Before I post the local reports, a note on what I saw up in the colorful Catskills
5 Wild Turkeys on the road edge ( as I drove by) and best birdy one today, a Bald Eagle taking off from the Beaverkill Creek , a famous trout fishing tributary.The adult eagle ( carrying a fish, probably a prized Brown Trout ) was so close as I drove by. Perfect timing !
Now here are the local reports from oldest email to newest:
From Michele Dreger : BALD EAGLE flyover Boathouse 10/8 230pm
At that same general time 227 pm, Steve Nanz reports via text message a BALD EAGLE flyover Lookout Hill, carrying a big fish ( My presumption was the fish was over the legal limit)
From Michele:
After my walk I stopped for an ice tea at the center. Karen Meyers ask me what that hawk was that was leisurely flying over the boathouse. Unmistakable adult bald eagle flying towards the lake. Low enough to identify without binoculars. Score!!!!
Other observers : Adam Goldberger and nephew Leo, Keir
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From Keir:
hi Peter
Another great day in Prospect. I finally caught up with the Hooded Warbler in the regular spot then John Ascher and I found an active spot above the Boathouse. An Orange-crowned Warbler, a Tennessee too (which caused some initial confusion but then allowed us great comparisons) plus a Nashville. There was also the danger of standing on a Golden-crowned Kinglet, one of which we which we photographed on the ground at 1 ft distance!
As I headed home via Long Meadow a Broad-winged Hawk flew over quite low, I picked up my FOS Brown Creeper in the Vale and as I exited at Grand Army Plaza an adult Bald Eagle flew directly over towards Park Slope - my first for Brooklyn :)
cheers
Keir
Prospect Park, Kings, US-NY
Oct 8, 2011 8:00 AM - 2:30 PM
Protocol: Traveling
3.0 mile(s)
54 species (+1 other taxa)
Canada Goose 5
Mute Swan 3
Mallard 10
Northern Shoveler 2
Ruddy Duck 1
Double-crested Cormorant 2
Osprey 1
Bald Eagle 1 Adult flyover Grand Army Plaza, heading SW over park Slope, 2.30pm
Sharp-shinned Hawk 1
Cooper's Hawk 2
Broad-winged Hawk 1 Juv. quite low over Long Meadow, heading south, 2pm
Red-tailed Hawk 1
Rock Pigeon 10
Mourning Dove 10
Chimney Swift 15
Red-bellied Woodpecker 2
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 4
Downy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 6
Eastern Phoebe 2
Blue-headed Vireo 3
Red-eyed Vireo 2
Blue Jay 8
crow sp. 1
Black-capped Chickadee 4
Brown Creeper 1 Vale, pm
House Wren 1
Golden-crowned Kinglet 15
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 5
Swainson's Thrush 1
American Robin 10
Gray Catbird 1
European Starling 1
Black-and-white Warbler 1
Tennessee Warbler 2 Lookout switchback trail & slope above Boathouse
Orange-crowned Warbler 1 slope above Boathouse, looked like celata female
Nashville Warbler 2 Lookout switchback trail & slope above Boathouse
Common Yellowthroat 5
Hooded Warbler 1 continues in fenced in area s. of Nethermead Arches
American Redstart 1
Northern Parula 4
Magnolia Warbler 2
Chestnut-sided Warbler 1 fenced in area s. of Nethermead Arches
Black-throated Blue Warbler 3
Palm Warbler 6+
Yellow-rumped Warbler 2
Black-throated Green Warbler 1 bottom of Lookout switchback trail
Savannah Sparrow 3 reseeded field, Long Meadow
Song Sparrow 4
Lincoln's Sparrow 1 fenced in area s. of Nethermead Arches
Swamp Sparrow 3
White-throated Sparrow 30
Northern Cardinal 5
American Goldfinch 1
House Sparrow 30
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Other Text messages
Greenwinged Teal at Three Sisters islands --John Ascher
