Good bird activity on Butterfly Meadow, though many birds concealed by heavy tree foliage.. Yet seen BLACKBURNIAN, NASHVILLE, BLUE WINGED WARBLERS the hilights on my very short stint before my 7 am work check in.
Keir Randall and Joshua Malbin might have better numbers after I left them.
Thursday, August 27, 2015
Wednesday, August 26, 2015
Northwest thru Prospect
A northwest wind prevails tonight but the sky was bereft of any Common Nighthawks. Instead ,bats and some swifts fluttered around. But I did get something with " NIGHT". As I headed home,passing by the Maryland Monument, a flock of calling BLACK CROWNED NIGHT HERONs flew over, 5 birds in all, eventually I think flying down into the moon reflected Lullwater.
There is potential tomorrow for some birds ,maybe a good push if this northwest wind prevails overnight. Play hooky or call in sick... Also in the evening ,maybe nighthawks will come thru then as tonight's wind shift occurred too late.To look for nighthawks,the whole hour before sunset -- Thursday at 7:36 pm is best to watch the sky; my fave spot is the the south nethermead though the ballfields or Long Meadow by the pools will do. However some diurnal birds will come thru,in single numbers
http://www.accuweather.com/en/us/brooklyn-borough-ny/11210/daily-weather-forecast/334651?day=1
There is potential tomorrow for some birds ,maybe a good push if this northwest wind prevails overnight. Play hooky or call in sick... Also in the evening ,maybe nighthawks will come thru then as tonight's wind shift occurred too late.To look for nighthawks,the whole hour before sunset -- Thursday at 7:36 pm is best to watch the sky; my fave spot is the the south nethermead though the ballfields or Long Meadow by the pools will do. However some diurnal birds will come thru,in single numbers
http://www.accuweather.com/en/us/brooklyn-borough-ny/11210/daily-weather-forecast/334651?day=1
late August stretch
I got late word that a PROTHONOTARY WARBLER was seen at the Peninsula pink concrete beach around noon time today,the observer Rob Jett. Rare for fall migration compared to spring ,it's a very good sighting.
Meanwhile with little time I had working full-time, a few minutes up at Butterfly Meadow proved satisfactory. I am glad to see a beautiful bird,particularly a PRAIRIE WARBLER.Spotted inside the large flowered Joe Pye Weed at the southwest corner of the Butterfly Meadow perimeter,it was my day' s prize. That warbler was followed by sightings of MAGNOLIA, a few AMERICAN REDSTARTS including an adult male, and a pair of YELLOWS. GOLDFINCHES rule the yellow flowered Meadow of coneflower and Jerusalem artichokes; one GREAT CREASTED FLYCATCHER and a Traills empidonax were also spotted.
After work , a usual route thru the Ravine produced sightings of RUBY THROATED HUMMINGBIRD-one of three on my post work birding-- feeding on the spiked red Cardinal Flowers at Ambergill pool , then a delightful appearance of a low male adult BLACK THROATED BLUE WARBLER along the creek, quite my day for the few and worthy in the few minutes I had.
Monday, August 24, 2015
Fwd: Prospect park walk
-----Original Message-----
From: guskeri@aol.com
To: prosbird
Sent: Mon, Aug 24, 2015 11:56 am
Subject: Prospect park walk
Hi Peter,
Birds during my walk in the park today was less active than in the weekend. I saw 7 species of Warblers only.
Here are three pictures: drab Magnolia Warbler, Chestnut sided Warbler and female Scarlet Tanager.
People also can watch a video of the Tanager with a Goldfinch here:
Gus
Saturday, August 22, 2015
Tweet from Keir Randall (@railbabbler)
Keir Randall (@railbabbler) tweeted at 10:18 AM on Sat, Aug 22, 2015:
2 calling Lesser Yellowlegs at pp just flew from Music Island. My first in 10 yrs at pp!
(https://twitter.com/railbabbler/status/635093731209711616?s=03)
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Fwd: eBird Report - Prospect Park, Aug 22, 2015
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From: Dennis Hrehowsik <deepseagangster@gmail.com>
Date:08/22/2015 4:06 PM (GMT-05:00)
To: prosbird <prosbird@aol.com>
Cc:
Subject: Fwd: eBird Report - Prospect Park, Aug 22, 2015
Peter,
Hope you are having a good shore bird trip. Didn't see many birders in pk so I thought I'd send you our list from today. A nice early fall species list just covering lull water and ravine in a surprisingly empty prospect park. Ok, back to packing now we move on Thursday.
