Wednesday, October 14, 2009
Sparrowbowl location between picnic n
Sparrowbowl locaton between picnic n tennis houses very good per mary e. Sparrows seen:whitecrowned, lincolns, field ,etc
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
October 13th ..casual glimpses in Prospect
Hilights: Brown Thrasher,YB Sapsucker, Sharp-shinned Hawk
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During a busy workday, I managed to squeezed in my lunch hour and during the workday these "on the fly" sightings .Pretty quiet, especially with the puzzling sparrow scarcity, particularly at the reliable peninsula sumacs....strange....did a UFO beamed them all up???
--Peter
Location: Prospect Park
Observation date: 10/13/09
Number of species: 20
Canada Goose 200 lake
Mute Swan 5 duck island
Mallard X
Northern Shoveler X lake ; common
Black-crowned Night-Heron 2 immatures duck island
Sharp-shinned Hawk 1 garage area
Red-tailed Hawk 2 soar lookout hill
American Coot 1 duck island
Rock Pigeon X
Mourning Dove X
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1 terrace br
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 3
Eastern Phoebe 1 terrace br
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1 peninsula sumacs
Black-throated Blue warbler--male peninsula sumacs
Common Yellowthroat 1 peninsula sumacs
Chipping Sparrow 4-- 2 rink;2 breeze hill lawn
Song Sparrow 8--mostly rink
White-throated Sparrow X common Butterfly meadow,
Common Grackle 6- 9th st propagation area
House Sparrow X
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Posted by Kingsboider at 6:19 PM
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From Janet Zinn:
I had a Brown Thrasher today in the zoo around the wildflower area behind the barn
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During a busy workday, I managed to squeezed in my lunch hour and during the workday these "on the fly" sightings .Pretty quiet, especially with the puzzling sparrow scarcity, particularly at the reliable peninsula sumacs....strange....did a UFO beamed them all up???
--Peter
Location: Prospect Park
Observation date: 10/13/09
Number of species: 20
Canada Goose 200 lake
Mute Swan 5 duck island
Mallard X
Northern Shoveler X lake ; common
Black-crowned Night-Heron 2 immatures duck island
Sharp-shinned Hawk 1 garage area
Red-tailed Hawk 2 soar lookout hill
American Coot 1 duck island
Rock Pigeon X
Mourning Dove X
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1 terrace br
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 3
Eastern Phoebe 1 terrace br
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1 peninsula sumacs
Black-throated Blue warbler--male peninsula sumacs
Common Yellowthroat 1 peninsula sumacs
Chipping Sparrow 4-- 2 rink;2 breeze hill lawn
Song Sparrow 8--mostly rink
White-throated Sparrow X common Butterfly meadow,
Common Grackle 6- 9th st propagation area
House Sparrow X
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Posted by Kingsboider at 6:19 PM
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From Janet Zinn:
I had a Brown Thrasher today in the zoo around the wildflower area behind the barn
Monday, October 12, 2009
Oct 12th reports to me while I was away
From Rob Jett
Greenwood Cemetery report
Date: October 12, 2009 1:51:48 PM EDT
Subject: eBird Report - Greenwood Cemetery , 10/12/09
Location: Greenwood Cemetery
Observation date: 10/12/09
Number of species: 49
Canada Goose 35
American Black Duck 2
Mallard 15
Great Blue Heron 1
Cooper's Hawk 1
Red-tailed Hawk 2
American Kestrel 1
American Woodcock 1
Herring Gull (American) X
Rock Pigeon X
Mourning Dove 8
Monk Parakeet 25
Red-bellied Woodpecker 2
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 5
Downy Woodpecker 3
Hairy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 75
Eastern Phoebe 60
Blue Jay 6
American Crow 5
Red-breasted Nuthatch 2
White-breasted Nuthatch 4
Carolina Wren 1
Winter Wren 6
Golden-crowned Kinglet 75
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 40
Swainson's Thrush 4
Hermit Thrush 25
American Robin X
Gray Catbird 1
Northern Mockingbird 3
European Starling X
Magnolia Warbler 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler 12
Palm Warbler 65
Blackpoll Warbler 1
American Redstart 1
Common Yellowthroat 6
Scarlet Tanager 2
Eastern Towhee 4
Chipping Sparrow 50
Song Sparrow 25
Lincoln's Sparrow 2
Swamp Sparrow 10
White-throated Sparrow 100
Dark-eyed Junco 12
Northern Cardinal 6
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 1
House Sparrow X
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From Janet Schumacher:
Subject: eBird Report - Greenwood Cemetery , 10/11/09
Location: Greenwood Cemetery
Observation date: 10/11/09
Notes: Beautiful day. Cemetery full of junipers
with red fruit. Eastern phoebes everywhere on
tombstones, one very large flock of Chipping
sparrows, another of White-throated sparrows.
A third of flickers plus they were throughout
cemetery as were White-throated sparrows.
