June 27th sightings inc Osprey and Green heron chicks

From Peter

En route to seeing the Green Heron Nest, I spotted an Osprey hunting over Prospect Lake where the raptor did several loops above the lake.. Pretty Cool.

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From Janet Schumacher:

Location: Prospect Park
Observation date: 6/27/09
Notes: Two fuzzy Green heron nestlings in nest in Lullwater plus 2 other Green herons building nests on Peninsula.
Female Ruby-throated hummingbird gleaning leaves for insects. Orchard oriole was first summer male.
Number of species: 29

Canada Goose X
Mute Swan X
Mallard X
Double-crested Cormorant 2
Green Heron 4
Black-crowned Night-Heron 3
Rock Pigeon X
Mourning Dove X
Chimney Swift X
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 1
Eastern Kingbird X
Warbling Vireo X
American Crow X
Barn Swallow X
Black-capped Chickadee X
Tufted Titmouse X
House Wren X
American Robin X
Gray Catbird X
Northern Mockingbird X
European Starling X
Cedar Waxwing X
Song Sparrow X
Northern Cardinal X
Red-winged Blackbird X
Common Grackle X
Orchard Oriole 1
Baltimore Oriole X
House Sparrow X

This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org)

June 25th sightings

From Rob Jett:


Subject: eBird Report - Prospect Park , 6/25/09
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> Location: Prospect Park
> Observation date: 6/25/09
> Number of species: 41
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> Canada Goose X
> Mute Swan X
> American Black Duck X
> Mallard X
> Ring-necked Duck 1
> Double-crested Cormorant X
> Great Egret X
> Green Heron 4
> Black-crowned Night-Heron 1
> Red-tailed Hawk 5
> Laughing Gull X
> Herring Gull (American) X
> Rock Pigeon X
> Mourning Dove X
> Chimney Swift X
> Red-bellied Woodpecker X
> Downy Woodpecker X
> Eastern Wood-Pewee X
> Eastern Kingbird X
> Warbling Vireo X
> Red-eyed Vireo X
> Blue Jay X
> Tree Swallow X
> Barn Swallow X
> Black-capped Chickadee X
> Carolina Wren X
> House Wren X
> American Robin X
> Gray Catbird X
> European Starling X
> Cedar Waxwing X
> Chipping Sparrow X
> Song Sparrow X
> Northern Cardinal X
> Red-winged Blackbird X
> Common Grackle X
> Brown-headed Cowbird X
> Orchard Oriole 2
> Baltimore Oriole X
> American Goldfinch X
> House Sparrow X
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> This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org)

A Green Heron nest building was seen today.

Summer Solstice birds

From Rob Jett:

Note Yellow-throated Vireo between the Aralia Grove and Rose Garden.

Subject: eBird Report - Prospect Park , 6/21/09
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> Location: Prospect Park
> Observation date: 6/21/09
> Number of species: 29
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> Mallard X
> Red-tailed Hawk 4
> Rock Pigeon X
> Mourning Dove X
> Chimney Swift X
> Red-bellied Woodpecker X
> Downy Woodpecker X
> Eastern Kingbird X
> Yellow-throated Vireo 1
> Warbling Vireo X
> Red-eyed Vireo X
> Blue Jay X
> Barn Swallow X
> Black-capped Chickadee X
> Tufted Titmouse X
> House Wren X
> Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 4
> American Robin X
> Gray Catbird X
> European Starling X
> Chipping Sparrow X
> Song Sparrow X
> Northern Cardinal X
> Red-winged Blackbird X
> Common Grackle X
> Brown-headed Cowbird X
> Baltimore Oriole X
> American Goldfinch X
> House Sparrow X
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> This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org)

June 17th observations Prospect

From Alex Wilson:


Begin forwarded message:

