Saturday, May 27, 2023

PP ybfc

Yellow-bellied Flycatcher (Empidonax flaviventris) (1)
- Reported May 22, 2023 10:11 by Daniel Smith
- 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/S139404907
- Comments: "Heard only"

"The Journey of a Thousand Miles begins With One Step." --Lao Tzu

Thursday, May 25, 2023

Fwd: Migration Morning at BBP report

Led by Mike Yuan

"The Journey of a Thousand Miles begins With One Step." --Lao Tzu

---------- Forwarded message ---------
From: Michael Yuan <mjyuan@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, May 25, 2023, 4:45 PM
Subject: Migration Morning at BBP report
To: Peter Dorosh <prosbird@gmail.com>, Dennis Hrehowsik <deepseagangster@gmail.com>


Peter, Dennis-

We held our last outing for the spring yesterday. Highlights were a few singing Magnolia and Wilson's warblers, good looks at feeding Blackpolls, and the fishy courtship of two Common Terns. 

In total, we encountered 60 species in the park during this series of five Wednesdays in the park. Sad to end another spring migration season but look forward to having a series of outings this fall.

Thanks,
-Mike

Fwd: BBC Thursday Walk

Led by Tom

"The Journey of a Thousand Miles begins With One Step." --Lao Tzu

---------- Forwarded message ---------
From: Tom Stephenson <12toms@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, May 25, 2023, 4:11 PM
Subject: Thursday Walk
To: Peter Dorosh <prosbird@gmail.com>
So: >


Hi Peter,
Great seeing you in the park today, grappling with the mugwort...
Well, it was a beautiful day......very nice day.....lots of good weather.....
Birds....well, very difficult. For a long time I thought the bird of the day was going to be the white squirrel we saw in the Vale. But we eventually had 59 species including a couple of Bay-breasted and Canada Warblers, an Olive-sided Flycatcher, Orchard Oriole, and some other stuff.
List below.

Best regards,
Tom

Double-crested Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Green Heron
Black-crowned Night-Heron
Canada Goose
Mute Swan
Wood Duck
Mallard
Red-tailed Hawk
Laughing Gull
Rock Dove
Mourning Dove
Chimney Swift
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Great Crested Flycatcher
Eastern Kingbird
Warbling Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Barn Swallow
Tufted Titmouse
Carolina Wren
House Wren
Veery
American Robin
Gray Catbird
Northern Mockingbird
European Starling
Cedar Waxwing
Magnolia Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Bay-breasted Warbler
Blackpoll Warbler
American Redstart
Ovenbird
Common Yellowthroat
Canada Warbler
Song Sparrow
Lincoln's Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
Northern Cardinal
Indigo Bunting
Red-winged Blackbird
Common Grackle
Orchard Oriole
Baltimore Oriole
House Finch
American Goldfinch
House Sparrow

Your yard a bird's universe



Tuesday, May 23, 2023

Fw: eBird Report - Prospect Park, May 23, 2023



"To plant a garden is to believe in tomorrow."

--Audrey Hepburn


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Prospect Park, Kings, New York, US
May 23, 2023 7:34 AM - 3:40 PM
Protocol: Traveling
3.4 mile(s)
Checklist Comments:     Bobbi Manian's Tuesday BBC walk
63 species

