As a birdwatcher, why should I care about invasive plant species?

A good primer to read from the link

http://www.invasive.org/101/BirdWatcher.html

Fwd: GWC

-----Original Message-----
From: Orrin Tilevitz 
To: Peter Dorosh <prosbird@aol.com>
Sent: Tue, Nov 11, 2014 11:05 am
Subject: Fw: GWC

Green-Wood Cemetery this morning.

Monk parakeet

Red-bellied woodpecker

Blue jay (many)

White-breasted nuthatch (many)

Mallard duck

White-throated sparrow

Northern flicker

American crow (flock of about a dozen)

Dark-eyed junco

American robin

Northern cardinal

Hermit thrush

Belted kingfisher

Song sparrow (see photographs)

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A brush with a RT Hawk ( zany bird!)

A zany and almost comical moment this morning.

While I was scanning the lake  from Prospect lake west shore, I felt a whiff of wind , something flew right behind me , ( " derrière"  level) and I turned to my left : The RED TAILED HAWK adult was aiming at some Mallards, while it only was less than 2 feet on its flyby from my back.  Wise guy.....

Lake birds 11/10

Seen on my short watch, the west sector of the Lake

91 Northern Shovelers
138 Ruddy Duck
2 (mix pair ) Hooded Merganser

and juvenile RING NECKED DUCK

Fwd: GWC

-----Original Message-----
From: Orrin Tilevitz
To: Peter Dorosh <prosbird@aol.com>
Sent: Mon, Nov 10, 2014 11:44 am
Subject: GWC

Green-Wood Cemetery this morning

Hooded merganser (3 on Valley Water)

Red-bellied woodpecker

Blue jay (dozens)

Dark-eyed junco

Song sparrow

White-throated sparrow

Black-capped chickadee

White-breasted nuthatch

European starling

Canada goose

Common grackle

American goldfinch

Northern cardinal

Tufted titmouse

Northern flicker

American robin

Fox sparrow (by Sylvan Water)

Purple finch (by Sylvan Water)

@JoshMalbinBirds: Rusty blackbird sparrow bowl. m.twitter.com/JoshMalbinBirds

Yep its that time again :the XMAS COUNT

As fast the year goes,December will soon be here again and with it the Christmas Count. The recruitment drive is on and the call goes out for volunteers and members to participate. If you have the angst to act,go to the Brooklyn Bird Club trips page for details and contact teams coordinator Mary Eyster.

The count for Kings is DECEMBER 20th

While Mary organizes all Kings,I am asking for volunteer s for Prospect Park and Greenwood Cemetery for anyone anti coastal. Contact me if u want to participate for Prospect south team( mine) or North led by Paul Keim from Grand Army Plaza park entrance. My email is prosbird@aol.com

There is also a group I believe from the boathouse much later
n the day along more celebratory than actual unless a new species is recorded.By the way,I do cap my group so if necessary I will ask to help out Paul or the Greenwood group.

http://birds.audubon.org/about-christmas-bird-count

Throwback Thursday ,a past article about a past CBC in Prospect

Click on to enlarge

Fwd: Prospect Park 11/8/14

 

 

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------ Original Message ------
From: Sean Zimmer
Date: 11/8/2014 5:23 PM
To: prosbird@aol.com;
Subject: Prospect Park 11/8/14

 

Hi Peter,    I took a 2 hour bird walk through the park this morning. Aside from the usual suspects, my highlights were:    - Eastern Bluebird (heard on the Nethermead, but I didn't sight them)  - 1 male Purple Finch near the boathouse   - 2 Green Winged Teal at the lullwater cove  - Fox Sparrow and Brown Creeper on the peninsula     A beautiful and birdy (but chilly!) day.    -Sean       

Hi Peter. I'm looking at 2 male green winged teals on Lullwater opposite rustic arbor. Melanie

Fwd: Prospect Park, Brooklyn, Nov 7, 2014

 

 

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------ Original Message ------
From: Rafael Guillermo Campos-Ramírez
Date: 11/8/2014 1:16 PM
To: undisclosed recipients: ;;
Subject: Prospect Park, Brooklyn, Nov 7, 2014

 

Another great day in the Park.  The Juncos were "numero uno" of the sparrows sps recorded for the areas visited.  Two Merlin were seen perched on a leafless tree in the Nethermead.  And the last of the warbler sps are ready to leave the Big Apple: 3 Myrtle (aka yellow-rumped).  Among the sparrows I saw at the ballfields area, 1 White-crowned (see pictures below).