Number of species: 27
Canada Goose 65
Mallard 12
Mourning Dove 10
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 2
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 45
Eastern Phoebe 40
Blue-headed Vireo 3
Red-eyed Vireo 3
Blue Jay 12
American Crow 10
House Wren 2
Golden-crowned Kinglet 16
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 40
Hermit Thrush 16
American Robin 20
European Starling X
Yellow-rumped Warbler 10
Palm Warbler (Western) 10
Palm Warbler (Yellow) 10
Common Yellowthroat 3
Eastern Towhee 2
Chipping Sparrow 60
Song Sparrow 8
Swamp Sparrow 4
White-throated Sparrow 60
Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored) 4
Northern Cardinal 6
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From Tom Stephenson:
Prospect Park report --leading the Brooklyn Bird Club 10/10
Hi Peter.
Hope the fall colors are really spectacular in North.
Here's a list of what we saw yesterday. We had about 10 people for the trip. It threatened rain and drizzled a bit now and then, but all in all a nice fall day.
We had 10 species of warblers, but oddly, very few sparrows...Not even large numbers of White-throats yet.
Best regards,
Tom
Double-crested Cormorant
Black-crowned Night-Heron
Canada Goose
Mute Swan
American Black Duck
Mallard
Northern Shoveler
Ruddy Duck
Red-tailed Hawk
Ring-billed Gull
Rock Dove
Mourning Dove
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Blue-headed Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
Blue Jay
American Crow
Black-capped Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
White-breasted Nuthatch
Brown Creeper
Carolina Wren
House Wren
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Swainson's Thrush
American Robin
Gray Catbird
European Starling
Cedar Waxwing
Tennessee Warbler
Nashville Warbler
Northern Parula
Magnolia Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
American Redstart
Ovenbird
Common Yellowthroat
Scarlet Tanager
Eastern Towhee
Song Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Northern Cardinal
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Indigo Bunting
Red-winged Blackbird
American Goldfinch
House Sparrow
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From Rob Jett:
Greenwood Cemetery
Peter,
Had an excellent morning at Green-Wood
Cemetery today. Chipping Sparrows moving
through in huge numbers. Found one
Clay-colored Sparrow among the mix.
Also, still lots and lots of Palm Warblers,
flickers and phoebes. The wind picked up at
about 11am, so things started moving around
a lot, making birding tough.
Rob
Begin forwarded message:
> Date: October 10, 2009 12:29:37 PM EDT
> Subject: eBird Report - Greenwood Cemetery , 10/10/09
>
>
> Location: Greenwood Cemetery
> Observation date: 10/10/09
> Number of species: 50
>
> Canada Goose 30
> Mallard X
> Great Egret 1
> Red-tailed Hawk 1
> Ring-billed Gull X
> Herring Gull (American) X
> Rock Pigeon X
> Mourning Dove 10
> Monk Parakeet 35
> Belted Kingfisher 1
> Red-bellied Woodpecker 2
> Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 6
> Downy Woodpecker 1
> Hairy Woodpecker 1
> Northern Flicker 65
> Eastern Phoebe 27
> Blue-headed Vireo 3
> Blue Jay 4
> Tree Swallow 3
> Red-breasted Nuthatch 3
> White-breasted Nuthatch 2
> House Wren 1
> Winter Wren 2
> Golden-crowned Kinglet 15
> Ruby-crowned Kinglet 5
> Swainson's Thrush 1
> Wood Thrush 1
> American Robin 45
> Gray Catbird 6
> Northern Mockingbird 4
> European Starling X
> Northern Parula 1
> Black-throated Blue Warbler 3
> Yellow-rumped Warbler 25
> Pine Warbler 1
> Palm Warbler 50
> Black-and-white Warbler 2
> American Redstart 3
> Northern Waterthrush 1
> Common Yellowthroat 3
> Scarlet Tanager 5
> Eastern Towhee 3
> Chipping Sparrow 500
> Clay-colored Sparrow 1
> Song Sparrow 2
> White-throated Sparrow 20
> Northern Cardinal 4
> Indigo Bunting 1
> Baltimore Oriole 2
> House Sparrow X
>
> This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org)
Greenwood Cemetery report
Date: October 12, 2009 1:51:48 PM EDT
Subject: eBird Report - Greenwood Cemetery , 10/12/09
Location: Greenwood Cemetery
Observation date: 10/12/09
Number of species: 49
Canada Goose 35
American Black Duck 2
Mallard 15
Great Blue Heron 1
Cooper's Hawk 1
Red-tailed Hawk 2
American Kestrel 1
American Woodcock 1
Herring Gull (American) X
Rock Pigeon X
Mourning Dove 8
Monk Parakeet 25
Red-bellied Woodpecker 2
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 5
Downy Woodpecker 3
Hairy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 75
Eastern Phoebe 60
Blue Jay 6
American Crow 5
Red-breasted Nuthatch 2
White-breasted Nuthatch 4
Carolina Wren 1
Winter Wren 6
Golden-crowned Kinglet 75
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 40
Swainson's Thrush 4
Hermit Thrush 25
American Robin X
Gray Catbird 1
Northern Mockingbird 3
European Starling X
Magnolia Warbler 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler 12
Palm Warbler 65
Blackpoll Warbler 1
American Redstart 1
Common Yellowthroat 6
Scarlet Tanager 2
Eastern Towhee 4
Chipping Sparrow 50
Song Sparrow 25
Lincoln's Sparrow 2
Swamp Sparrow 10
White-throated Sparrow 100
Dark-eyed Junco 12
Northern Cardinal 6
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 1
House Sparrow X
This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org)
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From Janet Schumacher:
Subject: eBird Report - Greenwood Cemetery , 10/11/09
Location: Greenwood Cemetery
Observation date: 10/11/09
Notes: Beautiful day. Cemetery full of junipers
with red fruit. Eastern phoebes everywhere on
tombstones, one very large flock of Chipping
sparrows, another of White-throated sparrows.
