Sunday, September 11, 2016


@themeowking: Yellow-bellied Flycatcher on Peninsula by the Pink Beach https://t.co/5C97yyUXK3/s/n5IH m.twitter.com/themeowking
 

North wind alert

After Sunday morning stormy weather, at around 3pm,the Wind shifts Northwest to north into Monday wee hours.

By now you should know the drill..

Fwd: eBird Report - Prospect Park, Sep 10, 2016




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-------- Original message --------
From: Dennis Hrehowsik <deepseagangster@gmail.com>
Date:09/10/2016 9:29 PM (GMT-05:00)
To: prosbird@aol.com, robsbate@gmail.com, 12toms@gmail.com, roberta.manian@gmail.com, Kathleen Toomey <kathleentoomey@gmail.com>
Cc:
Subject: Fwd: eBird Report - Prospect Park, Sep 10, 2016

Hey Peter, 

Great walk today with 65ish species. The group toughed it out with hot humid weather difficult fall warblers and quiet empids. Lots of fun working out identifications and getting each other on active birds in very leafed out woods. 

Looking forward to some cooler weather next week.

Best,

D


Begin forwarded message:

From: ebird-checklist@cornell.edu
Date: September 10, 2016 at 9:21:14 PM EDT
To: deepseagangster@gmail.com
Subject: eBird Report - Prospect Park, Sep 10, 2016

Prospect Park, Kings, New York, US
Sep 10, 2016 7:32 AM - 2:23 PM
Protocol: Traveling
4.0 mile(s)
Comments:     BBC sat walk <br />Submitted from eBird for iOS, version 1.2.6 Build 75
61 species (+4 other taxa)

Canada Goose  16
Mute Swan  2
Wood Duck  5
American Black Duck  1
Mallard  7
Double-crested Cormorant  1
Great Blue Heron  1
Green Heron  1
Black-crowned Night-Heron  1
Red-tailed Hawk  2
Spotted Sandpiper  2
Laughing Gull  2
Herring Gull  1
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  5
Mourning Dove  10
Chimney Swift  40
Belted Kingfisher  1
Red-bellied Woodpecker  1
Downy Woodpecker  1
Hairy Woodpecker  1
Northern Flicker  3
Merlin  1
Eastern Wood-Pewee  2
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher  1     Yellow belly and thread.  Eye ring. High contrast wing bar. Green back
Alder/Willow Flycatcher (Traill's Flycatcher)  2     On butterfly meadow gray empid with little to no eyering more primary projection than expected for a least or yellow belly. No real hint of green like Acadian.
Empidonax sp.  1
Eastern Phoebe  2
Great Crested Flycatcher  1
Warbling Vireo  2
Red-eyed Vireo  4
Blue Jay  5
crow sp.  1
Black-capped Chickadee  1
White-breasted Nuthatch  1
Carolina Wren  1
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher  1
Veery  2
Gray-cheeked/Bicknell's Thrush  1
American Robin  75
Gray Catbird  2
Brown Thrasher  1
Northern Mockingbird  1
European Starling  X
Cedar Waxwing  7
Ovenbird  2
Northern Waterthrush  2
Black-and-white Warbler  3
Common Yellowthroat  6
American Redstart  6
Northern Parula  3
Magnolia Warbler  1
Yellow Warbler  2
Chestnut-sided Warbler  2
Pine Warbler  1
Yellow-rumped Warbler  1
Black-throated Green Warbler  2
Canada Warbler  2
Song Sparrow  1
Scarlet Tanager  2
Northern Cardinal  5
Rose-breasted Grosbeak  1
Common Grackle  2
Baltimore Oriole  2
American Goldfinch  6
House Sparrow  50

View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S31511966

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

Saturday, September 10, 2016

eBird Checklist – Prospect Park, New York – Sat Sep 10, 2016 – 61 species (+3 other taxa)

http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S31511951

Brooklyn bird club walk led by Dennis H.


@KingsKathy: Nine shovelers Prospect Lake m.twitter.com/KingsKathy
 

Ebird alert

Huge corvids, wedge tails."

