The height of migration and a trip to California produced the most species for a month this year. 21 life birds out in California and 1 here in Prospect Park.
While we were in California we missed the absolute height of migration in Brooklyn. I was following the finds in Prospect Park on Twitter while we were in Point Reyes and it was a little frustrating when the termites "hatched out" and the warblers came to gobble them up. Being in California accounts for some of the lacunae on the list--no redstarts, no black-throated greens, no magnolias. Yet. They still can be found, it just won't be as easy as it was this month for those on the right coast. And I still haven't seen any Least Sandpipers (that I know of), though I'm sure during the summer there will be plenty. As often happens, despite 194 species for the month, it isn't the birds I've seen so much as the birds I haven't that sticks in my mind.
Counties birded:
California: Marin, Sacramento, San Franciso, San Joaquin
New Jersey: Atlantic, Ocean
New York: Kings, Queens
Counties birded:
California: Marin, Sacramento, San Franciso, San Joaquin
New Jersey: Atlantic, Ocean
New York: Kings, Queens
Species | First Sighting |
Brant | Brooklyn Bridge Park--Pier Four |
Canada Goose | Prospect Park |
Mute Swan | Prospect Park |
Wood Duck | Heritage Oak |
Gadwall | Brooklyn Bridge Park--Pier One |
American Wigeon | Tomales Bay trail |
American Black Duck | JBWR--West Pond |
Mallard | Prospect Park |
Cinnamon Teal | Shollenberger Pk & Ellis Crk |
Northern Shoveler | Shollenberger Pk & Ellis Crk |
Greater Scaup | Bodega Bay |
Lesser Scaup | Bolinas Lagoon |
Surf Scoter | Bodega Head |
Common Merganser | Tomales Bay |
Red-breasted Merganser | Elephant Seal Overlook |
Ruddy Duck | Prospect Park |
CALIFORNIA QUAIL | Limantour Rd & Beach |
Wild Turkey | Outside of Marshall |
PACIFIC LOON | Bodega Bay |
Common Loon | Bodega Bay |
Pied-billed Grebe | Bodega Bay |
Horned Grebe | Bodega Bay |
Western Grebe | Bodega Bay |
CLARK'S GREBE | Bodega Bay |
BRANDT'S CORMORANT | Bodega Head |
Double-crested Cormorant | Prospect Park |
PELAGIC CORMORANT | Bodega Head |
American White Pelican | Oyster Farm |
Brown Pelican | Bodega Head |
Great Blue Heron | Prospect Park |
Great Egret | Prospect Park |
Snowy Egret | Tomales Bay trail |
Green Heron | Prospect Park |
Black-crowned Night-Heron | Prospect Park |
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron | JBWR--West Pond |
Glossy Ibis | JBWR--West Pond |
Turkey Vulture | Point Reyes seashore lodge |
Osprey | Limantour Rd & Beach |
Northern Harrier | Shollenberger Pk & Ellis Crk |
Cooper's Hawk | Corona Heights Park |
Red-shouldered Hawk | Point Reyes seashore lodge |
Red-tailed Hawk | Prospect Park |
Peregrine Falcon | Brigantine |
Clapper Rail | Brigantine |
Virginia Rail | Bear Valley Rd |
American Coot | Prospect Park |
Black-bellied Plover | JBWR--West Pond |
Semipalmated Plover | JBWR--West Pond |
Killdeer | Heritage Oak |
American Oystercatcher | JBWR--West Pond |
BLACK OYSTERCATCHER | Bodega Head |
Black-necked Stilt | Shollenberger Pk & Ellis Crk |
American Avocet | Shollenberger Pk & Ellis Crk |
Spotted Sandpiper | Prospect Park |
Greater Yellowlegs | Bodega Bay |
Willet | Shollenberger Pk & Ellis Crk |
Lesser Yellowlegs | Bodega Bay |
Whimbrel | Limantour Rd & Beach |
Ruddy Turnstone | JBWR--West Pond |
Sanderling | Pt. Reyes--Abbotts Lagoon |
Semipalmated Sandpiper | JBWR--West Pond |
Western Sandpiper | Pt. Reyes--Abbotts Lagoon |
Dunlin | Pt. Reyes--Abbotts Lagoon |
Short-billed Dowitcher | Brigantine |
Long-billed Dowitcher | Shollenberger Pk & Ellis Crk |
Laughing Gull | Prospect Park |
Ring-billed Gull | Brooklyn Bridge Park--Pier Four |
WESTERN GULL | Tomales Bay |
CALIFORNIA GULL | Bodega Head |
Herring Gull | Prospect Park |
Great Black-backed Gull | Brooklyn Bridge Park--Pier Four |
Least Tern | Marine Park--Southwest |
Gull-billed Tern | Brigantine |
Caspian Tern | Bodega Bay |
Common Tern | JBWR--West Pond |
Forster's Tern | JBWR--West Pond |
Black Skimmer | Brigantine |
Common Murre | Sea Lion Overlook- |
PIGEON GUILLEMOT | Bodega Head |
Rock Pigeon | Prospect Park |
Band-tailed Pigeon | Point Reyes seashore lodge |
Eurasian Collared-Dove | Point Reyes seashore lodge |
Mourning Dove | Prospect Park |