> Location: Prospect Park
> Observation date: 6/17/09
> Number of species: 44
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> Canada Goose 150
> Mute Swan 5
> Mallard 15
> Ring-necked Duck 1 (Lingering drake continues at Upper Pool.)
> Double-crested Cormorant 1
> Great Blue Heron 1
> Green Heron 2
> Black-crowned Night-Heron 4
> Red-tailed Hawk 5
> Laughing Gull 1
> Herring Gull 50
> Rock Pigeon 40
> Mourning Dove 15
> Chimney Swift 35
> Red-bellied Woodpecker 3
> Downy Woodpecker 3
> Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 1
> Eastern Wood-Pewee 2 (Heard from Quaker Hill and Midwood.)
> Great Crested Flycatcher 1 (Heard, Lookout butterfly meadow.)
> Eastern Kingbird 7
> Warbling Vireo 3
> Red-eyed Vireo 1
> American Crow 1
> Tree Swallow 1
> Barn Swallow 4
> Black-capped Chickadee 3
> Tufted Titmouse 2
> White-breasted Nuthatch 2
> Carolina Wren 1
> House Wren 15 (Including fledglings.)
> Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 3 (2 at Nethermead Atches; also heard
> at Nellie's Lawn.)
> Wood Thrush 2 (Heard from Quaker Hill and Midwood.)
> American Robin 50
> Gray Catbird 20
> European Starling 100
> Cedar Waxwing 35
> Song Sparrow 3
> Northern Cardinal 10
> Red-winged Blackbird 15
> Common Grackle 15
> Orchard Oriole 2 (At nest.)
> Baltimore Oriole 15
> American Goldfinch 5
> House Sparrow 30
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> This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org)

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Peter's Sightings:

Upper Pool

RING-NECKED DUCK ! ( drake;out of season)
Great Blue Heron
Wood Duck -drake
Black-crowned Night Heron (also one Three Sisters)
Canada Geese (6)
Chimney Swift
Red-winged Blackbird-2

Inside Quaker Cemetery (off limits)

Warbling Vireo
Northern Cardinal
Robins
Catbird
Baltimore Oriole
Eastern Kingbird
Common Grackle-2

Yesterday
Chipping Sparrow - Bartel Horse Bridle loop

Handy information to report harrassment of Prospect birds

The capture or harrassment of native birds ( particularly of vulnerable nesting birds) is a very serious offense, especially not only under federal but also state. I have attached a posting from Rob Jett on handy information for your convenience whenever you see such miscreant behavior.IN addition, I have included a contact name of the New York State Dept of Environmental Conservation enforcement for the NYC area from one of my contacts.

also, I have contacted the Urban Park Rangers which also does issue summonses (most punitive is the capture of birds).Ranger Tom Kerr is a regular patrolling ranger here in Prospect at times and knows about the Baltimore Oriole incident from my contacting him and he alerted his superiors. You can contact thier main at Marine Park Office at info@saltmarshalliance.org or Phone at: 347- 701- 8674

website: http://www.saltmarshalliance.org/smnc.html

It should be our duty as birders to watch and report whenever you see violations of bird nesters and their harrassment.Please be vigilant and watchful. Also, use wise discretion in approaching any suspicious characters,best to call the police and let them handle it. For best quick response to any violations, call the NYC Police dept and cite the laws i mention here and the previous post ( make a copy )links of MBTA1918 and NYSDEC

TheNYSDEC enforcement officer is Bernard Rivers, Supervising Environmental Control Officer - DEC Region 2 Dispatch - 718-482-4885,
cell# 646-423-8319
email bjrivers@dec.state.ny.us

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Posting from Rob:

Peter,

If anyone ever witness this activity there are two
things that should be done:

- If you have a camera in your cellphone, take the
perpetrators photos

- Call 311 or call the Brooklyn Urban Park Rangers
directly at 718-421-2021

Many years ago I caught a group of Jamaican guys
trapping birds in Prospect Park (they used glue traps,
and a caged Cardinal for bait).
One had a machete strapped to his leg. I stopped an
NYPD patrol car (they didn't know what to do, other
than detain him for the machete). They called a PEP
officer who arrested the guy. He was eventually
given a fine by the NYSDEC, but a minimal one because
he helped to track down the bigger fish in a songbird poaching ring.

You should write something up for the NYSbirds list,
to give people a heads up and what they should do.
Any recommendations from Tom would also be helpful.

If you want to put a scare into any poachers you come
across in city parks let them know that what they are
doing is a violation of:

- NYC wildlife protection laws
- NYS conservation and wildlife laws
- Federal statutes
- International laws

I was told by an officer from the NYSDEC who interviewed
me before prosecuting the guy that I caught in Prospect
Park, that the fine for poaching migratory birds in NYS
was $20,000!

