Two hilights , one grounded , one overhead, surfaced in Prospect today.
The latest migrating warbler species of the spring showed up with Ed Crowne's report of MOURNING WARBLER (MOWA) along the northwestern slope, somewhere near the stairs or carriage road on lower Lookout Hill opposite the cemetery; assuming its the same bird,it stuck around on Lookout throughout the day, when it was relocated past high noon on the summit by Scott Whittle , with Eddie Davis and myself alongside.I didnt see it with the furtive bird quickly hiding after its too brief appearance from the grassy meadow at the summit.After 15 minutes disappearance, it showed up in the lower meadow, Butterfly Meadow , seen again by all including Rob Jett, except myself when my work lunch hour was up. No siesta for me :(
Later , I received a report of an immature Bald Eagle over the southern region of Prospect, the fourth record of Bald Eagle for this spring! ( compared to none in 2008). Yes....you say it has been a crazy weird spring ? I agreed...
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Postings
From Ebirds listerve Jett posting:
At approximately 1:30pm Scott Whittle
and I observed a Mourning Warbler
on the Butterfly Meadow in Prospect
Park. Earlier in the morning, Ed Crowne
reported seeing one on the northwest slope
of Lookout Hill (across from the Quaker
Cemetery). Eddie Davis, Peter Dorosh, Scott
and I had been searching all of Lookout Hill
when the three of them had brief glimpses of
the bird at the top meadow. Scott & I continued
the hunt and eventually located the bird when it
popped out of the dense vegetation within the
Butterfly Meadow. It is uncertain whether the
bird we saw was the same one that Ed Crowne
observed in the morning.
Good birding,
Rob
The City Birder Weblog
http://citybirder.blogspot.com
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From Rob Bate:
I saw an immature Bald Eagle flying south out of the park over Parkside Ave this morning.
Hoping to get the Mourning Warbler.
RobB
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From Rob Jett:
Subject: eBird Report - Prospect Park , 5/18/09
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> Location: Prospect Park
> Observation date: 5/18/09
> Number of species: 36
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> Mourning Dove X
> Chimney Swift X
> Northern Flicker X
> Great Crested Flycatcher 1
> Blue-headed Vireo X
> Warbling Vireo X
> Red-eyed Vireo X
> Blue Jay X
> Northern Rough-winged Swallow X
> House Wren X
> Blue-gray Gnatcatcher X
> Swainson's Thrush X
> Wood Thrush X
> American Robin X
> Gray Catbird X
> European Starling X
> Northern Parula X
> Yellow Warbler X
> Magnolia Warbler X
> Yellow-rumped Warbler X
> Black-throated Green Warbler X
> Blackpoll Warbler X
> American Redstart X
> Ovenbird X
> Mourning Warbler 1
> Common Yellowthroat X
> Scarlet Tanager X
> Chipping Sparrow X
> Northern Cardinal X
> Rose-breasted Grosbeak X
> Indigo Bunting 1
> Common Grackle X
> Brown-headed Cowbird X
> Baltimore Oriole X
> American Goldfinch X
> House Sparrow X
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> This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org)