 

Prospect Park, Brooklyn, Kings, US-NY
Nov 7, 2014 9:30 AM - 1:00 PM

Observer: Rafael G Campos R
Protocol: Traveling
3.5 kilometer(s)
43 species

Canada Goose (Branta canadensis)  13
Mute Swan (Cygnus olor)  2
Wood Duck (Aix sponsa)  3
American Black Duck (Anas rubripes)  2
Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)  8
Northern Shoveler (Anas clypeata)  1
Ruddy Duck (Oxyura jamaicensis)  23
Pied-billed Grebe (Podilymbus podiceps)  3
Double-crested Cormorant (Phalacrocorax auritus)  2
Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis)  2
American Coot (Fulica americana)  37
Ring-billed Gull (Larus delawarensis)  2
Herring Gull (American) (Larus argentatus smithsonianus)  6
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) (Columba livia (Feral Pigeon))  23
Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura)  8
Red-bellied Woodpecker (Melanerpes carolinus)  3
Downy Woodpecker (Picoides pubescens)  2
Hairy Woodpecker (Picoides villosus)  1
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) (Colaptes auratus auratus/luteus)  3
Merlin (Falco columbarius)  2
Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe)  1
Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata)  12
Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus)  4
Tufted Titmouse (Baeolophus bicolor)  3
White-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta carolinensis)  1
Brown Creeper (Certhia americana)  1
Golden-crowned Kinglet (Regulus satrapa)  9
Ruby-crowned Kinglet (Regulus calendula)  8
Hermit Thrush (Catharus guttatus)  12
American Robin (Turdus migratorius)  9
European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)  1
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) (Setophaga coronata coronata)  3
Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina)  12
Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia)  8
White-throated Sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis)  20
White-crowned Sparrow (Eastern) (Zonotrichia leucophrys leucophrys)  1
Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored) (Junco hyemalis hyemalis/carolinensis)  30
Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis)  2
Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus)  1
Common Grackle (Quiscalus quiscula)  3
Purple Finch (Haemorhous purpureus)  1
American Goldfinch (Spinus tristis)  9
House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)  9

Brooklyn is great birding!!

Photos (L-R):

Double-crested Cormorant; Ruddy Duck; Golden-crowned Kinglet; Myrtle Warbler; Dark-eyed Junco; White-crowned Sparrow

Gus keri rept of 12 Eastern bluebirds at boathouse 20 mins ago.

Fwd: Bush Terminal Park

-----Original Message-----
From: Karenohearn@
To: prosbird
Sent: Fri, Nov 7, 2014 1:21 pm
Subject: Bush Terminal Park

hey Peter,

I visited the new Bush Terminal Park today and really liked it.  The entrance, which is slightly confusing due to the closed guard gate, is at 43rd St.and 1st Ave.

Today it was raining when I was there w winds so strong I couldn't hold my bins still... not a ton of birds, but i think a great new spot for birding

9 Brant

5 Gadwall

2 Bufflehead

4 Laughing Gull

45 Ring-billed Gull

4 Herring Gull

best,

Karen

Very large Blackbird flock flyover prospect garage.2000+birds RWBB & grackles

Bush Terminal Pier Park finally opens

After a year delay ,this new Brooklyn coastal park finally opens. Another vantage view of lower NY harbor in the previously inaccessible coast. I do have a small part in this new park. Check out the Osprey nest platform: I was given the privilege of choosing the spot. :)

Certainty it will be on my BBC Ducks of Kings County tour in December

http://www.brownstoner.com/blog/2014/11/closing-bell-bush-terminal-piers-park-opens-in-sunset-park/

http://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20141106/sunset-park/bush-terminal-piers-park-opens-public-on-sunset-park-waterfront

Crappy day but Hermits don't mind

As I traveled thru the Prospect workday, HERMIT THRUSHES are noted in many wooded spots.Must be a fallout....

FW: PRATT PRESENTS COMM SILVER RE: FUTURE OF PUBLIC PARKS AND SPACES IN THE CITY

  

This is NYC Department of Parks Commissioner. Silver’s first public talk. He’ll be discussing the future of public parks and places in the city. It’s free, but reservations required. Feel free to attend.

