Louisiana returns

The end of July usually looks for the early warblers like Louisiana Waterthrush, one reported at Brooklyn Bridge Park...that park gets its birds!

Louisiana Waterthrush (Parkesia motacilla) (1)
- Reported Jul 30, 2020 06:37 by Jeremy Thorp
- Brooklyn Bridge Park, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6996104,-73.9973745&ll=40.6996104,-73.9973745
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S71949676
- Comments: "At Pier 1 pond. Hopping low on branch over eater. Very light breast, larger than Northern"

Fwd: [eBird Alert] Kings County Rare Bird Alert

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- Acadian Flycatcher (2 reports)

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Acadian Flycatcher (Empidonax virescens) (1)
- Reported Jul 29, 2020 13:22 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/checklist/S71930082
- Comments: "Singing near Center Drive on Midwood Path. Loud "pee-WEET" song, also a quieter "pit-pit-pit-pit-pit" call. Greenish-yellow with broad yellow-bottomed bill. Grabbing up foliage insects with an audible "snap"."

Acadian Flycatcher (Empidonax virescens) (3)
- Reported Jul 29, 2020 09:45 by Ryan Candee
- 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/checklist/S71929730
- Media: 8 Photos
- Comments: "on either side of Center Drive where the containers are and abutting the stream behind music pavilion"

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Tweet from The Kingsboider (@BBCKingsbirds)

The Kingsboider (@BBCKingsbirds) tweeted at 0:56 PM on Tue, Jul 28, 2020:
Osprey now patrolling southwest prospect lake,spooking a laughing gull and that's no joke. 🃏
(https://twitter.com/BBCKingsbirds/status/1288156492668043282?s=03)

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Tweet from The Kingsboider (@BBCKingsbirds)

The Kingsboider (@BBCKingsbirds) tweeted at 0:25 PM on Tue, Jul 28, 2020:
Perfectly placed lunch spot: osprey flew direct over my work vehicle about 25 feet up unto Prospect Lake west shore..
(https://twitter.com/BBCKingsbirds/status/1288148617434411008?s=03)

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Tweet from ryan (@RyanFMandelbaum)

ryan (@RyanFMandelbaum) tweeted at 9:10 AM on Mon, Jul 27, 2020:
got to play paparazzi for a brooklyn celebrity family yesterday https://t.co/ACpNA2gKMt
(https://twitter.com/RyanFMandelbaum/status/1287737008035692545?s=03)

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PP Acadian Flycatcher

Acadian Flycatcher (Empidonax virescens) (4)
- Reported Jul 26, 2020 12:45 by Ryan Mandelbaum
- 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/checklist/S71855420
- Media: 8 Photos
- Comments: "ran into our happy family walking through the midwood. photos of two yelling babies and two parents. greenish empids, making signature two part song"

Tweet from Charles Tang (@charlesbrooklyn)

Charles Tang (@charlesbrooklyn) tweeted at 5:57 PM on Fri, Jul 24, 2020:
Green herons' chicks at Lullwater, Prospect Park. This is the second nest, opposite to the first one. 4 fledgelings on the 1st nest. They are hunting dragonflies.  This nest have 3 chicks. There are other nests most likely at upper and lower pool. https://t.co/OPBScvN19z
(https://twitter.com/charlesbrooklyn/status/1286782675739652096?s=03)

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Fwd: Prospect Park Cleanup Sunday Aug. 2

"I took a walk in the woods and came out taller than the trees." 

                                                   - Henry David Thoreau

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From: membership <membership@brooklynbirdclub.org>
To: membership@brooklynbirdclub.org <membership@brooklynbirdclub.org>
Sent: Wed, Jul 22, 2020 04:10 PM
Subject: Prospect Park Cleanup Sunday Aug. 2

Dear Members,

Please join us for our next Prospect Park cleanup Sunday August 2nd, 9 a.m. with meeting locations at the Wellhouse and Grand Army Plaza (see attached flyer.) Please R.S.V.P by replying to this email if you plan to attend, and let us know at which location you plan to meet.

We will again provide hand sanitizer, garbage bags, gloves and first-come first-serve grabbers. If you borrowed a grabber, please remember to bring it with you. And don't forget water, and your mask!

Thank you to all those who have participated and helped us support Prospect Park.

Hope to see you on the 2nd!