Canada Goose  3
Mute Swan  4
Mallard  6
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  8
Mourning Dove  4
Chimney Swift  12
Ruby-throated Hummingbird  1
American Coot  1     Continuing near West Island
Spotted Sandpiper  1
Laughing Gull  6
Ring-billed Gull  1
Double-crested Cormorant  3
Great Blue Heron  1
Great Egret  2
Green Heron  1
Black-crowned Night-Heron  3
Osprey  2
Cooper's Hawk  1
Red-tailed Hawk  2
Red-bellied Woodpecker  2
Downy Woodpecker  2
Hairy Woodpecker  1
Northern Flicker  1
Monk Parakeet  2
Eastern Wood-Pewee  2
Great Crested Flycatcher  2
Eastern Kingbird  3
Warbling Vireo  4
Red-eyed Vireo  4
Blue Jay  3
American Crow  1
Northern Rough-winged Swallow  1
Tree Swallow  2
Barn Swallow  12
House Wren  2
Carolina Wren  2
European Starling  11
Gray Catbird  8
Swainson's Thrush  2
American Robin  20
Cedar Waxwing  5
House Sparrow  10
American Goldfinch  5
Song Sparrow  2
Eastern Towhee  1
Baltimore Oriole  6
Red-winged Blackbird  5
Brown-headed Cowbird  1
Common Grackle  8
Ovenbird  1
Northern Waterthrush  1     Seen only by Radka
Black-and-white Warbler  1
Common Yellowthroat  1
American Redstart  3
Cape May Warbler  1     Heard by Dennis
Northern Parula  2
Magnolia Warbler  1
Yellow Warbler  1
Blackpoll Warbler  12
Black-throated Green Warbler  1
Canada Warbler  1
Scarlet Tanager  2
Northern Cardinal  6

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S139031703

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

Acadian time

This is the time in May the "empids"-- short for empidonax flycatchers- make themselves noticed. Late May is prime time after warblers pass through. Among a targeted Empid is Acadian Flycatcher.

Two different reports likely two different birds indicated  today an Acadian. One was calling at Boulder Bridge , a known past breeding site. The second calling bird was found at the Rose Garden ( east above the Vale Cashmere). They'll likely will stick around for nesting. We'll hear more in the coming days.

"The Journey of a Thousand Miles begins With One Step." --Lao Tzu

Kings Birdathon final numbers


146! 

From Brooklyn bird club Facebook page:

Birdathon update!  the numbers have been complied and the total number of species seen across ALL TEAMS was 146!  That's at least ten higher than last year, great job everyone!  if you or your sponsor pledged based on total species, this is the moment you have been waiting for!

#bkbigday 
@NycPlove

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=pfbid033cC5Qxi8tAH8mssMMbdZeY6XudfnEdR39cVZBRk2Nzoja9aonrvgx7ih66U3beTNl&id=100064831802926&sfnsn=mo

"The Journey of a Thousand Miles begins With One Step." --Lao Tzu

GWC EABL

Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis) (1)
- Reported May 22, 2023 17:22 by Anonymous eBirder
- 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/checklist/S138914138
- Comments: "Small-medium sized bird with blue back, rosy orange breast and white belly. Near where Micheal S saw the mourning warbler."

"The Journey of a Thousand Miles begins With One Step." --Lao Tzu

Monday, May 22, 2023

Moon near Venus, Mars, Castor, Pollux and Beehive May 22-24

https://earthsky.org/tonight/moon-near-venus-mars-castor-pollux-and-beehive-may-22-24-2023/

An awesome sight..



Rare spring Philly vireo

Identified by Tom Stephenson

Philadelphia Vireo (Vireo philadelphicus) (1)
- Reported May 22, 2023 07:53 by Mary Ann Zovko
- Prospect Park, New York US-NY 40.66977, -73.96897, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.669772,-73.968971&ll=40.669772,-73.968971
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S138861653
- Comments: "I was with a group of birders from NYC Audubon at Vale of Cashmere. Seen in an evergreen and confirmed by our group leader."

Philadelphia Vireo (Vireo philadelphicus) (1)
- Reported May 22, 2023 07:53 by Nancy Shamban
- Prospect Park--Vale of Cashmere, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6690561,-73.9683616&ll=40.6690561,-73.9683616
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S138856013
- Comments: "Id'd  by Tom Stevenson"

"The Journey of a Thousand Miles begins With One Step." --Lao Tzu

YBFC today

Yellow-bellied Flycatcher (Empidonax flaviventris) (1)
- Reported May 22, 2023 07:00 by Forrest Wickman

- 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/S138836280
- Media: 1 Audio
- Comments: "It called "tuwee" twice while we were on the switchback trail leading up to the Butterfly Meadow, listening for the Mourning Warbler, around 9:10. The first call I didn't hear but Josh M did. The second call we both heard and recorded. Merlin agreed both times. Audio."

