tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-75766750454809011232024-03-14T06:07:00.608-04:00Living in Brooklyn-Longing for MaineCindyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03487722896652777362noreply@blogger.comBlogger111125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7576675045480901123.post-64468272095372516672016-08-08T20:34:00.001-04:002016-08-08T20:34:14.274-04:00The Year of the Nests: Part 1<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This has been quite a Spring/Summer for me. Why is that, you might ask? I have stumbled upon so many bird nests; some being built by their owners, while others were occupied already. It got ridiculous and seemed like everywhere I turned, there was another nest.<br />
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This all started on a visit to Concord, NH in May. After spending several days with a dear childhood friend, I thought I'd do a little birding around the area before I left. In a grassy habitat I sat down on a slight incline to see what was around. I soon saw a couple of Prairie Warblers and heard a Chestnut sided Warbler nearby. Then I noticed a Prairie Warbler coming and going from a clump of tallish leafed stalks. I watched for a bit but tried not to stare at the spot and scare her off. </div>
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I walked around and up on the hill behind, to see if I could see where she was going in the clump. With some persistence and sitting low I saw her. When she flew off in search of more nesting material, I walked a little closer and was finally able to see it. I have a long zoom lens and I took a picture and turned my attention to finding the Chestnut-Sided Warbler, which I eventually found.</div>
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Next, I was in West Brookfield, MA visiting my college room mate and her sister. There was a Wildlife Management Area on some former farmland about a mile from her house. It was a large expanse of fields that was cut through the middle by a winding stream. I found Bobolinks, Common Yellowthroat Warblers, many Yellow Warblers, Eastern Kingbirds, Red-Winged Blackbirds, Tree Swallows, Chickadees, Song Sparrows, Baltimore Orioles and Warbling Vireos. The last two I watched working on their nests. Along the stream there were low thickets and one large tree. On a branch over the stream a Baltimore Oriole's nest was being built. Look at the difference in leaf-out in one weeks time.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">May 19, 2016</td></tr>
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I found another nest in this same tree but near the top; a Warbling Vireo's nest.</div>
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Here the Warbling Vireo is collecting some pussy-willow down to line its nest.</div>
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I saw two more nests at this sight but I did not see the occupants and therefore could not identify. If anyone knows which birds might own these two nests let me know. The one on the left kind of looks like an Eastern Kingbird's nest but I think it is too low for them.</div>
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I wasn't alone while I was exploring this site. As I looked into the stream below the thicket I heard this guttural 'growl' behind me. Now that scared the be-jeebers out of me! I had no idea what could be behind me. I slowly turned around and was relieved to find this fellow.</div>
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There were a couple of houses in the distance in either direction and I assumed he belonged to one of those. He was a faithful companion, in that every time I went to this area, he joined me and followed me on my walk. Truth be told he was probably looking for food...</div>
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Coming Up<br />
Part 2 - Nests found at Doodletown, NY with The Brooklyn Bird Club.<br />
Part 3 - Watching a Green Heron nest: from nest building to fledgling and after.</div>
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Hope you'll come back to read further.</div>
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Cindyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03487722896652777362noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7576675045480901123.post-15896739543802765802014-09-11T22:15:00.000-04:002014-09-12T06:55:58.647-04:00Remembering September 11thI lived just across the water from the Twin Towers on 9/11 in Brooklyn. I was in the subway going into Manhattan when the train stopped. We smelled smoke. Within 3 minutes men walked through the train telling us that the fire was above ground; we were not in danger. We are turning all the trains back to Brooklyn. With that they were gone. Very shortly afterwards the train began moving. I couldn't believe they had moved the trains back to Brooklyn so fast. When I entered the subway system the Twin Towers, though on fire, still stood. When I came above ground both towers were gone.<br />
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As I drove my daughter back and forth from Brooklyn to Long Island often; she was going to school out there. I remember crying each time the smoke or spotlights they were using came into sight. I wrote the first two lines of this poem during one of those trips.<br />
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Twin Towers</div>
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A hole was punched in the sky today<br />