Rob

Prospect: Disturbing Bird Pet trade /capture behavior

I received this note from Stephen Blacklocks witnessing two miscreants trying to capture Baltimore Orioles. Under the federal Migratory ACT 1918, this is illegal ( esp with nests). Please be on watch and call the police if you see such illicit behavior. Cite the federal Migratory Bird ACT 1918 as invoked. THe NYSDEC enforcement should also be contacted

http://www.fws.gov/laws/lawsdigest/migtrea.html

http://www.dec.ny.gov/regulations/393.html

if you have suggestions, email me at prosbird@aol.com and I'll pass along to this blog.



Hi Peter!

Oddest thing in PP this evening -- a couple (in their 50s) trying to capture orioles in a net attached to 20' long pole. They were at the nest by the roadway halfway down the hill towards the lake. I was running, and stopped to tell them what they were doing was illegal. They didn't seem to care much, but stopped while I stood talking to them. I saw a cop car at the bottom of the hill when I continued running and told the cops what I had seen -- they didn't seem to impressed even when I pointed out that the couple was committing a crime under federal law!

Has this couple been seen before? I guess they were trying to capture the birds to have as cage birds, and I bet that they will try again if the cops didn't warn them off. Maybe you could put out the word in the park to watch out for them. They're easily spotted by the makeshift pole they had with them.

Stephen Blacklocks

Latest postings Breeding birds Prospect Park

From Janet Schumacher 6/14 breeding bird survey:

I saw Blue-grey gnatcatchers frequently flying in carrying worms in the small woods on hill south of Nellie's meadow, on west side near the road. Could not see a nest, they kept going behind a branch and were high up in a maple.In my Breeding Bird survey area #16:

Two Common yellow-throats singing SE Lullwater area, but I only saw males. Barn swallows nesting under Lullwater Bridge and Eastern kingbirds in tree near that bridge. Baltimore oriole nest right over the office building near the Boat House. Cedar waxwing pairs were courting on the Peninsula and near Binnen Water. There is a waxwing nest near the Concert Pavillion and a pair were just starting to build another near Lullwater. Northern flickers on nest hole, with male and female alternating; I think this is a banner year for American robins and Common grackles.

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From Rob Jett 6/12 report:

I went into Prospect Park at noon to check on the Red-tailed Hawk nest at the edge of Nelly's Lawn. While watching the three, about-to-fledge youngsters I heard an Acadian Flycatcher calling from across the road. I took a break from the hawks and located the flycatcher in a stretch of woods parallel to the Long Meadow. The bird was calling frequently and moving back & forth between Sullivan Hill and Payne Hill; the latter locale being relatively close to where a pair nested in 2007. At one point it squabbled with and chased another, unidentified empidonax flycatcher. It would be interesting if we saw another attempt at breeding in Prospect Park. There was also a calling peewee within the same stretch of woods.Good birding,Rob


Subject: eBird Report - Prospect Park , 6/12/09
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> Observation date: 6/12/09
> Number of species: 36
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> Mallard X
> Red-tailed Hawk 5
> Laughing Gull X
> Herring Gull (American) X
> Rock Pigeon X
> Mourning Dove X
> Chimney Swift X
> Red-bellied Woodpecker X
> Downy Woodpecker X
> Eastern Wood-Pewee 2
> Acadian Flycatcher 1
> Great Crested Flycatcher 1
> Eastern Kingbird 3
> Warbling Vireo X
> Red-eyed Vireo X
> Blue Jay X
> Tree Swallow X
> Barn Swallow X
> Black-capped Chickadee X
> House Wren X
> American Robin X
> Gray Catbird X
> European Starling X
> Cedar Waxwing X
> Yellow Warbler X
> Blackpoll Warbler X
> American Redstart X
> Common Yellowthroat X
> Chipping Sparrow X
> Song Sparrow X
> Northern Cardinal X
> Red-winged Blackbird X
> Common Grackle X
> Baltimore Oriole X
> American Goldfinch X
> House Sparrow X
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> This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org/ny
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Brooklyn Bird Club Centennial exhibition now on view!

Brooklyn Bird Club field trip, c. 1960s, Photo: Donald Masters

The Brooklyn Bird Club is looking for you!

You are invited to attend the exhibition

Brooklyn Bird Club: Celebrating 100 Years 1909-2009

Prospect Park Audubon Center (at the Boathouse)
mid-June thru mid-July, 2009
Hours: Thursday-Sunday & Holidays 12-5 pm

For more information on Brooklyn Bird Club

Centennial field trips and other activities,

please visit: www.brooklynbirdclub.org

Happy 100th Birthday, Brooklyn Bird Club !