"The Journey of a Thousand Miles begins With One Step." --Lao Tzu

Sunday, May 21, 2023

All yellow

Not much in terms of action via reports, but single noteworthy sightings might get you intrigued particular yellow things.

On Lookout Hills Butterfly meadow, a calling Yellow bellied flycatcher was heard and seen. This boreal empidonax species is a beauty to behold among its more drab cousins.

Then along water by Terrace Bridge, a park rare Yellow crowned night heron was discovered. It perched on the bend side of the Lullwater, in the brushier side of the shoreline.

It's not alot of stuff but as migration slims down, we be happy to see the occasional good birds.

"The Journey of a Thousand Miles begins With One Step." --Lao Tzu

Butterfly mead yellow bellied fc

Yellow-bellied Flycatcher (Empidonax flaviventris) (1)
- Reported May 21, 2023 17:25 by Augie Kramer
- 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/S138779945
- Comments: "At butterfly meadow/lookout hill about an hour before sunset, first caught onto it from these weird 'pew' calls it was giving in quick succession, see recording obtained by Nick. yellowish/green empid with dark yellow green belly and faint yellow throat, white wingbars, flycatching and calling around in the trees on the south side of the meadow."

"The Journey of a Thousand Miles begins With One Step." --Lao Tzu

Bird Brain

https://www.audubon.org/magazine/spring-2023/yes-birding-does-change-your-brain?ms=digital-eng-social-facebook-x-20230500-nas_eng&utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=20230500_nas_eng

Saturday, May 20, 2023

Crescent moon to join pairing of planets Tuesday night

Blue up in butterfly meadow

Butterfly meadow is the lower meadow of lookout hills summit

Blue Grosbeak (Passerina caerulea) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported May 20, 2023 06:41 by Forrest Wickman

- 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/S138525876
- Comments: "Female in snag above Butterfly Meadow, then in Butterfly Meadow, then I lost it in the trees just S of the Butterfly Meadow around 9:10. Like a female Indigo Bunting—very brown and indistinct—but with larger beak, wingbars, no streaking on breast/belly. No photos (my camera was in my bag because of the rain), but I did record some of its calls, which Merlin agreed were Blue Grosbeak."

"The Journey of a Thousand Miles begins With One Step." --Lao Tzu

eBird Checklist - 19 May 2023 - Prospect Park - 31 species

https://ebird.org/checklist/S138521289

Photos of mourning warbler and bicknells

Caspian Tern at gwc sylvan water

Caspian Tern (Hydroprogne caspia) (1)
- Reported May 20, 2023 07:29 by Augie Kramer
- 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/checklist/S138515517
- Comments: "Flying SW from around sylvan water at 8/8:30 am. At first glance we both thought this was going to be another laughing gull but a look through the bins revealed that it was a very large tern (larger than a laughing gull) with a chunky red bill carrying a fish."

BirdCast - Bird migration forecasts in real-time

https://birdcast.info/

Migration winds down but look for late spurt. You won't get the song bird  numbers but strays and stragglers and fly catchers.

Friday, May 19, 2023

"Mich" PP chklist

https://ebird.org/checklist/S138394362

Photos of Bicknells Thrush and Olive-sided flycatcher

"The Journey of a Thousand Miles begins With One Step." --Lao Tzu

One sings sweet; the other skulks

Today's highlights deals with two rarities: one recognizable by its song calling,and the other if you are lucky to see it ,skulks.

