Hilights include: Mourning Warbler (different locations); Prothonotary Warbler; Black-billed Cuckoo;Blue Grosbeak; Yellow-bellied Flycatcher;Summer Tanager;Olive-sided Flycatcher, Hooded Warbler;good day of quality and variety.
From Orrin:
Just in and around the BBG Native Plant Garden
Mallard
Ring-billed Gull
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Warbling Vireo
Blue Jay
American Crow
Tufted Titmouse
House Wren
Gray Catbird
Northern Mockingbird
Northern Parula
Magnolia Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Blackpoll Warbler
American Redstart
Common Yellowthroat
White-throated Sparrow
Northern Cardinal
Rose-breasted Grosbeak (1 male)
Common Grackle
House Sparrow******************************************************************
From Shane Blodgett:
Rob Jett, Doug Gochfeld and I hit the trifecta today.
In a full morning's birding (into the early afternoon actually) we
found a singing male MOURNING WARBLER and what we labeled a first
summer PROTHONOTARY WARBLER in the Midwood, and a femaleBLUE GROSBEAK on the edge of Nellie's Lawn and the Vale of Cashmere.
Shane Blodgett
Brooklyn NY****************************************************************
Listowner note: I also heard that Olive -sided Flycatcher
and Hooded Warbler was seen in the area of the Tunnel Arch
stairs bottom ( north Midwood);Yellow- bellied Flycatcher
in the Vale's kusa dogwood , middle of pool. At least 20
species warblers reported by Shane, Rob ,etc
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from Russ:
Location: Prospect Park Peninsula
Observation date: 5/23/08
Number of species: 31
Canada Goose
Mute Swan
Mallard
Great Egret 1
Green Heron 1
Ring-billed Gull
Chimney Swift
Red-bellied Woodpecker (1 heard)
Eastern Kingbird 1
Red-eyed Vireo 4
Barn Swallow
Black-capped Chickadee (1 heard)
American Robin
Gray Catbird
European Starling
Cedar Waxwing
Northern Parula 1
Yellow Warbler (1 heard)
Magnolia Warbler 2
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Blackpoll Warbler 4
Black-and-white Warbler 1
American Redstart (4 all female)
Northern Waterthrush 1
Common Yellowthroat 3
Wilson's Warbler 1
Northern Cardinal
Red-winged Blackbird
Common Grackle
Baltimore Oriole 2
House Sparrow
This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org)
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Many thanks to Shane, Rob and Doug for alerting me of the rare species sseen today. A good one!
site = Prospect Park
date = 5/23/08
observers = Peter Dorosh;
Red-tailed Hawk
Black-billed Cuckoo (Vale pool midsection)
Chimney Swift (many flyovers)
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Eastern Wood-Pewee (north edge Nellies lawn)
House Wren
Gray-cheeked Thrush (several)
Swainson's Thrush
American Robin
European Starling
Nashville Warbler (south midwood)
Northern Parula (south midwood)
Yellow Warbler (vale)
Magnolia Warbler (~8)
Black-throated Blue Warbler (vale)
Bay-breasted Warbler (vale cashmere nellies lawn entrance)
Black-and-white Warbler (vale)
American Redstart (vale)
Prothonotary Warbler (south midwood; immature)
Northern Waterthrush 60% (center drive)
Mourning Warbler (south midwood around nature/railing trail b/w asphalt roads)
Common Yellowthroat
Canada Warbler (vale)
Summer Tanager (vale)
Scarlet Tanager (2 vale)
Lincoln's Sparrow (south midwood;on south nature trail west of asphalt ctr road)
Northern Cardinal (2)
Rose-breasted Grosbeak (female ;Vale)
Blue Grosbeak (female north edge of Nellies lawn'going into Vale Cashmere)
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From Monica Berger:
Hi Peter: At around 5:30 pm, I observed a Mourning Warbler in the brushy area at the top of the path leading to the Rose Garden. It flew over to the other side of the path towards East Drive. I was not able to relocate it. Monica
Listowner comment: The earlier Mourning Warbler was seen about 10 am in the southern midwood. It's possible this bird moved into the Vale of Cashmere Rose Garden (higher ground) at the end of the day; Otherwise its a second bird.
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from Rob:
Begin forwarded message:
> From: do-not-reply@ebird.org
> Date: May 23, 2008 6:37:49 PM EDT
> To: citybirder@earthlink.net
> Subject: eBird Report - Prospect Park , 5/23/08
>
>
>
> Location: Prospect Park
> Observation date: 5/23/08
> Notes: Observers were: Shane Blodgett, Doug Gochfeld and Rob
> Jett. Peter Dorosh was present for a short period of time at noon.
> Number of species: 74
>
> Canada Goose X
> Mallard X
> Green Heron 2
> Black-crowned Night-Heron 2
> Red-tailed Hawk 3
> Rock Pigeon X
> Mourning Dove X
> Chimney Swift X
> Ruby-throated Hummingbird 1
> Red-bellied Woodpecker X
> Downy Woodpecker X
> Northern Flicker X
> Olive-sided Flycatcher 2 One seen at lamppost J249, one seen
> at north end of Midwood, above tunnel arch.
> Eastern Wood-Pewee 1
> Yellow-bellied Flycatcher 1 Seen at Vale of Cashmere. Bird
> was vocalizing.
