Wednesday, September 21, 2022

Fwd: note about Thursday Walk 9/22


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From: Tom Stephenson <12toms@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, Sep 21, 2022, 8:22 AM
Subject: Re: Thursday Walk 9/22/22



Hi Thursday Birders.
Right now the prediction is for thunderstorms tomorrow. If so, sadly, we'll have to cancel the walk.
I'll send out another note later today if anything changes. 

I'll also post a note on the Brooklyn Bird Club FB page late tonight or, if there's an overnight change, in the early AM Thursday.
Fingers crossed the system will move somewhere else (although we do need the rain...)
Ever since Eleanor almost froze to death on a rainy Thursday walk, I've decided to be a bit more cautious!

Best regards,
Tom


On Thu, Sep 15, 2022 at 5:14 PM Tom Stephenson <12toms@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi Peter,
It was a really beautiful day today in the park. And, especially in the north end, very birdy. There clearly was a good flight into the park last night.
Below is the list.
Highlights included Great Cormorant (!), 21 species of warblers including Bay-breasted, a couple of Tennessee, Prairie, Blackpoll, Pine, Palm, and lots of Redstarts and Northern Paruuuulas...., and 2 or 3 Gray-cheeked Thrushes.

One highlight was Michele finding a Connecticut Warbler on the peninsula, not far from the shelter. She had a brief look and we couldn't re-find it but later Kathy Toomey did find it again in the same area.

Here's the list.

Best regards,
Tom

Double-crested Cormorant
Great Cormorant
Green Heron
Turkey Vulture
Canada Goose
Mute Swan
Wood Duck
Mallard
Cooper's Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Rock Dove
Mourning Dove
Chimney Swift
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Least Flycatcher
Great Crested Flycatcher
Red-eyed Vireo
Blue Jay
Carolina Wren
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Veery
Gray-cheeked Thrush
Swainson's Thrush
American Robin
Gray Catbird
European Starling
Tennessee Warbler
Northern Parula
Yellow Warbler
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Magnolia Warbler
Cape May Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Blackburnian Warbler
Pine Warbler
Prairie Warbler
Palm Warbler
Bay-breasted Warbler
Blackpoll Warbler
Black-and-white Warbler
American Redstart
Ovenbird
Northern Waterthrush
Connecticut Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Canada Warbler
Scarlet Tanager
Northern Cardinal
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Red-winged Blackbird
Common Grackle
Baltimore Oriole
American Goldfinch
House Sparrow

On Thu, Sep 1, 2022 at 4:18 PM Tom Stephenson <12toms@gmail.com> wrote:
First: I promised to send out the list from the Sept 1 Thursday walk today, but I don't know exactly who was on the  walk (or their email names) so I'm sending this out to the old Thursday list, when we had to register. Please let me know if you'd like to be off the list!
And if I've missed someone you know (Maybe Michael isn't on this?) please feel free to forward.

Hi Peter,
It was a beautiful day today, with a strong enough breeze to combat any heat other than in the most exposed spots.
There were a lot of birds in the park, many very early in the season for that species.

Highlights:  On the raptor front, Bald Eagle (probably 5th year bird, still a subadult), Black and Turkey Vultures.
On the flycatcher front: 7 species including Olive-sided, Yellow-bellied, Acadian and Least.
On the warbler front (lots of fronts...) Prairie, a very early Blackpoll, Nashville; 13 species total
Other notables: Winter Wren, Gray-cheeked Thrush (very early???), and Pied-billed Grebe.

Here's the list.
Everyone, please let us know if I've missed anything.

Best regards,
Tom

Pied-billed Grebe
Great Blue Heron
Green Heron
Black-crowned Night-Heron
Turkey Vulture
Black Vulture
Canada Goose
Mute Swan
Wood Duck
Mallard
Osprey
Bald Eagle
American Kestrel
Rock Dove
Mourning Dove
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Chimney Swift
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
Acadian Flycatcher
Least Flycatcher
Great Crested Flycatcher
Eastern Kingbird
Blue-headed Vireo
Warbling Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
Blue Jay
Carolina Wren
House Wren
Winter Wren
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Veery
Gray-cheeked Thrush
Swainson's Thrush
American Robin
Gray Catbird
European Starling
Nashville Warbler
Northern Parula
Yellow Warbler
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Magnolia Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Prairie Warbler
Blackpoll Warbler
Black-and-white Warbler
American Redstart
Northern Waterthrush
Common Yellowthroat
Northern Cardinal
Red-winged Blackbird
Common Grackle
Baltimore Oriole
American Goldfinch
House Sparrow