The last weekday spring Brooklyn Bird Club field walk in Prospect took place this morning.Led By Tom Stephenson, some nice sightings were recorded under threatening skies .The Vale of Cashmere was active I was told and a nice sized group showed up. The list from Tom is below.
Hi Peter,
Despite the rain, we had a couple of good warbler flocks, especially in the Vale and then by the pools. Then the rain seemed to quiet everything down.
We had 15 species of warbler and 14 people...so even distribution.
Here's the list.
Best regards,
Tom
Double-crested Cormorant
Mallard
Ring-necked Duck
Red-tailed Hawk
Laughing Gull
Rock Dove
Mourning Dove
Chimney Swift
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Great Crested Flycatcher
Blue-headed Vireo
Warbling Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
Blue Jay
American Crow
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Black-capped Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
House Wren
Swainson's Thrush
Wood Thrush
American Robin
Gray Catbird
Brown Thrasher
European Starling
Northern Parula
Yellow Warbler
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Magnolia Warbler
Cape May Warbler (heard just N of vale)
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Blackburnian Warbler
Blackpoll Warbler (first yr female)
Black-and-white Warbler
American Redstart
Ovenbird
Northern Waterthrush
Common Yellowthroat
Wilson's Warbler (at least 3)
Scarlet Tanager
White-throated Sparrow
Northern Cardinal
Blue Grosbeak (heard just north of vale area)
Indigo Bunting
Brown-headed Cowbird
Orchard Oriole
Baltimore Oriole
American Goldfinch
House Sparrow
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Peter's report:
After work, along south lakeside except noted
Location: Prospect Park
Observation date: 5/14/09
Number of species: 19
Canada Goose 40 peninsula
Mute Swan 1
Mallard X
Double-crested Cormorant 1 on THree sisters
Great Egret 1 Lullwater
Laughing Gull 9 lake
Herring Gull X
Rock Pigeon X
Mourning Dove X
Downy Woodpecker 1
Eastern Kingbird 1 west island
Barn Swallow 12 Lake
American Robin X
Magnolia Warbler 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler 1
Blackpoll Warbler 1 male in bald cypress; on a low branch ,easy seeing
Common Grackle X
House Finch 1 bald cypress
House Sparrow X
Northern Rough-winged Swallow- ~4 , two on ground in front of rink entrance
This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org)
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From Mike Corzine, account of American Kestrel
Hey Peter. I was late for Tom's walk this morning and used the road to catch up. When I entered the park on the Grand Army side, there was a real commotion at the edge of the Long Meadow. I thought it was a bunch of birds fighting over something like a piece of bread, but they were really going at it. One of them was carrying something large. I put my glasses up and caught a Kestrel, with a bird fresh in his claws. He landed twice, in the midst of mobbing birds, trying to get a better grip on his catch. He finally got away, bird still in his claws, as the decease's friends followed him out (NEerly).
Best,
Michael
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From Doug Gochfeld:
This evening at 8:05 PM while leaving the Long Meadow towards Prospect Park Southwest I saw a (Common) Nighthawk flyby roughly North-South over Quaker Ridge and out of the Park.
There were also several Eastern Kingbirds calling near the SE corner of the Long Meadow some time earlier.
-Doug