Mourning Warbler (Geothlypis philadelphia) (1)
- Reported Sep 10, 2016 06:45 by Joshua Malbin
- 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: http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S31509562
- Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Bad blurry photo from the rear to be added. Large warbler, much bigger than COYE, with yellow evenly distributed along the belly and undertail and greenish yellow back. Long curved bill. Could not see broken eye ring that would have cinched it, but didn't see it was absent, either. No hint of a hood, so not Connecticut. Bird was actively feeding in undergrowth on the slope from butterfly to lookout top, then went into the meadow thicket itself.



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Ebird alert

Common Raven (Corvus corax) (2)
- Reported Sep 10, 2016 06:45 by Joshua Malbin
- 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: http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S31509562
- Comments: "Flew over lookout, croaking. Huge corvids, wedge tails."



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Ebird alert

Yellow-bellied Flycatcher (Empidonax flaviventris) (1)
- Reported Sep 10, 2016 08:30 by karen o'hearn
- 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: http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S31511468
- Comments: "top of maryland monument steps.  very good, yet brief look at this small flycatcher with complete eye ring, yellow wash over entire front, but brightest yellow at throat.  wing bars."
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@JoshMalbinBirds: Spotted and Solitary Sandpiper together on n side of peninsula meadow m.twitter.com/JoshMalbinBirds
 

@JoshMalbinBirds: A cuckoo just flew down the north end of butterfly. Couldn't tell which. Trying to refind. m.twitter.com/JoshMalbinBirds
 

@KarenOhearn: YB flycatcher top Maryland monument steps m.twitter.com/KarenOhearn
 

@JoshMalbinBirds: Possible Mourning Warbler Butterfly Meadow. Got only very blurry photos. Was feeding on the slope to hilltop, then went in meadow tangle.
 

Friday, September 9, 2016

Fwd: [eBird Alert] Kings County Rare Bird Alert

---------- Forwarded message ----------
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Date: Sep 9, 2016 9:33 AM
Subject: [eBird Alert] Kings County Rare Bird Alert <hourly>
To:
Cc:

*** Species Summary:

- Orange-crowned Warbler (1 report)

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Thank you for subscribing to the <hourly> Kings County Rare Bird Alert.The report below shows observations of rare birds in Kings County.  View or unsubscribe to this alert at http://ebird.org/ebird/alert/summary?sid=SN35645
NOTE: all sightings are UNCONFIRMED unless indicated

Orange-crowned Warbler (Oreothlypis celata) (1)
- Reported Sep 08, 2016 07:30 by Linda Ewing
- 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: http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S31483242
- Comments: "Vale; seen with other observers, ID'd by Tom Stephenson."

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Fwd: Some pix




-----Original Message-----
From: Tom Stephenson <12toms@gmail.com>
To: Peter Dorosh <ProsBird@aol.com>
Cc: Rob Bate <robsbate@gmail.com>; Bobbi Manian <roberta.manian@yahoo.com>; Dennis Hrehowsik <DeepSeaGangster@gmail.com>
Sent: Fri, Sep 9, 2016 9:48 am
Subject: Some pix

Hi Peter,

Forgot to attach a couple of photos: the yebfly and sposan....

Best regards,
Tom

Thursday, September 8, 2016

Fwd: [eBird Alert] Kings County Rare Bird Alert

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: <ebird-alert@cornell.edu>
Date: Sep 8, 2016 8:39 PM
Subject: [eBird Alert] Kings County Rare Bird Alert <hourly>
To:
Cc:

*** Species Summary:

- Yellow-bellied Flycatcher (1 report)

---------------------------------------------
Thank you for subscribing to the <hourly> Kings County Rare Bird Alert.The report below shows observations of rare birds in Kings County.  View or unsubscribe to this alert at http://ebird.org/ebird/alert/summary?sid=SN35645
NOTE: all sightings are UNCONFIRMED unless indicated

Yellow-bellied Flycatcher (Empidonax flaviventris) (1)
- Reported Sep 08, 2016 16:34 by Peter Paul
- 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: http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S31485991
- Comments: "Continuing on peninsula. Particularly yellow empid, yellow extending through the throat. Strong, complete teardrop eyering. Actively flycatching. No usable pictures...  About an hour before I found it, we were pretty sure we heard a turree call, but couldn't find it at the time."