The Bicknells Thrush is readily confirmed from the nearly identical Gray cheeked Thrush by its song. If you know it, you would've found it near the Music Pagoda. Heard and seen from the stretch starting at Pagoda wood bridge , along the Binnen Creek all the way to Lily Pool, a continuing bird is offering looks to anyone looking for a life bird. Here's the song https://youtu.be/hB-46GRpZas

Meanwhile at the Vale of Cashmere , the skulker is a female Mourning Warbler. It's traveling around the edges of the pool,either side on the slopes, the concrete path, even the edge of the water. This is great cooperation I think for a bird of its reclusive nature.

Bicknell's Thrush (Catharus bicknelli) (1)
- Reported May 19, 2023 09:30 by Ryan Candee- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S138392890
- Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Giving very good looks by lily pond and music pagoda, faint but distinctive vocalizations"

Mourning Warbler (Geothlypis philadelphia) (1)
- Reported May 19, 2023 09:25 by Jeff G- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S138412801
- Comments: "Photos. Female - skulky warbler with grey head, yellow belly and a well defined border between the two colors across the chest."

"The Journey of a Thousand Miles begins With One Step." --Lao Tzu

Tweet from NYC Audubon (@NYCAudubon) tribute to pale male

NYC Audubon (@NYCAudubon) tweeted at 1:21 PM on Wed, May 17, 2023:
"He taught New Yorkers, that despite man's efforts to control the landscape of the city, nature still thrives here and needs to be respected and nurtured," writes urban hawk chronicler D. Bruce Yolton in a thoughtful tribute to Pale Male on his blog today: https://t.co/NHv7CM55Jg
(https://twitter.com/NYCAudubon/status/1658885536856014863?t=Hip8yXBAOLDO5VUuo6lriA&s=03)

"The Journey of a Thousand Miles begins With One Step." --Lao Tzu

Tweet from NYC Plover Project (@NycPlover)

NYC Plover Project (@NycPlover) tweeted at 0:33 PM on Thu, May 18, 2023:
Why birds and their songs are good for our mental health - ⁦@washingtonpost⁩  https://t.co/t07z3O4GBF
(https://twitter.com/NycPlover/status/1659235652083253261?t=0oAfJiKzqPL3UGMvLRpToA&s=03)

"The Journey of a Thousand Miles begins With One Step." --Lao Tzu

Bird song improves mental health

Why oaks the best

GWC Redhead wp

Red-headed Woodpecker (Melanerpes erythrocephalus) (1)
- Reported May 19, 2023 06:53 by MCHL ____
- 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/checklist/S138362400
- Comments: "Continuing. Image."

Along Landscape Ave south

"The Journey of a Thousand Miles begins With One Step." --Lao Tzu

Stamps honoring endangered species including piping plover, this years Brooklyn bird Club birdathon cause

https://www.facebook.com/100064689546584/posts/pfbid02n7PaKbQMNAy7RcZSaAF6cPkvfYdytNS9febb3YYfyKyZJRKrF4kxreAYFCR1DEnnl/?sfnsn=mo&mibextid=6aamW6

Fwd: [eBird Alert] Kings County Rare Bird Alert

Clay colored sparrow at GWC,also Eastern bluebird

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To: prosbird@gmail.com


*** Species Summary:

- Clay-colored Sparrow (1 report)

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Clay-colored Sparrow (Spizella pallida) (1)
- Reported May 18, 2023 17:02 by Angela Panetta
- 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/checklist/S138302602
- Comments: "Foraging on ground under bush"

Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis) (2)
- Reported May 18, 2023 16:06 by liz Velikonja
- 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/checklist/S138294967
- Comments: "Very clear looks from back and front, female and male"

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"A flower blossoms for its own joy." — Oscar Wilde

Fwd: [eBird Alert] Kings County Rare Bird Alert

Note yellow bellied fc, coming thru now with empidonaxes.

