Hilights: Black Skimmer,Osprey,Monk Parakeet, hybrid Greater White -Fronted Goose x Snow Goose ?
From Alex Wilson:
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Subject: eBird Report - Prospect Park , 6/4/08
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Date: Wed, June 4, 2008 4:53 pm
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Location: Prospect Park
Observation date: 6/4/08
Number of species: 51
Canada Goose X
Mute Swan X
Mallard X
Ruddy Duck 1 (Lake, late date.)
Double-crested Cormorant X
Green Heron X
Black-crowned Night-Heron X
Osprey 1 (Fishing the Lake, made 3 unsuccessful strikes before
coming up with a fish; then flew off east.)
Red-tailed Hawk X
Laughing Gull X
Ring-billed Gull X
Herring Gull X
Great Black-backed Gull X
Black Skimmer 2 (Checking out the Lake for about 10 minutes at
8:45 am. Circled low several times but didn't actually skim much; flew off
west past Lookout.)
Rock Pigeon X
Mourning Dove X
Monk Parakeet 1 (Flyover, Peninsula, calling.)
Chimney Swift X
Red-bellied Woodpecker X
Downy Woodpecker X
Hairy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker X
Eastern Wood-Pewee 1
Eastern Kingbird X
Warbling Vireo X
Blue Jay X
Tree Swallow X
Northern Rough-winged Swallow X
Barn Swallow X
Black-capped Chickadee X
Tufted Titmouse X
White-breasted Nuthatch 2
Carolina Wren X
House Wren X
Wood Thrush X
American Robin X
Gray Catbird X
European Starling X
Cedar Waxwing X (Fairly common, including a pair working on a nest.)
Yellow Warbler 3
Blackpoll Warbler X (Several.)
American Redstart 4
Common Yellowthroat 3
Chipping Sparrow 1 (Singing near Bartel Pritchard gate.)
Song Sparrow X
Northern Cardinal X
Red-winged Blackbird X
Brown-headed Cowbird 2
Baltimore Oriole X
American Goldfinch X
House Sparrow X
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This morning , while passing Duck island , I noticed a strange goose among the Canada Geese, on the shoreline lawn. I thought it was a Great White-fronted Goose until I looked more closely. With more paleness and underbelly white, I thought of hybrid. In the sibley field guide, there is a picture of such a hybrid GRWFG with Snow Goose. Look for it along the lawns near Duck Island.
A GREEN HERON flew down the Lullwater near the rink. Likely nesting.
Peter