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Fwd: BBC Thursday Walk

9/9 walk
Subject: BBC Thursday Walk

Hi Peter,

We had a good walk today. Although it was a bit hot there was a breeze and quite a few birds including lots of flycatchers (I wonder why so many this year...)

All in all we had 15 species of warblers including an early Orange-crowned (in vale), Prairie (Peninsula), Wilson's and a late Louisiana Waterthrush along the Binnen Stream.

As for flycatchers we had a Traill's type (not calling at all), 2 and maybe 3 Yellow-bellied Flycatchers and a brief but very clear view of an Acadian. We also ran into the Olive-sided that has been seen in the Breeze Hill area. We saw it from the pink beach and then later from the Lullwater.

Best regards,
Tom



Double-crested Cormorant
Black-crowned Night-Heron
Canada Goose
Mute Swan
Wood Duck
Mallard
Red-tailed Hawk
Spotted Sandpiper
Laughing Gull
Ring-billed Gull
Rock Dove
Mourning Dove
Belted Kingfisher
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
Acadian Flycatcher
Traill's sp Flycatcher
Warbling Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
Blue Jay
Red-breasted Nuthatch
White-breasted Nuthatch
House Wren
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Veery
American Robin
Gray Catbird
Northern Mockingbird
European Starling
Cedar Waxwing
Orange-crowned Warbler
Northern Parula
Yellow Warbler
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Prairie Warbler
Blackpoll Warbler
Black-and-white Warbler
American Redstart
Ovenbird
Northern Waterthrush
Louisiana Waterthrush
Common Yellowthroat
Wilson's Warbler
Scarlet Tanager
Song Sparrow
Northern Cardinal
Indigo Bunting
Common Grackle
Baltimore Oriole
American Goldfinch
House Sparrow

@robsbirder: Olive sided Flycatcher continues on Breeze Hill. Dead tree tops, one by bridge. YB Flycatchers on Peninsula m.twitter.com/robsbirder
 

Tuesday, September 6, 2016

Fwd: [eBird Alert] Kings County Rare Bird Alert

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: <ebird-alert@cornell.edu>
Date: Sep 6, 2016 12:59 PM
Subject: [eBird Alert] Kings County Rare Bird Alert <hourly>
To:
Cc:

*** Species Summary:

- Orchard Oriole (1 report)

---------------------------------------------
Thank you for subscribing to the <hourly> Kings County Rare Bird Alert.The report below shows observations of rare birds in Kings County.  View or unsubscribe to this alert at http://ebird.org/ebird/alert/summary?sid=SN35645
NOTE: all sightings are UNCONFIRMED unless indicated

Orchard Oriole (Icterus spurius) (1)
- Reported Sep 06, 2016 08:55 by Paige Linden-Brams
- 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: http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S31450549
- Comments: "Female. With mixed flock of Baltimore Oriels and Scarlet Tanagers in same tree."

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Fwd: eBird Report - Prospect Park, Sep 6, 2016


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From: Roberta 
Subject: Fwd: eBird Report - Prospect Park, Sep 6, 2016

Hi Peter,

Oveall quieter day than the weekend was.  One very active pocket by the picnic tables had tennessee, parula, chestnut-side as well as the regular suspect warblers, also good looks for a few people at a yellow-bellied flycatcher.  We saw a second one on top of Lookout that others got a look at, but never the whole group.   Overall, Lookout and the Lullwater and Ravine were all quiet.

The Peninsula was pretty good but sadly the entire fenced off area, just past the meadow, has been converted into an enclosed DOG RUN!!!  2 men had 8-10 dogs off leash, running around, using the area as a pen.  We called 311 (but got misdirected to Property Insurance)and took photos.  Alan tried to flag down a cop but they didn't see us.  We told them it was protected area and they said 'yeah, we know'.  It really put a damper on the rest of the morning.