Not on this list summer tanagers reported in lookout hill yesterday.maybe 3

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Subject: [eBird Alert] Kings County Rare Bird Alert <hourly>
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*** Species Summary:

- American Coot (1 report)
- Yellow-bellied Flycatcher (1 report)
- Cliff Swallow (1 report)

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American Coot (Fulica americana) (1)
- Reported May 18, 2023 06:27 by Spencer Hildie
- 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/S138287965
- Comments: "Continuing in the SW corner of the lake"

Yellow-bellied Flycatcher (Empidonax flaviventris) (1)
- Reported May 18, 2023 16:15 by Mike McDougall
- Prospect Park--Vale of Cashmere, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6690561,-73.9683616&ll=40.6690561,-73.9683616
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S138285755
- Comments: "Seen in the woods near the boulder bridge on Prospect Park"

Cliff Swallow (Petrochelidon pyrrhonota) (1)
- Reported May 18, 2023 06:53 by Forrest Wickman
- 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/S138288945
- Comments: "Spotted by Ant earlier in the morning, and my thanks to them for getting me on it. Like a Barn Swallow but with pale rump and squared off tail. Ant got a diagnostic photo."

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"A flower blossoms for its own joy." — Oscar Wilde

Thursday, May 18, 2023

Fwd: Thursday walk


From BBC walk leader Tom Stephenson


Hi Peter,
A beautiful, if a bit nippy, day. Lots of warblers in the morning coming down to the water in the Vale. Hopefully they can find a new location to stage in the north end during the renovation. Today and this week just showed how key that location is for our migrants.

It wasn't overall quite as birdy as last week, but we ended up with 74 species, highlights being 2 Olive-sided Flycatchers, Least Flycatcher, Canada, Cape May, Nashville, Tennessee, and Bay-breasted Warblers, and more.
We went on a wild goose chase (can you call it that if you're looking for tanagers or thrush??)  for the Summer Tanager and the reported Bicknell Thrush invasion, but didn't have any luck finding them.

Here's the list.
Best regards,
Tom

PS: A lady let her off leash dog go right into the water where several warblers and sparrows were bathing. There was a PEP car nearby and I ran over to them to go and ticket her. They finished their yogurt and went over but she had gotten the dog out by then and had gone up the stairs....   Not sure how to negotiate the enforcement issue. But having a solid phone number to a dispatcher might put some pressure on them.

Double-crested Cormorant
Great Egret
Green Heron
Black-crowned Night-Heron
Turkey Vulture
Canada Goose
Mute Swan
Wood Duck
Mallard
Osprey
Cooper's Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Spotted Sandpiper
Laughing Gull
Rock Dove
Mourning Dove
Chimney Swift
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Willow Flycatcher
Least Flycatcher
Great Crested Flycatcher
Eastern Kingbird
Warbling Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
Blue Jay
Tree Swallow
Barn Swallow
Carolina Wren
House Wren
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Veery
Gray-cheeked Thrush
Swainson's Thrush
American Robin
Gray Catbird
European Starling
Cedar Waxwing
Tennessee Warbler
Nashville Warbler
Northern Parula
Yellow Warbler
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Magnolia Warbler
Cape May Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Bay-breasted Warbler
Blackpoll Warbler
Black-and-white Warbler
American Redstart
Ovenbird
Northern Waterthrush
Common Yellowthroat
Wilson's Warbler
Canada Warbler
Scarlet Tanager
Chipping Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Northern Cardinal
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Indigo Bunting
Red-winged Blackbird
Common Grackle
Brown-headed Cowbird
Baltimore Oriole
American Goldfinch
House Sparrow

more good stuff prospect may 18th


Cliff Swallow (Petrochelidon pyrrhonota) (1)
- Reported May 18, 2023 07:58 by Ant Tab
- 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/S138247242
- Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "My first ever for the county/park, and one of the first swallows I saw when I got to the lake today. Squared tail, pale forehead and light, buffy rump. Initially seen from the Peninsula across from Well House, but seemed to be making long laps around entire lake, as I only saw it circle a few times within a couple of hours. Somehow managed to take at least one terrible but diagnostic photo."