Yours,

Dennis W Hrehowsik
President, Brooklyn Bird Club

Fwd: [eBird Alert] Kings County Rare Bird Alert

note  Acadian nest

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- Acadian Flycatcher (1 report)

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Acadian Flycatcher (Empidonax virescens) (1)
- Reported Jul 21, 2020 08:00 by Charles Tang
- 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/checklist/S71761154
- Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Heard the song and have a photo of Acadian flycatcher and nest."

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Fwd: [eBird Alert] Kings County Rare Bird Alert

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- Acadian Flycatcher (1 report)

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Acadian Flycatcher (Empidonax virescens) (2)
- Reported Jul 22, 2020 06:46 by Daisy Paul
- 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/checklist/S71717410
- Comments: "Continuing. Lots of pizza songs, sounded like two birds."

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Tweet from Heather Wolf (@heatherwolf)

Heather Wolf (@heatherwolf) tweeted at 7:43 AM on Wed, Jul 22, 2020:
Gray Catbird fledgling, #Brooklyn  Bridge Park, Pier 3. #nyc #birding #birds #birdtwitter https://t.co/iXI8KyqN1W
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Tweet from The Kingsboider (@BBCKingsbirds) shorebirds PP Lake

The Kingsboider (@BBCKingsbirds) tweeted at 0:45 PM on Tue, Jul 21, 2020:
Flick of unidentified shorebirds flying around prospect lake west.. about 15 birds.. got my cheep bins out but they disappeared. Fyi
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Jones beach nature center update and new planted area

Awesome triumph for wildlife and conservation.. reverting hard surface to planted area

https://www.facebook.com/groups/LongIslandNativePlants/permalink/1035806060150931/?sfnsn=mo 

Tweet from Charles Tang (@charlesbrooklyn)

Charles Tang (@charlesbrooklyn) tweeted at 10:54 PM on Sun, Jul 19, 2020:
Acadian flycatcher at Prospect Park, Brooklyn. I been hearing their songs for a month. Seeing them was not easy. Today, I was surprised to see it close-up! An exciting birding day! https://t.co/Ezua4LOhja
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Saturn At Opposition: Seize The Moment! | Star Walk

https://starwalk.space/en/news/july-2020-saturn-at-opposition-seize-the-moment 

Tomorrow.

Rick's Place Acadians

Charles Tang took a great photo  of a perched Acadian Flycatcher at Rick's Place.

It's long been suspected that a nest is present. Later Ryan M reported two Acadians and a silent empid possibly a fledgling.

Rick's Place is the section adjoining the Boulder bridge and west North Midwood in Prospect.

Acadian Flycatcher (Empidonax virescens) (1)
- Reported Jul 18, 2020 09:56 by Daisy Paul
- 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/checklist/S71643770
- Comments: "Continuing, just south of Rick's Place. Heard full pizza song a few times, at one point twice in fairly quick succession from different sides of the path. We weren't on the bird so we can't swear it didn't fly, but it could have been two birds. Voice recording."

Act now to protect our nation's birds | TheHill

https://thehill.com/opinion/energy-environment/507195-act-now-to-protect-our-nations-birds 

Bluewing warbler bkbrpk

Blue-winged Warbler (Vermivora cyanoptera) (1)
- Reported Jul 16, 2020 06:24 by Jeremy Thorp
- Brooklyn Bridge Park, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6996104,-73.9973745&ll=40.6996104,-73.9973745
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S71539409
- Comments: "At edge of scrub on South side of pier 3. Wing bars clearly visible" 

Acadia fc

Acadian Flycatcher (Empidonax virescens) (1)
- Reported Jul 15, 2020 11:08 by Peter Paul
- 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/checklist/S71520577
- Media: 2 Photos, 1 Audio
- Comments: "In Rick's place. Calling repeatedly, never stopped for the time we were there. Even so, it was difficult to find and, once found, keep track of. We heard the full "Pizz-ah" song two times. Audio and photos later."

RIP Dave Burg

https://www.facebook.com/groups/115115665191254/permalink/3276454052390717/?sfnsn=mo 

I only met Dave several times but he was a vibrant environmentalist and fighter for NY habitats. Dave once invited me ,Mary and Donna to do a bioblitz survey at Floyd Bennett in which we camp overnight in Ecology Village.  A Swell guy.

