Thursday, August 6, 2009

August 6th Prospect Park

from Alex Wilson:


Hilights: Least Sandpiper, Northern Waterthushes ,Canada Warbler

> Location: Prospect Park
> Observation date: 8/6/09
> Number of species: 51
>
> Canada Goose 100
> Mute Swan 9
> Wood Duck 1 (Upper Pool.)
> American Black Duck 1
> Mallard 100
> Ruddy Duck 1 (Sleeping on Lake.)
> Double-crested Cormorant 1
> Great Blue Heron 2
> Great Egret 2 (Flyovers.)
> Green Heron 8 (Four locations, mostly juveniles around the
> Lake.)
> Black-crowned Night-Heron 3
> Red-tailed Hawk 2
> Spotted Sandpiper 2
> Least Sandpiper 4 (Flying from Three Sisters toward west
> side of Lake, flight calls.)
> Laughing Gull 1
> Herring Gull (American) 5
> Rock Pigeon 60
> Mourning Dove 30
> Chimney Swift 20
> Red-bellied Woodpecker 2
> Downy Woodpecker 3
> Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 4
> Eastern Kingbird 8
> Warbling Vireo 3
> Red-eyed Vireo 1
> Blue Jay 5
> American Crow 1
> Barn Swallow 10
> Black-capped Chickadee 5
> Tufted Titmouse 2
> White-breasted Nuthatch 1
> Carolina Wren 4
> House Wren 6
> Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 1 (Nethermead Arches.)
> American Robin 70
> Gray Catbird 30
> European Starling 200
> Cedar Waxwing 20
> Yellow Warbler 3
> Black-and-white Warbler 3
> American Redstart 5 (One adult male, the rest female/
> immature type plumage.)
> Northern Waterthrush 8
> Common Yellowthroat 1 (First fall male.)
> Canada Warbler 3
> Song Sparrow 4
> Northern Cardinal 12
> Red-winged Blackbird 30
> Common Grackle 15
> Baltimore Oriole 3
> American Goldfinch 6
> House Sparrow 50
>
> This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org)