Kentucky Warbler (Geothlypis formosa) (1)
- Reported May 18, 2023 10:14 by Bob Bolles
- Prospect Park--Vale of Cashmere, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6690561,-73.9683616&ll=40.6690561,-73.9683616
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S138251539
- Comments: "At the Vale of Cashmere; distinct white spectacles "hook""

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Fwd: [eBird Alert] Kings County Rare Bird Alert

Awesome find for Brooklyn Bridge Park !

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*** Species Summary:

- Chuck-will's-widow (1 report)

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Chuck-will's-widow (Antrostomus carolinensis) (1)
- Reported May 18, 2023 07:57 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/S138260331
- Comments: "Condo path between Pier 1 and 2. Seen with Bobby W.  While watching a small mixed flock of Ovenbird, Common Yellowthroat, Northern Waterthrush, Robin, and Catbird, the flock suddenly dispersed, promoted by the rush of a squirrel at the top of the slope.

The bird flew out over the path with a robin and a catbird, clearly looking larger than both. Overall brown with crisscrossed texture. Smooth, silent, and controlled flight as it maneuvered a short distance through some trees, up the path, finally setting down somewhere in the vegetation between the condo patios and the path. Prominent wide head, noticeably projecting from the body. No discernible flashes of white in the tail. Pretty comfortable calling this a CWWI but lacking documentation, ok relegating it to genus level."

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" Preserve and cherish the pale blue dot,the only home we've ever known"

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Wednesday, May 17, 2023

eBird Checklist - 17 May 2023 - Prospect Park - 60 species Payne chklist

https://ebird.org/checklist/S138110469

Note hooded warbler,summer tanager,Tennessee warbler

eBird Checklist - 17 May 2023 - Prospect Park - 33 species cook chklist

https://ebird.org/checklist/S138155242

Note  olivesided flycatcher

Greenwood ebird flagged birds

Red-headed Woodpecker (Melanerpes erythrocephalus) (1)
- Reported May 17, 2023 16:36 by Angela Panetta
- 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/checklist/S138179536
- Comments: "Continuing from earlier today"

Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis) (1)
- Reported May 17, 2023 17:20 by Christopher Engel
- 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/checklist/S138176140
- Comments: "Male. Blue with orange throat"

Pale Male was 33,a remarkable survivor

https://www.amny.com/news/famous-red-tailed-hawk-that-nested-above-fifth-avenue-for-30-years-dies-aged-33/

BirdCast - Bird migration forecasts in real-time

https://birdcast.info/ 

Saturday prediction from night flight may 19th

Tweet from Brooklyn Bird Alert (@BirdBrklyn) 😠

Brooklyn Bird Alert (@BirdBrklyn) tweeted at 11:11 AM on Wed, May 17, 2023:
Reminder: dogs are not allowed on most NYC Parks water bodies. A follower passed along this photo of a dog chasing the Wood Duck family in Prospect Park. This time the ducks and ducklings escaped unharmed. https://t.co/MMO2oAf2qb
(https://twitter.com/BirdBrklyn/status/1658852750531125249?t=v8skBZxuAlKDnGUrFc_l_Q&s=03

Reported *Townsend's Warbler in Prospect Vale Cashmere

Townsend's Warbler (Setophaga townsendi) (1)
- Reported May 17, 2023 11:14 by Anthony Russo
- Prospect Park--Vale of Cashmere, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6690561,-73.9683616&ll=40.6690561,-73.9683616
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S138129584
- Comments: "Tree hanging over path at the Vale of Cashmere. First thought it was a magnolia but black stripes were closer to the wing and less medial, there was also no gray cap stretching to eyebrow as seen in magnolia. Slim black cap with yellow between top of cap and black eye markings. Not a black throated green either as the chest was yellow instead of white. Also heard by Merlin Sound ID. 

