AS expected, the ball dropped. Last night's northwest winds delivered what I hoped for...a warbler convoy. My early arrival on a day I took off from work in Prospect at 6:30 am was full of anticipation. By the time 9 am rolled along, 14 species warblers were recorded. By day's end, 18 were seen by a small group of 5 birders that hung around till noon, the last of us finally leaving Prospect by 3pm. It was worth the long tiring duration watching birds all day long.
The best spot sort of characterized a mini beehive, the habitat recently restored within the curved path leading up Lookout Hill from the cemetery side. At least 10 species warblers did their thing here, catching insects on the fly among abundant wildflowers. Flycatchers also made silent noise , the best empidonax , a YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER in that locale , with Least and traill's type empidonaxes.
Most prominent of the warblers, AMERICAN REDSTART put on a show, many seen throughout the woods, followed by BLACK AND WHITE WARBLER doing about the same tree limb behavior as the Redstarts. Its a rough estimate regarding Redstarts but they were all over the place..Quality birds included WORM-EATING WARBLER, BLACKBURNIAN WARBLER (f), BLUE-WINGED,PRAIRIE,BLACK-THROATED GREEN and more enjoyable sightings.
Most gratifying was the BLACK-BILLED CUCKOO seen perched on a snag on the Peninsula, most of us fortunate to see this bird sit for awhile before flying off. And good for Prospect, lastly, I found a hen BLUE-WINGED TEAL in the southern confines of Prospect Lake.
Hopefully many more days to come, especially for a weekend.....
Location: Prospect Park
Observation date: 8/31/09
Number of species: 59
Observers: Peter Dorosh, Mary Eyster, Rob Bate, Scott Whittle, Tom Stephenson, Adam Welz)
Canada Goose X
Mute Swan 1
Blue-winged Teal 1 hen south lake
Green Heron 1 duck island
Black-crowned Night-Heron 1
Red-tailed Hawk 1 Midwood, calling
Sharp-shinned Hawk (obs Scott Whittle); southwest woods
Merlin 1 rink/duck island
Herring Gull (American) X
Rock Pigeon X
Mourning Dove X
Monk Parakeet X peninsula
Black-billed Cuckoo 1 peninsula adj "pink concrete beach"
Chimney Swift X
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 3
Downy Woodpecker 2
Eastern Wood-Pewee 3
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher 1 north lookout
Least Flycatcher 4
Empidonax sp. X
Eastern Kingbird 1
Warbling Vireo 1 binnen pool
Red-eyed Vireo 5
Blue Jay 1
Barn Swallow 3
Black-capped Chickadee 1
Tufted Titmouse 1
Red-breasted Nuthatch 1 north lookout
Carolina Wren 1
House Wren 2
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 2
Veery 6
American Robin X
Gray Catbird 7
European Starling X
Cedar Waxwing X
Blue-winged Warbler 3 lullwater;2 lookout
Nashville Warbler 1 north lookout
Northern Parula 2
Yellow Warbler 2 peninsula
Chestnut-sided Warbler 7
Magnolia Warbler 4
Black-throated Blue Warbler 5
Black-throated Green Warbler 5
Blackburnian Warbler 1 lookout hill;female
Prairie Warbler 1 peninsula
Black-and-white Warbler 25
American Redstart 60 abundant
Worm-eating Warbler 1 wellhouse
Ovenbird 3
Northern Waterthrush 4
Common Yellowthroat 8
Wilson's Warbler 1 wellhouse
Canada Warbler 6
Eastern Towhee 1
Northern Cardinal X
Brown-headed Cowbird 5
Baltimore Oriole 2
American Goldfinch 20
House Sparrow X
This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org/)
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From Eddie Davis , late afternoon sightings (3 pm on)
Canada Goose X
Mute Swan 4
Mallard X
Rock Pigeon X
Mourning Dove 4
Chimney Swift 1
Northern Flicker 1
Eastern Wood-Pewee 1 (Lookout Hill)
Veery 2 (Peninsula, Lullwater Cove)
American Robin X
Gray Catbird X
Yellow Warbler 1
Magnolia Warbler 2
Black-throated Blue Warbler 3
Black-throated Green Warbler 1
Black-and-white Warbler 10
American Redstart 40
Northern Waterthrush 1 (Maryland Monument area
Common Yellowthroat 2
Wilson's Warbler 1
Northern Cardinal 3
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 1 (Binnen Bridge)
Brown-headed Cowbird 1
American Goldfinch 3
House Sparrow X
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Peter's Evening watch 6:30-8 pm
Location: Prospect Park
Observation date: 8/31/09
Number of species: 10
Canada Goose X
Mallard X
Black-crowned Night-Heron 3 --2 lake, one f/o quaker ridge
Merlin 1 perched over an hour on snag adj 3 arches bridge
Laughing Gull 4
Mourning Dove X
Common Nighthawk 2 over woods north Nethermead--1st appeared 7:30 pm
Chimney Swift 90 over woods surrounding 3 arches
European Starling X
Baltimore Oriole 5 f/o nethermead
This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org)
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From Kathy:
Hi Peter -
This afternoon I saw in Prospect Park ...
ruby-throated hummingbird
eastern pewee
great crested flycatcher
veery
house wren
blue-gray gnatcatcher
chestnut-sided warbler
black-and-white warbler
american redstart
northern waterthrush
common yellowthroat
wilson's warbler
canada warbler
magnolia warbler
black-throated green warbler
yellow warbler
warbling vireo
song sparrow
Kathy Toomey
