Results of the first fall Thursday BBC walk

A quartet of birders including leader Tom Stephenson were successful this early August day sparked by a previous evening northwest wind. As far as I know at least 10 species warblers showed up with some flycatcher species to record as well.

Highlights including warblers BLUE-WINGED, CAPE MAY & CHESTNUT-SIDED. Those birds were joined by the BBC walk list of YELLOW-BELLIED and possibly WILLOW Empidonaxes Flycatchers. The Yellow bellied was at the slope between the Butterfly Meadow and Lookout Hill summit, in the elm grove. Nearby by the hydrant was the Blue Winged and Cape May seen in the Peninsula along the lullwater trail midway to the point. 

Also on Lookout Hill summit, a WHITE-EYED VIREO appeared.

A good day for the Brooklyn Bird Club first fall walk.

Tom Stephenson will send his report /list later.

Bbc walk,tom stephenson

My Twitter is broken. We have 8 species of warbler including bluewinged at top of metal butterfly Meadow area calling alder flycatcher across from cemetery

Fwd: Fw: today's NowA

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Date: Aug 17, 2016 1:31 PM
Subject: Fw: today's NowA
To: "Peter Dorosh" <prosbird@gmail.com>
Cc:

good north wind means...boids?

my Dark sky weather app says there's currently a Northwest light wind (<5 mph).it will shift West mid evening then north at midnight before east dominates.

Perhaps this favorable wind will kick-start some migrants our way. Find out in the morning!The BBC Thursday walks starts tomorrow..


Two NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH at Greenwood cemetery Dellwater ( Orrin Tilevitz)

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. 100th anniversary of the Migratory bird treaty signing today

https://www.fws.gov/

Or 

https://www.fws.gov/birds/MB

Treaty100/index.php

Sept 3rd Shorebird Blitz

Message

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NYC Shorebird Blitz on Sept. 3 (call for volunteers)

Mon Aug 15, 2016 12:47 pm (PDT) . Posted by:

"Debra Kriensky" dlk2143

NYC Audubon is organizing its 2nd NYC Shorebird Blitz of the year on *Saturday,
September 3rd*. We're interested in getting a 1-day snapshot of shorebird
activity each spring and fall throughout NYC - not just numbers and species
but what the birds are doing as well.

If you're around this Labor Day weekend and are interested in
participating, all you need to do is:

- Email me to sign up for a location to count at - it can be anywhere in
NYC where there may be shorebirds! Please note your experience level with
shorebird identification, as there are some locations that would be more
appropriate for expert shorebirders, some that would be great for eager
beginners, and some for those in between. Whether there were no shorebirds,
just a few, or several hundred, we want to know about it.

- Go out and count at your assigned location anytime on September 3rd!
You can do it alone, with a friend, or as a group.

- Send a completed datasheet back to me afterwards (or share your eBird
checklist with "NYCAudubon").

Our count coincides with World Shorebirds Day, so we encourage you to also
sign up for their global count at
https://worldshorebirdsday.wordpress.com/2016/07/12/global-shorebird-counting-2016-registration/
and then share your eBird checklist with "WorldShorebirdsDay".

Every count counts!

Best,

Debra

--
Debra Kriensky
Conservation Biologist
New York City Audubon
71 West 23rd Street, Suite 1523
New York, NY 10010

212-691-7483 x309
646-666-8903 (direct)
www.nycaudubon.org

Fwd: eBird Report - Prospect Park, Aug 15, 2016

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Date:08/15/2016 7:11 PM (GMT-05:00)

To: Prosbird@aol.com

Cc:

Subject: Fwd: eBird Report - Prospect Park, Aug 15, 2016

From: ebird-checklist@cornell.edu
Date: August 15, 2016 at 7:06:10 PM EDT
To: Kathleentoomey
Subject: eBird Report - Prospect Park, Aug 15, 2016

Prospect Park, Kings, New York, US
Aug 15, 2016 10:40 AM - 2:40 PM
Protocol: Traveling
2.5 mile(s)
Comments:     Peninsula, Lullwater, horse trail behind the Lily Pond and on to the Pools, path above th Wellhouse on the way out
37 species (+1 other taxa)

Canada Goose  3
Mute Swan  8     Four juveniles
Wood Duck  7
Mallard  13
Great Blue Heron  1
Great Egret  2
Red-tailed Hawk  1
Spotted Sandpiper  1     Seen in three places on the Peninsula, could have been three birds
gull sp.  1
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  1
Mourning Dove  2
Ruby-throated Hummingbird  1     Ravine
Belted Kingfisher  1     Heard
Red-bellied Woodpecker  1     Heard
Downy Woodpecker  2
Eastern Kingbird  3
Warbling Vireo  1     Heard
Blue Jay  2
Tufted Titmouse  1     Heard
Carolina Wren  2     Seen on the trail above the Wellhouse
American Robin  40
Gray Catbird  15
Northern Mockingbird  1
European Starling  30
Cedar Waxwing  3
Louisiana Waterthrush  1     Rock Arch Bridge
Northern Waterthrush  4
Black-and-white Warbler  2
American Redstart  6
Yellow Warbler  5
Scarlet Tanager  1     Seen on the path behind the Lullwater cove, greenish yellowish back and head, yellow underparts, all black wings
Northern Cardinal  9
Red-winged Blackbird  3
Common Grackle  4
Baltimore Oriole  1
American Goldfinch  1     Heard
European Goldfinch  1
House Sparrow  30

