Usually the third day after a surge is not so great for birding.By the third day, most migrants take advantage of the high pressure system to hurry to their breeding grounds to establish their territories, particularly the male birds. Today wasn't a weather sensible day to bird. It takes work to find stuff as well as tremendous amount of patience.
Nevertheless, there were a few good ones around reported by today's birders that braved the heat. Rob Jett reported his very surprising number of 16 species warblers.Not bad.....
The hi lights of today were: uncommon CAPE MAY WARBLER in the Vale of Cashmere, HOODED WARBLER in central Midwood,WORM EATING WARBLER bathing in the Binnen Water just south of the Nethermead Arches, male INDIGO BUNTING at the foot of the Maryland Monument ; possibly first season MAGNOLIA WARBLER, early BLACKPOLL WARBLER;ORCHARD ORIOLE
Also of note was the first weekday Brooklyn Bird Club walk , a series of walks during the week on tuesdays and thursdays till middle May; today's walk was led by Mary Eyster , who submitted a report attached.
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From Ed Crowne:
Cape May warbler in the Vale of Cashmere near the water fountain
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From Rob Jett:
Subject: eBird Report - Prospect Park , 4/28/09
> Location: Prospect Park
> Observation date: 4/28/09
> Number of species: 67
>
> Canada Goose X
> Mute Swan X
> American Black Duck X
> Mallard X
> Ring-necked Duck 1
> Double-crested Cormorant X
> Great Blue Heron 1
> Great Egret 1
> Black-crowned Night-Heron 2
> Turkey Vulture 2
> Red-tailed Hawk 3
> Herring Gull (American) X
> Rock Pigeon X
> Mourning Dove X
> Red-bellied Woodpecker X
> Downy Woodpecker X
> Hairy Woodpecker X
> Northern Flicker X
> Eastern Kingbird 2
> Blue-headed Vireo X
> Warbling Vireo 4
> Blue Jay X
> American Crow X
> Black-capped Chickadee X
> Tufted Titmouse X
> White-breasted Nuthatch X
> Carolina Wren X
> House Wren X
> Ruby-crowned Kinglet X
> Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 4
> Hermit Thrush X
> Wood Thrush 2
> American Robin X
> Gray Catbird X
> European Starling X
> Blue-winged Warbler 1
> Nashville Warbler 1
> Northern Parula 12
> Yellow Warbler 5
> Cape May Warbler 1
> Black-throated Blue Warbler 2
> Yellow-rumped Warbler X
> Black-throated Green Warbler 2
> Prairie Warbler 2
> Palm Warbler X
> Blackpoll Warbler 1
> Black-and-white Warbler X
> Worm-eating Warbler 1
> Ovenbird 1
> Northern Waterthrush 3
> Common Yellowthroat 1
> Scarlet Tanager 3
> Eastern Towhee X
> Chipping Sparrow X
> Swamp Sparrow 1
> White-throated Sparrow X
> Northern Cardinal X
> Rose-breasted Grosbeak X
> Indigo Bunting 1
> Red-winged Blackbird X
> Common Grackle X
> Brown-headed Cowbird X
> Orchard Oriole 3
> Baltimore Oriole 2
> House Finch X
> American Goldfinch X
> House Sparrow X
>
> This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org/)
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Peter report (6:45-7:30; 12-1 pm; 3:30-5 pm)
Location: Prospect Park
Observation date: 4/28/09
Number of species: 42
Canada Goose X
Mute Swan X
Wood Duck 2 Lake
Mallard X
Ruddy Duck 6 Lake
Double-crested Cormorant 3 Lake
Black-crowned Night-Heron 1 Lake
Red-tailed Hawk 3 --2 f/o south lake, one f.o Nellie's Lawn
Laughing Gull 16 Lake
Herring Gull (American) X
Rock Pigeon X
Mourning Dove X
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
Downy Woodpecker 3
Northern Flicker 1
Eastern Phoebe 1 Vale
White Breasted Nuthatch 1 Vale
House Wren 2 Midwood
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1 Battle Pass
Hermit Thrush 1 South Lake
American Robin X
Gray Catbird 2 Binnen Pool, South Lake
European Starling X
Blue-winged Warbler 1 Binnen Water adj Nethermead Br
Nashville Warbler 1 Vale Cashmere
Magnolia Warbler-male south Lakeside west of Three sister islands
Northern Parula 1 Vale
Yellow-rumped Warbler 7 Vale
Black-and-white Warbler 1 Vale
Northern Waterthrush 1 Vale
Hooded Warbler 1 male central midwood near horse trail
Chipping Sparrow 6 Vale
Swamp Sparrow 2 --one binnen pool
White-throated Sparrow X
Northern Cardinal 4-2 vale,2 midwood
Indigo Bunting 1 male adult base of Maryland Monument
Red-winged Blackbird 1 Vale
Common Grackle 6
Brown-headed Cowbird 2 --one midwood, 2nd valecashmere
Baltimore Oriole 1 fem vale cashmere
Purple Finch 1 breeze hill lawn,bright male feeding on dandelion
House Sparrow X
This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org)
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Mary and 11 BBC Trip participants
April 28, 2009
Today was the first walk of the BBC Centennial Spring weekday walks. We left from Bartel Pritchard with 10 birders. Two more caught up along the way. The park wasn't as active today as on Sunday (or at least the southern part wasn't). But several of us added a few new species to our year list. With the shift in the winds and weather, Thursday's Prospect walk, leaving from GAP at 7, could be really good. I apologize for the random order of the list. My usual listing tool has crashed!
Double-crested Cormorant
Black-crowned Night Heron
Mute Swan
Canada Goose
Mallard
Blue Jay
American Crow
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Northern Cardinal
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Black-capped Chickadee
Red-tailed Hawk
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
House Wren
Carolina Wren (heard, not seen)
Baltimore Oriole
Orchard Oriole
Monk Parakeet
Northern Mockingbird
Gray Catbird
American Robin
Wood Thrush
Hermit Thrush
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Northern Parula
Black and White Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Yellow Warbler (heard, not seen)
Prairie Warbler (heard, not seen)
Common Yellowthroat (heard, not seen)
White-throated Sparrow
Chipping Sparrow
Eastern Towhee
American Goldfinch
House Sparrow
