Wednesday, September 1, 2021

Ye!low be!lied fc details

 Yellow-bellied Flycatcher (Empidonax flaviventris) (1)

- Reported Sep 01, 2021 11:40 by Kathleen Toomey
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S94048598
- Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Small flycatcher with eyering and buffy wingbars (maybe a juvenile). yellowish underneath from throat  down to tail.  Blurry photo"

Yellow-bellied Flycatcher details

Yellow-bellied Flycatcher (Empidonax flaviventris) (1)
- Reported Sep 01, 2021 11:40 by Kathleen Toomey
- 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/S94048598
- Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Small flycatcher with eyering and buffy wingbars (maybe a juvenile). yellowish underneath from throat  down to tail.  Blurry photo"

Tweet from Kathleen Toomey (@KingsKathy) peninsula warblers

Kathleen Toomey (@KingsKathy) tweeted at 3:11 PM on Wed, Sep 01, 2021:
Wormeating, Tennessee and other warblers in slightly open area of peninsula woods where they meet the lawn.   Thanks to Radka who sent me here
(https://twitter.com/KingsKathy/status/1433145451063267333?s=03)

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Tweet from Kathleen Toomey (@KingsKathy) YBFC Peninsula 145 pm

Kathleen Toomey (@KingsKathy) tweeted at 1:38 PM on Wed, Sep 01, 2021:
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher pink beach
(https://twitter.com/KingsKathy/status/1433122094565429248?s=03)

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Tuesday, August 31, 2021

Prospect August 31 st

 https://ebird.org/hotspot/L109516/cur


At least Eleven warbler species reported today August31

BBC Birdathon gift to Grassland bird trust update

 Simply awesome what Brooklyn bird club members and participants raised for grassland birds! Pat yourselves on your back folks!


Read GBT's statement 


https://www.grasslandbirdtrust.org/recent-news/gbt-fundraising-updates/

Monday, August 30, 2021

eBird Checklist - 30 Aug 2021 - Prospect Park - 31 species

Monday Lookout hill Philadelphia Vireo

Philadelphia Vireo (Vireo philadelphicus) (1)
- Reported Aug 30, 2021 10:05 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: https://ebird.org/checklist/S93944078
- Comments: "On top of Lookout, offering several unobstructed (albeit brief) looks as it moved between leafy branches on either side of dirt path up from Butterfly Meadow. Vireo with dark line through eye, extending to lores; creamy yellowish wash below w brighter yellow at throat. Seen w a relatively new birder, Nick." 

Sunday, August 29, 2021

Tweet from Kathleen Toomey (@KingsKathy) Nighthawks coming thru PP

Kathleen Toomey (@KingsKathy) tweeted at 7:35 PM on Sun, Aug 29, 2021:
Four Common Nighthawks seen from the Nethermeade over Lookout
(https://twitter.com/KingsKathy/status/1432124776894586883?s=03)

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Early yellow rumps

 Two separate Yellow-rumped warblers were reported today in Prospect Park and Greenwood Cemetery,early birds for the date. Typically I would think late September is the time of arrival downstate for the species .

Who wants to see an accelerated migration ? 😆


Thursday, August 26, 2021

Wednesday, August 25, 2021

Bklyn bridge park Alder fc

Alder Flycatcher (Empidonax alnorum) (1)
- Reported Aug 25, 2021 07:11 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/S93724220
- Media: 1 Audio
- Comments: "Rare, and requiring documentation to separate it from Willow Flycatcher. Fortunately, heard calling "pip" with regularity for a few minutes when I encountered it. One shoddy recording of the call, filled with cricket, cicada, and car sounds. Appeared more gray and round-headed than WIFL. Thin white eye ring, somewhat broken towards the front from some angles. Medium primary projection. Pics." 

GWC hooded warbler

Hooded Warbler (Setophaga citrina) (1)
- Reported Aug 25, 2021 07:58 by Tom K
- 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/S93710436
- Comments: "Female/immature. All yellow bird with contrasting olive back and head. Yellow under tail coverts with long tail all white below.  Long and heavyset. No wing bars or other markings." 

Tuesday, August 24, 2021

Lily pool backwoods new trail

 The area between Center Drive and Lily Pool was weeded and restored in the initial stage by the Prospect Park Alliance Youth Crew

Included within the project is a brand new rustic railing trail that meanders along the shoreline of Lily Pool.

Look for the bridle trail for the trailheads.

Thanks to the youth of today for tomorrow's birders and woodland visitors.