Here's hoping for better birding days ahead,
Bobbi


---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: <ebird-checklist@cornell.edu>
Date: Tue, Sep 6, 2016 at 4:24 PM
Subject: eBird Report - Prospect Park, Sep 6, 2016
To:


Prospect Park, Kings, New York, US
Sep 6, 2016 7:21 AM - 1:19 PM
Protocol: Traveling
3.0 mile(s)
Comments:     BBC Tuesday walk <br />Submitted from eBird for iOS, version 1.1.3 Build 30
46 species (+1 other taxa)

Canada Goose  18
Mute Swan  7
Wood Duck  3
American Black Duck  1
Mallard  6
Double-crested Cormorant  1
Green Heron  1
Black-crowned Night-Heron  1
Sharp-shinned Hawk  1
Spotted Sandpiper  1
Laughing Gull  4
Ring-billed Gull  1
Herring Gull  1
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  X
Mourning Dove  X
Chimney Swift  4
Red-bellied Woodpecker  1
Downy Woodpecker  1
Hairy Woodpecker  1
Northern Flicker  1
Merlin  1
Eastern Wood-Pewee  1
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher  2     One in the very active trees above picnic tables.  Seen by only a few. Strong eyering and wingbars. Yellow in belly and throat. Green overall color. Second one on top lookout seen by a group that circled around to relocate after initial poor views.  They reported yellow chest/throat and dusky breast band
Empidonax sp.  1
Warbling Vireo  2
Red-eyed Vireo  2
Blue Jay  3
House Wren  1
Carolina Wren  1
Veery  1
American Robin  X
Gray Catbird  4
Northern Mockingbird  1
European Starling  X
Ovenbird  1
Northern Waterthrush  2
Black-and-white Warbler  3
Tennessee Warbler  1
Common Yellowthroat  7
American Redstart  15
Northern Parula  3
Yellow Warbler  3
Chestnut-sided Warbler  1
Black-throated Blue Warbler  3
Canada Warbler  1
American Goldfinch  4
House Sparrow  X

View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S31454175

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

Monday, September 5, 2016

North wind alert

Under regional impact of offshore Tropical Storm Hermine's gusty strong winds,wind direction currently is North into Tuesday morning hours.

Though migration might be affected by strong winds,it remains to be seen the density of migration.

https://www.wunderground.com/q/zmw:11201.1.99999

Sunday, September 4, 2016


6 nighthawks at once over Ballfields, Long Meadow. Per Matthew Wills
 

Saturday, September 3, 2016

Fwd: First bbc sat walk autumn

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: "Dennis Hrehowsik" <deepseagangster@gmail.com>
Date: Sep 3, 2016 8:16 PM
Subject: First sat walk
To: "Peter Dorosh" <prosbird@gmail.com>, <robsbate@gmail.com>, <roberta.manian@gmail.com>, "Tom Stephenson" <12toms@gmail.com>
Cc:

Hey all,

Fun walk today with 13 birders and nice cool weather. Everyone contributed to the list and showed lots of great team work getting each other on birds. Lots of good discussion about chip notes and flight calls. Species count was pretty good at 61 but overall numbers a little on the on the low side. Looking forward to next week's walk. As always thanks to everyone for coming and as always thanks for trusting me with the keys.

Best,

Dennis 


Begin forwarded message:

From: ebird-checklist@cornell.edu
Date: September 3, 2016 at 7:58:50 PM EDT
To: deepseagangster@gmail.com
Subject: eBird Report - Prospect Park, Sep 3, 2016

Prospect Park, Kings, New York, US
Sep 3, 2016 7:34 AM - 2:07 PM
Protocol: Traveling
4.0 mile(s)
Comments:     <br />Submitted from eBird for iOS, version 1.1.3 Build 30
62 species

