From Alex Wilson:
Hilights include Prairie Warbler, Yellow Warbler, Least Sandpiper (likely first of year,pending), Spotted Sandpiper, Merlin
Begin forwarded message:
> Location: Prospect Park
> Observation date: 7/29/09
> Number of species: 45
>
> Canada Goose 150
> Mute Swan 10
> Mallard 100
> Double-crested Cormorant 3
> Great Egret 1 (Flyover.)
> Green Heron 5
> Black-crowned Night-Heron 5
> Red-tailed Hawk 2
> Merlin 1 (Mobbed on perch above Nethermead.
One hung around last summer; not aware of
sightings this season.)
> Spotted Sandpiper 1
> Least Sandpiper 1 (Flying around the tip of the Peninsula.)
> Laughing Gull 7
> Herring Gull 4
> Rock Pigeon 50
> Mourning Dove 15
> Chimney Swift 30
> Red-bellied Woodpecker 3
> Downy Woodpecker 5
> Hairy Woodpecker 2
> Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 5
> Eastern Kingbird 9
> Warbling Vireo 5
> Blue Jay 3
> American Crow 2
> Tree Swallow 9
> Barn Swallow 12
> Black-capped Chickadee 5
> White-breasted Nuthatch 1
> Carolina Wren 3
> House Wren 8 (Including one bringing food
to young in nest hole.)
> Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 3 (At least 3 together along upper
> Lullwater.)
> American Robin 50
> Gray Catbird 20
> European Starling 200
> Cedar Waxwing 50 (Including juveniles.)
> Yellow Warbler 2 (Upper Lullwater; Threes Sisters Islands.)
> Prairie Warbler 1 (Northwest slope of Lookout from
> Butterfly Meadow.)
> Song Sparrow 5
> Northern Cardinal 10
> Red-winged Blackbird 15
> Common Grackle 8
> Brown-headed Cowbird 5
> Baltimore Oriole 3
> American Goldfinch 3
> House Sparrow 40
