Fwd: eBird Report - Brooklyn Bridge Park, Sep 18, 2022

Brooklyn Bridge Park BBC walk led by Mike Yuan

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From: Michael Yuan <mjyuan@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, Sep 19, 2022 at 12:11 PM
Subject: Fwd: eBird Report - Brooklyn Bridge Park, Sep 18, 2022
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Thank you for joining me at Brooklyn Bridge Park today! While we just missed a series of heavy migration days by one day, there were still enough lingering birds to capture our attention.

We stayed at the pollinator garden on Pier 6 just long enough to see the sun hit the tops of the trees and give us a taste of the warblers that we would encounter throughout the park - American Redstarts, Northern Parulas, and pair of Yellow Warbers. On Pier 3, the stand of birch trees near the maze attracted a variety of additional migrants - Black-throated Blue (female), Black-and-white Warbler, and for some, a Tennessee Warbler. One of our first sparrow migrants, a Savannah Sparrow, showed well on the Pier 3 field.

The Brooklyn Bridge Park gardeners are proud of the jewelweed plantings by the Pier 1 Long Pond that have attracted Ruby-throated Hummingbirds in late summer. Amazingly, one hummer zoomed in to feed on the flowers the minute the group walked onto the adjacent bridge, and it stayed for a few minutes to offer excellent views. 

See you out there soon!

-Mike

Brooklyn Bridge Park, Kings, New York, US
Sep 18, 2022 7:24 AM - 11:28 AM
Protocol: Traveling
2.675 mile(s)
Checklist Comments:     Brooklyn Bird Club trip
34 species

Mallard  2
American Black Duck  4
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  13
Mourning Dove  9
Ruby-throated Hummingbird  1
Ring-billed Gull  29
Herring Gull  7
Great Black-backed Gull  3
Double-crested Cormorant  7
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)  8
Great Crested Flycatcher  1
Red-eyed Vireo  1
American Crow  2
European Starling  18
Gray Catbird  12
Northern Mockingbird  3
Veery  1
Swainson's Thrush  1
American Robin  8
Cedar Waxwing  2
House Sparrow  42
Savannah Sparrow  1
Ovenbird  1
Northern Waterthrush  3
Black-and-white Warbler  3
Tennessee Warbler  1
Common Yellowthroat  6
American Redstart  4
Northern Parula  4
Yellow Warbler  2
Black-throated Blue Warbler  1
Prairie Warbler  1
Northern Cardinal  6
Rose-breasted Grosbeak  1

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S118976242

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

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