Dennis And Kristin
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From: ebird-checklist@cornell.edu
Date: August 22, 2015 at 4:02:33 PM EDT
To: deepseagangster@gmail.com
Subject: eBird Report - Prospect Park, Aug 22, 2015
Prospect Park, Kings, New York, US
Aug 22, 2015 11:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Protocol: Traveling
2.0 mile(s)
37 species (+1 other taxa)
Great Blue Heron 1
Mourning Dove 5
Chimney Swift 10
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
Hairy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 3
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher 1 In trees on music island. Compact stature and yellow wash on belly and throat caught our eye. Eyering, low contrast between throat and head, dusky breast and yellow belly. Highly contrasting wing bars against dark back and wings. Had a round head not broader flatter head of least. We watched bird for a good length of time from all angles to make sure color was not a trick of light. A near by trails flycatcher a little lower down looked muck whiter on breast and throat In same lighting conditions. The comparison to trails empid also emphasized the smaller more compact build of bird.
Alder/Willow Flycatcher (Traill's Flycatcher) 1
Great Crested Flycatcher 1
Eastern Kingbird 1
Warbling Vireo 3
Red-eyed Vireo 4
Blue Jay 1
Common Raven 1 Heard over ambergill.
Barn Swallow 5
Tufted Titmouse 2
White-breasted Nuthatch 1
American Robin 25
Gray Catbird 3
Cedar Waxwing 7
Ovenbird 1
Northern Waterthrush 1
Blue-winged Warbler 1
Black-and-white Warbler 5
Hooded Warbler 1 First year type in low brush near ricks place puddle.
American Redstart 5
Magnolia Warbler 2
Yellow Warbler 1
Chestnut-sided Warbler 5 Perhaps more, conservative count maybe as many as seven.
Black-throated Blue Warbler 1
Prairie Warbler 1
Canada Warbler 1
Song Sparrow 1
Northern Cardinal 2
Red-winged Blackbird 1
Baltimore Oriole 1
American Goldfinch 5
House Sparrow 20
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Friday, August 21, 2015
Thursday, August 20, 2015
BT Ravens
Reported on Facebook yesterday late afternoon by Gus Keri, three COMMON RAVENS flying and circling over the Bush Terminal Park area.
Wednesday, August 19, 2015
Prospect's CEWA and WEWA
CEWA represent the Cedar Waxwings, their bold presence up at Butterfly Meadow pretty obvious as I looked for some birds during my brief spell. They flew overhead abit between the west-east perimeters of the Meadow. While I was watching their happy flights, a GREAT CRESTED FLYCATHER worked its way thru -first a cherry tree-- then the neighbouring ash tree. Red Eyed Vireo also appeared in the cherry. Near the northwest stairs at the fork where I ventured to, a low CHESTNUT NUT SIDED WARBLER was in its best finery with its beautiful lime green and gray countenance among a young oak leaves. Its fall favorite for many birders givens its dramatic transition from spring to fall plumage. By the way, the codes for these are species , respectively GCFL, REVI, & CSWA.
Finally , at the end of my work day, I get a text message from Linda Ewing. As she walked thru the ravine, just past the Ambergill Falls, she spots a WORM-EATING WARBLER, about halfway between the Esdale and Little Rock Arch Bridges. Of course it was a WEWA little one.... ( drum roll).
For the codes if you are interested , here's the file ( http://www.birdpop.org/docs/misc/Alpha_codes_eng.pdf )
Tuesday, August 18, 2015
Monday, August 17, 2015
Good bird at Butterfly Mead
A minor early morn buzz of activity at Butterfly Meadow included some nice warblers. Tops was BLUEWINGED, CHESTNUT SIDED ,YELLOW & BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLERS, all on the west perimeter of the Butterfly Meadow. I also had on the other side AMERICAN REDSTART.Throw in a few Vireos , that was WARBLING and RED-EYED; Orioles consumed Paper Mulberry fruit above the Mary Monument stairs.A BLUE-GRAY GNATCATCHER is another worthy sighting now spotted lingering on the west perimeter with the warblers
Down at the Lake, two SPOTTED SANDPIPERS hung around.
Friday, August 14, 2015
Fwd: Checklist from this a.m.
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-------- Original message --------
From: Joshua Malbin <joshuamalbin@gmail.com>
Date:08/14/2015 1:57 PM (GMT-05:00)
To: Peter Dorosh <prosbird@aol.com>
Cc:
Subject: Checklist from this a.m.
Not a ton of note. Six warbler species.
Fwd: Bush Terminal Park
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-------- Original message --------
From: Gus Keri <guskeri@aol.com>
Date:08/14/2015 1:08 PM (GMT-05:00)
To: prosbird@aol.com
Cc:
Subject: Bush Terminal Park
Hi Peter,
Today I saw my first Warbler species at Bush Terminal park: two yellow Warblers.