Reservations required

Venue Pratt Institute Memorial Hall Auditorium

November 12th  at 6 pm

link   www.pratt.edu/public-programs

Fwd: Fw: today's sparrows

Swamp sparrow and White crowned sparrows per Orrin at BBGarden



-----Original Message-----
From: tilevitzo@yahoo.com
To: Peter Dorosh
Sent: Tue, Nov 4, 2014 12:14 pm
Subject: Fw: today's sparrows

BBG.  Couldn't get the field sparrow(s).

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Fwd: Pictures from Jean Shum Nov 2nd BBC walk

From this most excellent presentation, From the BBC walk on Nov 2nd Greenwood Cemetery ( first collage) and Prospect ( 2nd  collage) Note the Harrier male in the upper left side and 2nd . Red Shouldered Hawk in center

All Photos by Jean Shum and thanks to Jean for this refreshing presentation.

Sent: Mon, Nov 3, 2014 2:04 pm
Subject: Pictures from Jean Shum

Hi Peter,
Here are the pictures from yesterday.

Jean

NYSBIRDS post on PP empid

Subject: Kings County Empid (better Photos)
Date: Mon Nov 3 2014 11:04 am

From: sean AT seansime.com

I relocated the Prospect Park empid this morning in the same location it
was seen yesterday above Lamppost 249 at the SW corner of Lookout Hill. The
bird was actively feeding and I was able to get photos that should rule out
Hammond's Flycatcher. I have added them to the gallery with yesterday's
photos here:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/103866258@N08/sets/72157649094397622/

In good light, the spacing of the primaries was very even and the primary
projection seemed shorted than one would expect for Hammond's. Closer looks
at the bill also show it broader based will ample light coloration. I will
admit there was more than one instance this morning where I was wondering
if yesterday's was a different bird.

At one point the bird began to give a series of "whit" calls that in my
opinion were right in line with Least Flycatcher. The possibility of Dusky
Flycatcher has been raised and Dusky does have a "whit" call as well, but
this individual does not seem particularly long tailed in the field.

I welcome comments from anyone with Western empid experience.

Cheers,

Sean Sime
Brooklyn, NY

- See more at: http://birding.aba.org/mobiledigest/NY01#801652

Fwd: Prospect Park, Brooklyn, Nov 3, 2014

From Rafael Campos
Photos above Merlin,white throated sparrow,Purple Finch

-----Original Message-----
From: ticornis@yahoo.com
To: undisclosed recipients: ;
Sent: Mon, Nov 3, 2014 12:53 pm
Subject: Prospect Park, Brooklyn, Nov 3, 2014

Sparrows, sparrows, sparrows!!!  Amazing the numbers of Juncos & White-throateds.  Almost everywhere we walked, these 2 sps were the most numerous.

Other sps of sparrows were: Field, Song, Swamp, House, Chipping.

But raptors were winers today.  Two Merlin seen perched on the Nethermead meadow. Also Red-shouldered, Red-tailed, Sharp-shinned.  And a first for me in the Park, and adult Bald Eagle flew over Lookout Hill/Butterfly Meadow.

And only 1 sps of Warblers: Myrtle (Yellow-rumped).

Prospect Park, Brooklyn, Kings, US-NY
Nov 3, 2014 8:30 AM - 1:00 PM

Observers: Rafael G Campos, Rob Bate
Protocol: Traveling
3.5 kilometer(s)
48 species (+1 other taxa)

