Hilights: PP Birdathon 91 species seen : Prothonotary Warbler,Summer Tanager,23 species warblers; individual reports: Pine Siskin,Cerulean Warbler, Red -Headed Woopecker,Yellow-Breasted Chat
site = Prospect Park
date = 5/10/08
observers = Brooklyn Bird Club Prospect Birdathon, Leader Paul Keim
weather: colder than normal temps, couldy , NW winds
Common Loon
Great Egret
Green Heron
Black-crowned Night-Heron
Canada Goose
Mute Swan
Wood Duck
Mallard
Red-tailed Hawk
American Kestrel
Spotted Sandpiper
Laughing Gull
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Common Nighthawk
Belted Kingfisher
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Eastern Phoebe
Eastern Kingbird
White-eyed Vireo
Blue-headed Vireo
Warbling Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
Blue Jay
American Crow
Tree Swallow
Barn Swallow
Black-capped Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
Red-breasted Nuthatch
White-breasted Nuthatch
House Wren
Winter Wren
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Veery
Gray-cheeked Thrush
Swainson's Thrush
Hermit Thrush
Wood Thrush
American Robin
Gray Catbird
Brown Thrasher
European Starling
Nashville Warbler
Northern Parula
Yellow Warbler
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Magnolia Warbler
Cape May Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Blackburnian Warbler
Prairie Warbler
Blackpoll Warbler
Black-and-white Warbler
American Redstart
Prothonotary Warbler (North Lullater cove trail and midway section, in red maples)
Worm-eating Warbler
Ovenbird
Northern Waterthrush
Kentucky Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Hooded Warbler
Canada Warbler
Summer Tanager (West Woods ( along PPW ave berm))
Scarlet Tanager
Chipping Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Northern Cardinal
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Indigo Bunting
Red-winged Blackbird
Common Grackle
Brown-headed Cowbird
Orchard Oriole
Baltimore Oriole
House Finch
American Goldfinch
Other reports:
Red-headed Woodpecker on Lookout Hill's Butterfly Meadow (E.Crowne.P.Pane)
Cerulean Warbler high along Quaker Ridge (S.Blodgett, E.Crowne.P.Pane)
Yellow-Breasted Chat at Terrace Bridge, northwest corner (Alan Baratz, Janet Zinn, Valerie ?)
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**For those curious about the overall Brooklyn Queens count of the Brooklyn Bird Club team pledge run for preservation of EPCAL/Calverton Grasslands. The Brooklyn "Bird Brains" team of P.Dorosh,M.Eyster,S,Paci, S.Whittle and T.Preston saw 125 species.
best sighting :breeding plmg Red-Necked Phalarope and Barn Owl at JBWR. Red- Headed woodpecker at Dreier-Offerman Park
Overall combined species seen by Prospect team and Brooklyn team plus word of mouth reports was 151 species. Result of team Bird Brains will be posted on Ebirds listserve. Otherwise ,email me if you are not on my network.
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From Rafael:
site: Prospect Park, Brooklyn, Kings Co.; NY
date: 10 May 2008
Observer: Rafael Campos
Nice day, with a good number of sps of warblers, being the "ONE", a Cerulean, seen by Ed Crowne, Phil Pane & Shane Blodgett ( I missed by 5 minutes). But there were other nice bird sps around the park, too, like: Wilson's Warbler, Indigo Bunting, Blackpoll Warbler, Solitary Sandpiper, Chestnut-sided Warbler.
Also the number of birders was big enough, and several groups were seen around the different areas of the park.
Another rarity for PP, was 1 male Red-headed Woodpecker found by Ed Crowne & Phil Pane, early (~7 am) at the Butterfly Meadow/Lookout Hill.
Here is my list for today:
Canada Goose
Mute Swan
Mallard
Double-crested Cormorant
Red-tailed Hawk
Solitary Sandpiper (1)
Laughing Gull (2 flyover lake)
Ring-billed Gull
(American) Herring Gull
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Chimney Swift
Ruby-throated Hummingbird (1 m: Vale)
Belted Kingfisher (pools)
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker (1 in a nesting hole)
Eastern Kingbird (1 chasing away a Starling: Nellie's Lawn)
Red-eyed Vireo
Blue Jay
American Crow
Tree Swallow
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Red-breasted Nuthatch (1 Quaker Hill)
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Carolina Wren (1: Lookout Hill)
House Wren
Ruby-crowned Kinglet (1: Quaker Hill)
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (1: butterfly meadow)
Veery
Swainson's Thrush
Wood Thrush
American Robin
Gray Catbird
European Starling
Northern Parula
Yellow Warbler (1: Peninsula)
Chestnut-sided Warbler (1: Peninsula)
Magnolia Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Palm Warbler (1: Peninsula)
Blackpoll Warbler (Peninsula & Quaker Hill)
Black-and-white Warbler
American Redstart
Ovenbird
Northern Waterthrush (1: Vale)
Common Yellowthroat
Hooded Warbler (1 m: Quaker Hill)
Wilson's Warbler (1 m: Peninsula)
Scarlet Tanager
White-throated Sparrow
Northern Cardinal
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Indigo Bunting (4 m, 1 f: Nethermead & Butterfly Meadow)
Red-winged Blackbird
Common Grackle
Brown-headed Cowbird
Baltimore Oriole
Pine Siskin (1: Boulder Bridge)
American Goldfinch
House Sparrow
Brooklyn is good birding: Rafa Campos
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From Eddie:
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From Stanley Greenberg:
Just a few birds to add to Rafael's list:
Green Heron (lake, not far from Wellhouse)
Prothonotary Warbler (near tip of peninsula)
Kentucky Warbler (Midwood, where two paths meet at northern end)
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From John Ascher:
To the Sat May 10 list Chaoyan and I can add the following:
Least Flycatcher: a few at Lookout Hill
possible Willow Flycatcher: late afternoon very low in weed patch at base
of Peninsula. Definitely lacked a conspicuous eye ring
Yellow-breasted Chat: Male heard singing and seen by Andrew Vallely and
Dale Dyer at Terrace Bridge (missed by us)
On Sun May 11 we found a Red-breasted Nuthatch at the Lookout Hill
Butterfly Meadow
John
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From Rob Bate:
Peter,
On Saturday I was walking the Lullwater with a friend after I did the
JBWR trip with Joe Giunta and the Botanical Garden walk. We ran across
two birders staring intently into a tree. They said they had a
Yellow-breasted Chat in a tree and sure enough there was one perched.
It stayed there for at least 5 minutes offering front, back and profile
views, unmistakably a Chat. I didn't see any mention of this bird on
the BBC sightings blog and thought you might want the report if you
didn't have it. This was around 4PM. The bird was located between a
bridge overhead and the Peninsula just before the path turns to head
out to the Peninsula.
Also, we saw the Prothonotary Warbler by West Island.