I hope it's the first of many to come.
Two of the European Goldfinches made an appearance also.
The last picture is for an Osprey which caught a fish and went and stood between a Herring and a Great Black Back Gulls to eat it. Needless to say, there was no fight over food.
Gus
Thursday, August 13, 2015
Fwd: prospect 8/13
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-------- Original message --------
From: Michael Yuan <mjyuan@gmail.com>
Date:08/13/2015 11:43 AM (GMT-05:00)
To: Peter Dorosh <Prosbird@aol.com>
Cc:
Subject: prospect 8/13
Had a good amount of activity around the MD monument/switchback trail this morning. No rare ones but a good handful of Canadas and redstarts everywhere.
Monday, August 10, 2015
The WORMEATING I spotted within a vine that I eventually had to dig out cause it was invasive.This rare warbler was with a CANADA WARBLER and a Black and white warbler. The birds were seen above and behind the Ambergill Falls during my lunch hour. After work was when I saw the BLUEWINGED WARBLERS. These birds worked thru the Jewelweed on the creek I watched from the Esdale Bridge.
http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S24572170
Least Sandpiper along Prospect lake
-----Original Message-----
From: Marc Brawer <satchmo0802@nyc.rr.com>
To: prosbird <prosbird@aol.com>
Sent: Sun, Aug 9, 2015 7:52 pm
Subject: Least SP
From: Marc Brawer <satchmo0802@nyc.rr.com>
To: prosbird <prosbird@aol.com>
Sent: Sun, Aug 9, 2015 7:52 pm
Subject: Least SP
Hey Peter, hope you're having a great summer so far. I saw this Least Sandpiper this afternoon in Prospect Park
Fwd: eBird Report - Prospect Park, Aug 9, 2015
-----Original Message-----
From: Kathleen Toomey <kathleentoomey@gmail.com>
To: Peter <Prosbird@aol.com>
Sent: Sun, Aug 9, 2015 8:50 pm
Subject: Fwd: eBird Report - Prospect Park, Aug 9, 2015
From: Kathleen Toomey <kathleentoomey@gmail.com>
To: Peter <Prosbird@aol.com>
Sent: Sun, Aug 9, 2015 8:50 pm
Subject: Fwd: eBird Report - Prospect Park, Aug 9, 2015
From: ebird-checklist@cornell.edu
Date: August 9, 2015 at 8:49:53 PM EDT
To: Kathleentoomey
Subject: eBird Report - Prospect Park, Aug 9, 2015
Prospect Park, Kings, New York, US
Aug 9, 2015 7:30 AM - 1:30 PM
Protocol: Traveling
2.0 mile(s)
39 species (+1 other taxa)
Canada Goose 5
Mute Swan 10 6 young ones
Wood Duck 5
Mallard 3
Red-tailed Hawk 2
Solitary Sandpiper 1
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 7
Mourning Dove 2
Chimney Swift 3
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
Downy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 1
Empidonax sp. 1
Eastern Kingbird 2
Warbling Vireo 2
Red-eyed Vireo 2
Blue Jay 1
Barn Swallow 7 Four still in their nest, another nest had an adult probably sitting on eggs
White-breasted Nuthatch 1 Heard
Carolina Wren 1 Heard
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 2
American Robin 20 One parent sitting on a nest
Gray Catbird 6
European Starling 10
Cedar Waxwing 40
Worm-eating Warbler 1 Seen in the Ravine near Rock Arch Bridge, buffy warbler with distinctive head stripes
Louisiana Waterthrush 1
Northern Waterthrush 3
Blue-winged Warbler 1
Black-and-white Warbler 2
American Redstart 1
Yellow Warbler 3
Scarlet Tanager 1 Female type in Paper Mulberry on Lookout Hill, yellow bird with all black wings
Northern Cardinal 2
Red-winged Blackbird 3
Common Grackle 8
Baltimore Oriole 8
American Goldfinch 3 Heard in several locations
House Sparrow X
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Sunday, August 9, 2015
Prospect tweets
Quiet on the Prospect front with the exception of 2 twitter tweets.
Joshua Malbin reported Louisiana Waterthrush on the Peninsula by the pink concrete Beach Lullwater side. Then later Paige Linden reported Tennessee Warbler in the Vale Cashmere along with a Louisiana WT, Black and White Warbler & Redstart in that locale.
Joshua Malbin reported Louisiana Waterthrush on the Peninsula by the pink concrete Beach Lullwater side. Then later Paige Linden reported Tennessee Warbler in the Vale Cashmere along with a Louisiana WT, Black and White Warbler & Redstart in that locale.
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