From Alex Wilson:
Begin forwarded message:
> Location: Prospect Park
> Observation date: 7/15/09
> Number of species: 46
>
> Canada Goose 200
> Mute Swan 7
> Wood Duck 2 (Upper Pool.)
> American Black Duck 1
> Mallard 35
> Double-crested Cormorant 2
> Great Egret 2
> Green Heron 5
> Black-crowned Night-Heron 3
> American Kestrel 1 (West side of Lake.)
> Peregrine Falcon 1 (On signal tower at east corner of park.)
> Spotted Sandpiper 1 (Lower Lullwater.)
> Laughing Gull 3
> Herring Gull 73 (Mostly on Long Meadow early AM.)
> Rock Pigeon 50
> Mourning Dove 15
> Chimney Swift 25
> Red-bellied Woodpecker 4
> Downy Woodpecker 9
> Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 5 (Including one juvenile.)
> Eastern Kingbird 10 (Including family group at south Long
> Meadow.)
> Warbling Vireo 15 (At least four family groups with young
> being fed, plus singing birds throughout.)
> Red-eyed Vireo 1
> Blue Jay 3
> Northern Rough-winged Swallow 5 (Lake.)
> Barn Swallow 20
> Black-capped Chickadee 5
> Tufted Titmouse 5
> Carolina Wren 3
> House Wren 12
> Wood Thrush 2 (Chasing and calling in Midwood, not singing.)
> American Robin 60
> Gray Catbird 20
> European Starling 150
> Cedar Waxwing 30
> Yellow Warbler 1 (In treetops, south Long Meadow, early AM.)
> Chipping Sparrow 3 (At least two singing, one juvenile
> seen, south Long Meadow.)
> Song Sparrow 4
> Northern Cardinal 12
> Indigo Bunting 1 (Singing male, Lookout butterfly meadow.)
> Red-winged Blackbird 30
> Common Grackle 20
> Orchard Oriole 1 (Adult male, upper Lullwater.)
> Baltimore Oriole 6
> American Goldfinch 1
> House Sparrow 100
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A note from Sara Josehans, who is conducting a breeding bird survey in Prospect. A Wood Thrush nest was found in the Midwood.
