From Juan Salas:
Earlier this morning I was able to photograph poorly an
adult female Summer Tanager high up in a tree at the
Vale of Cashmere, at around 10.30AM.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/23604521@N00/5661381343/in/photostream
I hope others can get a better picture.
Juan Salas
Tomorrow, Tom Stephenson leads the 3 hr Thursday walk at 7 am Grand Army Plaza entrance ( from the BBC website). Hope the weather holds up from the monster storm bearing down on the east coast.
From the forecast, the walk looks dry till noon. check this link
http://www.accuweather.com/us/ny/new-york/10017/forecast-hourly.asp?fday=2
From Rafael:
Back again to PP this morning, but the activity was not as good as yesterday. This was reflected by the number of sps of warbler around the "pile of wood chips", N of the Zoo. The Prothonary was still present, at least til around 10 am. Other warblers there were Myrtle, Palm, Parula, & Black-and-white.
Around the Vale, I saw 1 Nashville Warbler.
Other notable was 1 Warbling Vireo, seen around the Peninsula.
Brooklyn is great birding:
Rafael Campos R.
http://www.ticornis.com/
2nd report
Peter:
The following is the list of the birds seen/heard today. Beside myself, I was with Tom Stephenson birding for a while.
The birds:
Canada Goose
Mute Swan
Mallard
Ruddy Duck
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Blue Heron (1, Lake)
Black-crowned Night-Heron (1, Lake)
Osprey (1, lower Lullwater)
Red-tailed Hawk (1, flyover)
Laughing Gull (1 flyover Vale)
(American) Herring Gull
Rock (Common) Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Chimney Swift (several, flyovers Peninsula)
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Eastern Kingbird (2, Peninsula)
Warbling Vireo (1, Peninsula)
Tree Swallow (flyovers, Lake)
Barn Swallow (flyovers, Lake)
Black-capped Chickadee
House Wren
Ruby-crowned Kinglet (1, Peninsula)
American Robin
Gray Catbird (Vale)
European (Common) Starling
Nashville Warbler (1, Vale)
Northern Parula (3)
(American) Yellow Warbler (1, Peninsula)
Yellow-rumped (Myrtle) Warbler
Palm Warbler (1, wood chips pile, N of the Zoo)
Black-and-white Warbler (2)
Prothonotary Warbler (1, wood chips pile, N of the Zoo)
Eastern Towhee (1, Vale)
Chipping Sparrow (6)
Song Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Northern Cardinal
Red-winged Blackbird
Common Grackle
Orchard Oriole (Vale, 1)
Baltimore Oriole (3, Vale)
House Sparrow
Brooklyn is good birding!!!
www.ticornis.com
From Greg Otis:
Peter,
Slow day, but on the north side of Lookout Hill, had a Purple finch, Rose-breasted grosbeak, Prairie warbler, and Carolina wren. And, flying high overhead, possibly a Common loon? Bulbous body tapering to long neck and narrow head, white underparts, dark head, narrow wings. Can’t say for sure but couldn’t find anything else in Sibley that would match the silhouette.
In the chip pile behind zoo, one Prothonotary and one Parula.
Greg Otis
From Alex:
Begin forwarded message:
> Location: Prospect Park
> Observation date: 4/27/11
> Number of species: 67
>
> Canada Goose 30
> Mute Swan 4
> Wood Duck 2 (Pair, Upper Pool.)
> Mallard 25
> Northern Shoveler 3
> Ruddy Duck 20
> Double-crested Cormorant 4
> Great Blue Heron 2
> Black-crowned Night-Heron 1
> Osprey 1 (Caught a fish from the Lake, then perched at
> Three Sisters Island.)
> Red-tailed Hawk 3
> Spotted Sandpiper 3
> Laughing Gull 5
> Ring-billed Gull 15
> Herring Gull (American) 5
> Rock Pigeon 30
> Mourning Dove 15
> Chimney Swift 15
> Red-bellied Woodpecker 5
> Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1
> Downy Woodpecker 8
> Hairy Woodpecker 1
> Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 15
> Blue-headed Vireo 1
> Warbling Vireo 1
> Blue Jay 7
> Northern Rough-winged Swallow 3
> Tree Swallow 2
> Barn Swallow 10
> Black-capped Chickadee 6
> Tufted Titmouse 3
> White-breasted Nuthatch 1
> Carolina Wren 1
> House Wren 3
> Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 1
> Ruby-crowned Kinglet 5
> Hermit Thrush 3
> American Robin 40
> Gray Catbird 10
> Northern Mockingbird 1
> European Starling 100
> Northern Parula 4
> Yellow Warbler 3
> Chestnut-sided Warbler 1
> Black-throated Blue Warbler 2
> Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 25
> Pine Warbler 1
> Prairie Warbler 1
> Palm Warbler (Yellow) 1
> Black-and-white Warbler 3
> Prothonotary Warbler 1 (Female, east of Tunnel Arch Bridge.)
> Northern Waterthrush 2
> Eastern Towhee 10
> Chipping Sparrow 2
> Field Sparrow 1
> Song Sparrow 5
> Swamp Sparrow 1
> White-throated Sparrow 30
> Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored) 1
> Summer Tanager 1 (Vale, probably adult female.)
> Northern Cardinal 15
> Red-winged Blackbird 20
> Common Grackle 10
> Brown-headed Cowbird 10
> Baltimore Oriole 5
> American Goldfinch 5
> House Sparrow 30
