From Rafael Campos:
Hi all:
A nice day to go birding, and PP was the best option near by.
The usual walk, I started by the Grand Army Plaza, up to the edges of Rose Garden, Vale, and went thru Rick's Place, Midwood, edged the Nethermead, and up to the Peninsula, where I did join forces with Gayle & Xandra (+ Quasi & Pip).
the most abundant bird sps to be notice this morning was Yellow-rumped Warblers, followed by Palm Warblers. Other sps were not as abundant, and Gayle & Xandra saw 1 Osprey around the lake ( I missed it!!!), also seen by other birders around the Park.
The last minute bird for us was 1 Savannah Sparrow seen foraging with a Song Sparrow at the Nethermead.
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SITE: Prospect Park, Brooklyn, NY
DATE: 12 October 2008
OBSERVERS: Rafa Campos, Gayle & Xandra
THE LIST:
Canada Goose
Wood Duck (4 flyover Nethermead)
Mallard
Northern Shoveler
Ruddy Duck
Pied-billed Grebe
Great Blue Heron
Cooper's Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
American Coot
(American) Herring Gull
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Eastern Phoebe
Blue-headed Vireo
Blue Jay
American Crow
White-breasted Nuthatch
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Hermit Thrush
American Robin
Gray Catbird
Northern Mockingbir
European Starling
Nashville Warbler
Magnolia Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Palm Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Savannah Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Northern Cardinal
Common Grackle
House Sparrow
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Brooklyn is good birding: Rafa Campos R.
