[nysbirds-l] 10/19: Queens & Brooklyn Migration
A 4 hour stationary count, with Sean Sime and Luke Musher, on the hawkwatch platform atop Battery Harris at Fort Tilden this morning was predictably productive. Echoing other reports from throughout the region, our most abundant mover was "Myrtle" Yellow-rumped Warbler. We tallied just under 8,000 Yellow-rumpeds flying west, and also had some decent numbers of other species of passerines (flying west unless otherwise specified), the highlights being: 123 Pine Siskin 31 Purple Finch 22 American Pipit 1 Horned Lark (heading east) The non-passerine flight was also highly entertaining, with lots of Canada Geese, Brant, and Double-crested Cormorant (the latter being early in the morning almost exclusively). Highlights of birds over the water were *21* westbound Royal Terns, a very high count for this location, and single westbound Common Tern, which is getting a bit late. Raptor-wise, the Sharp-shinned Hawk (82) flight was very heavy, the American Kestrel (77) flight seemed phenomenal for the late date, and we also tallied 15 Northern Harriers ranging across all compass points and from right over the water to way up in the clouds. It would have been lots of fun to stay for much longer and see what type of raptor totals we could have accrued on the beach, but alas we had to vacate around 11 AM, right as the hawk flight was starting to get even denser. As seen from reports and observations from elsewhere later in the day, not least of which is Corey Finger's Golden Eagle from Edgemere in the afternoon, the raptor flight clearly stayed strong late into the day. The two most notable single individual birds in my mind were an *AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER* that flew over in a flock of 8 Black-bellied Plovers, and a stunning leucistic male Red-winged Blackbird, that was completely pale except for the epaulets. A photo of the awesome looking Whitebird is here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/29840397@N08/15393166088/ Complete eBird checklist from Fort Tilden here: http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S20280619 An afternoon jaunt around Prospect Park in Brooklyn produced *15 species *of Warblers among 73 total species, and good sparrow diversity. A complete list from Prospect Park can be found here: http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S20279918 Good Birding! -Doug Gochfeld. Brooklyn, NY. -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES 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://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] 10/19: Queens Brooklyn Migration
A 4 hour stationary count, with Sean Sime and Luke Musher, on the hawkwatch platform atop Battery Harris at Fort Tilden this morning was predictably productive. Echoing other reports from throughout the region, our most abundant mover was Myrtle Yellow-rumped Warbler. We tallied just under 8,000 Yellow-rumpeds flying west, and also had some decent numbers of other species of passerines (flying west unless otherwise specified), the highlights being: 123 Pine Siskin 31 Purple Finch 22 American Pipit 1 Horned Lark (heading east) The non-passerine flight was also highly entertaining, with lots of Canada Geese, Brant, and Double-crested Cormorant (the latter being early in the morning almost exclusively). Highlights of birds over the water were *21* westbound Royal Terns, a very high count for this location, and single westbound Common Tern, which is getting a bit late. Raptor-wise, the Sharp-shinned Hawk (82) flight was very heavy, the American Kestrel (77) flight seemed phenomenal for the late date, and we also tallied 15 Northern Harriers ranging across all compass points and from right over the water to way up in the clouds. It would have been lots of fun to stay for much longer and see what type of raptor totals we could have accrued on the beach, but alas we had to vacate around 11 AM, right as the hawk flight was starting to get even denser. As seen from reports and observations from elsewhere later in the day, not least of which is Corey Finger's Golden Eagle from Edgemere in the afternoon, the raptor flight clearly stayed strong late into the day. The two most notable single individual birds in my mind were an *AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER* that flew over in a flock of 8 Black-bellied Plovers, and a stunning leucistic male Red-winged Blackbird, that was completely pale except for the epaulets. A photo of the awesome looking Whitebird is here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/29840397@N08/15393166088/ Complete eBird checklist from Fort Tilden here: http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S20280619 An afternoon jaunt around Prospect Park in Brooklyn produced *15 species *of Warblers among 73 total species, and good sparrow diversity. A complete list from Prospect Park can be found here: http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S20279918 Good Birding! -Doug Gochfeld. Brooklyn, NY. -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES 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://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