COMET NEOWISE - Classical Astronomy

http://classicalastronomy.com/2020/07/comet-neowise/

Northwest sky 80 minutes after sunset. Heading towards into Big Dipper.  Dark sky and binocs a must. In areas without light pollution ( do I hear NYC ? 😕) it's a Naked eye object. You can see the tail.

http://classicalastronomy.com/2020/07/comet-neowise/

Ovenbird BkBrPk

Ovenbird (Seiurus aurocapilla) (1)
- Reported Jul 14, 2020 07:06 by MI YU
- Brooklyn Bridge Park, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6996104,-73.9973745&ll=40.6996104,-73.9973745
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S71481862
- Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Presumably continuing on Pier 1 in the woods between the Bridge lawn and the vale." 

One less big pine for owls

A casaulty of Fridays tropical storm Fay,the big white pine at southwest Nethermead toppled over. With heavy soaked soft roots ,the pine' s heavy weight did the rest.

This tree once hosted a northern sawwhet owl I found on a Christmas bird count and likely more we didn't find 🤗

Well ...too bad.

😕

Epilogue

At least the owl tree roots held firm.  It was Fay's wind gust that snapped the thick trunk. Must've taken at least 60 mile gust into the needles wind basket

Fwd: bird at Green Wood today

Floater parula

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Date: Sunday, July 12, 2020
Subject: bird at Green Wood today
To: "prosbird@gmail.com" <prosbird@gmail.com>

northern parula male Sycamore Avenue GWC

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Fwd: "Peter-Peter" Bird: Tufted Titmouse

The bird that knows my name.....

"I took a walk in the woods and came out taller than the trees." 

                                                   - Henry David Thoreau

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Sent: Fri, Jul 10, 2020 11:03 am
Subject: "Peter-Peter" Bird: Tufted Titmouse

The active and agile Tufted Titmouse is easily recognized by its jaunty crest of gray feathers, big black eyes, and rust-colored flanks. Trouble viewing this email? Click here. "Peter-Peter" Bird: Tufted Titmouse The active and agile Tufted Titmouse is easily recognized by its jaunty crest of gray feathers, big black eyes, and rust-colored flanks. This familiar bird feeder visitor often joins mixed foraging flocks with other common backyard birds such as the White-breasted Nuthatch and Black-capped Chickadee. Since the Tufted Titmouse is easily seen in the eastern United States and parts of southeastern Canada, you may already be familiar with it. But do you know how this little songbird got its name?   Read On to Find Out More Birds Trunk-Hugger: White-breasted Nuthatch Brainy Bird: Black-capped Chickadee What a Character: Pileated Woodpecker Beauty or Beast?  Blue Jay We want to hear from you! Visit our comment page to pass on suggestions and questions about our Bird of the Week profiles. DONATE | BIRD OF THE WEEK ARCHIVE | SUBSCRIBE American Bird Conservancy abcbirds.org P.O. Box 249 The Plains, Virginia 20198 (540) 253-5780 info@abcbirds.org Unsubscribe

Fwd: BirdCast: Tropical Storm Fay

"I took a walk in the woods and came out taller than the trees." 

                                                   - Henry David Thoreau

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Sent: Thu, Jul 9, 2020 11:22 PM
Subject: BirdCast: Tropical Storm Fay

BirdCast Forecasting bird migration across North America

Tropical Storm Fay Jul 10th 2020, 03:02, by af27 Tropical Storm Fay is a fast moving tropical storm forecast to move through the mid Atlantic states, near shore past New Jersey, and up the Hudson River Valley in the coming 48 hours. Similar timed tropical systems in the past, for example Tropical Storm Bertha in 1996, produced a number of interesting (and expected) entrained and displaced pelagic species (see this Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel list). Of course, as with many previous Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico cyclones that we have discussed, Sooty Tern and Bridled Tern should (and will) be foremost in observers' minds. This is especially true for those people that can safely (socially distancing and minding the dangers of passing tropical systems) view coastal stretches from DelMarVa, north to Sandy Hook, NJ and east along the south shore of Long Island (at least to Nassau County depending on the storm's track), as well as river views of the Hudson Valley. This latter viewing opportunity may be the most intriguing, given what occurred when a tropical system traveled a similar path in the not too distant past (Irene). Additionally, observers in the Lake Champlain and St Lawrence River areas should be watchful for storm-entrained, displaced, and downed birds. These may include additional species beyond the typical warm water seabirds, such as high altitude overland migrant shorebirds and water birds downed by weather.

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