From Alex Wilson:
Not too much activity in Prospect today, the highlight being a YELLOW-
BREASTED CHAT along the Long Meadow side of the Lower Pool in the
afternoon. The overall mix is changing towards fall birds, with fewer
warblers and flycatchers in favor of more sparrows and raptors. The
autumnal trend should accelerate with cooler weather in the offing...
Good birding,
Alex Wilson
Brooklyn, NY
Location: Prospect Park
Observation date: 10/1/08
Number of species: 63
Canada Goose X
Mute Swan X
Wood Duck 3 (Flyover drakes.)
Mallard X
Double-crested Cormorant X
Great Blue Heron 2
Green Heron 1
Sharp-shinned Hawk 1 (1 or 2, over Lookout and later
pestering Cooper's from Peninsula.)
Cooper's Hawk 2 (2, probably male & female, harassed by Sharp-
shined while passing over Peninsula.)
Red-tailed Hawk X
Peregrine Falcon 1 (On signal tower at east corner, later in
flight, probably local.)
American Coot X
Herring Gull X
Rock Pigeon X
Mourning Dove X
Chimney Swift X (Fairly common.)
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 1 (Fallkill meadow, PM.)
Belted Kingfisher 2
Red-bellied Woodpecker X
Downy Woodpecker X
Hairy Woodpecker X
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) X
Eastern Wood-Pewee 1 (Lookout Hill.)
Eastern Kingbird 1 (Flyover, Nethermead Arches.)
Red-eyed Vireo 10
Blue Jay X
American Crow X
Tree Swallow 15 (Fairly high, seen around Accipiters.)
Black-capped Chickadee X
White-breasted Nuthatch X
Carolina Wren X
House Wren 1
Winter Wren 3
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1
Swainson's Thrush 5
Hermit Thrush 1
Wood Thrush 2
American Robin X
Gray Catbird X
Northern Mockingbird X
European Starling X
Cedar Waxwing X (Few.)
Nashville Warbler 2
Northern Parula 3
Magnolia Warbler 10
Black-throated Blue Warbler 4
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 5
Blackpoll Warbler 1
Black-and-white Warbler 4
Ovenbird 1
Northern Waterthrush 3
Common Yellowthroat 15
Wilson's Warbler 2
Yellow-breasted Chat 1 (West edge of Lower Pool, seen from
Long Meadow path, PM.)
Scarlet Tanager 10
Eastern Towhee 3
Chipping Sparrow 3
Song Sparrow X
White-throated Sparrow X
Northern Cardinal X
Red-winged Blackbird X
American Goldfinch X
House Sparrow X