Tweet from Kathleen Toomey (@KingsKathy) peninsula LESP

Kathleen Toomey (@KingsKathy) tweeted at 0:21 PM on Tue, Aug 24, 2021:
Least Sandpiper reported by Radka in huge puddle on lake side of peninsula lawn
(https://twitter.com/KingsKathy/status/1430203618330877957?s=03)

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PP Hooded Warbler Lullwater

Hooded Warbler (Setophaga citrina) (1)
- Reported Aug 24, 2021 07:40 by Caleb Crain
- 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/S93673189
- Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "In Lullwater. See photos (the one that's good for ID is, alas, out of focus)." 

Sunday, August 22, 2021

Vets pier Caspian & Black term flyover

Caspian Tern (Hydroprogne caspia) (1)
- Reported Aug 22, 2021 14:30 by Anthony Ferino
- Veterans Memorial Pier, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6391393,-74.0369531&ll=40.6391393,-74.0369531
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S93601841
- Comments: "Flew right over my head at the end of the pier, as good a look as I could have asked for. Massive, hulking tern with full black cap, dark primaries, and large red bill. Wings broad in comparison to royal tern, wingbeats heavy and powerful." 

Black Tern (Chlidonias niger) (3)

- Reported Aug 22, 2021 14:30 by Anthony Ferino
- Veterans Memorial Pier, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6391393,-74.0369531&ll=40.6391393,-74.0369531
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S93601841
- Comments: "Small, dark terns north of the pier. Reported simultaneously nearby on Staten Island waters and further up the estuary. Hunting with common terns and laughing gulls."

Bird forecast monday

 https://birdcast.info/


If weather improves there might be some bird activity as HenriTS moves away . good luck.

Saturday, August 21, 2021

Prospect fungus

 Found yesterday as I was fence repairing this fungus identifies by INaturalist as a Stereum genus.





On a side note earlier,Terry saw Worm eating Warbler in the Ravine.

Hurricane/ tropical storm warning

 Be safe stay home  or indoors Sunday.

It doesn't take alot of strong wind ( but gusts) to drop tree limbs,etc.

-kb

Friday, August 20, 2021

Fwd: [eBird Alert] Kings County Rare Bird Alert

Summer Tanager report at Dellwater beehives this past late aftetnoon

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- Summer Tanager (1 report)

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Summer Tanager (Piranga rubra) (1)
- Reported Aug 20, 2021 16:54 by Hershy Nove
- Green-Wood Cemetery--Dell Water, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6492286,-73.9952976&ll=40.6492286,-73.9952976
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S93504346
- Comments: "By the beehives"

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--
Genius... is the capacity to see ten things where the ordinary man sees one.

--Ezra Pound

Wednesday, August 18, 2021

Cape May property preserved after long fight

 https://www.inquirer.com/science/climate/cape-may-city-preservation-sewell-tract-20210818.html


For club members who visited Cape May over the years..its vital birds have someplace to rest in




Cape May’s largest undeveloped property preserved after 30-year legal fight



https://www.inquirer.com/science/climate/cape-may-city-preservation-sewell-tract-20210818.html

For club members who visited Cape May over the years..its vital birds have someplace to rest in

August 20th

 https://birdcast.info/


night of august 20th something to look towards


So maybe august 21st some bird action?

Bad news regarding an insect pest

Well ... they're here.

The dreaded SPOTTED LANTERNFLY was reported today in Greenwood Cemetery Dellwater area with multiples observed and squashed by a few friends. ( Yes..if u see them,kill it). GWC staff cut down the host tree Ailanthus but saplings left behind were attracting these bad bugs.

And today, singles were found by staff workers in Prospect Park. The insect preys and damages a number of tree species ( like our native Maples for one)

If you see them ( squash it)  ,send an email to Prospect Park Alliance. If u have my cell # or email address ,let me know. Make sure it's a lanternfly. ( And not any butterfly)

We are particularly interested in finding the eggs ( seen as a black mass ) on a tree,usually at the base.

Here's a link below from the NYSDEC about Spotted Lanternflys . Please keep your eyes open.

Thank s


Additional helpful link 

Did trash kill it? Bird rarely seen in northeast tragically dies 10 days after being spotted on Staten Island - silive.com

https://www.silive.com/news/2021/08/wood-stork-migrates-from-the-south-up-to-staten-island-dies-in-west-shore-wetlands-shortly-after.html 


I know this could be a sad depressing post but this is a lesson for all of us to take action whether cleanup or organizing resources to keep our habitats safe and clean..

Pp TEWA

Tennessee Warbler (Leiothlypis peregrina) (1)
- Reported Aug 18, 2021 06:10 by Max Epstein
- 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/S93396202
- Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "flagged as rare for early date; seen low in trees right behind 9th street entrance, will add a photo."