This coming Thursday evening, Warbler "maestro" Tom Stephenson presents his Warbler song identification workshop at the Litchfield Villa first floor conference room.
Social starts at 6:30, presentation starts at 7 pm.
The seminar will focus on not only identifying songs but also on understanding sonograms and how they help with learning warbler songs.
for more details and directions , see our Brooklyn Bird Club website
Social starts at 6:30, presentation starts at 7 pm.
The seminar will focus on not only identifying songs but also on understanding sonograms and how they help with learning warbler songs.
for more details and directions , see our Brooklyn Bird Club website
Peter
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From Dale Dyer:
Peter - I had the Orange-crowned Warbler (OCWA) again yesterday on the Lullwater, same place (the overlook) [North Lullwater cove platform]
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Peter's list
Location: Prospect Park
Observation date: 4/25/10
Number of species: 20
Canada Goose X
Mute Swan 1
Mallard X
Herring Gull (American) X
Rock Pigeon X
Chimney Swift 1 f/o Lullwater
Northern Flicker 2
Barn Swallow 4 Lake
Tufted Titmouse 1 Upper Pool
Hermit Thrush 1 Upper Pool
American Robin X
European Starling X
Yellow-rumped Warbler 5 north Lookolut HIll
Palm Warbler 1 north Lookolut HIll
Black-and-white Warbler 1 Upper Pool
Song Sparrow 1
White-throated Sparrow 12
Red-winged Blackbird 1
Common Grackle X
House Sparrow X
This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org)
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From Orrin:
A 1-hour swing through the southwest portion of Green-Wood this afternoon yielded 3 yellow-rumped warblers, a palm warbler, a blue-headed vireo, chipping sparrows, song sparrows, white-throated sparrows, a mockingbird, a few grackles, and a few hermit thrushes, in addition to the usual robins, starlings, house sparrows, cardinals, and ring-billed gulls
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Kingsboider note: Although bird migration is a tough thing to explain, basically birds need the tailwinds to propel their flight and further their distance to facilitate or maximize thier efficient body fat metabolism. Hence south winds in spring, north winds in fall for favored flight. Weather systems are factor in how it stops birds in their tracks or divert their plans as well as how good was the weather the night before, one hour after sunset for birds to orient themselves to the setting sun. There aren't any absolute theorems so I don't like predicting.I go out every day anyway ( if i was retired ;)> ) during the peak period.
From the side bar menu ------> "Bird migration forecast" a fellow named Dave in Cape May has a blog that tracks the radar tracking of migration and prognosticates daily migration trends. Good to check the weather and wind direction during the evenings at dusk to supplement his blog called Woodcreeper.
here's the link http://www.woodcreeper.com/