Two thousand voices screamed out in silence<br />
Now they've tried to plug the hole<br />
With ethereal blue lights<br />
They are as temporary<br />
As the buildings and our lives<br />
Pretty and eerie though they are<br />
They are not lasting<br />
Reminding me of how temporary and fragile<br />
Life really is<br />
It was and remains too easy to turn them off<br />
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by Cynthia J. Cage (written between 11 Sept 2001 - 21 June 2002)<br />
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Pictures taken with camera phone tonight. As we remember our stories let's remember those lives that were lost and their families who must live with it.<br />
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We will never forget.Cindyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03487722896652777362noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7576675045480901123.post-88224744362052665422014-09-07T21:22:00.001-04:002014-09-19T18:20:08.073-04:00Birding Wharton Point, Brunswick, ME (Part 1 of birding the Maine Coast) So in honor of Shorebird Day I finally finished the first part of this post.<br />
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I left the western mountains of Maine at 0 dark 30 in anticipation of some shore birding with my friend Kathie from Kathiesbirds - http://kathiesbirds.blogspot.com/<br />
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Our first spot for the day was Wharton Point on Maquoit Bay. I know Kathie birds here and writes about it often. It was our most prolific spot as birds go. We kept trying to leave and move on but each time we saw another bird species. After almost 2 hours we'd seen about 30+ species.<br />
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The most surprising species was the Bobolinks. We both started hearing a tinkling sound and at the same time we said "Bobolinks." We thought they would be long gone by now. In fact I had already seen some migrating Bobolinks in CT before I came up to Maine.<br />
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1 American BL Duck 1 Ring-Billed Gull<br />
20 common eiders 14 Herring Gulls<br />
50 other duck species (too far away to id with accuracy) 10 other gull species<br />
3 Double-crested Cormorants 1 Common Tern<br />
2 Great Herons 10 Mourning Dove<br />
2 Great Egret 3 Blue Jays<br />
2 Snowy Egrets 3 American Crows<br />
1 glossy Ibis 12 Tree Swallows<br />
2 Osprey 1 Barn Swallow<br />
1 Bald Eagle 3 Gray Catbirds<br />
1 Greater Yellowlegs 1 Cedar Waxwing<br />
3 Lesser Yellowlegs 4 Common Yellowthroats<br />
5 Least Sandpipers 2 Yellow Warblers<br />
20 other peep species 1 Saltmarsh Sharp-tailed Sparrow<br />
1 Bonaparte's Gull 6 Song Sparrows<br />
4 Bobolinks 1 sparrow species<br />
5 House Finch 1 Black Bird species<br />
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Cindyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03487722896652777362noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7576675045480901123.post-74271336952196541692014-09-03T20:47:00.000-04:002014-09-07T21:34:16.917-04:00Three Ways to Eat Blueberries<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Okay, so maybe it should read "Three Creatures That Delight in Eating Blueberries" or "A Maine Breakfast of Champions."<br />
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I love the way this little chipmunk ate the blueberry. He got an awful lot of bites out of just one blueberry.<br />
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And for the final creature or way to eat blueberries.. drum roll please.......<br />
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It's tradition that we eat blueberry muffins on one of the first days we arrive in Maine. A yummy tradition. These were baked in the same kitchen that I use to visit from next door and eat home made "Scotchies" when I was a very little girl. No wonder I love this kitchen so much... In fact the muffins are sitting on a Duchess Atlantic, wood burning stove, out of Portland Maine. The very stove that the cookies were baked in.<br />
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Coming up a post about birding the Maine Coast with Kathie from Kathie's Birds<br />
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<br />Cindyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03487722896652777362noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7576675045480901123.post-762462360402861282014-06-22T22:28:00.000-04:002014-07-05T20:17:02.237-04:00Warblers at Doodletown and Sterling Forest, NY, Revisited Has it really been a whole year since I wrote on this blog? (I'll explain in the next post) Was is really about Doodletown as well? Time flies! So the Brooklyn Birding Club ran their yearly trip to Doodletown May 24, 2014. It was thankfully, not as hot as last year but it was overcast and we did have some rain. Still it was an overall pleasant day weather wise. We met at Grand Army Plaza rubbing our eyes at 5:45 sharp! Tom P. was leading again and his excellent wife, JoAnn had arranged all the carpools and other assorted duties having to do with logistics. Thank you both very much.<br />
Folks gathered and loaded up, we headed for Bear Mountain Park.<br />
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After viewing Black Vultures near the bathrooms it was time to head for Doodletown, "An active Ghost town." Ghost town because no one lives there anymore but people who did can still be buried in one of the two cemeteries.<br />
