It's been a LONG , LONG day. Arriving into Prospect with my team at Bartel Pritchard park entrance at 6 am, I did not get back home till after 11 pm ! A 17 hour marathon of 14 hours birding , ending with 3 hours counting the birds and enjoying spirits with two other teams at Mary's place. What we had to contend with all day was morning rain, followed by high winds out in the open marshes of Jamaica Bay Refuge, buffeted sometimes by 40 plus mile winds..but all for a GOOD CAUSE in monetary support of the "Friends of Jamaica Bay Refuge" . It was also worth it , all of us enjoying the beauty of birds and the joys of migration. It only happens twice a year ....
In the end, my team ( Peter, Mary,Tom, Sandy, & Keir) recorded 114 species ( 78 in Prospect Park), Eddies team ( with Donna, Bob , and Andrew) recorded 88 species, Paul's members walk recorded 75.
The OVERALL BIRDATHON TOTAL by ALL 3 BBC TEAMS was 128 species
With the crazy weather combo of sporadic rain downpours and high winds stunting passerine flight, all these numbers were very good under trying conditions.
I will publicize the lists and top sightings later when I process them into ebirds database and an "E" checklist, hopefully tonight.
If you were intending to donate based on any of the numbers above, please contact me at prosbird@aol.com
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From Janet Zinn , May 9th sighting
We had an unusual group of 11 (!!) Rose-breasted Grosbeaks (at least six males) with FIVE indigo buntings (4 m/1 f) inside the Quaker cemetary. All together pecking through some woodchips that were spread on the driveway of the cemetary. Cool to see all together on the ground.
Janet
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Results of 5/9 BBC walk
Leading: Peter Dorosh
Note : High winds ( impacts passerine movements and flight)
Location: Prospect Park
Observation date: 5/9/10
Number of species: 46
Wood Duck 2 Upper Pool
Mallard X
Green Heron 1 Upper Pool island
Turkey Vulture 1 f/o Lookout HIll
Red-tailed Hawk 1 f/o ballfields
Laughing Gull X
Herring Gull X
Rock Pigeon X
Mourning Dove X
Cuckoo species f/o Lily Pool
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1 Midwood
Eastern Wood-Pewee 1 Ricks Place
Blue-headed Vireo 1
Warbling Vireo 2 --Binnen Run, Ricks Place
Red-eyed Vireo 1
Blue Jay 2
Barn Swallow X
House Wren 1
Veery 3
Swainson's Thrush 1
American Robin X
Gray Catbird X
European Starling X
Nashville Warbler 1 Midwood
Northern Parula 2
Magnolia Warbler 2 Midwood
Black-throated Blue Warbler 2 -ravine, Ricks Place
Yellow-rumped Warbler 2
Blackpoll Warbler 1 Ricks Pl
Black-and-white Warbler 1
American Redstart 2
Ovenbird 1 Midwood
Northern Waterthrush 1 Midwood
Common Yellowthroat 1
Scarlet Tanager 5 --2 Rocky Pass, 3 Midwood
Chipping Sparrow 1
Savannah Sparrow 1 ballfields
Swamp Sparrow 1 lily pool
White-throated Sparrow 1
Northern Cardinal X
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 1 Ricks Pl
Indigo Bunting 2 molting males Midwood
Red-winged Blackbird X
Common Grackle X
Baltimore Oriole 4
House Sparrow X
This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org)
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