Hilights include: amazing 21 species warbler including HOODED, Blackburnian, Nashville, Blackpoll,Wilson's; evening Common Nighthawks , RED-SHOULDERED hawk, NORTHERN HARRIER; 50 warblers of variety species on the Peninsula tip after BBC walk; LINCOLN's SPARROW; PHILADELPHIA VIREO; 3 quality flycatchers--ACADIAN, YELLOW-BELLIED & OLIVE-SIDED. PURPLE FINCH early winter migrant ? ( hope not)
Results of Brooklyn Bird Club Prospect walk
leading: Keir Randall and Rob Bate
The BBC walk was a big group with lots of keen eyes.
Thanks to all for finding many good birds and to Rafael
who helped out Rob and I.All 3 Wilsonia was nice :)
Birds marked "pm" were mostly without the
group.
Around 3pm birds started bottlenecking/staging
at the Peninsula tip/ South lakeside - spectacular.
50 individual warblers on the Peninsula alone is
probably a conservative estimate as are all numbers
below.
Location: Prospect Park
Observation date: 9/11/10, 6.45am-7pm (!)
Number of species: 74
Canada Goose X
Mute Swan X
Wood Duck 4
American Black Duck 2
Mallard X
Northern Shoveler 4
Double-crested Cormorant 1
Green Heron 2
Black-crowned Night-Heron 2
Osprey 1 (Lake, pm)
Ring-billed Gull 1
Rock Pigeon X
Mourning Dove X
Chimney Swift X
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
Downy Woodpecker 1
Hairy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 2
Olive-sided Flycatcher 1 (Lookout)
Eastern Wood-Pewee 4
Empidonax sp. 4 (inc probable Yellow-bellied,
Vale & Acadian, Esdale)
Eastern Phoebe 1 (Lullwater, pm)
Great Crested Flycatcher 2+
Blue-headed Vireo 1 (Nellie's Lawn)
Warbling Vireo 1 (heard)
Red-eyed Vireo X
Blue Jay X
American Crow 1
Black-capped Chickadee X
Tufted Titmouse 1
Red-breasted Nuthatch 2 (Nellie's Lawn/Lullwater)
White-breasted Nuthatch 1
Carolina Wren 2
House Wren 1 (Maryland Mon, pm)
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 1 (Duck Island, pm)
Veery 3+
Swainson's Thrush 2
American Robin X
Gray Catbird X
Northern Mockingbird X
European Starling X
Cedar Waxwing 1
Nashville Warbler 1 (woodchip path above
Maryland Monument, pm)
Northern Parula 2+
Yellow Warbler 4 (S. Lake shore, pm)
Chestnut-sided Warbler 3
Magnolia Warbler 30+
Black-throated Blue Warbler 3+
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 1 (Peninsula, pm)
Black-throated Green Warbler 3+
Blackburnian Warbler 1 (Lullwater west, nr viewing
platform, thanks to Kathy & Emily)
Pine Warbler 2+ (Lullwater/Peninsula)
Prairie Warbler 1 (Lookout Butterfly Meadow am & late pm)
Bay-breasted Warbler 1+ (Lookout)
Blackpoll Warbler 3 (Lookout, Peninsula)
Black-and-white Warbler 10+
American Redstart 25+
Ovenbird 10+
Northern Waterthrush 6+
Common Yellowthroat 25+
Hooded Warbler 1 (path above Wellhouse, noon)
Wilson's Warbler 1+ (Nellie's Lawn am
and S. Lake shore pm)
Canada Warbler 3
Chipping Sparrow 2
Song Sparrow 2
Scarlet Tanager 1 (Lookout)
Northern Cardinal X
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 1 (Terrace Bridge, pm with RB)
Red-winged Blackbird X
Common Grackle X
Brown-headed Cowbird 1 (Longmeadow)
Purple Finch 1 (Lookout)
American Goldfinch X
House Sparrow X
This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org)
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From John Ascher:
Hi Peter,
Today Choayan and I took a brief walk through Prospect Park and saw a
Lincoln's Sparrow and some other migrants:
Eastern Wood-Pewee - 1
Red-eyed Vireo - 2
Northern Parula - 2
Chestnut-sided Warbler - 2
Magnolia Warbler - 7
Black-throated Blue Warbler - 1
Blackpoll Warbler - 1
Black-throated Green Warbler - 2
Black-and-white Warbler - 6
American Redstart - 8
Ovenbird - 1
Common Yellowthroat - 10
Lincoln's Sparrow - at start of lower path from Maryland Monument below
Lookout Hill where there's a conspicuous downed tree
Great-crested Fly at the foot of Lookout Stairs
--
John S. Ascher, Ph.D.
Bee Database Project Manager
Division of Invertebrate Zoology
American Museum of Natural History
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From Rafael Campos:
DATE: 11 September 2010
OBSERVER: Rafael Campos R + BBC walk participants
TIME: 8:15 am-1 pm
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I was running a little late, but I joined the BBC walk group around the Vale.
The most oustanding site, at least for me, was 1 Northern Harrier seen flying over the Nethermead.
Warblers, I recorded 13 sps ( I missed the female Hooded).