We immediately began to see warblers and hear them as we walked up the trail. A total of 71 species of birds were seen along with several herpes like a Timber Rattlesnake, 2 Black Rat snakes and a Red Eft.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Timber Rattlesnake hanging out on a branch at eye level! "Hey what rattles you?"</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"> Red Eft which is considered a juvenile Red Spotted-Newt that lives on land.<br />
Later it will return to water when it becomes an adult in 1-3 years</td></tr>
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We saw/heard Cerulean, Canada, Prairie, Hooded, Yellow, Blackburnian, Golden-winged and Blue-winged warblers and some saw several other warblers as well. There were several Baltimore Orioles, Scarlet Tanagers and Indigo Buntings and an Olive-sided Flycatcher. It put on a show for us by flying around above our heads back and forth between two or three tall dead branches. The Olive-sided Flycatcher was hard to see clearly because he was so high and the lighting was horrible.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Male Mallard playing "Peek-a-boo" with us</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"> Olive-sided Flycatcher (Wrongly labeled as a Great-crested Flycatcher, previously)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Male Hooded Warbler</td></tr>
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After we finished at Doodletown we took the ride over to Sterling Forest. We all enjoyed lunch before heading over to Ironwood Road to look for Golden-winged warblers. Thank goodness for the exceptional hearing of Tom the leader. We all heard a loud buzzy sound but we were caravaning with the windows open and lets face it, it could have been anything. But Tom stopped and so we all got out and there were trees and marsh, I think, on both sides of the road. Here were two male Golden-winged warblers probably establishing territory. One at least if not both were taking turns flying back and forth across the road just above our heads. They landed in a tree just above eye level about 10 feet in front of us. It was amazing for about 20 minutes just to watch them. When we got to the turn around on Ironwood Road there was some kind of construction going on along the power line cutaway and it started raining. We walked a little ways into the woods but I only saw a Phoebe feeding her nestlings - no Golden-wings, so thank goodness for Tom's great hearing and decision making.<br />
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It was another great BBC birding trip.Cindyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03487722896652777362noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7576675045480901123.post-2749550691100169582013-06-02T13:44:00.000-04:002013-06-02T13:53:38.545-04:00A Few Choice Warblers and others at Doodletown and Sterling Forest, NYSeveral members of the Brooklyn Bird Club went up to Doodletown, NY yesterday looking for for Hooded, Cerulean and Golden-winged warblers. Anyone of these would be a life birds for me. First it was hot..Oh, did I say it was hot. It was, but everyone persevered and sweated and one even lost the souls of their boots and started a new fashion trend of duck taped boots. The name Doodletown is said to be Dutch which means "dead valley", or Dood Dal. The English added the suffix town later.<br />
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Right out of the car we saw a pair of cuckoos (I think yellow billed but I might be wrong). We saw Scarlet Tanagers, Indigo Buntings and Great Crested Flycatchers soon after hitting the trail. We heard the calls of Cerulean, Hooded, Blue-winged and several others. The Cerulean Warblers were so hard to see even though we heard them calling all around us. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Male Indigo Bunting</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Male Scarlet Tanager</td></tr>
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We met a couple of people coming down one of the trails who said they saw a Hooded and Worm- eating warbler up there... Oh yes and a Timber Rattle Snake on the left side of the path. We never saw the rattlesnake but a ways up the trail we heard a Hooded calling persistently and close by. After a few looks we spotted him throwing his head back singing loudly. Mike set up his scope and we all got to see him close up. (Thanks Mike) What a beautiful warbler!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Male Hooded Warbler</td></tr>
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Nearby Peter who had been to Doodletown 2 weeks prior showed us the nest cavity that a Pileated Woodpecker had carved; very impressive. But alas no woodpeckers to be seen or heard. It remains a nemesis for me.<br />
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When we turned around and were heading back down we heard a Cerulean calling persistently also. All eyes were on the trees and he was finally located. Again thanks to Mike's scope we had good looks at him. These pictures are not the clearest but he was pretty high in a tree.<br />
