:
Male golden winged Warbler chip path near Maryland Monument Prospect Park
(https://twitter.com/ecrowne/status/1032622457457438721?ref_src=twcamp%5Eshare%7Ctwsrc%5Eandroid%7Ctwgr%5Egmail%7Ctwcon%5E7090%7Ctwterm%5E3)

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Fwd: Black & White Warbler

One touch of nature makes the whole world kin. William Shakespeare

-----Original Message-----
From: Charles Tang <charles.tang@gmail.com>
To: Peter Dorosh <Prosbird@aol.com>
Sent: Wed, Aug 22, 2018 2:07 pm
Subject: Black & White Warbler

Hi Peter,

Black & White Warbler at the Ravine. Ruby-throated Hummingbirds, American Redstart, Northern Waterthrushes at the Vale. Two Waterthrushes has been there for 3 days. 

Charles

Fwd: Starling video

You may be looking at Starlings now in a different light , a carnivore !  Seen eating a Cicada while my coworker and I worked a site today

One touch of nature makes the whole world kin. William Shakespeare

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Sent: Wed, Aug 22, 2018 9:22 am
Subject: Starling video



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Fwd: [eBird Alert] Kings County Rare Bird Alert

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- Cattle Egret (Western) (1 report)

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Cattle Egret (Western) (Bubulcus ibis ibis) (1)
- Reported Aug 21, 2018 11:20 by Rafael Campos-Ramírez
- Green-Wood Cemetery, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6555736,-73.9938211&ll=40.6555736,-73.9938211
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- Comments: "Continuing individual. Seen by others, and photograph too.  My photos later."

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Fwd: 13th ANNUAL JAMAICA BAY SHOREBIRD FESTIVAL

One touch of nature makes the whole world kin. William Shakespeare

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Subject: 13th ANNUAL JAMAICA BAY SHOREBIRD FESTIVAL

13th ANNUAL JAMAICA BAY SHOREBIRD FESTIVAL

Saturday, August 25th (7:30am-5pm)

Join us for this special day of wildlife viewing at the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge. Learn about behavior, biology and how to identify shorebirds in the field. Activities include field trips to the East and West Ponds, indoor slide programs, kids programs, bird photography, and expert advice on equipment and field guides.

See a full schedule of the day's activities at www.nycaudubon.org/shorebird-festival. This is a partnership program between NYC Audubon, Gateway National Recreation Area and the American Littoral Society. Free and open to the public (donation appreciated).

For reservation and itinerary call (718) 474-0896; email: donriepe@gmail.com.

BBC Prospect walks begin this Thursday

August 23 @ 7:15 am

Leader: Tom Stephenson Meet 7:15 a.m. at the Grand Army Plaza entrance, by the Stranahan statue. No registration necessary. Please review our trip guidelines here: http://brooklynbirdclub.org

Tuesdays follows afterwards

Saturdays start in early September

GWC Cattle egret today Tripper report

Hanging out with the lawnmowers between CYPRESS,SASSAFRAS & VERNAL AVENUES in southern Greenwood cemetery.

at 9:34 am

Brooklyn Bird Alert‏ @BirdBrklyn 3h3 hours ago

Green-Wood Cemetery CATTLE EGRET now east of Cypress Ave, closer to Dale Ave, reports Gus Keri with photo


<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">CATTLE EGRET continues at Green-Wood Cemetery, Cypress Ave and Vernal Ave (a block NE of Monday location), re-found by Gus Keri. Photo by <a href="https://twitter.com/EpicClassic?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@EpicClassic</a> from yesterday <a href="https://t.co/rYBr5PIWTr">pic.twitter.com/rYBr5PIWTr</a></p>&mdash; Brooklyn Bird Alert (@BirdBrklyn) <a href="https://twitter.com/BirdBrklyn/status/1031890109552046080?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 21, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Cattle Egret (Bubulcus ibis) (1)- Reported Aug 21, 2018 08:44 by Peter Paul
- Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6523083,-73.9904281&ll=40.6523083,-73.9904281- Checklist: https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S47984120
- Media: 5 Photos
- Comments: "Near the intersection of Cypress and Vernal, in the lot between Cypress and Sassafras. Was (literally) following the lawn mowers.  Feeding as it walked along.  

Medium white egret with heavy orange bill and orange legs.  Hint of an orange crown."

Cattle egret update

This was the last report on Greenwoods Cattle Egret one hour before 7 pm closing from Daisy

Still present at Vernal Ave & Union Ave. GWC open til 7 today

Fwd: Green-Wood

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Date: Mon, Aug 20, 2018, 7:18 PM
Subject: Green-Wood
To: Peter Dorosh <prosbird@gmail.com>

In addition to the scarlet tanager, I saw 2 spotted sandpipers (one each on the Valley Water and the Dell Water), a redstart at the Dell Water, and a red-eyed vireo above it.

Oh, and I was wrong about the red-eyed vireo I reported yesterday.  On further review it appears to have been a Tennessee warbler (see white undertail covert).

 

One report of CAEG

Cattle Egret (Bubulcus ibis) (1)
- Reported Aug 20, 2018 10:25 by John Keane
- Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6523083,-73.9904281&ll=40.6523083,-73.9904281
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S47968374
- Comments: "Photos"

Theres always a first ? Yea Cattle Egret !

Astounding as it may sound, today Janet Zinn found the first ever CATTLE EGRET in Greenwood Cemetery.

