I returned late last night from a long journey straight from Cleveland, after birding the terrific region for several days of the southern Lake Erie shore. ( my gawrsh, that lake is BIG!).My tally was 124 species including calling Sandhill Crane that flew just 15 feet above our heads as it descended ,breeding Prothonotary Warbler,Orange-crowned warbler, Bald Eagles, and hilights of 4 Red-headed Woodpeckers. I hope to get a list compiled and placed somewhere away from this blog. Nevertheless, here's a link to Kenn Kaufman's blog at his "office"- Crane Creek refuge where birding was done. (its a warbler Cape May site in reverse) http://www.bsbo.org/Birding/default.htm
Now the reports from Prospect while i was away. It'll be several days condensed reports to catch up ! I heard it rained quite a bit here in Brooklyn ( i was fortunate to get sunny weather the whole time with the high pressure system keeping the low at bay) Good birding,
Oldest posts to most recent (covering 5/2 to 5/6)
5/2
from Tom Stephenson ; Brooklyn Bird Club 5/2 field walk
Hi Peter,
OK, we had 21 people at one point and incredible bird activity until 3 or so.
We ended up with 22 sp of warblers and 5 sp of vireo..
Here's the list. Let me know if you have any questions.
Have a great trip!
Best regards,
Tom
Great Blue Heron
Canada Goose
Wood Duck 2 in tree in midwood
Mallard
Ring-necked Duck
Red-tailed Hawk
Laughing Gull
Rock Dove
Mourning Dove
Chimney Swift
Belted Kingfisher
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Eastern Kingbird
White-eyed Vireo
Yellow-throated Vireo
Blue-headed Vireo
Warbling Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
Blue Jay
American Crow
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Barn Swallow
Black-capped Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
White-breasted Nuthatch
Carolina Wren
House Wren
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Veery 12+
Hermit Thrush 10+
Wood Thrush 6+
American Robin
Gray Catbird
European Starling
Blue-winged Warbler 4
Nashville Warbler 12+
Northern Parula
Yellow Warbler
Chestnut-sided Warbler 3
Magnolia Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Blackburnian Warbler 2
Prairie Warbler
Palm Warbler
Black-and-white Warbler
American Redstart
Worm-eating Warbler 2 Midwood and Nethermeade Bridge area
Ovenbird
Northern Waterthrush 8+
Common Yellowthroat
Hooded Warbler 1 Lower Midwood
Wilson's Warbler 1 Quaker Cemetery
Canada Warbler 1 Lower Midwood
Scarlet Tanager 10+
Eastern Towhee
Chipping Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Northern Cardinal
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 10+
Indigo Bunting 1 Quaker Cemetery
Red-winged Blackbird
Common Grackle
Brown-headed Cowbird
Orchard Oriole 4+
Baltimore Oriole 12+
American Goldfinch
House Sparrow
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From Andrew Block:
5/2/09 - Brooklyn Botanic Garden and adjacent Prospect Park, Kings Co., NY
1 Green Heron
2 Double-crested Cormorants
7 Mallards
2 Red-tailed Hawks
2 Mourning Doves
1 Northern Flicker
2 Blue Jays
6 American Crows
3 Tufted Titmice
1 House Wren
1 Ruby-crowned Kinglet
1 Veery
1 Hermit Thrush
2 Wood Thrushes
many American Robins
several Gray Catbirds
1 Brown Thrasher
3 Northern Mockingbirds
1 Blue-headed Vireo
1 Warbling Vireo
1 Red-eyed Vireo
1 Nashville Warbler
7+ Northern Parulas
3 Yellow Warblers
2 Chestnut-sided Warblers
3 Magnolia Warblers
2 Black-throated Blue Warblers
many Yellow-rumped Warblers
4 Black-throated Green Warblers
1 Blackburnian Warbler
5 Black-and-white Warblers
1 American Redstart
1 Worm-eating Warbler
2 Ovenbirds
1 Louisiana Waterthrush
1 Common Yellowthroat
1 Scarlet Tanager
3 Northern Cardinals
1 Rose-breasted Grosbeak
2 Eastern Towhees
several Chipping Sparrows
many White-throated Sparrows
several Common Grackles
1 Orhard Oriole
4 Baltimore Orioles
2 Purple Finches
many American Goldfinches
Still also have several Pine Siskins singing in the neighborhood.
