Thursday BBC walk

Led by Karen OHearn with help from Linda Ewing ,subbing for Tom Steohenson

Hi Peter,

Thursday's BBC walk was full of raptors!  Mid morning, as we walked onto the peninsula, a Merlin flew by.  When we reached the point, a Sharp-shinned and a Cooper's hawk were seen together above us.  A few minutes later, Al spotted 3 Broad-winged hawks that were kettling above the lake and slowly drifting southeast and out of view.  A minute later, an Osprey flew by and then a few minutes after that an American Kestrel flew by and landed in a nearby tree.  I guess you could say we were rapturous - all this occurring in a period of about 20 crazy minutes!   Oh, and one additional, notable sighting during this same time period - 4 Common Nighthawks over the lake.  

Other active areas were the vale, parts of center drive, and sw lakeside.  Our walk ended with an early Hermit Thrush (-:

And thanks to Linda E. for joining us and helping with some tricky IDs!

Best,
karen

50 Canada Goose
3 Mute Swan
3 Wood Duck
20 Mallard
1 American Black Duck
25 Rock Pigeon
4 Mourning Dove
4 Common Nighthawk
2 Ruby-throated Hummingbird
1 American Coot
2 Herring Gull
2 Gull Sp, probably Laughing
3 Double-crested Cormorant
1 Green Heron
1 Osprey
2 Sharp-shinned Hawk
2 Cooper's Hawk
3 Broad-winged Hawk
1 Red-tailed Hawk
5 Red-bellied Woodpecker
4 Downy Woodpecker
8 Northern Flicker
1 American Kestrel
1 Merlin
2 Empidonax sp.
4 Eastern Phoebe
2 Blue-headed Vireo
7 Red-eyed Vireo
18 Blue Jay
3 American Crow
6 Ruby-crowned Kinglet
1 Red-breasted Nuthatch
1 White-breasted Nuthatch
1 House Wren
4 Carolina Wren
20 European Starling
15 Gray Catbird
2 Swainson's Thrush
1 Hermit Thrush    
25 American Robin
50 House Sparrow
2 House Finch
10 American Goldfinch
2 White-throated Sparrow
3 Song Sparrow
1 Lincoln's Sparrow
1 Swamp Sparrow
6 Red-winged Blackbird
2 Common Grackle
4 Ovenbird
7 Northern Waterthrush
10 Black-and-white Warbler
2 Nashville warbler
13 Common Yellowthroat
8 American Redstart
14 Northern Parula
21 Magnolia Warbler
2 Yellow Warbler
3 Chestnut-sided Warbler
7 Blackpol Warbler
9 Black-throated Blue Warbler
1 Palm Warbler
14 Yellow-rumped Warbler
7 Black-throated Green Warbler
1 Wilson's Warbler
14 Northern Cardinal
2 Rose-breasted Grosbeak
2 Indigo Bunting
 

Fwd: eBird Report - Prospect Park, Sep 22, 2020

Results of Bobbi Manian Tuesday PP BBC walk

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From: Roberta Manian <roberta.manian@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, Sep 23, 2020, 1:57 PM
Subject: Fwd: eBird Report - Prospect Park, Sep 22, 2020
To: Peter Dorosh <prosbird@gmail.com>, Dennis Hrehowsik <deepseagangster@gmail.com>, Tom Stephenson <12toms@gmail.com>

Hi Peter,

we had another great walk yesterday, not quite as birdy as last week, but lots to see including a nice aerial battle of a Coopers Hawk being mobbed by American Crows, 2 Philly Vs and Purple Finch.  Also both BW and GW Teals!  Tom had found teh GW on a Linnaean walk on Sunday and one of hte participants was on my walk and she showed us where it was lurking (by the Turtle Cove overlook).  The hardcores really wanted to beat Dennis's warbler count of 20 from Sat but we admitted defeat at 18, consoling ourselves that 2 teals brought our count up to 20 in our hearts. :-)

b.

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From: <ebird-checklist@cornell.edu>
Date: Wed, Sep 23, 2020 at 8:27 AM
Subject: eBird Report - Prospect Park, Sep 22, 2020
To: <roberta.manian@gmail.com>

Prospect Park, Kings, New York, US
Sep 22, 2020 8:00 AM - 1:20 PM
Protocol: Traveling
3.0 mile(s)
Checklist Comments:     BBC fall migration walk
60 species (+2 other taxa)

