This coming Thursday eve October 1st at 6:30 at the Litchfield Villa ( Prospect Park west and 5th street park entrance),Tom Stephenson will be presenting his spectacularly beautiful program on "Birding the Buddhist Kingdom, BHUTAN" .Bhutan borders China and Nepal. I urge you to see it since i saw it earlier this year at the Museum of Natural History.The scenery is breathtaking and endemic birds are strikingly beautiful . More details on the program on www.brooklynbirdclub.org
see "calendar events" on the bottom menu as well as directions to the site ( F train to 7th ave stop)or http://www.brooklynbirdclub.org/meetings.htm
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From Tom Stephenson
(Prospect Park 9/28 list)
Hi Peter.
Good seeing you in the park today.
Here's a list of what I saw. Nothing unusual, but 13 species of warblers and 3 vireos. Kathleen Toomey had yellow-throated vireo as well.
See you Thursday (maybe I'll go out in the AM as per your call with the weather...)
Best regards,
Tom
Double-crested Cormorant 45 flock flyover
Black-crowned Night-Heron
Canada Goose
Mute Swan
Mallard
Northern Shoveler
Ruddy Duck
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Spotted Sandpiper
Ring-billed Gull
Rock Dove
Mourning Dove
Chimney Swift flock of 50+ duck island area
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Eastern Wood-Pewee at least 2
Eastern Phoebe
White-eyed Vireo butterfly meadow
Blue-headed Vireo butterfly meadow
Red-eyed Vireo
Blue Jay
American Crow
Black-capped Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
Brown Creeper
Carolina Wren
House Wren
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
American Robin
Gray Catbird
European Starling
Cedar Waxwing
Northern Parula
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Magnolia Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler 50+ at Duck Island
Black-throated Green Warbler
Palm Warbler
Blackpoll Warbler
Black-and-white Warbler
American Redstart
Ovenbird
Northern Waterthrush
Common Yellowthroat
Eastern Towhee
Song Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Northern Cardinal
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Common Grackle
American Goldfinch
House Sparrow
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From Mary Eyster:
The western slope of Lookout was the most active this morning-- many other spots were pretty slow. But overall I think I had 12 warbler species, and also a few other good things:
Common YellowThroat, BlackThroatedBlue, BlackThroated Green, Black&White, BlackPoll, Pine, BayBreasted, Redstart, Parula, Magnolia, Ovenbird, Palm.
Other birds: Rose-Grosbeak, Chipping, WhiteThroated Sparrow, RubyCrowned Kinglet, Brown Creeper, Yellow Bellied Sapsucker, Chimney Swifts, Sharp-shinned Hawk (two or three).