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Next we headed to Sterling Forest State Park and a lunch break. We all stocked up for water and off we went to find the coveted Golden-winged Warbler. Now I said it was hot in the morning but it was nothing like the exposed, shrubbery covered, open hillside with the sun bearing down on you even with a breeze. However the quest for the Golden-winged was worth it. We heard Cerulean, Blue-winged and Prairie Warblers and saw the Prairie but no Golden-winged. We headed down the hill but a few stayed a little further up the hill. A man we had met earlier motioned us closer. The Golden-winged had been spotted. Before long we found him on a mid-level branch at the edge of the woods. It was easily spotted with the binoculars but I could not find him in my camera lens. Finally, I held my camera in the area where the warbler was and to see what would happen. So did I get him...<br />
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Six pictures later he was in three, and two were clear enough to blow up and post here. He is a pretty boy. Unfortunately a few of our group missed him. So these are for you. I know it is not the same but I hope you enjoy a look. <br />
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Thank you Tom for leading, Dennis for organizing and all the drivers; the trip it was great.Cindyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03487722896652777362noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7576675045480901123.post-3098116946095317482013-04-11T22:37:00.000-04:002013-04-11T22:38:30.201-04:00Rusty BlackbirdProspect Park, Brooklyn has been reporting a rusty blackbird for a week or so. A Saturday walk in the park allowed me to see this unrusty looking black bird. I missed it earlier in the morning at the Lilly pond. But I saw a report on Peter Dorosh's blog: Prospect Park Sightings & North Brooklyn that it had been sighted at the other end of the park in the Vale of Cashmere. Since my car was up that way I leisurely walked there. I saw lots of sunning turtles and a Yellow-rumped Warbler, the first warbler for the season for me. Yes, spring is coming.<br />
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I sat on one of the benches and watched the chickadees, titmice and other small song birds feed on some seed that someone had put out. I saw a grackle first and for a moment thought that was the black bird before realizing it was too big. Then I saw a black bird in the swampy pool digging through the leaves. It wasn't until another birder came and confirmed for me that yes, that is the rusty blackbird. Unlike most birds the male is more rusty in the non breeding season. If you caught his back in the right light you could see rows/stripes of rust on his back. Well I'll be. Sure enough there was the rust. His female counterpart is a slate color during breeding season. <br />
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Cindyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03487722896652777362noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7576675045480901123.post-9646975365527932982013-04-07T16:11:00.001-04:002013-04-07T16:11:51.150-04:00Finding a TimberdoodleDuring a week off I spent time sleeping and birding. I had briefly seen an American Woodcock at Greenwood Cemetery in Brooklyn but I really wanted a closer look and a picture if possible. After an hour of looking in an area where I had briefly seen one the week before, I found none. My daughter and I were tired at this point and headed home. However, I was not ready to give up. I later drove back into the cemetery and parked in another area where woodcocks had been sighted. Well, after another hour of checking under every pine and low bush in the area, no Timberdoodle to be found. BUT as I was driving, just a very short distance away I looked over... Could it be a woodcock just sitting under a tree? Sure enough. I used a few headstones as blinds as I moved closer trying not to upset it too much.<br />
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Actually it's large eyes being so far back on its head has a purpose. It gives the woodcock a 360 degree field of vision. <br />
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It's long bill is also interesting. It uses it's bill to probe in the ground for earthworms and other invertebrates. Its made of bone and muscle. In fact the bird can actually open its beak while its in the ground allowing it to grab juicy earthworms to eat. It's rough tongue helps it with this.<br />
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Later in the week there was a woodcock walk out at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge at dusk. We arrived at their singing grounds, an open grassy area near the edge of brush and woods. We hoped to see the males perform their mating dance. We heard lots of buzzy "preents." and even saw 6-7 males but no dance. Apparently there were too many males and they had not worked out their pecking order so they did not dance.<br />
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If you are lucky enough to see their mating dance you would have to be there at dusk or dawn when the male woodcock preents and then takes off into the air making another sound; sounded like radio static. Then is descends in a zig zag pattern making a chirping sound. (which we didn't see).<br />
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Looking for woodcocks, timberdoodles or whatever else you want to call them was fun. Another sign that spring is coming slowly and so are the birds. <br />