Canada Goose (Branta canadensis)  10
Mute Swan (Cygnus olor)  9
Wood Duck (Aix sponsa)  10
Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)  7
Northern Shoveler (Anas clypeata)  37
Green-winged Teal (American) (Anas crecca carolinensis)  2
Hooded Merganser (Lophodytes cucullatus)  1    Upper Pool.
Ruddy Duck (Oxyura jamaicensis)  10
Pied-billed Grebe (Podilymbus podiceps)  3
Double-crested Cormorant (Phalacrocorax auritus)  1
Sharp-shinned Hawk (Accipiter striatus)  1
Accipiter sp. (Accipiter sp.)  1    Flew over Nethermead field.
Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus)  1    Adult, flew over Lookout Hill.
Red-shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus)  1    Flyover ballfields.
Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis)  2
American Coot (Fulica americana)  42
Ring-billed Gull (Larus delawarensis)  5
Herring Gull (American) (Larus argentatus smithsonianus)  30
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) (Columba livia (Feral Pigeon))  15
Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura)  4
Red-bellied Woodpecker (Melanerpes carolinus)  5
Downy Woodpecker (Picoides pubescens)  1
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) (Colaptes auratus auratus/luteus)  4
Merlin (Falco columbarius)  2    Both perched on a tree in the Nethermead. Photos taken.
Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe)  1
Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata)  11
American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos)  1
Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus)  6
Tufted Titmouse (Baeolophus bicolor)  1
White-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta carolinensis)  1
Winter Wren (Troglodytes hiemalis)  1
Golden-crowned Kinglet (Regulus satrapa)  8
Ruby-crowned Kinglet (Regulus calendula)  14
Hermit Thrush (Catharus guttatus)  28
American Robin (Turdus migratorius)  4
European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)  1
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) (Setophaga coronata coronata)  4

Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina) 6
Field Sparrow (Spizella pusilla)  1
Fox Sparrow (Red) (Passerella iliaca iliaca/zaboria)  3
Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia)  11
Swamp Sparrow (Melospiza georgiana)  1
White-throated Sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis)  22
Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored) (Junco hyemalis hyemalis/carolinensis)  20
Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis)  3
Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus)  1
Purple Finch (Haemorhous purpureus)  2
American Goldfinch (Spinus tristis)  2
House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)  9

Brooklyn is great birding!!!

Latest on unidentified empid; Prospect report inc quality

The latest I heard on the possible Hammond's Flycatcher is that its NOT. Sean saw the bird this morning,took photos and heard the empid calling a chip not linked to Hammond's. instead there is the possibility of Dusky ...but you know with these  empidonaxes..stay tuned.

Best bird today for a most inactive day was RED SHOULDERED HAWK. First a low flyby I watched over the Lake then later over Lookout Hill south slope in a soar that also was a soar over east Lookout and Lullwater. Later after joining up with Rob Jett ,both of us saw a juvenile RED SHOULDERED HAWK over the Peninsula sumacs..

 Hermit Thrushes and Ruby crowned Kinglets are all around and make up the most species seen

Earlier as I was  counting the Ruddy Ducks,a funny scene .Inside my post at the western Rustic Shelter ,a WINTER WREN landed right next to  my right foot Obviously the wren must have thought I was part of the shelter...

Other birds of interest: EASTERN BLUEBIRDS in the Parade Grounds cafe concession area reported by Keir Randall, PURPLE FINCHES ,two and mixed pair I saw perched in the young willow oak by the well drive picnic tables, and  three FOX SPARROWS
Rob Jett found I also observed on the Peninsula tip pine.

Adding some suspense I found a perched female AMERICAN KESTREL at west ballfields that was approached by a Red tailed hawk.Of course the kestrel was not going to take any nonsense and acting Merlin like went after the buteo. Have to admire spunk when I see it..



List. http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S20431895

Red shouldered hawk soaring above east Lookout hill lullwatrr

Red shouldered hswk low flyover Prospect Lake towards West Isl

Prospect :possible HAMMONDS FLYCATCHER

Spotted by Rob Jett n
 This possible unconfirmed western
species was seen above the well house along that path.by the. Southwest stairs junction . Read the posts below from NY SBIRDS

Subject: Prospect Park Empid From: Sean Sime <sean@seansime.com> Date: Sun, 2 Nov 2014 20:26:59 -0500 X-Message-Number: 4

I received a text mid afternoon from Rob Jett about an Empidonax flycatcher on Lookout Hill in Prospect Park. As soon as the text came through another came saying the bird was no longer in view. After 4pm the bird was refound and I stopped by and was able to get some marginal photographs in the 10-15 minutes or so before it was too dark to photograph.

The images can be seen at this link;

https://www.flickr.com/photos/103866258@N08/sets/72157649094397622/

In the field the bird seemed kinglet like and small. The bill appeared almost completely dark and very short and thin. The eyering was broader behind the eye, but not incredibly so. In certain light the head was quite gray and offset against a more greenish back. In other light the bird seemed monotone. The breast seemed "dirty" on the sides of the chest with yellow tones beneath.

The discussion between Least and possible Hammond's came into play as well as another western empid. The ID was left at empid sp. I will try to add some images to the album, but unfortunately, they will all be at this distance and of this (lack of) quality.