A third of flickers plus they were throughout
cemetery as were White-throated sparrows.
Number of species: 27
Canada Goose 65
Mallard 12
Mourning Dove 10
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 2
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 45
Eastern Phoebe 40
Blue-headed Vireo 3
Red-eyed Vireo 3
Blue Jay 12
American Crow 10
House Wren 2
Golden-crowned Kinglet 16
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 40
Hermit Thrush 16
American Robin 20
European Starling X
Yellow-rumped Warbler 10
Palm Warbler (Western) 10
Palm Warbler (Yellow) 10
Common Yellowthroat 3
Eastern Towhee 2
Chipping Sparrow 60
Song Sparrow 8
Swamp Sparrow 4
White-throated Sparrow 60
Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored) 4
Northern Cardinal 6
This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org)
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From Tom Stephenson:
Prospect Park report --leading the Brooklyn Bird Club 10/10
Hi Peter.
Hope the fall colors are really spectacular in North.
Here's a list of what we saw yesterday. We had about 10 people for the trip. It threatened rain and drizzled a bit now and then, but all in all a nice fall day.
We had 10 species of warblers, but oddly, very few sparrows...Not even large numbers of White-throats yet.
Best regards,
Tom
Double-crested Cormorant
Black-crowned Night-Heron
Canada Goose
Mute Swan
American Black Duck
Mallard
Northern Shoveler
Ruddy Duck
Red-tailed Hawk
Ring-billed Gull
Rock Dove
Mourning Dove
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Blue-headed Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
Blue Jay
American Crow
Black-capped Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
White-breasted Nuthatch
Brown Creeper
Carolina Wren
House Wren
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Swainson's Thrush
American Robin
Gray Catbird
European Starling
Cedar Waxwing
Tennessee Warbler
Nashville Warbler
Northern Parula
Magnolia Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
American Redstart
Ovenbird
Common Yellowthroat
Scarlet Tanager
Eastern Towhee
Song Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Northern Cardinal
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Indigo Bunting
Red-winged Blackbird
American Goldfinch
House Sparrow
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From Rob Jett:
Greenwood Cemetery
Peter,
Had an excellent morning at Green-Wood
Cemetery today. Chipping Sparrows moving
through in huge numbers. Found one
Clay-colored Sparrow among the mix.
Also, still lots and lots of Palm Warblers,
flickers and phoebes. The wind picked up at
about 11am, so things started moving around
a lot, making birding tough.
Rob
Begin forwarded message:
> Date: October 10, 2009 12:29:37 PM EDT
> Subject: eBird Report - Greenwood Cemetery , 10/10/09
>
>
> Location: Greenwood Cemetery
> Observation date: 10/10/09
> Number of species: 50
>
> Canada Goose 30
> Mallard X
> Great Egret 1
> Red-tailed Hawk 1
> Ring-billed Gull X
> Herring Gull (American) X
> Rock Pigeon X
> Mourning Dove 10
> Monk Parakeet 35
> Belted Kingfisher 1
> Red-bellied Woodpecker 2
> Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 6
> Downy Woodpecker 1
> Hairy Woodpecker 1
> Northern Flicker 65
> Eastern Phoebe 27
> Blue-headed Vireo 3
> Blue Jay 4
> Tree Swallow 3
> Red-breasted Nuthatch 3
> White-breasted Nuthatch 2
> House Wren 1
> Winter Wren 2
> Golden-crowned Kinglet 15
> Ruby-crowned Kinglet 5
> Swainson's Thrush 1
> Wood Thrush 1
> American Robin 45
> Gray Catbird 6
> Northern Mockingbird 4
> European Starling X
> Northern Parula 1
> Black-throated Blue Warbler 3
> Yellow-rumped Warbler 25
> Pine Warbler 1
> Palm Warbler 50
> Black-and-white Warbler 2
> American Redstart 3
> Northern Waterthrush 1
> Common Yellowthroat 3
> Scarlet Tanager 5
> Eastern Towhee 3
> Chipping Sparrow 500
> Clay-colored Sparrow 1
> Song Sparrow 2
> White-throated Sparrow 20
> Northern Cardinal 4
> Indigo Bunting 1
> Baltimore Oriole 2
> House Sparrow X
>
> This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org)
Friday, October 9, 2009
Going Leaf peeping
I will be away for a few days chasing the enchanting colors of fall foliage in the Catskills so postings to this blog will be delayed until I get back late Monday. If however I get a text message of a rarity,I'll pass along to my text message groupies and this blog. Enjoy your holiday weekend.