View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S31110238

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Kathys tweets prospect

@KingsKathy: Scarlet Tanager female type Peninsula cove woods m.twitter.com/KingsKathy @KingsKathy: Ruby Throated Hummingbird Ravine feeding on bright red flowers m.twitter.com/KingsKathy @KingsKathy: Carolina Wren path above Wellhouse m.twitter.com/KingsKathy

Fwd: [eBird Alert] Kings County Rare Bird Alert

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- Red-breasted Nuthatch (2 reports)

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Red-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta canadensis) (1)
- Reported Aug 14, 2016 07:08 by Tom & Jo Ann Preston
- 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: http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S31088567
- Comments: "Small nuthatch. Salmon underparts. Blue-gray upperparts. Higher pitched calls.
Vicinity of Heath and Snowdrop Paths. Very close to where I found one on 6/26. Possible summering bird?"

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Brooklyn, NY (11216) Forecast | Weather Underground

https://www.wunderground.com/q/zmw:11216.1.99999?sp=KNYNEWYO455


This stifling suffocating and miserable heat wave should break by midweek with predicted northwestern to North winds Wednesday into Thursday. This wind shift potentially brings forth migrating birds,perhaps a good wave about this time last year kicked up a flurry of warblers. See the link and the graph at the bottom of the ten day forecast.
For all of us heat wave weary birders, it can't start sooner..;-)

It appears though that a RED BREASTED NUTHATCH ( <~~ BirdTrax) didn't even wanted to wait,reported in Greenwood Cemetery this morning

Fwd: [eBird Alert] Kings County Rare Bird Alert

Reported from 15th. St/3rd ave

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- Bald Eagle (1 report)

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Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) (1)
- Reported Aug 12, 2016 10:50 by Peter Paul
- US-NY-New York-81-149 15th St - 40.6678x-73.9939, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.667836,-73.993917&ll=40.667836,-73.993917
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- Comments: "First or second year bird."

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eBird Checklist – Prospect Park--Prospect Lake, New York – Thu Aug 11, 2016 – 36 species

http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S31058731

Note 6 species warblers

New York State Beach Cleanup

http://www.nysbeachcleanup.org/

Fwd: [eBird Alert] Kings County Rare Bird Alert

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*** Species Summary:

- Louisiana Waterthrush (1 report)

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Louisiana Waterthrush (Parkesia motacilla) (1)
- Reported Aug 08, 2016 10:20 by Rafael Campos-Ramírez
- Prospect Park--Prospect Lake, Kings, New York
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Birds on the move.,.

Some earlybirds made their move today with a number of warblers reported in Prospect. Nothing of the numbers sort but indicative of the bigger migration to come for songbirds.

First thing I spotted early morning was an unexpected

surprise. By the dirt track leading up to Lookout Hill summit from Butterfly Meadow ,a female or juvenile type ROSE BREASTED GROSBEAK fed on Virginia Creeper berries.

Kathy Toomey had the better day. Birding mostly on Peninsula turf in later morning, she reported several WARBLER species.Prominent species was ten YELLOW WARBLERS, backed by AMERICAN REDSTART,NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH, BLACK &WHITE WARBLER and good bird LOUISIANA WATER THRUSH. Throw in SPOTTED SANDPIPER and EASTERN PHOEBE for good measure. Eni Falci helped me get some of these species,as I'm beset by eye allergies.

Eni by the way had a BLUE WINGED WARBLER,but I forget where she said. But I have to thank Kathy for getting me a target fall bird Louisiana Waterthrush. While I was alerted to one Kathy saw at Three Arches bridge,that LOWA disappeared we  re found it upstream the ravine creek about 100 feet south of the Little Rock Arch.The bird was a beaut!

Watch for Northwest winds whenever possible.Its sure to be some birds riding on it.

Meanwhile over in Greenwood Cemetery, Orrin Tilevitz reported a few birds.Those birds include NORTHERN WATER THRUSH 3  REDSTART and BLACK THROATED BLUE WARBLER.