Andrew
Andrew v. F. Block
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From Joshua Malbin:
Belted Kingfisher
Red-tailed Hawk
Turkey Vulture (3, circling high overhead)
Red-eyed Vireo
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Cedar Waxwing
Worm-eating Warbler (seen in two different locations on Lookout Hill, probably the same bird)
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Palm Warbler
Black-and-white Warbler
Ovenbird
Louisiana Waterthrush (Ravine)
Northern Waterthrush (Vale)
Common Yellowthroat
Scarlet Tanager (Lookout Hill and Vale)
Baltimore Oriole (lots)
Orchard Oriole (Vale)
American Goldfinch
Veery
Hermit Thrush
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Blue Jay
Tufted Titmouse
Gray Catbird
Northern Cardinal
White-throated Sparrow
Chipping Sparrow
Red-winged Blackbird
Common Grackle
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In addition to those species listed in joshuamablin's list (see below), I saw CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLER (stairs between Maryland Statue and Lookout; 7:40 a.m.) and BLACKBURNIAN WARBLER (in Lookout and clearly seen by three birders).
Terence Baker
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5/3
From Rob Jett:
Here's my latest Prospect report.
Begin forwarded message:
> Subject: eBird Report - Prospect Park , 5/3/09
>
>
>
> Location: Prospect Park
> Observation date: 5/3/09
> Number of species: 63
>
> Canada Goose X
> Mute Swan X
> Mallard X
> Double-crested Cormorant X
> Great Egret 1
> Black-crowned Night-Heron 2
> Red-tailed Hawk X
> Spotted Sandpiper 1
> Laughing Gull X
> Herring Gull (American) X
> Rock Pigeon X
> Mourning Dove X
> Red-bellied Woodpecker X
> Downy Woodpecker X
> Northern Flicker X
> Great Crested Flycatcher 1
> Yellow-throated Vireo 1
> Blue-headed Vireo X
> Warbling Vireo 4
> Blue Jay X
> Tree Swallow 1
> Northern Rough-winged Swallow 3
> Barn Swallow 1
> Black-capped Chickadee X
> Tufted Titmouse X
> White-breasted Nuthatch X
> Carolina Wren 1
> House Wren 5
> Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1
> Veery 2
> Hermit Thrush X
> Wood Thrush 1
> American Robin X
> Gray Catbird X
> European Starling X
> Blue-winged Warbler 1
> Nashville Warbler 12
> Northern Parula 20
> Yellow Warbler 1
> Chestnut-sided Warbler 1
> Magnolia Warbler 2
> Black-throated Blue Warbler 4
> Yellow-rumped Warbler X
> Black-throated Green Warbler 3
> Blackburnian Warbler 2
> Pine Warbler 1
> Black-and-white Warbler 3
> Worm-eating Warbler 2
> Ovenbird 6
> Northern Waterthrush 9
> Common Yellowthroat 4
> Scarlet Tanager 1
> Chipping Sparrow X
> White-throated Sparrow X
> Northern Cardinal X
> Rose-breasted Grosbeak 3
> Red-winged Blackbird X
> Common Grackle X
> Brown-headed Cowbird X
> Orchard Oriole 2
> Baltimore Oriole 4
> American Goldfinch X
> House Sparrow X
>
> This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org)
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From Ed McDonald
Caspian Tern reported 5/3 over Prospect Lake
Ed's description
-the bill was very distinctly red, blood-red, and appeared thick, not slender
-my view was too distant (100 yards?) to see the tip)
-black cap, touching bill
-tail appeared shortish for a tern and shallowly notched
-pure white above
-underwing primaries showed extensive gray/black
-very large wingspan (National Geographic, 4th ed. give Royal 41" and Caspian 50").
Kingsboider note: There have been several prior records of Caspians in Prospect Park. more on this later
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Rafael's 5/3 Brooklyn Bird walk:
As the morning turned dark, rainy during periods, I arrived at Grand Army Plaza around 7:15 am, to lead the BBC bird walk. After a little while, about 14 persons where ready to face the elements, and have a nice time looking for birds around PP.
The rain made things a little slow, but the help of the keen ears of Tom Stevenson, we could heard a good number of species, despite most them were elusive to our eyes.
One of them, a Hooded Warbler was heard around Midwood.
We went thru the Vale of Cashemere, with a Northern Waterthrush the bird there.
From there to the Midwood, where most of the warbler sps were seen/heard. Among them were Nashville, Northern Parula, Yellow-rumped (abundant despite the weather), Black-throated Blue, Blue-winged.
From the Midwood we continued along the Central Drive/Quaker Ridge, with no much, except a large flock of Chipping Sparrows in the Nethermead.
By the time we arrived to Maryland Monument, a lonely Palm Warbler was seen, and the rain increased. But in the Peninsula meadow, a lonely White-crowned Sparrow was seen.