Good birding,

Sean Sime Brooklyn, NY

----------------------------------------------

Subject: Re: Prospect Park Empid From: Rob Jett <citybirder@earthlink.net> Date: Sun, 2 Nov 2014 22:09:45 -0500 X-Message-Number: 6

First, a big thanks to Sean for posting to the list and linking his photos. Both Sean and Heydi Lopes bolted into the park in response to my tweet and texts, managing to capture a few decent photos of the flycatcher (Heydi's pics are here - http://tinyurl.com/nqudwux ).

In response to Hugh, the bird never vocalized, but did perch and seem interested for a few moments when I played the call of a Hammond's Flycatcher. Over the course of a couple of hours I briefly played several other possible species, including Least Flycatcher, with no perceivable reaction. Just to add to Sean's description, from my perspective the bird's feeding behavior was more reminiscent of a kinglet's hyperactive flittering than the expected northeastern empidonax flycatchers. I apologize for not posting anything sooner, but the bird disappeared after my first, very brief observation and it took me over an hour to relocate it. The next problem was the inevitable November empid ID conundrum. Any opinions are certainly welcome.

If you go looking for this bird I created a Google map here:

http://tinyurl.com/q54spv3

The bird was feeding mostly in the mid-story close to the stairways at the south end of the Wellhouse Path on Lookout Hill in Prospect Park. The closest access to this section of the park is at Prospect Park Southwest and Vanderbilt Street.

Good birding,

Rob

http://citybirder.blogspot.com @thecitybirder

Blustery BBC GWC & Prospect Park Nov 2, 2014

This blustery day with gusts exceeding 35 miles presented some real challenges  for the BBC club hawkwatch at Greenwood Cemetery. But without the northwest wind , we could not have seen some quality birds and decent hawk watching that combined with Prospect gave the group 10 species raptors.

Hawkwatching from the Hill of Graves, our hawk count was 19 birds from the time slot 8 am to 10:30 am. Among the usual birds, the best was a juvenile BALD EAGLE heading in the direction of the marathon on 4th Ave. Another spectator ? ( by the way , Rob Jett reported two COMMON RAVENS over 4th Ave and 6th street so yes spectators at the marathon.WE had our own RAVEN spotting along Ocean Ave ridge in the cemetery.). Resident RED-TAILED HAWKs were at one point attacked by a MERLIN, of 3 we saw, along with 1 COOPERS HAWK and 5 SHARP-SHINNED HAWKS. As we exited the site , at the humongous statue "Common Virtue", a PEREGRINE FALCON buzzed by us.

With hordes of DARK EYED JUNCOS and WHITE THROATED SPARROWS near the east cemetery entrance, we inadvertently flushed an AMERICAN WOODCOCK  by Jasmine and Border Avenues ( also a note from Janet Schumacher, one Woodcock in the Brooklyn Botanic garden's native Flora section today).

 The rest of the raptor show was fulfilled at Prospect park. There , two very good birds: an adult  gorgeous RED-SHOULDERED HAWK over the ballfields , at field one, heading southeast, and a rarity for the gender I recalled almost never, male NORTHERN HARRIER "gray ghost" over the Nethermead /Lookout Hill line, spotted by Monica Berger after we watched 5 TURKEY VULTURES. AMERICAN KESTREL filled the falcon genera, just prior the Red-shouldered.

Stepping away from raptors, a brief look at ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER in a pokeweed stand at Maryland Monument  kept the rarity  momentum going for my group.

From south Lullwater to the lake, a report of 9 species ducks. Birders in two different groups, including mine spotted over 90 NORTHERN SHOVELERS, 6 WOOD DUCKS, GADWALL drake ( south lullwater), 7 BUFFLEHEADS ( lake) and a pair of HOODED MERGANSERS ( lake ) along with the budding RUDDY DUCK population.

Also very interesting to see given its lateness, withing the cattail/phragmite patch by the Breeze Hill shoreline pink beach, a skulking GREEN HERON . A PIED BILLED GREBE peeked at

FOX SPARROW, FIELD SPARROW, SWAMP SPARROWS were all present accompanying the numerous juncos ,SONGS ( at Peninsula sumacs) and WHITE THROATED SPARROWS in the fields as reported by both BBC walk groups

Cold blustery forces do yield good birds if one is brave enough to get outside and face those gusty winds.