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Cindyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03487722896652777362noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7576675045480901123.post-58327477367469738822013-03-17T22:36:00.001-04:002013-03-17T22:36:13.172-04:00Signs of Spring...even if it was flurrying...I took a walk in Prospect Park, Saturday the 16th of March, hoping to see the Varied Thrush. No thrush for me but I saw some subtle signs of spring.... even if it was flurrying<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A Ruddy Duck turning ruddy. Love the blue beak</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A male Hooded Merganser cruising for females</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">He was putting on quite a display. He would rear up hood elongated, lean back and make this croaking noise. I had never heard them make a sound before.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is him on the wild side... What's not to love Ms. Merganser???</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">That got her attention</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My mother called from CT to say there were three Robins in her backyard Friday. Maybe Spring is on the way... even if it is snowing today.</td></tr>
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Cindyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03487722896652777362noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7576675045480901123.post-85457392460929470112012-12-28T23:25:00.000-05:002012-12-31T21:47:06.331-05:00Compilation of birds seen since Hurricane SandyIt has been a while since I have had the opportunity to post. Hurricane Sandy really wreaked havoc on so many of the lovely trees in Brooklyn as well as homes and habitat. Most of my students went without water, heat and electricity for a couple of weeks, some lost everything.<br />
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To take the edge off these heavy matters I have explored Prospect Park and Green-wood Cemetery more frequently. The gas shortage immediately after Sandy also helped to convince me to stay closer to home for birding.<br />
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There have been so many great birds to see. The winter finches in their bright colors have been plentiful. It took me a month to finally see some Crossbills. They have taken to frequenting Sweetgum trees rather than their usual conifer trees. Chickadees, Goldfinches, Pine Siskins, Redpolls (which I haven't seen yet) and even both types of Nuthatches seem to love the seeds of the Sweetgums also. Most of the time when I've been lucky enough to see Crossbills the sky has been too gray and they've been feeding high up in the tops of the trees. Instead of Warbler neck I've had a couple cases of Crossbill neck. Today I got to see them against clear blue skies and the trees where I watched them were not as tall.<br />
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So here is a compilation of the birds I've enjoyed watching over the last two months. Hope you enjoy seeing them as well.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Female Evening Grosbeak</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">White-breasted Nuthatch</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Red Crossbill (life bird)</td></tr>
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I hope you get to see some of these birds while they are around this winter. Happy Birding and Happy New Year.Cindyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03487722896652777362noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7576675045480901123.post-58431268296539126482012-11-06T20:38:00.000-05:002012-11-06T20:38:21.056-05:00A Couple of Rarities Since the summer, I live a little closer to Prospect Park. I really didn't do much birding there prior to last spring. But this fall has seen some uncommon birds and it has been fun to see them. First there was the Barnacle Goose.When I arrived late afternoon he was in the middle of the lake with other Canada Geese. He looked to be swimming toward the west side which was closer to me anyhow. I walked around and several birders gathered hoping to get a glimpse. Boy were we lucky he swam right to us but stayed off shore while the Canada geese came ashore and milled around.<br />
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Such a pretty goose.<br />
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Then this week a Grasshopper Sparrow was reported hanging around the Friends Cemetery in Prospect Park. I used it as an excuse to leave school earlier than normal; it was still daylight. I couldn't find the sparrow and there was a lot of gas powered saws cutting up some of the beautiful trees that fell during the storm in the cemetery. I saw several thrushes and a pair of Bluebirds which surprised me. I walked back toward the area where he had been reported and a tiny bird hopped right in front of me and there he was. I had seen several pictures posted so I recognized it immediately. This is one tame bird. He got so close a couple of times my camera couldn't even take a picture. I watched him forage for about 40 minutes. I couldn't see anything worth eating on the sidewalk but he sure seemed to be enjoying it. He has the cutest hop when he wants to move fast.<br />
2 life birds! Unfortunately there is a Nor'easter heading our way...just what Brooklyn and NYC needs; another storm with high winds. Hopefully this little sparrow will find some shelter or fly south out of the storm along with the Bluebirds.<br />
