(click on photo to enlarge)
I received a report from Mike Corzine regarding a Wilson's Warbler,a very early bird .From the photo attached, you can see its a male bird.
Here is his summary :
Hey Peter! My 10lb luck charm paid off again today. Not a Bittern, but I'll take what i can get. He and I ran into a couple of kind birders in the Vale who not only pointed out a couple of Black and Whites, but also mentioned they saw a Wilson's in the Midwood. I went looking for it and found it at 3- 3:20pm. We saw him again, as we were leaving, in the same spot, just before 5 pm. He was half way up on the right side (as you're going up) of the dirt- woodchip path directly across from Nellie's Lawn. When the landscape fence ends, look right. We got lots of good looks. He was foraging around cut/ fallen tree trunks and a few low seedlings.. I've attached a few photos. The one with the bird isn't too bad, considering I took it through my binoculars. The second is a photo of the location of the bird, if anyone else wants to try. Best of luck.
Also, tons of Kinglets, everywhere. Palms in a few places too and a Yellow- Rump here and there. Oddly I had no Pines, but I wasn't in the park too long. B/Ws were on the North East corner of the Vale.
Best,
Michael
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Peter report:
With a temperature cooldown, it was an incentive to bird Prospect in the late afternoon. From 5 to 7 pm. i was quite delighted to see 5 species warblers and 6 species sparrows. Also, with quite a good number of people on the lawns , i couldnt get over the bold determination of numerous Robins, especially in the Nethermead, at least 85 Robins sharing the field with human counterparts.. On the latter location, near the edge of the nethermead by Center Drive, 3 Savannah Sparrows shared a spot with 9 Chipping Sparrows and a lone Dark eyed Junco. Another quality sparrow emerged at the Upper Pool wildlfower meadow, a Field Sparrow that caught my glimpse just before it dropped down into the grasses. But the species of the late afternoon were the numerous Ruby Crowned Kinglets, a sizable flock along the back path between the Upper Pool and Quaker Ridge slope.. my estimate was a conservative number so definitely there are more..To my delight, i was satified with great views of a Louisiana Waterthush working the shore of Falkill Falls pool , the bird flipping up leaves right next to a Budweiser beer can...i should mention to the bird, forget the beer, drink the water ( but i might get some argument there from freinds
;)> ....plenty of good birding out there
List:
Location: Prospect Park
Observation date: 4/19/09
Notes: see photo of wilson's warbler http://tinyurl.com/cruerf above, click on it for enlarging
Number of species: 44
Canada Goose X
Mute Swan X
Mallard X
Northern Shoveler 15 lake
Wood Duck -- drake Upper Pool
Ruddy Duck 35 lake
Pied-billed Grebe 1 lake
Double-crested Cormorant 1 three sisters
Red-tailed Hawk 2 LP 249 and f/o
American Coot X lake
Laughing Gull 8 lake
Herring Gull X
Rock Pigeon X
Mourning Dove X
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1
Downy Woodpecker 2
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) ~8
Eastern Phoebe 1 Pools
Blue Jay X
Barn Swallow 3 lake
Black-capped Chickadee 2 upper pool
White-breasted Nuthatch 1
Golden-crowned Kinglet 1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 40 common; 20 Upper Pool back path; also Binnen Pool
Veery 1 Binnen Pool by horse trail
Hermit Thrush 10
American Robin 85 at least 75 Nethermead
Northern Mockingbird 1
European Starling X
Yellow-rumped Warbler 7 Pools
Palm Warbler 8 Pools
Black-and-white Warbler 1 Pools isthmus
Louisiana Waterthrush 1 Falkill Falls pool
Chipping Sparrow 9 Nethermead
Field Sparrow 1 Upper Pool wildlfower meadow
Savannah Sparrow 3 nethermead
Song Sparrow 1
White-throated Sparrow 1
Dark-eyed Junco 3 nethermead
Northern Cardinal X
Red-winged Blackbird 2
Common Grackle X
House Sparrow X
This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org)
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From Rob Jett
Subject: eBird Report - Prospect Park , 4/19/09
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> Location: Prospect Park
> Observation date: 4/19/09
> Number of species: 60
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> Canada Goose X
> Mute Swan X
> Wood Duck 3
> American Black Duck X
> Mallard X
> Ring-necked Duck 1
> Hooded Merganser 3
> Ruddy Duck X
> Double-crested Cormorant X
> Great Egret X
> Black-crowned Night-Heron X
> Red-tailed Hawk 4
> American Coot X
> Laughing Gull X
> Ring-billed Gull X
> Herring Gull (American) X
> Great Black-backed Gull X
> Rock Pigeon X
> Mourning Dove X
> Monk Parakeet 3
> Belted Kingfisher 1
> Red-bellied Woodpecker X
> Downy Woodpecker X
> Hairy Woodpecker 1
> Northern Flicker X
> Eastern Phoebe X
> Blue-headed Vireo 2
> Blue Jay X
> American Crow X
> Tree Swallow 1
> Barn Swallow 1
> Black-capped Chickadee X
> Tufted Titmouse X
> White-breasted Nuthatch X
> Brown Creeper 2
> Carolina Wren 1
> Winter Wren 1
> Golden-crowned Kinglet X
> Ruby-crowned Kinglet X
> Hermit Thrush 30
> American Robin X
> European Starling X
> Yellow-rumped Warbler X
> Pine Warbler X
> Palm Warbler X
> Black-and-white Warbler 1
> Louisiana Waterthrush 1
> Eastern Towhee 1
> Chipping Sparrow X
> Song Sparrow X
> Swamp Sparrow 1
> White-throated Sparrow X
> Dark-eyed Junco X
> Northern Cardinal X
> Red-winged Blackbird X
> Common Grackle X
> Brown-headed Cowbird X
> House Finch X
> American Goldfinch X
> House Sparrow X
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> This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org)