Monk Parakeet | Marine Park--Southwest |
RED-MASKED PARAKEET | Corona Heights Park |
Great Horned Owl | Heritage Oak |
Chimney Swift | Prospect Park |
VAUX'S SWIFT | Point Reyes seashore lodge |
Black-chinned Hummingbird | Heritage Oak |
Anna's Hummingbird | Earthquake trail |
Rufous Hummingbird | Heritage Oak |
ALLEN'S HUMMINGBIRD | Kule Loklo |
Acorn Woodpecker | Earthquake trail |
Red-bellied Woodpecker | Prospect Park |
NUTTALL'S WOODPECKER | Heritage Oak |
Downy Woodpecker | Prospect Park |
Northern Flicker | Olema Pasture |
OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER | Bolinas Lagoon |
Western Wood-Pewee | Heritage Oak |
Eastern Wood-Pewee | Brooklyn Botanic Garden |
Willow Flycatcher | JBWR--West Pond |
Pacific-slope Flycatcher | Earthquake trail |
BLACK PHOEBE | Point Reyes seashore lodge |
Ash-throated Flycatcher | Heritage Oak |
Western Kingbird | Heritage Oak |
Eastern Kingbird | Brooklyn Botanic Garden |
Blue-headed Vireo | Prospect Park |
Warbling Vireo | Prospect Park |
Red-eyed Vireo | Prospect Park |
Steller's Jay | Point Reyes seashore lodge |
Blue Jay | Prospect Park |
WESTERN SCRUB-JAY | Point Reyes seashore lodge |
American Crow | Prospect Park |
Fish Crow | Brooklyn Botanic Garden |
Common Raven | Point Reyes seashore lodge |
Northern Rough-winged Swallow | Prospect Park |
Purple Martin | Brigantine |
Tree Swallow | Prospect Park |
Violet-green Swallow | Earthquake trail |
Bank Swallow | Limantour Rd & Beach |
Barn Swallow | Prospect Park |
Cliff Swallow | Point Reyes admin bldg |
Carolina Chickadee | Brigantine |
Black-capped Chickadee | Prospect Park |
CHESTNUT-BACKED CHICKADEE | Earthquake trail |
OAK TITMOUSE | Olema Pasture |
Tufted Titmouse | Prospect Park |
Bushtit | Campbell Cove |
Red-breasted Nuthatch | Prospect Park |
White-breasted Nuthatch | Prospect Park |
Brown Creeper | Prospect Park |
Rock Wren | Pt. Reyes--Abbotts Lagoon |
Carolina Wren | Prospect Park |
Bewick's Wren | Campbell Cove |
House Wren | Prospect Park |
Marsh Wren | Shollenberger Pk & Ellis Crk |
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher | Prospect Park |
Ruby-crowned Kinglet | Prospect Park |
WRENTIT | Tomales Bay |
Western Bluebird | Tomales Bay trail |
Swainson's Thrush | Earthquake trail |
Wood Thrush | Prospect Park |
American Robin | Prospect Park |
Gray Catbird | Prospect Park |
Northern Mockingbird | Corona Heights Park |
Brown Thrasher | JBWR--West Pond |
CALIFORNIA THRASHER | Bear Valley Rd |
European Starling | Prospect Park |
Cedar Waxwing | Forked River Rest Stop |
Nashville Warbler | Prospect Park |
Northern Parula | Prospect Park |
Yellow Warbler | Prospect Park |
Chestnut-sided Warbler | Prospect Park |
Yellow-rumped Warbler | Prospect Park |
Townsend's Warbler | Heritage Oak |
Hermit Warbler | Heritage Oak |
Blackburnian Warbler | Prospect Park |
Pine Warbler | Prospect Park |
Prairie Warbler | Prospect Park |
Palm Warbler | Prospect Park |
Blackpoll Warbler | Prospect Park |
Black-and-white Warbler | Prospect Park |
Northern Waterthrush | Prospect Park |
MOURNING WARBLER | Prospect Park |
Common Yellowthroat | Prospect Park |
Hooded Warbler | Prospect Park |
Wilson's Warbler | Point Reyes seashore lodge |
Spotted Towhee | Earthquake trail |
Eastern Towhee | Prospect Park |
CALIFORNIA TOWHEE | Earthquake trail |
Chipping Sparrow | Prospect Park |
Savannah Sparrow | Prospect Park |
Seaside Sparrow | Brigantine |
Song Sparrow | Prospect Park |
White-throated Sparrow | Prospect Park |
White-crowned Sparrow | Bodega Bay |
Dark-eyed Junco | Brooklyn Bridge Park--Pier One |
Scarlet Tanager | Prospect Park |
Northern Cardinal | Prospect Park |
Black-headed Grosbeak | Point Reyes admin bldg |
Red-winged Blackbird | Prospect Park |
Brewer's Blackbird | Point Reyes seashore lodge |
Common Grackle | Prospect Park |
Boat-tailed Grackle | JBWR--West Pond |
Great-tailed Grackle | Point Reyes seashore lodge |
Brown-headed Cowbird | Prospect Park |
Orchard Oriole | Marine Park--Southwest |
Hooded Oriole | Heritage Oak |
Bullock's Oriole | Heritage Oak |
Baltimore Oriole | Prospect Park |
House Finch | Campbell Cove |
Lesser Goldfinch | Heritage Oak |
American Goldfinch | Prospect Park |
House Sparrow | Prospect Park |
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