Fwd: early warblers

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From: Evenvin@aol.com

Date:08/07/2016 1:45 PM (GMT-05:00)

To: prosbird@aol.com

Cc:

Subject: early warblers

Hi Peter-

Vin and I took advantage of a cooler morning and yesterdays cold front to walk the park. Highlights were Canada Warbler at Peninsula just after  Pink beach, and Blue-Winged Warbler in the stream area of the Ravine along with Yellow Warblers and Redstarts (Yellow). Also a Wood Thrush in the Lullwater. Absent were the Waterthrushs previous present on the Peninsula and at the Pools. Also 4 young male Woodducks at Pools and Spotted Sandpiper at the Island opposite Peninsula arbor along with a well hidden Great Blue Heron. Otherwise usual summer birds.

Eni & Vin

Cedar Waxings turf

This morning , a good number of CEDAR WAXWINGS --young and old took over Three Sisters Islands. I could tell there was a good number thru the heavy leaf foliage as leaves moved and birds flew thru the trees and canopy. Several of them alighted on branches in front of me, these handsome birds making summer a delightful experience this day.

A SPOTTED SANDPIPER walked the shoreline opposite these island, usual for the species seeking freshwater sites.A moment later , a DOUBLE CRESTED CORMORANT flew by.

JBWR birding for beginners

See link,,BY  Park rangers

https://tockify.com/harbor.conservancy/detail/258/1470495600000

Birding for Beginners

Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, 8/6 and every Sat/Sun thru 9/3

Learn birding basics with a park ranger.  

Lowa in Ravine

*** Species Summary:

- Louisiana Waterthrush (1 report)

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Louisiana Waterthrush (Parkesia motacilla) (1)
- Reported Aug 02, 2016 17:35 by Daisy Paul
- Prospect Park, Kings, New York
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- Checklist: http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S30955730
- Comments: "Ravine"

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Waterthrushes in GWC

Both Waterthrush warbler species were reported in Greenwood Cemetery this morning.

First Will Pollard spotted two Louisiana at Dellwater.

Orrin Tilevitz reported  Northern ,of that a photo will be sent later.

Its an early time but warblers are on the move,at least getting antsy soon.

Viewing the 2016 Perseids : American Meteor Society

http://www.amsmeteors.org/2016/08/viewing-the-2016-perseids/

Peak night August 12th morning.  meteors anytime now northeast sky radiant

http://www.space.com/32868-perseid-meteor-shower-guide.html

Fwd: eBird Report - Prospect Park, Aug 1, 2016

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-------- Original message --------

From: Kathleen Toomey <kathleentoomey@gmail.com>

Date:08/01/2016 9:10 PM (GMT-05:00)

To: Peter Dorosh <Prosbird@aol.com>

Cc:

Subject: Fwd: eBird Report - Prospect Park, Aug 1, 2016

From: ebird-checklist@cornell.edu
Date: August 1, 2016 at 9:04:25 PM EDT
To: Kathleentoomey
Subject: eBird Report - Prospect Park, Aug 1, 2016

Prospect Park, Kings, New York, US
Aug 1, 2016 1:45 PM - 5:45 PM
Protocol: Traveling
2.0 mile(s)
Comments:     From Upper Pool to Lake, following the water trail
34 species

Canada Goose  15
Mute Swan  12
Wood Duck  4
Mallard  10
Great Egret  2
Green Heron  2
Black-crowned Night-Heron  2
Red-tailed Hawk  1
Spotted Sandpiper  1
Laughing Gull  5
Herring Gull  1
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  7
Mourning Dove  1
Chimney Swift  2
Downy Woodpecker  1
Northern Flicker  1
Eastern Wood-Pewee  1     Heard in the Ravine
Eastern Kingbird  6
Warbling Vireo  1
Blue Jay  1
Barn Swallow  20
American Robin  30
Gray Catbird  6
European Starling  10
Cedar Waxwing  9
Louisiana Waterthrush  1     Seen in two locations, possibly two individuals (the second seemed to be paler, but it might have been the lighting),  both had a very white supercilium flared towards the back, buffy flanks with less streaking than Northern Waterthrush, no streaking on throat
American Redstart  1
Yellow Warbler  5
Northern Cardinal  7
Red-winged Blackbird  12
Common Grackle  1
Baltimore Oriole  2
American Goldfinch  1
House Sparrow  20

View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S30940983

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Tweet from Kathleen Toomey (@KingsKathy)

Kathleen Toomey (@KingsKathy) tweeted at 3:30 PM on Mon, Aug 01, 2016:
Another, or the same LOWA, seen from waterfall side of Binnen Bridge
(https://twitter.com/KingsKathy/status/760196062934142977?s=03)

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Tweet from Kathleen Toomey (@KingsKathy)

Kathleen Toomey (@KingsKathy) tweeted at 3:01 PM on Mon, Aug 01, 2016:
Louisiana Waterthrush horse trail behind Pagoda
(https://twitter.com/KingsKathy/status/760188607202201600?s=03)

