Hilights: Mourning Warbler (2nd bird,both seen today),Olive-sided Flycatcher, 20 species warblers;returning Common Nighthawks evening flyovers
From Rafael: Mourning warbler @ vale cashmere 2nd bird ?
site: Prospect Park
date: 25 May 2008
observers: Rafael Campos, Tom Stephenson, Dolores, Janet, Gayle & Xandra
As the morning started, about 5:30 am I heard my first warbler, 1 Magnolia in our backyard. Just before I met Tom, "the calls" of a Blue Jay while crossing Flatbush, distracted me, but when I looked back, the "Blue Jay" was not, it was a Mockingbird imitating the Jay calls. What a start!!!
As we started our walk thru PP we started hearing warblers everywhere, and of course seen then (some), but today my ears were a little more educated to discrimate and ID those members of the Parulidae family.
And again, our best warbler of the morning was 1 male Mourning, seen by the Vale of Cashmere. When I left PP, the number of warblers recorded for today, was 20 sps!!!
The list:
Canada Goose
Red-tailed Hawk (2: GAP)
American Kestrel (1 flyover GAP)
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Chimney Swift
Ruby-throated Hummingbird (2 f)
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker (1 f)
Northern Flicker
Olive-sided Flycatcher (1 heard only by Janet)
Eastern Wood-Pewee (Vale)
Least Flycatcher (1 Vale)
Eastern Kingbird (2 Nellie's Lawn)
Blue-headed Vireo (1 Boulder Bridge)
Warbling Vireo (heard only)
Red-eyed Vireo
American Crow
Barn Swallow (1 flyover GAP)
Tufted Titmouse (heard only)
White-breasted Nuthatch
Ruby-crowned Kinglet (1 Vale)
Veery
Swainson's Thrush
Wood Thrush (1 Vale)
American Robin
Gray Catbird
Northern Mockingbird (imitating a Jay)
European Starling
Cedar Waxwing
Tennessee Warbler (heard only)
Nashville (1 Rick's Place)
Nortthern Parula
Yellow Warbler
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Magnolia Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler (1)
Black-throated Green Warbler (heard only)
Blackburnian Warbler
Bay-breasted Warbler
Blackpoll Warbler
Black-and-white Warbler
American Redstart
Ovenbird
Northern Waterthrush
Mourning Warbler (1 male,singing at Vale)
Common Yellowthroat
Wilson's Warbler
Canada Warbler
Scarlet Tanager
White-throated Sparrow (3)
Northern Cardinal
Rose-breasted Grosbeak (1 f, Rose Garden)
Baltimore Oriole (heard only)
House Sparrow
Brooklyn is good birding: Rafa Campos
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From Pat Mazza:
date = 5/25/08
observers = Pat Mazza
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Egret
Black-crowned Night-Heron (Lullwater, flew up and perched in a tree)
Canada Goose
Mute Swan
Mallard
Red-tailed Hawk
Spotted Sandpiper
Herring Gull
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Chimney Swift
Red-bellied Woodpecker (heard)
Downy Woodpecker
Eastern Kingbird
Warbling Vireo
Black-capped Chickadee
House Wren (heard)
Swainson's Thrush
American Robin
Gray Catbird
European Starling
Cedar Waxwing
Tennessee Warbler (heard)
Northern Parula
Yellow Warbler
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Magnolia Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Bay-breasted Warbler (Well House Drive)
Blackpoll Warbler
Black-and-white Warbler
American Redstart
Northern Waterthrush
Common Yellowthroat
Wilson's Warbler
Scarlet Tanager
White-throated Sparrow
Northern Cardinal
Red-winged Blackbird
Common Grackle
Brown-headed Cowbird
Orchard Oriole (Male and Female together)
Baltimore Oriole
House Sparrow
With Rafael, Delores and later Janet Schumacher
Canada Goose
Mallard
Rock Dove
Mourning Dove
Chimney Swift
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Olive-sided Flycatcher (heard by Janet before we arrived, not refound)
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Least Flycatcher
Eastern Kingbird
Blue-headed Vireo
Warbling Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
Blue Jay
American Crow
Black-capped Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
White-breasted Nuthatch
Carolina Wren
House Wren
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Veery
Gray-cheeked Thrush (2)
Swainson's Thrush
Wood Thrush
American Robin
Gray Catbird
Northern Mockingbird
European Starling
Cedar Waxwing
Tennessee Warbler maybe 5 or so
Northern Parula
Yellow Warbler
Chestnut-sided Warbler at least 3
Magnolia Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler only 1
Black-throated Green Warbler at least 2
Blackburnian Warbler at least 6
Bay-breasted Warbler at least 3
Blackpoll Warbler
Black-and-white Warbler
American Redstart
Ovenbird
Northern Waterthrush
Mourning Warbler 2: one at top of vale and one at Midwood site
Common Yellowthroat
Wilson's Warbler at least 4
Canada Warbler at least 6
Scarlet Tanager
Song Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Northern Cardinal
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Brown-headed Cowbird
Baltimore Oriole
American Goldfinch
House Sparrow
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From Rob Jett:
Common Nighthawks seem to have made their annual return to brownstone
Brooklyn. This evening, while enjoying the acrobatics of a few dozen
Chimney Swifts, I heard, then saw my first nighthawk of the season.
The time was 7:58pm and, within a few minutes, he was joined by two
more peenting nightjars. For about 20 minutes I watched them swoop and
dive for insects in the airspace above the buildings along the west
side of Prospect Park.
Good birding,
Rob
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Account on Vale of Cashmere Mourning Warbler from Janet Schumacher:
In case others are interested, this is a more detailed description of
where we saw the Mourning warbler this am.
I had the good fortune this morning to run into Tom Stephenson &
Rafael in the Vale. While we standing on that little corridor of
grass betw the Vale & Nellie's meadow, trying to get a new birder on
a Blackburian and a Bay breasted, Tom heard a Mourning warbler.
Rafael spotted it and then it flew up the hill, west side. So we went
around the big Tulip tree and up the paved path (with the benches)
and found it again. It was pretty active but easy to see because the
vegetation is relatively sparse there. Later on, Tom located the
other Mourning in Midwood--I didn't see that one.
Ed, Phil & Bill had seen the Midwood Mourning warbler earlier. Did
Tom set a record--two Mournings in one morning in PP?