--Kingsboider
October 9th Prospect Park + 10/8 report
From Russ Aldertone:
Peter,
My list is almost all Lookout Hill, particularly the north-west slope. I've never seen that many species all in one place. I'm sure there were plenty I missed since it was overcast and hard to see .
Russ
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: do-not-reply@ebird.org
Date: Oct 9, 2009 3:46pm
Subject: eBird Report - Prospect Park , 10/9/09
> Location: Prospect Park
>
> Observation date: 10/9/09
>
> Number of species: 34
>
>
>
> Canada Goose 2
>
> Osprey 1
>
> American Kestrel 2
>
> Herring Gull 5
>
> Rock Pigeon 1
>
> Mourning Dove 1
>
> Chimney Swift 4
>
> Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
>
> Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 3
>
> Downy Woodpecker 2
>
> Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 6
>
> Eastern Phoebe 5
>
> Blue-headed Vireo 5
>
> Red-eyed Vireo 1
>
> Blue Jay 2
>
> Ruby-crowned Kinglet 2
>
> Swainson's Thrush 1
>
> Hermit Thrush 4
>
> Gray Catbird 2
>
> Magnolia Warbler 2
>
> Black-throated Blue Warbler 3
>
> Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 1
>
> Black-throated Green Warbler 1
>
> Palm Warbler (Yellow) 3
>
> Black-and-white Warbler 2
>
> American Redstart 1
>
> Common Yellowthroat 4
>
> Scarlet Tanager 1
>
> Eastern Towhee 2
>
> Savannah Sparrow 1
>
> White-throated Sparrow 6
>
> Indigo Bunting 1
>
> American Goldfinch 5
>
> House Sparrow 1
>
>
>
> This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org)
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From Bob Machover:
October 8th afternoon Prospect report
Hi Peter,
Nothing unusual but what a nice time I had! Not a whole lot of birds but a fairly steady appearance of small pockets of migrants. I'm impressed by how many warblers are still coming through. I'm also impressed with how nice a park it is and what a good time everyone seemed to be having. Here's a quick list from 21/2 hours in the afternoon:
1. Canada Goose - lots
2. Mute Swan - 2
3. Mallard - lots
4. Northern shoveler - even more
5. Rock Pigeon
6. Red-bellied Woodpecker - 3
7. Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - 2
8. Downy Woodpecker - 1
9. Northen Flicker - 20+
10. Eastern Phoebe - 2
11. Red-eyed Vireo - 2
12. Blue Jay - 10+
13. Winter Wren - 1
14. Swainson's Thrush - 1
15. American Robin - 4+
16. Black-throated Blue Warbler - 2
17. Black-throated Green warbler - 1
18. Palm Warbler - 2 (1 eastern, 1 western)
19. Black-and-white Warbler - 2
20. American Redstart - 1 (adult male)
21. Common Yellowthroat - 12+
22. Eastern Towhee - 2
23. Song Sparrow - 5
24. Swamp Sparrow - 2
25. White-throated Sparrow - 24+
26. Northern Cardinal - 10+
27. House Sparrow - 4
28. Gray Catbird
Thanks,
Bob
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From Peter:
10/9 Prospect
During a busy day planting and inspections; i noted a flurry of action in the Sullivan Hill basin.
There were
2 Eastern Towhee (males)
White-throated Sparrows ( at least 20+)
Blue-Headed Vireo
Magnolia Warbler
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Palm Warbler
ON the lake : Shovelers, Coot are seen..not much time today birding.
Peter,
My list is almost all Lookout Hill, particularly the north-west slope. I've never seen that many species all in one place. I'm sure there were plenty I missed since it was overcast and hard to see .