Fwd: Migration Morning at BBP 5-17-2023 Mike Yuan led BBP


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From: Michael Yuan <mjyuan@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, May 17, 2023, 12:14 PM
Subject: Migration Morning at BBP 5-17-2023
To: Dennis Hrehowsik <deepseagangster@gmail.com>, Peter Dorosh <prosbird@gmail.com>


Peter-

Definitely one of those migration days where birds migrated out of here! 11 attendees on a breezy and cool morning. Highlights were scratched out of Pier 1 - singing Baltimore Oriole and a busy Eastern Wood-Pewee.

We'll have our last outing of the season next Wednesday. There's still time for something special. 

Tuesday, May 16, 2023

A legend passes.. end of Pale Male

When Will Spring Bird Migration Hit Its Peak? BirdCast Has Answers | All About Birds All About Birds

Fw: eBird Report - Prospect Park, May 16, 2023



"To plant a garden is to believe in tomorrow."

--Audrey Hepburn


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Sent: Tuesday, May 16, 2023 at 10:12:34 PM EDT
Subject: Fwd: eBird Report - Prospect Park, May 16, 2023

Our Friends' Walk started with over 30 birders including visitors Dorte and Leo from Sweden, and ended 7 hours later with a hardy group of three.  We tallied 71 species including 21 warbler species on a very birdy day.  Highlights included a probable Mourning Warbler seen by Terry, an Olive-sided Flycatcher and White-eyed Vireo in the Vale, and a very cooperative Worm-eating Warbler seen along the path behind the Upper Pool.  

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Prospect Park, Kings, New York, US
May 16, 2023 7:35 AM - 4:45 PM
Protocol: Traveling
5.0 mile(s)
Checklist Comments:     BBC Tuesday Friends walk
71 species (+2 other taxa)

Canada Goose  8
Mute Swan  2
Wood Duck  3
Mallard  9
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  13
Mourning Dove  15
Chimney Swift  7
Ruby-throated Hummingbird  1
Laughing Gull  6
Ring-billed Gull  1
Herring Gull  2
Double-crested Cormorant  1
Green Heron  3
Red-bellied Woodpecker  2
Downy Woodpecker  2
Olive-sided Flycatcher  1
Eastern Wood-Pewee  1
Empidonax sp.  1     Suspected Acadian Flycatcher.  Large bill for an empid.  Eyering and wingbars.   photos
Great Crested Flycatcher  4
Eastern Kingbird  2
White-eyed Vireo  1
Yellow-throated Vireo  1
Warbling Vireo  3
Red-eyed Vireo  5
Blue Jay  5
Northern Rough-winged Swallow  1
Tree Swallow  1
Barn Swallow  4
Ruby-crowned Kinglet  1
White-breasted Nuthatch  1
House Wren  4
Carolina Wren  4
European Starling  20
Gray Catbird  8
Northern Mockingbird  1
Veery  3
Gray-cheeked Thrush  1
Swainson's Thrush  4
Wood Thrush  1
American Robin  20
Cedar Waxwing  1
House Sparrow  10
White-throated Sparrow  10
Song Sparrow  1
Swamp Sparrow  2
Eastern Towhee  1
Baltimore Oriole  6
Red-winged Blackbird  5
Common Grackle  6
Ovenbird  6
Worm-eating Warbler  1
Northern Waterthrush  3
Black-and-white Warbler  6
Nashville Warbler  1
Common Yellowthroat  7
Hooded Warbler  1
American Redstart  12
Cape May Warbler  2
Northern Parula  5
Magnolia Warbler  14
Bay-breasted Warbler  5
Yellow Warbler  2
Chestnut-sided Warbler  3
Blackpoll Warbler  6
Black-throated Blue Warbler  6
Yellow-rumped Warbler  4
Black-throated Green Warbler  4
Canada Warbler  3
Wilson's Warbler  1
new world warbler sp.  1     Probable Mourning Warbler seen briefly from the back.   Green back with gray head and black around the eye.  Towards the bottom of the of                                                the carriage path on Lookout
Scarlet Tanager  4
Northern Cardinal  10
Indigo Bunting  1

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S138073953

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