> Least Flycatcher 1
> Great Crested Flycatcher 1
> Eastern Kingbird X
> Blue-headed Vireo X
> Warbling Vireo X
> Red-eyed Vireo X
> Blue Jay X
> Tree Swallow X
> Barn Swallow X
> Black-capped Chickadee X
> Tufted Titmouse X
> White-breasted Nuthatch X Seen feeding young at nest in Vale
> of Cashmere.
> Carolina Wren X
> House Wren X
> Veery X
> Gray-cheeked Thrush X Several seen, one heard singing in
> woods adjacent to Lower Pool at 3:58pm.
> Swainson's Thrush X
> Wood Thrush X
> American Robin X
> Gray Catbird X
> European Starling X
> Cedar Waxwing X Common, many flocks heard or seen.
> Tennessee Warbler X 3-5.
> Nashville Warbler X
> Northern Parula X
> Yellow Warbler X
> Chestnut-sided Warbler X
> Magnolia Warbler X
> Cape May Warbler X 1 seen in Midwood. 2 seen by Shane at
> 6:30am on Center Drive.
> Black-throated Blue Warbler X
> Yellow-rumped Warbler X
> Black-throated Green Warbler X
> Blackburnian Warbler X
> Bay-breasted Warbler X 3.
> Blackpoll Warbler X
> Black-and-white Warbler X
> American Redstart X
> Prothonotary Warbler X
> Ovenbird X
> Northern Waterthrush X
> Mourning Warbler X Seen at south end of Midwood by several
> people. Bird sang frequently.
> Common Yellowthroat X
> Hooded Warbler X Midwood, singing frequently.
> Wilson's Warbler X Several.
> Canada Warbler X Fairly common
> Summer Tanager X Heard calling from within European Beech at
> north end of Nelly's Lawn.
> Scarlet Tanager X Common.
> Lincoln's Sparrow 2 1 seen in Midwood. 1 seen near Aralia
> Grove.
> White-throated Sparrow 1
> Northern Cardinal X
> Rose-breasted Grosbeak X
> Blue Grosbeak 1 Feeding around northern-most edge of Nelly's
> Lawn.
> Indigo Bunting 1 Puddle at Rick's Place.
> Red-winged Blackbird X
> Common Grackle X
> Brown-headed Cowbird X
> Baltimore Oriole X Common.
> American Goldfinch X
> House Sparrow X
>
> This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org)
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From Doug Gochfeld:
-----Original Message-----
From: do-not-reply@ebird.org
Sent: Fri, 23 May 2008 6:45 pm
Subject: eBird Report - Prospect Park , 5/23/08
Location: Prospect Park
Observation date: 5/23/08
Notes: w/ Shane Blodgett, Rob Jett for much of the time. Also ran into peter
Dorosh and Mary Eyster.
Number of species: 73
Canada Goose X
Mute Swan X
Mallard X
Double-crested Cormorant 2
Green Heron 1 Lower Pool
Red-tailed Hawk 4
Spotted Sandpiper 6
Laughing Gull X
Ring-billed Gull X
Herring Gull X
Rock Pigeon X
Mourning Dove X
Chimney Swift X
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 1 Ravine
Red-bellied Woodpecker X
Downy Woodpecker 2
Northern Flicker 1
Olive-sided Flycatcher 1 Midwood, towards Vale
Eastern Wood-Pewee 1 Nelly's Lawn
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher 1 Vale, possibly 2.
Warbling Vireo X
Red-eyed Vireo X
Blue Jay 1 Behind Wellhouse
Tree Swallow X
Bank Swallow 1 Lake, 5:00 PM
Barn Swallow X
Black-capped Chickadee 4
White-breasted Nuthatch 2 Including one at Nest hole in Vale
Carolina Wren X
House Wren X
Veery 1
Gray-cheeked Thrush 4 One possible Bicknell's Thrush in Ravine near
Pools, responded perfectly to tape and had markings suggesting Bicknell's.
Swainson's Thrush X
Wood Thrush 2
American Robin X
Gray Catbird X
European Starling X
Cedar Waxwing X Heard all over.
Tennessee Warbler X Heard incessantly, Midwood.
Nashville Warbler X Midwood
Northern Parula X
Yellow Warbler X
Chestnut-sided Warbler X
Magnolia Warbler X
Cape May Warbler 1 Midwood
Black-throated Blue Warbler X
Yellow-rumped Warbler 1
Black-throated Green Warbler X
Blackburnian Warbler 1
Bay-breasted Warbler 2 Vale
Black-and-white Warbler X
American Redstart X
Prothonotary Warbler 1 Midwood
Ovenbird X
Northern Waterthrush X
Mourning Warbler 1 Midwood
Common Yellowthroat X
Hooded Warbler 1 Heard singing
Wilson's Warbler 5 Wellhouse Drive, Peninsula, Midwood (3)
Canada Warbler X
Scarlet Tanager X
Lincoln's Sparrow 1
White-throatedSparrow 4
Northern Cardinal X
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 1 Vale
Blue Grosbeak 1 Nelly's Lawn
Indigo Bunting 1 Midwood
Red-winged Blackbird X
Common Grackle X
Brown-headed Cowbird X
Baltimore Oriole X
American Goldfinch X
House Sparrow X
This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org)