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Cindyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03487722896652777362noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7576675045480901123.post-25171244465531712022012-10-16T21:17:00.001-04:002013-02-23T18:47:31.057-05:00Awesome Hawk!I got out to the Community Gardens at Floyd Bennett Field about 8:00 on Saturday morning. I seemed to be the only one there. As I got out of the car there were phoebes, kinglets and yellow rumps flying and diving everywhere for yummie bugs. It was a very birdie day. When I came around the first corner I saw something on a fence in the back part. To be honest I thought it might be one of those fake owls at first, but it soon became apparent that it was something living and breathing. It was this beautiful hawk. I was lucky to get a picture of it from its back side as well after in flew up into a tree. The almost tear dropped feathers on his chest were beautiful. I believe this is a juvenile Northern Goshawk. I identified it by several factors. I could see the white stripe over it's eye especially apparent in the second picture. It's bill was two toned and his tail was striped. Life bird! There are a few rats that live in and forage in the gardens. Prey.<br />
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Know this is an old post. But the recent comment I got below added to my own questioning of the original ID. What do you think?<br />
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Cindyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03487722896652777362noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7576675045480901123.post-56485888374695599792012-10-07T16:08:00.000-04:002013-01-12T15:54:48.472-05:00More Sparrows and Warblers in Community GardensI returned to Allen's Meadows last Saturday but the weather was such that there just wasn't alot going on. When I got back to Brooklyn I decided to try out the Community Gardens on Floyd Bennett Field. The Community Gardens at Allen's Meadows in Wilton are grest for birding so it only goes to say that the Community Gardens at Floyd Bennett Field should also be equally as great and they did not disappoint. There are more gardens and they back into some trees and brush in the back. The gardens themselves are interesting to walk thru and there were birds and more birds and Monarch Butterflies everywhere.<br />
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In the trees around a picnic area to the left of the gardens I saw brown creepers, red breasted nut hatch and other birds. I was hoping to see a Clay-Colored Sparrow that had been reported. I ran into some birders who said they had seen it an hour ago in the Berm by the crickett field. So I just kept going thru the gardens. I got two lifers.<br />
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From Allen's Meadows in Wilton I saw:<br />
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It has been a great fall migration for me. I have seen a greater variety of migrating birds. Community Gardens are definately a great place to see them. <br />
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Thanks for visiting. I hope you enjoyed the birds.Cindyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03487722896652777362noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7576675045480901123.post-12036496197361052922012-09-27T23:42:00.001-04:002012-12-31T22:10:47.439-05:00Allen's Meadows in the FallHard to believe that fall migration will be over in a few weeks. I love going to Allen's Meadows in Wilton, Ct. I'm trying to visit as often as I can. The gardens are dying down even though there are still many flowers in bloom. There are many sparrows and warblers plus other passerines passing through. Here is a sampling of a few from my first visit, Labor Day weekend. I have been back there this week and finally saw some sparrows but I'll save that for the next post.<br />
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<span id="goog_1482396225"></span><span id="goog_1482396226"></span><br />Cindyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03487722896652777362noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7576675045480901123.post-9045635674419534942012-08-18T13:02:00.000-04:002012-08-18T13:03:05.320-04:00Barn SwallowsAfter kayaking in Jamaica Bay on Wednesday with my friend Andrea, we went to Breezy Point, Queens for a quick dip in the ocean.When we returned to the car there were several barn swallows sitting on a wire overhead. I quickly got my camera to see if I could get a few shots before they flew off. Swallows don't generally sit still for long and the light was right to pick up their coloring. <br />
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As I viewed them through the lens I noticed some differences. Some had shorter tails, but the most telltale sign were their flanges/beaks. Most of them had yellow flanges rather than the adult all black beak. As most of you know baby bird's mouths and flanges are bright yellow or orange or other color so their parents can see their mouths when they are feeding them especially if light is low inside the nest area. We had a whole slew of juveniles and just a few adults mixed in. Enjoy.<br />
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Hum, I wonder what this little bird is I asked myself. I looked around and low and behold I found another one.<br />
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Wow, white eye rings connected to look like spectacles. Buffy to yellow on it's side. And look ma, no tail feathers, well they are beginning to grow. The tail feathers are the last to grow. Two white/yellow wing bars are evident.<br />