Russ
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: do-not-reply@ebird.org
Date: Oct 9, 2009 3:46pm
Subject: eBird Report - Prospect Park , 10/9/09
> Location: Prospect Park
>
> Observation date: 10/9/09
>
> Number of species: 34
>
>
>
> Canada Goose 2
>
> Osprey 1
>
> American Kestrel 2
>
> Herring Gull 5
>
> Rock Pigeon 1
>
> Mourning Dove 1
>
> Chimney Swift 4
>
> Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
>
> Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 3
>
> Downy Woodpecker 2
>
> Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 6
>
> Eastern Phoebe 5
>
> Blue-headed Vireo 5
>
> Red-eyed Vireo 1
>
> Blue Jay 2
>
> Ruby-crowned Kinglet 2
>
> Swainson's Thrush 1
>
> Hermit Thrush 4
>
> Gray Catbird 2
>
> Magnolia Warbler 2
>
> Black-throated Blue Warbler 3
>
> Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 1
>
> Black-throated Green Warbler 1
>
> Palm Warbler (Yellow) 3
>
> Black-and-white Warbler 2
>
> American Redstart 1
>
> Common Yellowthroat 4
>
> Scarlet Tanager 1
>
> Eastern Towhee 2
>
> Savannah Sparrow 1
>
> White-throated Sparrow 6
>
> Indigo Bunting 1
>
> American Goldfinch 5
>
> House Sparrow 1
>
>
>
> This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org)
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From Bob Machover:
October 8th afternoon Prospect report
Hi Peter,
Nothing unusual but what a nice time I had! Not a whole lot of birds but a fairly steady appearance of small pockets of migrants. I'm impressed by how many warblers are still coming through. I'm also impressed with how nice a park it is and what a good time everyone seemed to be having. Here's a quick list from 21/2 hours in the afternoon:
1. Canada Goose - lots
2. Mute Swan - 2
3. Mallard - lots
4. Northern shoveler - even more
5. Rock Pigeon
6. Red-bellied Woodpecker - 3
7. Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - 2
8. Downy Woodpecker - 1
9. Northen Flicker - 20+
10. Eastern Phoebe - 2
11. Red-eyed Vireo - 2
12. Blue Jay - 10+
13. Winter Wren - 1
14. Swainson's Thrush - 1
15. American Robin - 4+
16. Black-throated Blue Warbler - 2
17. Black-throated Green warbler - 1
18. Palm Warbler - 2 (1 eastern, 1 western)
19. Black-and-white Warbler - 2
20. American Redstart - 1 (adult male)
21. Common Yellowthroat - 12+
22. Eastern Towhee - 2
23. Song Sparrow - 5
24. Swamp Sparrow - 2
25. White-throated Sparrow - 24+
26. Northern Cardinal - 10+
27. House Sparrow - 4
28. Gray Catbird
Thanks,
Bob
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
From Peter:
10/9 Prospect
During a busy day planting and inspections; i noted a flurry of action in the Sullivan Hill basin.
There were
2 Eastern Towhee (males)
White-throated Sparrows ( at least 20+)
Blue-Headed Vireo
Magnolia Warbler
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Palm Warbler
ON the lake : Shovelers, Coot are seen..not much time today birding.
Thursday, October 8, 2009
October 8th, BBG and Prospect reports
From Orrin:
(Brooklyn Botanic Garden)
Very productive from just south of the native plant garden to Eastern Parkway; the birds presumably came in there overnight. Not much in the rest of the garden, except for white-throated sparrows and some other birds that I've been seeing for a few days. The results of an hour's worth of birding:
Mallard duck
American kestrel
Red-bellied woodpecker
Northern flicker
Ruby-crowned kinglet
Black-throated green warbler
Common yellowthroat (many, both sexes, including immature males)
Tennessee warbler
Northern Parula
Black-capped chickadee
Red-eyed vireo
Catbird
Northern Cardinal
Bluejay
House finch
White-throated sparrow (many, all over the place)
House sparrow
Song sparrow
American robin
Eastern phoebe
European starling
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From Peter :
Its a little puzzling that with the northwest winds last night that it would be tough birding from my impression of this day. Of course, warbler numbers start to tail off after September, only getting the noted usual suspects and late stragglers.What I was hoping for was more sparrow numbers.But that didn't happened. Sort of a puzzle.I guess they all went westward, maybe air fare to New York City was just too expensive. :)>
I did get some notable sightings today despite being very busy at work .I took glimpses here and there , and found among my better birds 2 GREEN-WINGED TEAL, GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH, and FIELD SPARROW in three very different locations.
Very early this morning on my short stint behind the rink, I saw two smallish ducks in the South Lullwater. AS they got closer to the rink, my patience waning, they turned into hen GREEN-WINGED TEALS among the many Mallards.
Mid morning, I spotted GRAY-CHEEKED Thrush under the Boulder Bridge, on the horse trail, after I finished planting the nearby hillside.
And last, I found a good sparrow spot along the south lakeshore, the mainland just across the Duck Island.Its a weedy spot laden with Heath Asters, Smartweed, grasses,dried Burdock and other sparrow attractive plant stuff (like mugwort...auuggh!) After work , I strolled through here and saw at least 15 sparrows. Among them, a gorgeous FIELD SPARROW with a beaut of an eye ring, stayed within the cover of the shoreline grasses and mugwort. While watching it, a SPOTTED SANDPIPER rushed by it in the field view of my bins! You should check this spot out if you happen to go by it. The location is marked by three close-knit Gray Birches,a 11 foot x 6 concrete slab floor, and a large low cut tree trunk.Here you also get great vantages of the lake.