Our historic Centennial Birthday of the Brooklyn Bird Club

On this day, June 5th, 100 years ago, the Brooklyn Bird Club was born.

Five original founders, led by Doctor Edward W. Vietor met at the Vietor residence at 166 St James Place in the northern Brooklyn section of Clinton Hill, and created the first club charter. Along with Kate Vietor, Edward Fleischer, Lewis Bowdish, Ms. Charles Hartwell ,and Dr. Vietor, the founders elected Edward Fleischer as their first President in 1909 of the then called "The Bird Lovers’ Club of Brooklyn".

Here is an account written by Edward Fleischer from the 1915 Bird-Lore Vol. XVII magazine. [Bird Lore", a now defunct bi-monthly birding magazine "devoted to the study and protection of birds" appeared in the early part of the 20th century (1899) . A major media communique for the early Audubon societies, Bird Lore covered birding issues much like those appearing in today’s Audubon magazine. Bird Lore’s founder and chief editor was Frank Chapman, famous for starting the Christmas Bird Census and as curator from 1908-1942 of the ornithological division of the American Museum of Natural History.]"

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"Reports of State Societies and Bird Clubs"

Bird-Lover’s Club of Brooklyn- This Club was organized June 5th, 1909. For several years before, a small but earnest group of bird-students had ridden their hobby in Prospect Park They did not know one another, but the field-glasses carried were "open sesame" to acquaintanceship, and in an informal way notes and records were exchanged at the chance meetings. Finally the Club was formally launched at the home of Dr E.W Vietor .Dr and Mrs.Vietor, Mrs. Charles S. Hartwell, L.F. Bowdish, and the writer, were the charter members. The Club now numbers forty-two. For awhile it met monthly at the homes of the several members until a permanent meeting-place was found at the Children’s Museum.

The work of the members has necessarily been limited largely in Prospect Park, where, however, surprising results have been obtained, and about 160 species of birds have been identified. From the beginning the Club had furnished the Central Museum and other institutions with a monthly record of the Prospect Park birds. More recently the Club has undertaken the education of the public in birds and their protection. In this connection, and with the cooperation of the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences, a lecture by Charles H Rogers was delivered in the Academy of Music. For the spring of 1916 the Club has planned a Bird Exhibit, the first of its kind in New York City. It is to be held in the Central Museum, Eastern Parkway, Brooklyn during the Easter week of 1916 and the week following, and will, it is hoped, cover the subject of birds, their study, value, protection, and attraction, in all its phases—EDWARD FLEISCHER, Secretary

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Since then, and many generations of birders later, serving the Brooklyn birding community and our birding friends in the greater metropolitan New York City area as well as everyone familiar with the club beyond Kings County, I am greatly privileged, on behalf of my bird club council, members, and supporters in expressing our gratitude to all who were connected with the club in years past and now . Thank you to all who were part of the Brooklyn Bird Club experience in all these years....

And our best wishes for "Good birding" from the BBC for the next 100 years!

Peter Dorosh

President

Brooklyn Bird Club

http://www.brooklynbirdclub.org/

An important Conservation message: the pending NMBCA

Once in a rare chance, birders can show their full clout in raising their voices in saving what moves us: our migratory wild birds.

Though I did not intend to post anything to this blog regarding political activism, this message about the currently pending Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act does conscientiously ask all of us to act.It is for our birds that need our help. I hope you can help...

see the link http://audubonaction.org/campaign/neotrops/8w6i7si4f7wb7eem

Peter

ALDER FLYCATCHER still on Peninsula

ALDER FLYCATCHER still on Peninsula @ south edge of meadow per rob jett

Rob Jett 6/4 Lecture + 6/3 Prospect Park sightings

Thursday evening 6/4 , Rob Jett presents the Brooklyn Bird club evening program of "Red-Tail Hawks in Brooklyn" , at the Prospect Park Litchfield Villa just inside Prospect Park West avenue and 6th street, in the conference room starting at 6:30 social, 7 pm start.

see the link:

http://www.brooklynbirdclub.org/meetings.htm


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Now for Prospect Park sightings>

After torrential rains overnight, look what came in: MOURNING WARBLERS and rare ALDER FLYCATCHER...and a LINCOLN SPARROW . And the place to be ? PENINSULA SUMACS. In the heavy undergrowth starting from the sumacs, located along the Well Drive, to the Terrace Bridge, MOURNING WARBLERS , at one count, a male and at least one females, maybe 2 , was a revelation in that sumac area, mostly at its eastern section. You would need to know the song for this skulker ( I know, i waited the whole lunch hour in my vain attempt). You have to get lucky sometimes...

