Based on todays report on what i preceived was a slow day and certainly a dropoff on numbers...oh wait....we didnt have those yesterday....today's notable highlite was the long overdue arrival of the TENNESSEE WARBLER (TEWA) heard ,then seen on Lookout Hill by Doug..
On the rare side, COMMON TERN is a good one for the park, since its mostly a coastal species..Most times Forster Terns , the freshwater inclined species is the usual show inland...
There is still good birding left here in Prospect...lets hope for more migration action for at least two more weeks ,especially specialties..
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From Doug Gochfeld:
Subject: eBird Report - Prospect Park , 5/21/09
Location: Prospect Park
Observation date: 5/21/09
Notes: Sustained SW Winds again, Common Tern
was the most unexpected bird, while Tennessee
Warbler was the most overdue. A fourth
Turkey Vulture was seen over Lookout Hill later
on in the day from Greenwood Cemetery.
Number of species: 55
Canada Goose X
Mallard X
Double-crested Cormorant X
Green Heron 1 early flyover
Turkey Vulture 3 2 f/o Nethermead, then 1 f/o Butterfly Meadow
Red-tailed Hawk 2
Laughing Gull 3
Herring Gull X
Common Tern 1 S-N Flyby at north end of Long Meadow
Rock Pigeon X
Mourning Dove 9
Chimney Swift 40
Red-bellied Woodpecker 3
Downy Woodpecker 4
Eastern Wood-Pewee 1 North Midwood
Eastern Kingbird 3
Warbling Vireo 2
Red-eyed Vireo 14
Blue Jay 8
American Crow 1
crow sp. 5
Barn Swallow 6
Tufted Titmouse 1 Heard, Lookout Hill
White-breasted Nuthatch 2 Lookout Hill
Carolina Wren 1
House Wren 9
Swainson's Thrush 3
Wood Thrush 3 Midwood
American Robin X
Gray Catbird X
European Starling X
Cedar Waxwing 125
Tennessee Warbler 1 South side of Lookout Hill on path above Wellhouse,
singing and seen early (7:30 AM) before it moved up the hill towards Butterfly
Meadow and stopped singing shortly thereafter.
Northern Parula 4
Yellow Warbler 1 Male, Lookout. Possibly a 1st spring bird judging by
the song.
Chestnut-sided Warbler 1 Heard, Butterfly Meadow
Magnolia Warbler 2
Black-throated Blue Warbler 1 Heard, Lookout Hill
Black-throated Green Warbler 1 Boulder Bridge
Blackpoll Warbler 14
Black-and-white Warbler 5
Ovenbird 7
Northern Waterthrush 4
Common Yellowthroat 8
Wilson's Warbler 1 South side of Lookout Hill on path above Wellhouse
Canada Warbler 3 Midwood, Lullwater Viewing Platform, Lookout Hill
Scarlet Tanager 1 Woods between Dongan Oak and Rose Garden
Song Sparrow 1
Northern Cardinal X
Red-winged Blackbird X
Common Grackle 30
Orchard Oriole 1 Flyby, Long Meadow/Nelly's Lawn
Baltimore Oriole 8
American Goldfinch 6 Mostly around Lookout Hill
House Sparrow X
This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org)
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