Warm as it was today, still good activity continued, whether a group saw birds or a few people. If you birded in the morning , you were spared the ear-splitting deejay music from the Nethermead special event that I and Mary E were subjected to after noontime. It appears today's warbler tally reached 18 species..perhaps all came for the concert....(maybe with earplugs)
Hilights included a PHILADELPHIA VIREO, evening COMMON NIGHTHAWK movement, and the Brooklyn Bird Club tally of 16 species warblers among their productive observations. But a good one was a perched Nighthawk , not often seeing that for sure.
Beginning first with the Common Nighthawks. Mary E and Peter , enjoying a BBQ dinner in Steve and Heidi Nanz's backyard were all treated to a show of Common Nighthawks, a total of 9 in a flock overhead at their northern Windsor Terrace home. Abundant Chimney Swifts joined in the evening flight starting 7:25 pm.
Earlier in the afternoon, as Peter and Mary dealt with the very loud music from the Michael Jackson deejay event, a PHILADELPHIA VIREO worked its way thru an oak tree above the gate that access the isthmus between the Lower and Upper Pools. A few warbler species were seen , namely CANADA before the Vale, both NORTHERN and LOUISIANA WATERTHRUSH chasing each other for territorial rights of the Vale Cashmere's pool. Quite some action there.
But best results came today from Tom Stephenson's Brooklyn Bird Club walk that tallied 16 species warblers.Among the good ones: CAPE MAY,BLACKBURNIAN, PINE, BAY BREASTED BLACKPOLL to note.
Kingsboider note :
Tom will be leading the first Thursday walk 9/2 at 7 am from Grand Army Plaza park entrance.
Please note another Thursday walk has been added , that led by Peter Dorosh 9/30 from Bartel Pritchard park entrance , also at 7 am ( as all September Thursdays)
Here are observations sent to me:
Tom Stephenson's BBC walk tally
Hi Peter,
We had a very good group today, 15 very patient people! The day started very slowly with very few birds. Even our initial tour of Lookout yielded very few warblers.
However persistence eventually paid off, as well as the skills of the participants, and we ended up with 16 species of warblers and some other really good birds (like perched Common Nighthawk thanks to keen eye of Janet Schumacher)
I think the sound check for the concert drove the really good birds over to the lullwater....including Pine and Bay-breasted....
Here's the list with a few comments.
Best regards,
Tom
Green Heron
Black-crowned Night-Heron
Canada Goose
Mute Swan
Wood Duck
Mallard
Red-tailed Hawk
Rock Dove
Mourning Dove
Common Nighthawk Perched in a tree with great views, thanks to Janet Schumacher's great spotting
Chimney Swift
Belted Kingfisher
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Traill's sp
Eastern Phoebe
Eastern Kingbird
Warbling Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
Blue Jay
American Crow
Barn Swallow
Black-capped Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
White-breasted Nuthatch
Carolina Wren
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Veery
American Robin
Gray Catbird
Northern Mockingbird
European Starling
Cedar Waxwing
Northern Parula
Yellow Warbler
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Magnolia Warbler
Cape May Warbler One fall male, fairly yellow, one pale fall female
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Blackburnian Warbler Thanks to great spotting by Yoni Rabino
Pine Warbler One bright male
Bay-breasted Warbler Fairly colorful bird, unfortunately not seen by everyone
Blackpoll Warbler 3 birds
Black-and-white Warbler
American Redstart
Ovenbird One on walk out
Northern Waterthrush
Common Yellowthroat
Song Sparrow
Northern Cardinal
Common Grackle
Baltimore Oriole
American Goldfinch
House Sparrow
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Evening observations 7:30
Peter Dorosh, Mary Eyster, Steve and Heidi Nanz backyard view
Location: Prospect Park near Bartel Pritchard
Observation date: 8/29/10
Number of species: 3
Common Nighthawk 9
Chimney Swift 75
American Robin X
This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org)
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Observers Peter and Mary E. 12:30 ( Oh man .....was it loud!)
Location: Prospect Park
Observation date: 8/29/10
Number of species: 30
Great Blue Heron 1 f/o LP249
Black-crowned Night-Heron 1 Upper Pool
Mourning Dove X
Chimney Swift X
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1 Midwood
Downy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 2
Great Crested Flycatcher 1
Red-eyed Vireo 1
Barn Swallow X
Red-breasted Nuthatch 1 on Howard Place, in London Planetree
Carolina Wren X
House Wren 1 Midwood
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 1 LP249
Veery 2 Pools
American Robin X
Gray Catbird X
Northern Mockingbird X
European Starling X
Philadelphia Vireo 1 back of Pools isthmus. above gate
Magnolia Warbler 1
Black-throated Blue Warbler 2
Black-and-white Warbler 1
American Redstart 3
Ovenbird 1
Northern Waterthrush 1 Vale Cashmere
Louisiana Waterthrush 1 Vale Cashmere
Canada Warbler 1 Vale Cashmere
Northern Cardinal 2
Baltimore Oriole 1
House Sparrow X
This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org)