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From Alex Wilson:

Some late migration was evident today in
Brooklyn’s Prospect Park, especially
around the Peninsula. A rather elusive
ALDER FLYCATCHER sang repeatedly,
first from the edge of the woods, then
moving along the Lullwater edge,
without my actually seeing the bird.
I ran into Ed Crowne who had stopped
for a MOURNING WARBLER in the
brush at the base of the Peninsula where
he’d also heard the Alder, though it did
not sing again for us at that point. The
Mourning was more cooperative, singing
and calling as it moved across the path to
the strip along the Lullwater bend heading
towards Terrace Bridge.

I returned to the Peninsula after 9:00 AM,
where Doug Gochfeld eventually found an
Empid at the edge of the sumac grove singing
an abbreviated version of the Alder song that
seemed distinct enough from the Willow
Flycatchers also in the vicinity for us to assume
it was the same bird heard earlier, though I
still didn’t get much of a look at it. The Mourning
Warbler had also returned to its original
spot, and Doug proceeded to pick out another,
somewhat drab, female skulking nearby. After
I left he reported what he took for a third
individual, a brighter female, making for
three in one spot, and serving to support the
notion that the Mourning Warbler’s perceived
scarcity is as much a matter of its habits and
late passage as of rarity per se (I had one at
Owl’s Head Park on 5/31 as well.)

Also notable for the date was a male
Ring-necked Duck, seen today on the Lake,
but almost certainly the same bird that lingered
through May, mostly at the Upper Pool. That
would mean it’s mobile enough to move between
the bodies of water, but one may wonder what’s
keeping it here, as the species usually departs
the park by the end of April.

Good birding,
Alex Wilson
Brooklyn

Location: Prospect Park
Observation date: 6/3/09
Number of species: 51

Canada Goose 150
Mute Swan 6
Mallard 35
Ring-necked Duck 1 (Drake on the Lake with Canada Geese and
Mallards; presumably the same that has lingered through the spring,
mostly at the Upper Pool.)
Double-crested Cormorant 1
Great Egret 1
Green Heron 3 (Flying around together over the Peninsula,
calling.)
Black-crowned Night-Heron 4 (Including one on the Long
Meadow, early AM.)
Red-tailed Hawk 4
Laughing Gull 4
Herring Gull 30 (Mostly on the Long Meadow.)
Rock Pigeon 35
Mourning Dove 10
Chimney Swift 15
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
Downy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 1
Eastern Wood-Pewee 5
Alder Flycatcher 1 (Heard singing re-be repeatedly as it
moved around the periphery of the Peninsula meadow around 7:30 AM,
seen briefly when refound by Doug Gochfeld later in the morning.)
Willow Flycatcher 3 (Including 2 singing at the same time on
the Peninsula.)
Eastern Phoebe 1 (Binnen Bridge.)
Great Crested Flycatcher 2 (Lookout butterfly meadow.)
Eastern Kingbird 4
Warbling Vireo 8 (Regular nesting species, heard throughout
the park.)
Red-eyed Vireo 6
Blue Jay 3
American Crow 1
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 2 (Upper Pool.)
Barn Swallow 7
House Wren 6
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 2 (Together in bare branches above
Peninsula woods.)
Wood Thrush 1 (Heard.)
American Robin 40
Gray Catbird 15
European Starling 100
Cedar Waxwing 35
Yellow Warbler 3
Blackpoll Warbler 5
American Redstart 4
Mourning Warbler 2 (Singing male at the base of the
Peninsula, first noted by Ed Crowne; later a female was glimpsed
nearby, ID'd by DG.)
Common Yellowthroat 3
Chipping Sparrow 1 (Singing at south end of Long Meadow,
likely on territory.)
Song Sparrow 4
Northern Cardinal 8
Red-winged Blackbird 8
Common Grackle 15
Brown-headed Cowbird 3
Orchard Oriole 1 (Adult male, base of Peninsula.)
Baltimore Oriole 10
American Goldfinch 2
House Sparrow 50


