Thursday, October 10, 2024

Fwd: The Last BBC Thursday Walk




"Autumn…the year's last, loveliest smile." ~ William Cullen Bryant



   

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From: Tom Stephenson <12toms@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, Oct 10, 2024, 4:11 PM
Subject: The Last Thursday Walk
To: Peter Dorosh <prosbird@gmail.com>
Cc: Dennis Hrehowsik <DeepSeaGangster@gmail.com>, Roberta Manian <roberta.manian@gmail.com>, Michael Yuan <myuan@nycbirdalliance.org>, Valerie Masten <valerie.masten@gmail.com>, Marisa Hernandez <shishi47@gmail.com>, Rafael Guillermo Campos-Ramírez <ticornis@yahoo.com>, Lisa Curtiss <lccurtiss@gmail.com>, Megan Thornton <megankthornton@gmail.com>


Hi Peter,
It was a beautiful Fall day in the park, with a good number of birds. Our "bird of the day" was going to be the Bobolink, first spotted by Rafael in the newly rejuvenated Sparrow Bowl. But that was outshined by an American Bittern across from the pink beach. 
We ended up with 67 species including 15 species of warblers, Phila Vireo along with 2 other vireo species, and lots more.
Here's the list.

And everyone, please send a note to the Prospect Park Alliance telling them how important their restored habitat in the Sparrow Bowl is for our migrants.

Best regards,
Tom


Great Blue Heron
American Bittern
Turkey Vulture
Canada Goose
Mute Swan
Wood Duck
American Black Duck
Mallard
Northern Shoveler
Ruddy Duck
Cooper's Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Merlin
Rock Dove
Mourning Dove
Belted Kingfisher
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Eastern Phoebe
Blue-headed Vireo
Philadelphia Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
Blue Jay
American Crow
Tufted Titmouse
White-breasted Nuthatch
Brown Creeper
Winter Wren
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Swainson's Thrush
Hermit Thrush
American Robin
Gray Catbird
European Starling
Tennessee Warbler
Nashville Warbler
Northern Parula
Yellow Warbler
Magnolia Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Blackburnian Warbler
Palm Warbler
Bay-breasted Warbler
Blackpoll Warbler
Black-and-white Warbler
American Redstart
Common Yellowthroat
Scarlet Tanager
Eastern Towhee
Chipping Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Lincoln's Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Northern Cardinal
Common Grackle
Baltimore Oriole
American Goldfinch
House Sparrow
Bobolink