Location: Prospect Park
Observation date: 8/6/08
Notes: Merlin is probably the same reported by PD et al on 6/19/08; possibly a holdover from winter?
Number of species: 42
Canada Goose X
Mute Swan X
Mallard X
Double-crested Cormorant X
Black-crowned Night-Heron X
Red-tailed Hawk X
Merlin 1 (Perched above Long Meadow on snag near Tennis House; unusual in summer.)
Spotted Sandpiper X
Laughing Gull X
Ring-billed Gull X
Herring Gull X
Rock Pigeon X
Mourning Dove X
Chimney Swift X
Red-bellied Woodpecker X
Downy Woodpecker X
Hairy Woodpecker X
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) X
Eastern Kingbird X
Warbling Vireo X
Blue Jay X
American Crow X
Barn Swallow X
Black-capped Chickadee X
White-breasted Nuthatch X
Carolina Wren X
House Wren X
American Robin X
Gray Catbird X
European Starling X
Cedar Waxwing X
Blue-winged Warbler 1 (Pagoda Bridge vicinity.)
Yellow Warbler 5
American Redstart 2
Northern Waterthrush 4
Song Sparrow X
Northern Cardinal X
Red-winged Blackbird X
Common Grackle X
Baltimore Oriole X
American Goldfinch X
House Sparrow X