For its very unusual location (that aroused my attention), the Cattle Egret was observed at Cypress and Dale Avenues. I searched the Cornell Ebird recs later and there's not ever a pin on the map where Greenwood is located. I say wow. If true if its the very first, kudos to Janet for the first ever seen CAEG in GWC. Its hard to believe it but there it is.

Meanwhile as it went splat with lack of species in the local parks, I saw a Ruby Throated Hummingbird sipping the Cup Flowers at Butterfly Meadow's west end in Prospect.

A report from Orrin mentioned male SCARLET TANAGER on Greenwood Cypress Avenue.

PS   for your curiosity, the last reported Cattle Egret in Prospect was 56 years ago. It's prospect only record

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Tweet from Janet Zinn (@bkbirdr)

Janet Zinn (@bkbirdr) tweeted at 10:29 AM on Mon, Aug 20, 2018:
Cattle Egret Greenwood Cemetery. Corner of  Cypress and Dale.
(https://twitter.com/bkbirdr/status/1031548671605858304?ref_src=twcamp%5Eshare%7Ctwsrc%5Eandroid%7Ctwgr%5Egmail%7Ctwcon%5E7090%7Ctwterm%5E3)

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GWC AM

from Orrin

2 wood ducks crescent water
Pine warbler, red-eyed vireo, great egret, phoebe, eastern kingbird at Crescent Water.

Currently NORTHWEST WIND

As fall migration goes, the good wind blows. It should kickstart some migrants our way for Sunday morning.

https://radar.weather.gov/Conus/northeast_loop.php

Fwd: Tennessee Warbler!

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-----Original Message-----
From: Charles Tang <charles.tang@gmail.com>
To: Peter Dorosh <Prosbird@aol.com>
Sent: Fri, Aug 17, 2018 08:24 PM
Subject: Tennessee Warbler!

Hi Peter,

After I talked to you at Lookout hill, PP. I got my very first Tennessee Warbler. 

rainbow of planets

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Tweet from Paige Linden Brams (@Remmibird)

Paige Linden Brams (@Remmibird) tweeted at 11:18 AM on Fri, Aug 17, 2018:
Brewster's Warbler with a blue-winged at Dell Water. GWC
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Saturday Eve north wind

A quick check of my weather app shows an evening northwestern wind , Favorable for fall migrants. Sunday morning should see something. ✌ X

Fwd: Chestnut-Sided Warbler

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-----Original Message-----
From: Charles Tang <charles.tang@gmail.com>
To: Peter Dorosh <Prosbird@aol.com>
Sent: Thu, Aug 16, 2018 08:20 PM
Subject: Chestnut-Sided Warbler

Hi Peter, 

Today at the steps to Look Out Hill. I found the Chestnut-Sided Warbler. Enclosed is a photo of another bird I cannot id.                Charles

Mourning warbler prospect

Joshua M. reports

First-fall Mourning Warbler working a circuit on Butterfly Meadow PP. chipping a fair amount, not being too skulks

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Fwd: vale migrants

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To: ProsBird <ProsBird@aol.com>
Sent: Sun, Aug 12, 2018 02:07 PM
Subject: vale migrants

Hi Peter-

Vin & I got to the park today between rain events and saw a few early migrants. Notable were the Blue winged warbler drying off after a bath in the Vale Pool and then a female black & white warbler in the Korean Dogwood tree.

Also summer residents seen:

Balt. Oriole

Downy Woodpecker

Hairy Woodpecker

Catbirds

Robins
Cardinals

Ruby throated Hummingbird feeding in Cardinal Flowers

House Wren

Eastern Kingbird

Warbling Vireos

Starling

Mourning Dove

House Sparrow

Mockingbirds

also at Pools:

Phoebe

Wood Duck

Common Grackle

2 Redtailed Hawks soaring over Grand Army Plaza

Press Release - NYS Parks, Recreation & Historic Preservation

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Tweet from Brooklyn Bird Alert (@BirdBrklyn) in GWC this morn

Brooklyn Bird Alert (@BirdBrklyn) tweeted at 0:29 PM on Sun, Aug 05, 2018:
Wilson's snipe and Northern waterthrush within 3 feet of each other under the same shade tree @GreenWoodHF Crescent pond #birdbk via @Cameras07515754
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Perfect Moonless Night for the Perseid Meteor Shower - Farmers' Almanac

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Perfect Moonless Night for the Perseid Meteor Shower - Farmers' Almanac

https://www.farmersalmanac.com/perseid-meteor-shower-32217

Ask Governor Cuomo to Help Protect the Washington County Grasslands | Audubon New York

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Fwd: Ruby-throated

Nature will bear the closest inspection. She invites us to lay our eye level with her smallest leaf, and take an insect view of its plain.-- Henry David Thoreau

-----Original Message-----
From: Charles Tang <charles.tang@gmail.com>
To: Prosbird <Prosbird@aol.com>
Sent: Thu, Aug 2, 2018 10:18 am
Subject: Ruby-throated

Hi Peter,

The Ruby-throated Hummingbird is back at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden. The two Red-tails youngsters are around PP and also at the BBG. 

Enjoy your summer! 

Why August is called the dog days....

Why is August called the Dog days of summer ? ( a few seconds to guess)

because its when Sirius, the "dog star" of Canis Major (Orion's puppy) breaks the eastern horizon when it rises this month.

Yes. Sirius-ly !

http://earthsky.org/brightest-sta…/sirius-the-brightest-star