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From Doug Gochfeld:

Sent: Wed, 3 Jun 2009 1:46 pm
Subject: eBird Report - Prospect Park , 6/3/09




Location: Prospect Park
Observation date: 6/3/09
Notes: Didn't get to the Park until 9:00 AM, so a pretty good morning
considering that.
Number of species: 40

Canada Goose X
Great Blue Heron 1 Flyover, Terrace Bridge area
Black-crowned Night-Heron 2
Red-tailed Hawk 1
Laughing Gull 5
Herring Gull 2
Rock Pigeon X
Mourning Dove X
Chimney Swift X
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
Downy Woodpecker 2
Eastern Wood-Pewee 3
Alder Flycatcher 1 Peninsula, maybe 2.
Willow Flycatcher 4 Peninsula, a couple of them giving variant
songs/calls.
Great Crested Flycatcher 3
Eastern Kingbird 2
Red-eyed Vireo 8
Barn Swallow 2
Black-capped Chickadee 2
Tufted Titmouse 2
House Wren 4
American Robin X
Gray Catbird X
European Starling X
Cedar Waxwing 30
Yellow Warbler 3
Blackpoll Warbler 7
American Redstart 8
Mourning Warbler 4 Three together (1 male, 2 females) in Peninsula Sumac
Grove, and one female along the water between the Terrace Bridge and the
Peninsula.
Common Yellowthroat 1
Song Sparrow 2
Lincoln's Sparrow 1 Peninsula Sumac Grove
Northern Cardinal X
Red-winged Blackbird X
Common Grackle X
Brown-headed Cowbird 2
Orchard Oriole 1 Peninsula Meadow area
Baltimore Oriole 8 Probably more
American Goldfinch 2 Pair, Peninsula Meadow
House Sparrow X

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Alder Flycatcher and Mourning Warbler

Alder Flycatcher and Mourning Warbler on Peninsula. MOWA on slope bet Terrace br n sumacs

June begins..a few good birds passing thru

The migration yields itself to breeding time, yet a few good reports of some straggler birds are showing up on the radar.For example, Rafael reports a SUMMER TANAGER (6/1) in his "magical" backyard. Rob Jett reports RED-SHOULDERED HAWK (6/2) near the Esdale Bridge.

This morning I did a breeding bird survey inside the Quaker Cemetery. Among delightful sightings were very energetic CAROLINA WRENS, WOOD THRUSH, GREAT-CRESTED FLYCATCHER, MAGNOLIA WARBLER ,and a few Baltimore Orioles.

Here are reports as i received them:

Rafael:
Again, the famous backyard in Park Slope, Brooklyn had another rare one.
One female Summer Tanager was seeing catching insects; ~10:15 am.
Happy birding: Rafa Campos

Rob ( On Red-shouldered Hawk)

I was leaving Prospect Park yesterday afternoon and found this individual in the Ravine, along the path that runs between the Lower Pool and the Esdale Bridge

See "Unusual Hawk" video on the link

http://citybirder.blogspot.com/2009/06/red-tailed-updates-plus-unusual-hawk.html


Orrin Tilevitz ( from Brooklyn Botanic Garden):

45 minutes this morning yield a great-crested flycatcher, a chipping sparrow, assorted house wrens, a mocking bird, blackpoll warblers

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List from Peter

Quaker Cemetery

Location: Prospect Park
Observation date: 6/2/09
Number of species: 21

Mallard X
Mourning Dove 5
Downy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 2
Eastern Wood-Pewee 1
Great Crested Flycatcher 1
Red-eyed Vireo 1
Blue Jay 1
Black-capped Chickadee 1
Tufted Titmouse 2
Carolina Wren 3
House Wren 1
Wood Thrush 1
American Robin 8
Gray Catbird 3
European Starling X
Magnolia Warbler 1
American Redstart 1
Common Yellowthroat 1
Northern Cardinal 1
Baltimore Oriole 2
Eastern Towhee 1


Outside Quaker Cemetery:

Canada Goose X
Mute Swan 1
Mallard X
Great Egret 1 lullwater
Rock Pigeon X
Warbling Vireo 1 west island
American Robin X
European Starling X

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RED SHOULDERED HAWK @ ravine

RED SHOULDERED HAWK @ ravine just north of Lower pool per Rob Jett