Now, where the heck are those sparrow numbers???
Location: Prospect Park
Observation date: 10/8/09
Number of species: 31
Canada Goose X
Mute Swan 3 lake
American Black Duck 2 west island
Mallard X
Northern Shoveler 90 est Lake
Green-winged Teal 2 south lullwater; hens
Double-crested Cormorant 1 west island
Black-crowned Night-Heron 2 duck island
Red-tailed Hawk 1
Spotted Sandpiper 1 south east lakeside
Ring-billed Gull X
Rock Pigeon X
Mourning Dove X
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 3 peninsula
Eastern Phoebe 1
Gray-cheeked Thrush 1 Boulder bridge
American Robin X
Gray Catbird 4 peninsula sumacs
European Starling X
Yellow-rumped Warbler 3 south lakeside
Palm Warbler 2 rink
American Redstart 1 ricks place
Ovenbird 1 ricks place
Common Yellowthroat 4--2 peninsula sumacs, 2 rink
Field Sparrow 1 south east lakeside
Song Sparrow 7 --3 rink;4 south east lakeside
Swamp Sparrow 2--1 rink, 1 south east lakeside
White-throated Sparrow 9 south lakeside xcross from 3 sisters
Northern Cardinal 1
American Goldfinch 2 south east lakeside
House Sparrow X
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From Eni Falci:
Hi Peter-
Stayed out of the park yesterday- too much chance of falling trees.
Today walked from Vale to Midwood, Pools, Ravine to Audubon Ctr. with some good activity.
Best site was at the top of the Vale -3 juvenile yellow-bellied sapsuckers on two trees with black throated blue males and females feeding on same tree trunk as 2 sapsuckers.
Most wide spread and numerous bird today was the Black throated blue warbler.
Eni
3 juvenile yellow-bellied sapsuckers Vale
downy woodpecker
flicker
red-bellied woodpecker pools
black throated blue warblers male & female
northern parula warbler numerous Vale & Midwood
black throated green warbler Vale
magnolia warbler Vale
black & white warbler Midwood & Vale
common yellowthroat females midwood
1 ovenbird ravine
1 redstart warbler Binnen Bridge area
4 house wren midwood and behind Audubon Ctr
white throated sparrow numerous
2 song sparrows Horse Path behind Audubon Ctr
House Sparrows
1 Swainson's Thrush
1 Hermit Thrush pools
5 Wood Ducks 3 male/2female Pool Island
Mallards numerous
Catbirds
Robins
Cardinals Midwood
Jays
Eastern Phoebe Pools
(Brooklyn Botanic Garden)
Very productive from just south of the native plant garden to Eastern Parkway; the birds presumably came in there overnight. Not much in the rest of the garden, except for white-throated sparrows and some other birds that I've been seeing for a few days. The results of an hour's worth of birding:
Mallard duck
American kestrel
Red-bellied woodpecker
Northern flicker
Ruby-crowned kinglet
Black-throated green warbler
Common yellowthroat (many, both sexes, including immature males)
Tennessee warbler
Northern Parula
Black-capped chickadee
Red-eyed vireo
Catbird
Northern Cardinal
Bluejay
House finch
White-throated sparrow (many, all over the place)
House sparrow
Song sparrow
American robin
Eastern phoebe
European starling
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From Peter :
Its a little puzzling that with the northwest winds last night that it would be tough birding from my impression of this day. Of course, warbler numbers start to tail off after September, only getting the noted usual suspects and late stragglers.What I was hoping for was more sparrow numbers.But that didn't happened. Sort of a puzzle.I guess they all went westward, maybe air fare to New York City was just too expensive. :)>
I did get some notable sightings today despite being very busy at work .I took glimpses here and there , and found among my better birds 2 GREEN-WINGED TEAL, GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH, and FIELD SPARROW in three very different locations.
Very early this morning on my short stint behind the rink, I saw two smallish ducks in the South Lullwater. AS they got closer to the rink, my patience waning, they turned into hen GREEN-WINGED TEALS among the many Mallards.
Mid morning, I spotted GRAY-CHEEKED Thrush under the Boulder Bridge, on the horse trail, after I finished planting the nearby hillside.
And last, I found a good sparrow spot along the south lakeshore, the mainland just across the Duck Island.Its a weedy spot laden with Heath Asters, Smartweed, grasses,dried Burdock and other sparrow attractive plant stuff (like mugwort...auuggh!) After work , I strolled through here and saw at least 15 sparrows. Among them, a gorgeous FIELD SPARROW with a beaut of an eye ring, stayed within the cover of the shoreline grasses and mugwort. While watching it, a SPOTTED SANDPIPER rushed by it in the field view of my bins! You should check this spot out if you happen to go by it. The location is marked by three close-knit Gray Birches,a 11 foot x 6 concrete slab floor, and a large low cut tree trunk.Here you also get great vantages of the lake.