Prospect List

http://ebird.org/ebird/shared?subID=UzIwNDE3Mjg1&s=t


---------Green-Wood Cemetery, Kings, US-NY

Nov 2, 2014 8:00 AM - 10:35 AM
Protocol: Stationary
Comments:     Hawkwatching Hill of Graves
31 species

Canada Goose  12     f/o
Great Blue Heron  1
Turkey Vulture  3
Sharp-shinned Hawk  5     
Cooper's Hawk  1
Bald Eagle  1
Red-tailed Hawk  4     3 resident
American Woodcock  1
Herring Gull  X
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  X
Mourning Dove  X
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)  X
Merlin  3     
Peregrine Falcon  1
Blue Jay  X
American Crow  X
Common Raven  1
White-breasted Nuthatch  1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet  X
Hermit Thrush  X
American Robin  X
Yellow-rumped Warbler  X
Chipping Sparrow  X
Song Sparrow  X
White-throated Sparrow  X
Dark-eyed Junco  200  +   large flock
Red-winged Blackbird  X
Common Grackle  X
Brown-headed Cowbird  X
Purple Finch  1
House Sparrow  X

View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S20417090

Fwd: Woodcock native garden BBG SE corner

-----Original Message-----
From: janets33@optonline.net
To: Peter Dorosh
Sent: Sun, Nov 2, 2014 9:48 am
Subject: Woodcock native garden BBG SE corner

Fwd: First Sunday of Month bird walk from the Prospect Park boathouse

-----Original Message-----
From: janets33@optonline.net
To: Peter Dorosh
Sent: Sun, Nov 2, 2014 6:53 am
Subject: First Sunday of Month bird walk from the Prospect Park boathouse

A dozen birders joined Michelle on this windy, chilly Sunday morning. We mainly birded around the lake and were rewarded with 9 species of ducks including a beautiful male Hooded Merganser, Buffleheads, Green winged teals, a Gadwall and an American Wigeon. Grebes and coots were also present.

A Blue headed vireo was among a nice assortment of sparrows on the southern Lefrak roof area.

IMG_0329

 

Phoebes and Yellow-rumped warblers were plying the edges of the lake. 

IMG_0333

 

(It was too much trouble to include the Blue-headed vireo in eBird list but it was close and low.)

Canada Goose  
Mute Swan  X
Wood Duck  X
Gadwall  X
American Wigeon  X
Mallard  X
Northern Shoveler  X
Green-winged Teal  X
Bufflehead  X
Hooded Merganser  X
Ruddy Duck  X
Pied-billed Grebe  X
Double-crested Cormorant  X
Cooper's Hawk  X
Red-tailed Hawk  X
American Coot  X
Downy Woodpecker  X
Northern Flicker  X
Eastern Phoebe  X
Blue Jay  X
Black-capped Chickadee  X
Brown Creeper  X
Winter Wren  X     peninsula
Golden-crowned Kinglet  X
Ruby-crowned Kinglet  X
Hermit Thrush  X
American Robin  X
Northern Mockingbird  X
European Starling  X
Yellow-rumped Warbler  X
Chipping Sparrow  X
Field Sparrow  X
Fox Sparrow  X     pair Peninsula
Song Sparrow  X
Swamp Sparrow  X
White-throated Sparrow  X
Dark-eyed Junco  X
Northern Cardinal  X
House Sparrow  X

Late Green heron south lullwater phrag /cattails breeze hill shoreline

Male Harrier gray ghost over Nethermead/Lookout hill

Orange crowned warbler bet Maryland mont n switchback trail,feed n pokeweed.bbc walk

Prospect Red shoulder hawk Ballfields going southeast

Amer Woodcock near east GWCemetery entrance jasmine n border avenues

Juv Bald Eagle GWcemetery.east entr bbc hawkwatch

Why the juncos flushed?

A bad zoom photo of RTHawk..

Sent from my MetroPCS 4G Android device

Sunday's weather and winds (oh yes big winds)

Northwest winds 15 to 25 miles /hr gusts 35 +

Sunny but cold ~ 45°. Wind chill certainly in 30 s

( if anyone really brave enough to go hawk watching tomorrow) dress warm, gloves etc

Yesterday image of Falkill Falls in peak foliage my pic