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Fwd: eBird Report - Prospect Park--Prospect Lake, Jul 31, 2016

A refreshingly cool productive morning

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Prospect Park--Prospect Lake, Kings, New York, US
Jul 31, 2016 6:30 AM - 8:45 AM
Protocol: Traveling
1.25 mile(s)
Comments:     Along south shore west east pts
24 species

Canada Goose  17
Mute Swan  8
Mallard  X
Great Blue Heron  1
Great Egret  1
Green Heron  1
Black-crowned Night-Heron  1
Red-tailed Hawk  1
Spotted Sandpiper  3
Laughing Gull  2
Mourning Dove  2
Chimney Swift  30
Eastern Kingbird  2
Red-eyed Vireo  1
Barn Swallow  4
American Robin  9
Gray Catbird  1
Northern Mockingbird  3
Cedar Waxwing  7     Certaintly more,hidden feeding in chokecherry trees by islands
Yellow Warbler  1     Duck island
Song Sparrow  1
Red-winged Blackbird  3
Common Grackle  4
House Sparrow  X

View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S30916823

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1st fall warbler?

Kathy Toomey reports a BLACK &WHITE WARBLER on the Peninsula around midday. Well, something has to start it off..

lazy summer walk

Its been a while since I took an early morning walk in Prospect.The desire to experience the coolness and also see if anything came early with a north wind last night was motivation for me.

Unsurprisingly, I didn't see anything regarding a warbler up on Lookout Hill. Instead the abundance of American Robins feeding upon choke Cherry tree fruits is evident. My highlight though at the north end of Butterfly Meadow, was a GREAT CRESTED FLYCATCHER that perched up high for a moment,evidently one of the park breeders. Later on  lower ground of south Lookout, another breeder HOUSE WREN appeared in thick brush.

In a few weeks maybe less perhaps the first wave of warblers might occur.In2015, the second week of August had a good turnout of warblers.

Osprey Nest Update

Matthew Wills reported yesterday seeing a juvenile Osprey in the nest , characterized by its scalloping feathered back at the Bush Terminal area .It was tended to by its parent In side the Recycling transfer area  to the north of Bush Terminal Park.

This confirms a successful nesting i the lower NYC Harbor area of Kings.Glad to see it happened.

Fwd: juv spotted sandpiper GW Cemetry

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From: Orrin Tilevitz <tilevitzo@yahoo.com>
To: Peter Dorosh <prosbird@aol.com>
Sent: Wed, Jul 27, 2016 11:04 am
Subject: Fw: juv spotted sandpiper

Spotted Sandpiper

July begins the shorebird migration. And for a freshwater species like SPOTTED SANDPIPER, we see the start of arduous travelings.

Along the western shoreline , while I was looking at the lake , I spotted this species on the rock wall.Closing in on a small flock of Canada Geese, the adult Spotted Sandpiper teetered along.

Orrin Tilevitz texted me of the same species in Greenwood Cemetery .That report circulated from Sylvan Water. YELLOW WARBLER was also reported at the same water spot, one of the earliest warblers to migrate , generally starting in middle July.

Yep folks, its fall migration in its early stages.

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Attract | Find | Identify | Enjoy July 20, 2016

Sibley: How to scan smarter Binoculars magnify birds, allowing us to see more details, of course. But as Contributing Editor David Sibley writes in our August issue, you can also use your binoculars to locate distant birds. He describes how to scan the skies beyond your immediate location. The payoff: You’ll find more birds. Read David's tips for scanning with purpose. See more ID articles by David Sibley. Illustration by David Sibley.

Fwd: Kingbird

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Sent: Thu, Jul 14, 2016 11:25 am
Subject: Kingbird

Eastern kingbird nest on three sisters (facing the islands- the one on the right- tree near the water- nest has a balloon string hanging from it which makes for easy identification) with chicks. Something fun during the summer doldrums. 

Future restoration of the Upper Pool

Some new native habitat will be in mind:

see the link from the PPA announcement

https://www.prospectpark.org/news-events/news/dog-beach-restoration/

also partial drainage might bode well for migrating shorebirds.. check out the pond the next few weeks.

Wood duck tweet

Rob Jett tweeted: At least 4 Wood Duck ducklings still on Upper Pool in Brooklyn's Prospect Park

Local freshwater shorebird movement

Some species were reported this morning regarding shorebird species that frequent freshwater.

In Greenwood Cemetery, Orrin Tilevitz spotted a SPOTTED SANDPIPER at Sylvan Water . Later a report of a calling ALDER FLYCATCHER at Dellwater Slope heard by him as well.

IN Bush Terminal Park, Gus Keri found three LEAST SANDPIPERS .

As the wind was north last night , favorable for autumn --yes that's what the birds think now--some species individuals look for a head start as their breeding job--or lack thereof-- is done in the northern beyond.