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Then the racket started. I looked up and saw what I presumed to be the adult. I took a quick picture and backed off so that mom or dad could feed their young.<br />
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Do you know what it is yet? It is a Blue-Headed Vireo carrying a treat for one of his or her young.<br />
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I also saw red-eyed vireos regularly in the yard as I have in other years.<br />
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<br />Cindyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03487722896652777362noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7576675045480901123.post-40223486067441374752012-07-31T19:50:00.000-04:002012-07-31T19:51:50.180-04:00Snowy Egret Dances on East Pond, Jamaica BayIt has been a while since I posted or got out birding for that matter...too many excuses but after kayaking I headed over to the East Pond at Jamaica Bay. Very nice conditions this year as I easily walked around the cove starting from the north end. I had the pond to myself even the birds weren't many. However I had great fun watching a snowy egret dance around. Notice this snowy's usual yellow loral area, before the eye, is a deep orange. It is orange during the breeding season, which I had never seen or just hadn't noticed before. Of course it's wearing it's "golden dancing shoes."<br />
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Since there was no further action of East Pond, I headed for John's Pond and that is where all the bird action was with several juvenile night herons etc.. but next time.<br />
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Enjoy.Cindyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03487722896652777362noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7576675045480901123.post-47803646432795815392012-04-23T21:05:00.000-04:002012-04-23T21:05:41.853-04:00Spring ColorsI love spring in our neighborhood. The flowering trees and flowers are just breathtaking. They have come real early this year. In fact most of them have already gone by. I guess this year we can say "April flowers bring May showers."<br />
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Taken in Prospect Park on a Sunday morning.Cindyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03487722896652777362noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7576675045480901123.post-79562650407949876922012-03-11T12:10:00.000-04:002012-12-31T21:51:03.227-05:00Bluebirds Househunting in Allens Meadows<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
Went to see my mom in CT and dropped by Allens Meadows first in Wilton.</div>
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I met up with a bluebird couple shopping for a house to rent for nesting. Think they were quite satisfied with the accommodations available and the surrounding fields and gardens. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaML7Lap5AGEvSyqvVHHE2sc8prePVOV2Bv4-Accz_QN0ylCjksO8szXEIcTyffT-bZXM52B9Ruaq6e4jetu8qhzROjaLhoJGXQBMIcpLYelgZPC8o2dJOKiqcytOZB0LCoHvWi4JwwMLP/s1600/cropped+bluebird+couple.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaML7Lap5AGEvSyqvVHHE2sc8prePVOV2Bv4-Accz_QN0ylCjksO8szXEIcTyffT-bZXM52B9Ruaq6e4jetu8qhzROjaLhoJGXQBMIcpLYelgZPC8o2dJOKiqcytOZB0LCoHvWi4JwwMLP/s640/cropped+bluebird+couple.jpg" width="496" /></a></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"What do you think dear?"</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Seems quite roomy inside. Just right for our nestlings this year."</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Shall we settle in?" "Let's check out the area first."</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Nice gardens, looks like a lot of potential here."</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Lots of fields for juicy bugs"</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Thinking of bugs has made me hungry, think I'll get myself one or two."<br />
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Well, I do hope this bluebird couple settles in for the spring and summer! I'll look forward to checking in with them at a later date.</td></tr>
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Cindyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03487722896652777362noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7576675045480901123.post-16410801910581338072012-02-20T17:53:00.001-05:002012-02-20T17:56:53.231-05:00Great Back Yard Bird CountThis was my first year participating in the event. It was fun. I counted for about 2 and one half hours today. I was hoping that the red-bellied woodpecker would make an appearance and indeed he made a brief visit to the suet feeder. In all I had 9 different species: 43 house sparrows, 1 white-throated sparrow, 10 mourning doves, 8 rock doves, 2 starlings, 2 northern cardinals, 1 red-bellied woodpecker, 4 house finches and1 herring gull flying over. These are my regulars. Not bad for a little Brooklyn, NY backyard.<br />
This isn't the clearest picture of the woodpecker but this is the beauty that has been visiting my suet feeder all winter. Below him are my other regulars from another day - a snowy day<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">That's right I'm looking at you</td></tr>
