site = Prospect Park
date = 4/11/08
observers = Orrin Tilevitz
Great Egret (At least 2 around waterways; 3rd could have been a snowy)
Black-crowned Night-Heron (On cherry tree, BBG Japanese pond)
Mute Swan (5 or 6, including 1 nesting female)
Mallard
Northern Shoveler
Ruddy Duck
American Coot
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker (Several in BBG)
Eastern Phoebe (widespread, including BBG)
Blue Jay
American Crow (2, BBG)
Black-capped Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Hermit Thrush (south side of lake; BBG)
American Robin
Northern Mockingbird (1, BBG)
Cedar Waxwing (Flock, BBG)
Palm Warbler (1, BBG cherry esplanade)
Eastern Towhee (1 male, BBG Empire Blvd entrance)
Fox Sparrow (1, BBG native plant garden)
Song Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow (West Island cove and BBG)
White-throated Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco (1 large flock, BBG cherry esplanade)
Northern Cardinal
Red-winged Blackbird
Common Grackle
House Sparrow
Blue-Winged Teal (Pair swimming down lullwater off peninsula)FROM Scott WhittleShane Blodgett and I had a Louisiana Waterthrush in Prospect Park,Brooklyn today at about 10:30am this morning. It was on the lakein the vicinity of the circus tent that's up right nowthe SE side of the lake)and working the edge of the lake andthe edge of Duck Islandsite = Prospect Parkdate = 4/11/08observers = Scott WhittlePied-billed GrebeGreat Blue HeronGreat EgretBlack-crowned Night-HeronCanada GooseMute SwanAmerican Black DuckMallardNorthern ShovelerNorthern Pintail 2 lakeRuddy DuckRed-tailed HawkAmerican CootLaughing GullRing-billed GullHerring GullRock PigeonMourning DoveBelted KingfisherRed-bellied WoodpeckerDowny WoodpeckerNorthern FlickerEastern PhoebeBlue JayTree SwallowBarn SwallowBlack-capped ChickadeeTufted TitmouseWhite-breasted NuthatchGolden-crowned KingletRuby-crowned KingletHermit ThrushAmerican RobinNorthern MockingbirdEuropean StarlingYellow-rumped WarblerPine WarblerPalm WarblerLouisiana WaterthrushEastern TowheeFox SparrowSong SparrowSwamp SparrowWhite-throated SparrowDark-eyed JuncoNorthern CardinalRed-winged BlackbirdCommon GrackleBrown-headed CowbirdHouse SparrowBlue Winged Teal (West Island)STOPsite = Prospect Park date = 4/11/08 observers = Peter Dorosh Pied-billed Grebe (west is cove) Double-crested Cormorant (lake) Great Egret (Lily Pool) Canada Goose Mute Swan Wood Duck (drake, hen Upper Pool) Mallard Ring-necked Duck (3 Upper Pool;1 drake, 2 hen) Ruddy Duck (easily 35 Lake ) Red-tailed Hawk (midwood) American Coot (11 west is; 8 three sisters) Ring-billed Gull Herring Gull Rock Pigeon Mourning Dove Eastern Phoebe (several along south lakeside) Blue Jay (2 cleft ridge span ) Tree Swallow (~12 Lake PM) Northern Rough-winged Swallow (Lake PM) Barn Swallow (2 Lake PM) Tufted Titmouse Golden-crowned Kinglet (4 south lakeside) Hermit Thrush (south lakeside; west island; 1 other) American Robin Gray Catbird (Upper Pool front gate) European Starling Song Sparrow (3 south lakeside) White-throated Sparrow (several West Is) Northern Cardinal Red-winged Blackbird Common Grackle (~15) House Sparrow STOP
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