May 6th Sightings

Hilights: Yellow-billed Cuckoo,Yellow-breasted Chat,White-crowned Sparrow ,Lawrence's Warbler

 

From Tom Kozak:

 

Hey Peter.  We spent a couple of hours in and around the Vale this morning and here's what we saw.  The highlight was a Yellow-billed Cuckoo low in a chokecherry.

Site = Prospect Park
date = 5/6/08
observers = Tom Kozak, Claudia Wilner
Canada Goose
Mallard
Red-tailed Hawk
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove

Great-crested Flycatcher (~2)
Red-eyed Vireo (Fairly Common)

Warbling Vireo (1)
Blue Jay
Tufted Titmouse

White-breasted Nuthatch

Carolina Wren
Wood Thrush
American Robin
Gray Catbird

Northern Mockingbird 
European Starling

Yellow-billed Cuckoo (1, chokecherry in Vale)

Magnolia Warbler (~3)

Canada Warbler (1)

Northern Parula (fairly common)
Chestnut-sided Warbler (several males)
Black-throated Blue Warbler (fairly common)
Yellow-rumped Warbler (several)
Black-throated Green Warbler (1)
Black-and-white Warbler (fairly common)
American Redstart (several males)
Ovenbird (2)
Common Yellowthroat (1 male)
Scarlet Tanager (1 male)
Chipping Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Northern Cardinal
Common Grackle
Baltimore Oriole
Orchard Oriole (1 immature)

House Sparrow

 

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Rob Jett reports Yellow-breasted Chat walking on the pathway along the lullwater (Breeze Hill side) at or near interpretive marker 8. phone call recd 2:50

 

From Janet Zinn with Heidi Steiner

 

Heidi and I saw the Chat again today in the same area--where the lullwater path meets the path down from wellhouse (by Terrace Bridge.) 

 

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From Russ Alderson

 

Peter,

  Here are reports from yesterday and today.

Russ Alderson

Location:     Prospect Park
Observation date:     5/6/08
Number of species:     26
1:00hr

Canada Goose     X
American Kestrel     1
Ring-billed Gull     X
Rock Pigeon     X
Mourning Dove     X
Red-bellied Woodpecker     X
Blue Jay     X
Black-capped Chickadee     1
Tufted Titmouse     2
House Wren     3
American Robin     X
Gray Catbird     X
European Starling     X
Northern Parula     X
Magnolia Warbler     2
Black-throated Blue Warbler     1
Yellow-rumped Warbler     X
Black-throated Green Warbler     3
Black-and-white Warbler     X
Common Yellowthroat     X
Scarlet Tanager     1
Chipping Sparrow     1
White-throated Sparrow     X
Northern Cardinal     X
Common Grackle     X
House Sparrow     X

Location:     Prospect Park
Observation date:     5/5/08
Number of species:     42
2:00 hrs.

Canada Goose     X
Mallard     X
Red-tailed Hawk     2
Rock Pigeon     X
Mourning Dove     X
Chimney Swift     1
Red-bellied Woodpecker     2
Downy Woodpecker     1
Yellow-throated Vireo     1
Blue-headed Vireo     X
Blue Jay     X
Black-capped Chickadee     X
Tufted Titmouse     X
House Wren     X
Veery     X
Hermit Thrush     X
American Robin     X
Gray Catbird     X
European Starling     X
Northern Parula     X
Magnolia Warbler     1
Black-throated Blue Warbler     1
Yellow-rumped Warbler     X
Black-throated Green Warbler     1
Prairie Warbler     1
Black-and-white Warbler     X
American Redstart     1
Ovenbird     3
Northern Waterthrush     1
Common Yellowthroat     4
Scarlet Tanager     1
Eastern Towhee     2
Chipping Sparrow     X
Swamp Sparrow     1
White-throated Sparrow     X
Northern Cardinal     X
Rose-breasted Grosbeak     1
Red-winged Blackbird     X
Common Grackle     X
Baltimore Oriole     4
American Goldfinch     X
House Sparrow     X

 

This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org)

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site = Prospect Park
date = 5/6/08
observers = Peter Dorosh
Double-crested Cormorant (lake)
Great Egret (Lullwater)
Turkey Vulture (5 f/o Peninsula meadow @4 pm)
Canada Goose
Mute Swan
Mallard
Ruddy Duck (drake ;Lake)
Spotted Sandpiper (Lullwater b/w rink and terrace br)
Laughing Gull (4 lake)
Ring-billed Gull (lake)
Herring Gull (lake)
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Northern Flicker (f/o lullwater)
Tree Swallow (lake)
Northern Rough-winged Swallow (lake)
Barn Swallow
Wood Thrush (Golden stairs north 16th st ent)
American Robin
European Starling
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Black-and-white Warbler (3)
Ovenbird (3)
Common Yellowthroat (2)
Chipping Sparrow (back rink fence )
Song Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow (lulllwater cove)
White-throated Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow (adult back rink fence near Lincoln)
Northern Cardinal
Common Grackle
Baltimore Oriole (2 females, 1 male)
House Sparrow

 

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Tuesday, 6 May, 2008 - Prospect Park, Brooklyn NYC -

LAWRENCE'S WARBLER continuing at Pagoda Bridge ( nw of Pagoda structure). (Lawrence's Warbler  is a hybrid resulting from Blue-winged x Golden-winged Warblers  interbreeding.)

Great Crested Flycatcher, Eastern Phoebe (Nethermead), Least 
Flycatcher, Willow Flycatcher (Ravine).

& among the other warblers:  Blackpoll Warbler (3 birds, two opposite 
Audubon Center, one singing at Ravine), Pine Warbler, Blue-winged 
Warbler (5), Worm-eating Warbler (Ravine), Nashville Warbler (Midwood 
trail), Hooded Warbler (Ravine), Blackburnian Warbler (3 birds: 
Binnen Bridge, Ravine & Midwood trail).

Rudy Badia