The list:
Canada Goose
Mute Swan
Wood Duck (7, upper pool)
Mallard
Green Heron (1, lower Lullwater)
Northern Harrier (1)
Red-tailed Hawk (1)
Rock (Common) Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Chimney Swift (1, flyover Lookout Hill)
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker (2)
Northern Flicker
Olive-sided Flycatcher (1, Lookout Hill)
Eastern Wood Pewee
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
Acadian Flycatcher
Great Crested Flycatcher
Warbling Vireo (1, heard only)
Red-eyed Vireo
Blue Jay
American Crow (heard only)
Black-capped Chickadee
Red-breasted Nuthatch (1, Rick's Place)
White-breasted Nuthatch
Carolina Wren
House Wren (1, Vale)
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (1, Lookout Hill)
Veery
Swainson's Thrush
Wood Thrush (1, Lookout Hill)
American Robin
Gray Catbird
Northern Mockingbird
European (Common) Starling
Cedar Waxwing
Northern Parula (1)
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Magnolia Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler (2)
Black-throated Green Warbler (1)
Prairie Warbler (1, Lookout Hill)
Bay-breasted Warbler (1, Lookout Hill)
Black-and-white Warbler
American Redstart
Ovenbird
Northern Waterthrush
Common Yellowthroat
Wilson's Warbler
Chipping Sparrow (1, Nellie's Lawn)
Song Sparrow (1, Peninsula)
Scarlet Tanager (1, Vale)
Northern Cardinal
Rose-breasted Grosbeak (2, Vale)
Red-winged Blackbird (1, Peninsula)
Common Grackle
American Goldfinch
House Sparrow
Brooklyn is good birding!!!!
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From Rob Jett:
Location: Prospect Park
Observation date: 9/11/10
Number of species: 60
Mute Swan 5
Mallard X
Osprey 1
Red-tailed Hawk 1
Herring Gull (American) X
Rock Pigeon X
Mourning Dove X
Monk Parakeet X
Chimney Swift 3
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 2
Red-bellied Woodpecker 2
Downy Woodpecker 3
Hairy Woodpecker 2
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) X
Eastern Wood-Pewee 2
Empidonax sp. 4
Great Crested Flycatcher 4
Warbling Vireo 6
Philadelphia Vireo 1
Red-eyed Vireo 12
Blue Jay X
American Crow X
Black-capped Chickadee X
Tufted Titmouse X
Red-breasted Nuthatch 4
Carolina Wren X
House Wren X
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher X
Veery 10
Wood Thrush 1
American Robin X
Gray Catbird X
Northern Mockingbird X
European Starling X
Cedar Waxwing X
Nashville Warbler 1
Northern Parula 5
Yellow Warbler 4
Chestnut-sided Warbler 6
Magnolia Warbler 35
Black-throated Blue Warbler 4
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 3
Black-throated Green Warbler 4
Blackburnian Warbler 1
Pine Warbler 1
Blackpoll Warbler 10
Black-and-white Warbler 12
American Redstart 25
Ovenbird 13
Northern Waterthrush 5
Common Yellowthroat 11
Wilson's Warbler 1
Canada Warbler 6
Scarlet Tanager 1
Northern Cardinal X
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 4
Common Grackle X
Brown-headed Cowbird X
Baltimore Oriole 1
American Goldfinch X
House Sparrow X
This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org/)
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Peter's report
Observers: Peter Dorosh and Mary Eyster
4:15 -7 pm
hilights were RED-SHOULDERED hawk adult perched above Rocky Pass, b4 flying off due southwest; 10 COMMON NIGHTHAWKS over Peninsula, western Lookout Hill, and Nethermead after 6 pm.
Location: Prospect Park
Observation date: 9/11/10
Number of species: 32
Canada Goose X
Mallard X
Red-shouldered Hawk 1 adult perched above Rocky's Pass ( back of Upper Pool)
Rock Pigeon X
Mourning Dove X
Common Nighthawk 10- f/o's 2 Nethermead, 4 Peninsula, 4 west Lookout Hill
Chimney Swift X
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 2--1 Peninsula, on Pickleweed; 1 Binnen Pool , jewelweed
Belted Kingfisher 1 Ravine
Northern Flicker 1
Empidonax sp. 1
Red-eyed Vireo 2 Peninsula
Blue Jay 1
Black-capped Chickadee 1
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 2 Peninsula
Swainson's Thrush 1
American Robin X
Gray Catbird X
Northern Mockingbird X
European Starling X
Magnolia Warbler 4 Peninsula
Black-throated Blue Warbler 1 north of Lullwater Bridge
Black-and-white Warbler 1 Peninsula
American Redstart 6
Ovenbird 1 Peninsula
Northern Waterthrush 1
Common Yellowthroat 5
Wilson's Warbler 1 Peninsula;male
Canada Warbler 1 Pagoda meadow
Song Sparrow 1
Northern Cardinal X
Brown-headed Cowbird 1 nethermead
House Sparrow X
This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org/)
( I was out most of the day in Riis Beach where 3 Royal Terns were seen on the posts in the surf, also Blackburnian Warbler and Blue -Gray Gnatcatcher on the ground of the abandoned handball court, 1 Bobolink seen well back of golf course south fence )
