As far as I am aware, the martin has not yet put in an appearance this morning. People are spread all around the lake searching, including where a few swallows are perched at yesterday’s morning martin perch spot. Others are also looking at other potential sunbathing perched around the park’s waterbodies.
Best -Doug Gochfeld On Sat, Apr 3, 2021 at 08:22 Robert Lewis <rfer...@yahoo.com> wrote: > How do birders in Brooklyn communicate with each other rapidly? > Whatsapp? Twitter? > > Bob Lewis > > > > > > > On Friday, April 2, 2021, 9:27:27 PM EDT, Doug Gochfeld < > fresha2...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > This morning, the Progne was perched in a tree at the NW corner of > Prospect Park Lake with a dozen Tree Swallows and a single Northern > Rough-winged Swallow. It stayed perched in the tree, puffed up in the > sub-freezing temps, for several hours, only occasionally sallying out over > the lake before returning to its arboreal perches. It finally went out to > forage for the day around 11 AM. > > From what I gather, it was putting on an excellent show for much of mid > day around the cove at the SW corner of the lake, best viewed from the > nearby gazebo. Around 16:00, it relocated to the area between The Peninsula > and Duck Island (both labeled on Google Maps), and it was there through > 17:30. I am not aware of other sightings past this time, though it was > getting darker, cooler, and presumably less insect-heavy around the lake by > that time. > > If it continues to follow today’s pattern, the NW shore of the lake, where > the sun first hits, closest to the park entrance at Prospect Park SW and > Vanderbilt Ave., would be the place to be early in the morning. It is > supposed to be not quite as cold as last night here, and we’re slated for > sun in the morning, so it should warm up more quickly than this morning. > > The bird continued to strike me, and others, as smaller and shorter-winged > than a Purple Martin, perhaps bringing Gray-breasted Martin into play as > one of the more likely candidates. > > Good Birding! > -Doug Gochfeld. Brooklyn, NY. > > > > -- > > NYSbirds-L List Info: > > Welcome and Basics > > Rules and Information > > Subscribe, Configuration and Leave > > Archives: > > The Mail Archive > > Surfbirds > > ABA > > Please submit your observations to eBird! > > -- > -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
