A very late BLACKPOLL WARBLER was at Calvert Vaux Park in Brooklyn
today. I saw the bird briefly last Sunday, 12/9, but only got good
confirming views (and a couple of poor photos) today. The bird was
near the east corner of the park in the brushy, wooded strip between
the tip of the basin
A very late BLACKPOLL WARBLER was at Calvert Vaux Park in Brooklyn
today. I saw the bird briefly last Sunday, 12/9, but only got good
confirming views (and a couple of poor photos) today. The bird was
near the east corner of the park in the brushy, wooded strip between
the tip of the basin
A female EVENING GROSBEAK was a first for me in Prospect today, seen
briefly perched above the Binnen Bridge. There did not appear to be
much diurnal movement going on, but other birds included EASTERN
MEADOWLARK, RUSTY BLACKBIRD, and my first of season AMERICAN TREE
SPARROW.
Good
A female EVENING GROSBEAK was a first for me in Prospect today, seen
briefly perched above the Binnen Bridge. There did not appear to be
much diurnal movement going on, but other birds included EASTERN
MEADOWLARK, RUSTY BLACKBIRD, and my first of season AMERICAN TREE
SPARROW.
Good
There was a strong flight today, as observed from Calvert Vaux Park,
at the mouth of Coney Island Creek in Brooklyn. Blackbirds were
moving in good numbers, as well as finches, pipits, bluebirds,
robins, etc. After spending much of the morning with flyover birds, I
found an unusually
A BARNACLE GOOSE was on the Lake in Brooklyn’s Prospect Park today.
It was first seen with a group of Canada Geese along the Peninsula
shore at about 10:30 am, not long after a rain shower let up. Being
without a field guide, and unexperienced with the species, I gave a
description to Doug
A CONNECTICUT WARBLER was at Calvert Vaux Park in Brooklyn today, in
the strip between the Six Diamonds ball fields and the tidal basin.
It was a first for me at the park, though there are at least three
records over the last five years, all from the same general area as
today’s sighting.
A CONNECTICUT WARBLER was at Calvert Vaux Park in Brooklyn today, in
the strip between the Six Diamonds ball fields and the tidal basin.
It was a first for me at the park, though there are at least three
records over the last five years, all from the same general area as
today’s sighting.
A DICKCISSEL (female/juvenile male type plumage) was at the northeast
corner of Calvert Vaux Park in Brooklyn early Sunday morning. The
bird was active around a semi-circular steel bench at the end of a
path near the “wetland” channel in this recently reopened section of
the park.
A DICKCISSEL (female/juvenile male type plumage) was at the northeast
corner of Calvert Vaux Park in Brooklyn early Sunday morning. The
bird was active around a semi-circular steel bench at the end of a
path near the “wetland” channel in this recently reopened section of
the park.
There was a YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT at Calvert Vaux Park today. The
morning rain brought down some shorebirds, Kingbirds, and BOBOLINKS,
as well as a PURPLE MARTIN. I suppose the martins are in the area
yearly, but I rarely see them; a sighting in 2009 was similarly
weather-driven.
I’ll take
There was a YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT at Calvert Vaux Park today. The
morning rain brought down some shorebirds, Kingbirds, and BOBOLINKS,
as well as a PURPLE MARTIN. I suppose the martins are in the area
yearly, but I rarely see them; a sighting in 2009 was similarly
weather-driven.
I’ll take
Three BROWN PELICANS were seen (and photographed) from Calvert Vaux
Park this morning around 7 o’clock. They were soaring over the
shoreline to the north, and eventually came down in the middle of
Gravesend Bay, where they sat for 15 minutes before disappearing
while I was distracted by
Three BROWN PELICANS were seen (and photographed) from Calvert Vaux
Park this morning around 7 o’clock. They were soaring over the
shoreline to the north, and eventually came down in the middle of
Gravesend Bay, where they sat for 15 minutes before disappearing
while I was distracted by
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