Canada Goose  14
Mute Swan  5
Wood Duck  4
American Black Duck  2
Mallard  6
Northern Shoveler  5
Double-crested Cormorant  2
Great Blue Heron  1
Green Heron  1
Black-crowned Night-Heron  1
Osprey  1
Cooper's Hawk  1
Red-tailed Hawk  3
Spotted Sandpiper  2
Solitary Sandpiper  1
Laughing Gull  3
Ring-billed Gull  1
Herring Gull  1
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  X
Mourning Dove  3
Chimney Swift  9
Ruby-throated Hummingbird  1
Red-bellied Woodpecker  2
Downy Woodpecker  2
Northern Flicker  2
Merlin  1
Eastern Wood-Pewee  1
Great Crested Flycatcher  2
Warbling Vireo  2
Red-eyed Vireo  2
Blue Jay  2
Common Raven  1     Over lookout. Spotted by Kristin large Corvus w wedge tail spotted on way home from walk.
Red-breasted Nuthatch  1
House Wren  3
Carolina Wren  1
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher  1
Veery  2
American Robin  75
Gray Catbird  4
Northern Mockingbird  3
European Starling  95
Cedar Waxwing  15
Ovenbird  1
Northern Waterthrush  3
Blue-winged Warbler  1
Black-and-white Warbler  2
Common Yellowthroat  3
American Redstart  14
Northern Parula  1
Magnolia Warbler  2
Yellow Warbler  3
Black-throated Blue Warbler  2
Song Sparrow  3
Scarlet Tanager  1
Northern Cardinal  6
Rose-breasted Grosbeak  1
Red-winged Blackbird  2
Common Grackle  4
Baltimore Oriole  5
House Finch  4
American Goldfinch  5
House Sparrow  X

View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S31394114

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

Friday, September 2, 2016

Fwd: eBird Report - Prospect Park, Sep 2, 2016




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-------- Original message --------
From: Kathleen Toomey <kathleentoomey@gmail.com>
Date:09/02/2016 7:44 PM (GMT-05:00)
To: Prosbird@aol.com
Cc:
Subject: Fwd: eBird Report - Prospect Park, Sep 2, 2016



From: ebird-checklist@cornell.edu
Date: September 2, 2016 at 7:38:43 PM EDT
To: Kathleentoomey
Subject: eBird Report - Prospect Park, Sep 2, 2016

Prospect Park, Kings, New York, US
Sep 2, 2016 7:35 AM - 2:35 PM
Protocol: Traveling
2.0 mile(s)
Comments:     Lookout and around the Peninsula two times
45 species (+2 other taxa)

Canada Goose  20
Mute Swan  4
Wood Duck  2
Mallard  X
Double-crested Cormorant  2
Great Blue Heron  1
Green Heron  1
Red-tailed Hawk  2
Spotted Sandpiper  3
Solitary Sandpiper  1
Laughing Gull  1
gull sp.  1
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  1
Mourning Dove  4
Chimney Swift  2
Ruby-throated Hummingbird  1
Downy Woodpecker  4
Hairy Woodpecker  1
Northern Flicker  1
Eastern Wood-Pewee  1
Empidonax sp.  1
Warbling Vireo  2
Red-eyed Vireo  5
Blue Jay  2
Red-breasted Nuthatch  1     Peninsula, in a pine tree just past pink beach
House Wren  2
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher  1
American Robin  10
Gray Catbird  6
European Starling  10
Northern Waterthrush  4
Black-and-white Warbler  5
Common Yellowthroat  2
American Redstart  20
Northern Parula  5
Magnolia Warbler  1
Yellow Warbler  5
Chestnut-sided Warbler  1
Black-throated Blue Warbler  1
Yellow-rumped Warbler  1
Black-throated Green Warbler  1
Canada Warbler  1
Northern Cardinal  1
Baltimore Oriole  2
House Finch  3
American Goldfinch  4
House Sparrow  30

View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S31380475

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

Just had 4 Nighthawks over Long Meadow by Picnic House. Half a dozen seen distantly from Nethermead 20 minutes ago. Per Matthew Wills in Prospect
 

Thursday, September 1, 2016

Fwd: BBC Thursday walk

Leader Ed.


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-------- Original message --------
From: Ed Crowne <erc310@gmail.com>
Date:09/01/2016 6:17 PM (GMT-05:00)
To: Peter Dorosh <prosbird@aol.com>
Cc:
Subject: BBC Thursday walk

Greetings, Peter

The light and sometimes heavier rain may have dampened the avian activity in the Park today.  We persisted to just after noon by which time the precip was mainly done. Below is the link to eBird report. 


Regards, Ed

@KingsKathy: Common Nighthawk over Nerhermeade m.twitter.com/KingsKathy
 

wildflower meadows BETTER than lawns

http://www.mnn.com/health/healthy-spaces/blogs/meadows-grasslands-biodiversity