Now, where the heck are those sparrow numbers???
Location: Prospect Park
Observation date: 10/8/09
Number of species: 31
Canada Goose X
Mute Swan 3 lake
American Black Duck 2 west island
Mallard X
Northern Shoveler 90 est Lake
Green-winged Teal 2 south lullwater; hens
Double-crested Cormorant 1 west island
Black-crowned Night-Heron 2 duck island
Red-tailed Hawk 1
Spotted Sandpiper 1 south east lakeside
Ring-billed Gull X
Rock Pigeon X
Mourning Dove X
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 3 peninsula
Eastern Phoebe 1
Gray-cheeked Thrush 1 Boulder bridge
American Robin X
Gray Catbird 4 peninsula sumacs
European Starling X
Yellow-rumped Warbler 3 south lakeside
Palm Warbler 2 rink
American Redstart 1 ricks place
Ovenbird 1 ricks place
Common Yellowthroat 4--2 peninsula sumacs, 2 rink
Field Sparrow 1 south east lakeside
Song Sparrow 7 --3 rink;4 south east lakeside
Swamp Sparrow 2--1 rink, 1 south east lakeside
White-throated Sparrow 9 south lakeside xcross from 3 sisters
Northern Cardinal 1
American Goldfinch 2 south east lakeside
House Sparrow X
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From Eni Falci:
Hi Peter-
Stayed out of the park yesterday- too much chance of falling trees.
Today walked from Vale to Midwood, Pools, Ravine to Audubon Ctr. with some good activity.
Best site was at the top of the Vale -3 juvenile yellow-bellied sapsuckers on two trees with black throated blue males and females feeding on same tree trunk as 2 sapsuckers.
Most wide spread and numerous bird today was the Black throated blue warbler.
Eni
3 juvenile yellow-bellied sapsuckers Vale
downy woodpecker
flicker
red-bellied woodpecker pools
black throated blue warblers male & female
northern parula warbler numerous Vale & Midwood
black throated green warbler Vale
magnolia warbler Vale
black & white warbler Midwood & Vale
common yellowthroat females midwood
1 ovenbird ravine
1 redstart warbler Binnen Bridge area
4 house wren midwood and behind Audubon Ctr
white throated sparrow numerous
2 song sparrows Horse Path behind Audubon Ctr
House Sparrows
1 Swainson's Thrush
1 Hermit Thrush pools
5 Wood Ducks 3 male/2female Pool Island
Mallards numerous
Catbirds
Robins
Cardinals Midwood
Jays
Eastern Phoebe Pools
Wednesday, October 7, 2009
October 7th what a wind !
There isn't much to report on high wind days. During a circuit in the work vehicle, I noticed a large toppled tree by the Lincoln Ave park entrance. So, any wind that strong will keep the birds down.
However, during a work progress, I noted a low flying PEREGRINE FALCON just over the Maryland Monument. Pretty cool to see. Behind the rink, 2 Palm Warblers and an immature male INDIGO BUNTING secretly peeked out from the phragmite edges.
Hopefully , someone was out there today with more to report as i was too busy today.
Kingsboider.
However, during a work progress, I noted a low flying PEREGRINE FALCON just over the Maryland Monument. Pretty cool to see. Behind the rink, 2 Palm Warblers and an immature male INDIGO BUNTING secretly peeked out from the phragmite edges.
Hopefully , someone was out there today with more to report as i was too busy today.
Kingsboider.
Tuesday, October 6, 2009
October 6th Prospect + BBG reports; sparrows "trickling in"
Nothing warms my "autumn heart" than seeing sparrows. I would consider autumn a real favorite season not only for the crisp air but what comes through on those colder air masses: sparrows.
Despite working, I managed to squeezed in some free time before work, at lunchtime and after to bird the park's known good sparrow spots for my targets. That would be Butterfly Meadow, the Peninsula sumac grove, the phragmite edge of the lawn behind the rink that I did get to.Tomorrow if it isn't raining too much, I will try the Long Meadow spots. But today, 7 species sparrows made me a happy guy cause I know they are coming, the sparrow surge is coming......
Oh , check out the lake: the Northern Shovelers are starting to fill it up (93 !) ...and two GADWALL out there looked too nervous with those increasing numbers...