Our final stop was the Wellhouse & lake, where we saw at least 4-5 Laughing Gulls, 1 Great Black-backed Gull.
I returned via the pools on my way home around 11:15 am.
The following is the list of the birds seen/heard:
Canada Goose
Mute Swan
Mallard
Double-crested Cormorant (a flock of ~5 flew over Vale)
Red-tailed Hawk
Laughing Gull
Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove (our 1st native sps seen by the Sthrahan Statue)
Chimney Swift (flyovers)
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
White-eyed Vireo
Blue-headed Vireo
Warbling Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
Blue Jay
Barn Swallow
Black-capped Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
House Wren
Veery
Wood Thrush
American Robin
Gray Catbird
European Starling
Blue-winged Warbler
Nashville Warbler
Northern Parula
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Palm Warbler
Black-and-white Warbler
American Redstart (1 male, pools)
Ovenbird
Northern Waterthrush
Hooded Warbler
Scarlet Tanager
Eastern Towhee
Chipping Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow (1, peninsula meadow)
Northern Cardinal
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Red-winged Blackbird
Common Grackle
Brown-headed Cowbird (1 female, Maryland Monument)
Baltimore Oriole
American Goldfinch
House Sparrow
Brooklyn is good birding: Rafa Campos
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5/6
From Rob:
Here's my latest Prospect report.
Begin forwarded message:
> Date: May 6, 2009 8:05:23 AM EDT
> Subject: eBird Report - Prospect Park , 5/6/09
>
> Location: Prospect Park
> Observation date: 5/6/09
> Number of species: 50
>
> Canada Goose X
> Mute Swan X
> Mallard X
> Common Loon 2
> Double-crested Cormorant X
> Red-tailed Hawk X
> Laughing Gull X
> Herring Gull (American) X
> Rock Pigeon X
> Mourning Dove X
> Red-bellied Woodpecker X
> Downy Woodpecker X
> Northern Flicker X
> Blue-headed Vireo X
> Warbling Vireo X
> Blue Jay X
> Black-capped Chickadee X
> Tufted Titmouse X
> House Wren X
> Blue-gray Gnatcatcher X
> Veery X
> American Robin X
> Gray Catbird X
> European Starling X
> Nashville Warbler X
> Northern Parula X
> Yellow Warbler X
> Magnolia Warbler X
> Black-throated Blue Warbler X
> Yellow-rumped Warbler X
> Black-throated Green Warbler X
> Palm Warbler X
> Blackpoll Warbler 1
> Black-and-white Warbler X
> Ovenbird X
> Northern Waterthrush X
> Common Yellowthroat X
> Scarlet Tanager X
> Eastern Towhee X
> Song Sparrow X
> White-throated Sparrow X
> Northern Cardinal X
> Rose-breasted Grosbeak X
> Red-winged Blackbird X
> Common Grackle X
> Brown-headed Cowbird X
> Orchard Oriole X
> Baltimore Oriole X
> American Goldfinch X
> House Sparrow X
>
> This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org)
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5/6
From Russ Alderson:
Canada Goose 8
Mute Swan 1
Mallard 8
Laughing Gull 5
Herring Gull 1
Rock Pigeon 8
Mourning Dove 6
Chimney Swift 24
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
Downy Woodpecker 2
Northern Flicker 1
Blue Jay 6
Barn Swallow 2
Black-capped Chickadee 3
House Wren 3
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 1
Veery 2
Gray-cheeked Thrush 1
American Robin 60
Gray Catbird 8
European Starling 60
Blue-winged Warbler 1
Northern Parula 4
Yellow-rumped Warbler 25
Black-throated Green Warbler 1
Blackpoll Warbler 2
Black-and-white Warbler 1
Scarlet Tanager 1
Chipping Sparrow 1
Song Sparrow 1
Swamp Sparrow 1
White-throated Sparrow 6
White-crowned Sparrow 2
Northern Cardinal 4
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 1
Red-winged Blackbird 2
Common Grackle 4
Baltimore Oriole 1
American Goldfinch 12
House Sparrow 4
This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org)
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From Kevin Brooks:
By the way, I had a Black Vulture overhead on Lookout this afternoon about 6 PM. It was flying in a circle about 50-75 feet above Lookout with one of the Red Tail Hawks flying nearby.
Kingsboider note: this is the third such sighting in Prospect this spring. Spring 2009's total Black Vulture tally outnumbers all the sightings prior 2009 from Prospects past. I guess when it rains, it pours ;)>
