This Saturday 9/19th is International Coastal waterway cleanup day .Prospect Park has its own event connected to the previous sponsor if you are interested in helping out.Here's the email below from their Volunteer office:
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Hello Volunteers,
Join the Prospect Park Volunteer Corps as we take part in the
International Coastal Clean-Up, Saturday, September 19 from 10am to 2pm.
Registration begins at 9:30 am.
The International Coastal Clean-Up is a world-wide effort to clean up our
shores. Teams of four will descend upon Prospect Park Lake with trash
grabbers and skimmers in an effort to remove and document all litter found
in and around the lake.
Projects may also include weeding, path edging/sweeping, etc.
Volunteers will gather at the Rustic Shelter at the southwest corner of
Prospect Park Lake near the Parkside/Ocean Avenues entrance.
Directions by subway: Take the Q train to the Parkside Avenue subway station.
To RSVP for this family friendly event or if you need additional
information, please call the Volunteer Corps Office at 718-965-8960.
Thank you,
Prospect Park Volunteer Corps
PS. The American Littoral Society is the NYC regional sponsor and coordinator if you want to see other sites.
go to http://www.alsnyc.org/ and check on Beach Cleanup
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This blog is taking a break, only rare reports from cellphone.
I will be away for 3 days leading the Brooklyn Bird Club birding up the Hudson River to commemorate Henry Hudson's 400th anniversary from Sept 11th to Oct 4th. We will be birding various locations in each county all the way to Catskill, NY both sides of the river..I'll post our bird list to my other blog BBC Trips . So, keep checking the weather reports for the wind which I think will be NORTHWEST Saturday..Get out there and enjoy the migration.
Kingsboider
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Peter report:
I didn't have much time to bird, but the southern shore numbers diminished .But still some warbler species still linger and provided some appreciation in seeing them.Of note were TENNESSEE WARBLER above the West Island phragmite cove and WILSONs Warbler at the south lake east cove grove., in low shrubbery
List
Location: Prospect Park
Observation date: 9/17/09
Number of species: 29
Canada Goose X lake
Mute Swan X
Mallard X
American Kestrel 1 flyover South Lakeshore East Cove Grove
Herring Gull X
Rock Pigeon X
Mourning Dove X
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 1 South Lakeshore East Cove Grove
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 12 10 flyver Lake to peninsula;2 lookout
Eastern Wood-Pewee 1 South Lakeshore East Cove Grove
Empidonax sp. X
Red-eyed Vireo 1 South Lakeshore East Cove Grove
Blue Jay X
House Wren 1 Southeast Lakeshore
Veery 1 west island cove
American Robin X
Gray Catbird X
European Starling X
Tennessee Warbler 1 west island cove
Northern Parula 6 south lakeshore
Yellow Warbler 1 three sisters
Chestnut-sided Warbler 1 west island cove
Magnolia Warbler 5-- 3 South Lakeshore East Cove Grove;2 wellhouse
Black-and-white Warbler 3 South Lakeshore
American Redstart 12 south lakeshore
Common Yellowthroat 6 -2 Maryland monument, 2 south lakeshore
Wilson's Warbler 1 South Lakeshore East Cove Grove
Northern Cardinal 5
House Sparrow X
