2009 BGBY List (Brooklyn)
This is all walking from my home, no bike or public transit; and certainly not a car.
Prospect Park, March 28, 2009
My first trip to Brooklyn this year:
- American Coot
- American Goldfinch
- American Robin
- Black-capped Chickadee
- Blue Jay
- Brown-headed Cowbird
- Canada Goose
- Common Grackle
- Double-crested Cormorant
- Downy Woodpecker
- Eastern Phoebe
- European Starling
- Herring Gull
- House Finch
- House Sparrow
- Mallard
- Mourning Dove
- Northern Shoveler
- Red-breasted Nuthatch
- Red-bellied Woodpecker
- Red-tailed Hawk
- Red-winged Blackbird
- Ring-billed Gull
- Rock Pigeon
- Ruddy Duck
- Song Sparrow
- White-breasted Nuthatch
- White-throated Sparrow
Prospect Park, March 29, 2009
A Brooklyn Bird Club field trip in the rain led by Jerry Layton:
- Great Egret
- Brown Creeper
- Fox Sparrow
- Tufted Titmouse
- Eastern Towhee
- Northern Flicker
- Ring-necked Duck
- Swamp Sparrow
- Northern Cardinal
- Wood Duck
- Hermit Thrush
Prospect Park, August 30, 2009
I finally moved back and went on a Brooklyn Bird Club field trip led by Peter Dorosh:
- Great Crested Flycatcher
- Eastern Wood-Pewee
- Common Yellowthroat
- Chestnut-sided Warbler
- Cedar Waxwing
- Canada Warbler
- Blue-winged Warbler
- Black-throated Blue Warbler
- Blackburnian Warbler
- Black-and-white Warbler
- American Redstart
- Baltimore Oriole
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo
- Worm-eating Warbler
- Ovenbird
- Northern Waterthrush
- Magnolia Warbler
- Least Flycatcher
- Hairy Woodpecker
- Gray Catbird
Prospect Park, September 5, 2009
I finally moved back and went on a Linnean Society field trip led by Rob Jett:
- Carolina Wren
- Green Heron
- Warbling Vireo
- Yellow Warbler
- Red-eyed Vireo
- Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird
- Chimney Swift
- Nashville Warbler
- Mute Swan
- Veery
- Blackpoll Warbler
- Cooper’s Hawk
- Swainson’s Thrush
- Black-throated Green Warbler
- Northern Parula
Brooklyn Botanic Gardens, September 5, 2009
- Wilson’s Warbler
Prospect Park, September 6, 2009
A New York Audubon Center field trip led by Paul Keim:
- Black-crowned Night-heron
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Greenwood Cemetery, September 13, 2009
Walked all the way down to 5th Ave. and 25th street for a Linnaean Society field trip led by Paul Keim. I was looking for Snow Goose and Great Horned Owl, but instead we got:
- American Black Duck
- American Crow
- Barn Swallow
- Chipping Sparrow
- Palm Warbler
- Scarlet Tanager
- Monk Parakeet
- Northern Mockingbird
The Snow Goose may have finally left after several years in residence here. It hasn’t been seen for a week or so. It was always an ace in the hole for big days and the like.
Prospect Park, October 10, 2009
A New York Audubon Center field trip led by Tom Stephenson:
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
- Tennessee Warbler
- Indigo Bunting
- Blue-headed Vireo
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet
- Golden-crowned Kinglet
- Yellow-rumped Warbler
Brooklyn Botanic Gardens, October 18, 2009
- Dark-eyed Junco
- Great Blue Heron
Prospect Park, November 1, 2009
A New York Audubon Center field trip led by Tom Stephenson:
- Bufflehead
Prospect Park, November 29, 2009
A Brooklyn Bird Club field trip led by Peter Dorosh:
- Orange-crowned Warbler
- Great Black-backed Gull
- Pied-billed Grebe
- American Tree Sparrow
Prospect Park, December 7, 2009
- Winter Wren
Prospect Park, December 19, 2009
Christmas Bird Count
- Rusty Blackbird
Public Transit
If you get on the subway, you can get to a lot of places see a lot more, including:
Central Park, September 19, 2009
- Least Flycatcher
- Willow Flycatcher
- Gadwall
But I missed the Philadelphia Vireo Starr spotted. :-(
Central Park, October 10, 2009
- Sedge Wren
The first life bird on this list.
Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, October 11, 2009
My first trip out there this year:
- Brant
- Sharp-shinned Hawk
- Dowitcher sp.
- Solitary Sandpiper
- Greater Yellowlegs
- Green-winged Teal
- Snow Goose
- Northern Harrier
- Snowy Egret
- Laughing Gull
- Greater Scaup
Central Park, December 20, 2009
Christmas Bird Count
- Brown Thrasher
Obvious Misses
What should be on my list but isn’t (mostly birds seen in Prospect Park on days I was there):
- Black-billed Cuckoo
- Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
- Common Nighthawk
- Whimbrel
Summing Up
Not bad for such a late start, and working fulltime 9-5, Monday-Friday.