Thursday, September 18, 2008

9/18 report inc nice looking *escape bird*

From Orrin Tilevitz:
Prospect Park after 4 pm
Canada Goose
Mute Swan
Mallard
Northern Shoveler (4)
Red-tailed Hawk
Mourning Dove
Belted Kingfisher
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Blue Jay
Black-capped Chickadee
American Robin
Gray Catbird
European Starling
Nashville Warbler (1,Peninsula tip)
Northern Parula
Magnolia Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler (1 immature)
Black-and-white Warbler (several)
American Redstart
Common Yellowthroat
Northern Cardinal
House Sparrow

EXOTIC escape species
Orange-cheeked waxbill (1, phragmites at West Island Cove, escapee)

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Note from peter: First of fall White-throated Sparrow ( sigh, means fall is truly here and warblers are teetering off.......) Wellhouse

 

picture of Orange-cheeked waxbill Orrin alerted me to.Bird was on the phrags between west island and the shelter

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