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</div>Cindyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03487722896652777362noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7576675045480901123.post-35861690223263138402011-11-14T20:50:00.002-05:002012-12-31T21:51:57.169-05:00Cape May Late MigrantsIt was my first trip to Cape May to bird. I got up early and was on the road at 4:00 am to make it for a 7:30 birding walk at Rea Farm. So I literally birded from sun-up/moon down to sunset. What a gorgeous day in a gorgeous place. The only down side- hitting a deer on the way down :( . Damages to the car but no injury to me.<br />
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I had never seen a black vulture before. I was surprised that when looking at the underside of the wings of the Turkey Vulture they are two toned with the flight feathers being lighter. While the underside of the Black Vulture's wings are black with white fight feathers. Also the Black Vulture's tail is shorter and square compared to the longer, rounded tail of the Turkey Vulture.<br />
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I saw 2 American Kestrels (another life bird) but they were a little too far away to get clear pictures. They are a beautiful bird but much smaller than I thought. They were across the field from this vineyard and bluebird. We saw Kinglets, Red-bellied Woodpeckers, and Blackpoll Warblers, and heard several Carolina Wrens. The walk around the farm was leisurely and there were many knowledgeable birders along.<br />
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After the walk around the farm we found a bathroom at the lighthouse and then went to get some tea. I then walked around the newer birding preserve I believe called The Meadows. I saw Dark-eyed Juncos, an assortment of ducks including Northern Pintail, American Wigeon, Gadwalls, Northern Shoveler and Green-Winged Teal.<br />
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Next I went back to the lighthouse. I took the late evening Hawk watch. However, since the wind was still up there weren't many hawks to watch. So instead we took a walk around the ponds at the lighthouse. We walked through a variety of habitat. We saw Coot, Pied-Billed Grebe and an Eurasian Wigeon as well.<br />
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We got near the end of our walk. We were looking at some ducks and one of the kids on the walk went up to the leader and said there is a different looking swan over there. He has an all black beak. We went to look and sure enough we had a Tundra Swan. The Mute Swans that were swimming with it were actually ignoring it. Apparently they will usually run them out. Another lifer!<br />
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You can see that not only does it have an all black beak it has what looks like a yellow tear drop called a basal spot. Also this is a native swan where as the Mutes were introduced from England. It was a great way to end the day. And then there was the sunset....<br />
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What a great day. I hope you enjoyed the day as much as I did. The ride home was smooth as I didn't hit or even see any deer on the way! Thanks for stopping by.Cindyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03487722896652777362noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7576675045480901123.post-1405602865885708442011-10-19T21:02:00.001-04:002022-01-11T19:37:08.409-05:00Sparrows and More, Allen's Meadow with the BwBTC GangTo echo what everyone else has said, what a great day with friends and birds! We arrived soon after sun-up to the Community Gardens at Allen's Meadows, Wilton, CT. We saw some great birds and had a wonderful time getting caught up with one another and learning more about new friends.<br />
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Cathleen Voss~<a href="http://birdinggirl.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: #765023;">BIRDINGGIRL</span></a>, Daniel Huber ~<a href="http://natureobservances.com/"><span style="color: #765023;">Nature Observances</span></a>, Kathie Brown ~ <a href="http://kathiesbirds.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: #765023;">Kathie's Birds</span></a>, Diana Fruguglietti~<a href="http://yorkiebirder.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: #765023;">Travelling Birders</span></a>, Catherine Hamilton~<a href="http://mydogoscar.com/birdspot/"><span style="color: #765023;">Birdspot</span></a>, Mardi Welch Dickinson~Kymry ~ <a href="http://kymry.wordpress.com/"><span style="color: #765023;">A look in time….</span></a> and Dawn Fine of Dawns bloggy blog.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Black-capped Chickadee, the acrobat seeks a sunflower seed - he entertained us all<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I think the wire fence caused the abstractions of the cone flowers</td></tr>
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If you ever get a chance to go birding with this group don't hesitate - its such a fun group of people with a lot of collective birding expertise. I'm already looking forward to next years meet up!Cindyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03487722896652777362noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7576675045480901123.post-32887033635927530982011-08-11T14:46:00.000-04:002011-08-11T14:46:22.197-04:00An Evening Walk at Breezy PointI visited my friend at Breezy Point, Rockaways, Queens, NY. After dinner we walked along the beach for awhile. There was a beautiful sunset. Nice evening with a friend.<br />
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