Canada Goose  12
Mute Swan  2
Wood Duck  8
Blue-winged Teal  1
Mallard  4
American Black Duck  1
Green-winged Teal  1
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  X
Mourning Dove  5
Chimney Swift  21
Ruby-throated Hummingbird  1
Laughing Gull  1
Herring Gull  1
Double-crested Cormorant  1
Cooper's Hawk  1     being mobbed by a murderous group of crows
Red-tailed Hawk  2
Red-bellied Woodpecker  1
Downy Woodpecker  2
Northern Flicker  5
Eastern Wood-Pewee  2
Least Flycatcher  1     small empid with strong eyering - no yellow
Eastern Phoebe  2
Philadelphia Vireo  2     some walk members got pictures i will attach.  yellow throat, eye lore continues thru to bill, one bright, one kinda bright, but lore observed in both
Red-eyed Vireo  1
Blue Jay  7
American Crow  12     mobbing a coopers hawk
Ruby-crowned Kinglet  2
Red-breasted Nuthatch  1
Carolina Wren  2
wren sp.  1
European Starling  X
Gray Catbird  3
Northern Mockingbird  1
Veery  1
Swainson's Thrush  3
American Robin  7
House Sparrow  X
Purple Finch  1
American Goldfinch  12
White-throated Sparrow  3
Ovenbird  2
Northern Waterthrush  5
Black-and-white Warbler  3
Tennessee Warbler  2
Common Yellowthroat  7
American Redstart  11
Cape May Warbler  1
Northern Parula  9
Magnolia Warbler  3
Bay-breasted Warbler  1
Yellow Warbler  3
Chestnut-sided Warbler  1
Blackpoll Warbler  4
Bay-breasted/Blackpoll Warbler  1
Black-throated Blue Warbler  4
Palm Warbler  13
Yellow-rumped Warbler  4
Black-throated Green Warbler  5
Wilson's Warbler  1
Scarlet Tanager  1
Northern Cardinal  4
Rose-breasted Grosbeak  2

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S73932295

This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (https://ebird.org/home)

Fwd: 9.19.20 bbc walk

Leader Dennis

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From: Dennis Hrehowsik <deepseagangster@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, Sep 20, 2020, 2:14 PM
Subject: 9.19.20 walk
To: Peter Dorosh <prosbird@gmail.com>, Tom Stephenson <12toms@gmail.com>, Roberta <roberta.manian@gmail.com>

Peter,

Great day of fall birding in Prospect Park. Highlights were 20 warbler species including multiple Tennessee, Blackburnian, Cape May and Bay Breasted. One of my best days of fall Birding ever.

Best,

Dennis


Prospect Park, New York US-NY 40.65434, -73.97257
Sep 19, 2020
12:15 PM
Traveling
2.00 miles
501 Minutes
All birds reported? Yes
Comments: Submitted from eBird for iOS, version 2.1.0 Build 2.1.38

20 Canada Goose
3 Mute Swan
3 Wood Duck
1 Blue-winged Teal
5 Mallard
20 Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)
8 Mourning Dove
15 Chimney Swift
1 Ruby-throated Hummingbird
1 American Coot
1 Laughing Gull
1 Herring Gull
1 Double-crested Cormorant
1 Great Blue Heron
1 Osprey
1 Sharp-shinned/Cooper's Hawk
4 Red-tailed Hawk
1 Belted Kingfisher
1 Red-bellied Woodpecker
2 Downy Woodpecker
6 Northern Flicker
2 Eastern Wood-Pewee
2 Empidonax sp.
1 Blue-headed Vireo
7 Red-eyed Vireo
10 Blue Jay
2 crow sp.
1 Red-breasted Nuthatch
1 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
1 Carolina Wren
25 European Starling
3 Gray Catbird
1 Northern Mockingbird
1 Veery
2 Swainson's Thrush
75 American Robin
4 Cedar Waxwing
15 House Sparrow
4 House Finch
1 White-throated Sparrow
2 Song Sparrow
1 Baltimore Oriole
3 Red-winged Blackbird
3 Common Grackle
4 Northern Waterthrush
4 Black-and-white Warbler
7 Tennessee Warbler -- South side of lake and Penna
1 Nashville Warbler
4 Common Yellowthroat
10 American Redstart
4 Cape May Warbler -- South side of lake
20 Northern Parula
4 Magnolia Warbler
2 Bay-breasted Warbler
2 Blackburnian Warbler
5 Yellow Warbler
3 Chestnut-sided Warbler
15 Blackpoll Warbler -- Everywhere
2 Black-throated Blue Warbler
2 Palm Warbler
1 Pine Warbler
4 Yellow-rumped Warbler
5 Black-throated Green Warbler
2 Wilson's Warbler
1 Scarlet Tanager
8 Northern Cardinal
3 Rose-breasted Grosbeak

Number of Taxa: 67


Dennis W Hrehowsik
President Brooklyn Bird Club