List:
Location: Prospect Park
Observation date: 10/6/09
Number of species: 39
Canada Goose 40
Mute Swan 6
Gadwall 2 lake; mixed pair
Mallard 30
Northern Shoveler 93 Lake western sector
Black-crowned Night-Heron 1 south lullwater
American Coot 1 lake
Herring Gull (American) X
Rock Pigeon X
Mourning Dove X
Downy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 2
Eastern Phoebe 3
Blue Jay 2
American Crow 3
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1
Swainson's Thrush 2 lookout
American Robin X
Gray Catbird 5 mostly peninsula sumacs
Brown Thrasher 2 behind rink,along labella cove
European Starling X
Magnolia Warbler 4
Black-throated Blue Warbler 2
Yellow-rumped Warbler 1
Palm Warbler 2
Ovenbird 1
Common Yellowthroat 15
Eastern Towhee 1 male; butterfly meadow
Chipping Sparrow 1 rink
Savannah Sparrow 1 peninsula sumac grove
Song Sparrow 22 ubiquitous
Lincoln's Sparrow 1 peninsula sumac grove
Swamp Sparrow 1 rink
White-throated Sparrow 12 butterfly meadow + several other spots,conservatively
Northern Cardinal 3
Indigo Bunting 1 female/imm male butterfly meadow
Common Grackle 9 peninsula, peched high
American Goldfinch 1
House Sparrow X
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From Keir Randall:
Grand Army Plaza pines - many Golden-crowned Kinglets
Maryland Monument- Black-Throated Green Warblers, Black-Throated Blues, Nashvilles, Redstart, Magnolia, Blue-Headed Vireo etc
White and Red-breasted Nuthatches heard in Midwood
GreatBlue Heron flyover
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From Orrin Tilevitz:
As active as I've seen it, all over the place. The cooperative birds:
Mallard
Ruby-crowned kinglet
House finch
Northern Parula
Common yellowthroat (many, male and female)
Black-throated blue warbler (several)
Magnolia warbler
Blackpoll warbler
Red-eyed vireo (several)
Blue-headed vireo (several)
Catbird
Northern mockingbird
Bluejay
Swainson's thrush (several)
American robin
Song sparrow (some singing)
White-throated sparrow (common)
Swamp sparrow
Northern flicker
Red-bellied woodpecker
European starling
Mourning dove
Surprisingly, no obvious yellow-rumped warblers or house sparrows where I was, even though both had to have been there.
Despite working, I managed to squeezed in some free time before work, at lunchtime and after to bird the park's known good sparrow spots for my targets. That would be Butterfly Meadow, the Peninsula sumac grove, the phragmite edge of the lawn behind the rink that I did get to.Tomorrow if it isn't raining too much, I will try the Long Meadow spots. But today, 7 species sparrows made me a happy guy cause I know they are coming, the sparrow surge is coming......
Oh , check out the lake: the Northern Shovelers are starting to fill it up (93 !) ...and two GADWALL out there looked too nervous with those increasing numbers...
List:
Location: Prospect Park
Observation date: 10/6/09
Number of species: 39
Canada Goose 40
Mute Swan 6
Gadwall 2 lake; mixed pair
Mallard 30
Northern Shoveler 93 Lake western sector
Black-crowned Night-Heron 1 south lullwater
American Coot 1 lake
Herring Gull (American) X
Rock Pigeon X
Mourning Dove X
Downy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 2
Eastern Phoebe 3
Blue Jay 2
American Crow 3
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1
Swainson's Thrush 2 lookout
American Robin X
Gray Catbird 5 mostly peninsula sumacs
Brown Thrasher 2 behind rink,along labella cove
European Starling X
Magnolia Warbler 4
Black-throated Blue Warbler 2
Yellow-rumped Warbler 1
Palm Warbler 2
Ovenbird 1
Common Yellowthroat 15
Eastern Towhee 1 male; butterfly meadow
Chipping Sparrow 1 rink
Savannah Sparrow 1 peninsula sumac grove
Song Sparrow 22 ubiquitous
Lincoln's Sparrow 1 peninsula sumac grove
Swamp Sparrow 1 rink
White-throated Sparrow 12 butterfly meadow + several other spots,conservatively
Northern Cardinal 3
Indigo Bunting 1 female/imm male butterfly meadow
Common Grackle 9 peninsula, peched high
American Goldfinch 1
House Sparrow X
This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org/)
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From Keir Randall:
Grand Army Plaza pines - many Golden-crowned Kinglets
Maryland Monument- Black-Throated Green Warblers, Black-Throated Blues, Nashvilles, Redstart, Magnolia, Blue-Headed Vireo etc
White and Red-breasted Nuthatches heard in Midwood
GreatBlue Heron flyover
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From Orrin Tilevitz:
As active as I've seen it, all over the place. The cooperative birds:
Mallard
Ruby-crowned kinglet
House finch
Northern Parula
Common yellowthroat (many, male and female)
Black-throated blue warbler (several)
Magnolia warbler
Blackpoll warbler
Red-eyed vireo (several)
Blue-headed vireo (several)
Catbird
Northern mockingbird
Bluejay
Swainson's thrush (several)
American robin
Song sparrow (some singing)
White-throated sparrow (common)
Swamp sparrow
Northern flicker
Red-bellied woodpecker
European starling
Mourning dove
Surprisingly, no obvious yellow-rumped warblers or house sparrows where I was, even though both had to have been there.
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