Sunday, September 13, 2009

September 13th, Prospect Park and Greenwood Cemetery reports

Hilights: Philadelphia Vireo, Cape May Warbler , Nashville Warbler, Tennessee Warbler, Yellow-throated Vireo, Peregrine Falcon

From John Ascher:

Hi Peter,

Today (Sun) lots of Am. Redstarts & Northern Parula Warblers but otherwise surprisinglylow diversity as far as I can tell. Best bird so far Cape May Warbler at Breeze Hill about 10:30.

John

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Philadelphia Vireo was seen among the Jewelweed along "horse trail" in north Midwood ( west of Tunnel Arch) per Keir.


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From Alex Wilson:

Location: Prospect Park
> Observation date: 9/13/09
> Number of species: 67
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> Canada Goose 180
> Mute Swan 6
> Wood Duck 1
> American Black Duck 3
> American Black Duck x Mallard (hybrid) 2
> Mallard 125
> Northern Shoveler 7
> Double-crested Cormorant 9
> Great Blue Heron 1
> Sharp-shinned Hawk 2 (1 or 2, Lookout/Peninsula/Lake.)
> Cooper's Hawk 1
> Red-tailed Hawk 3
> Peregrine Falcon 1 (On signal tower at east corner.)
> Laughing Gull 1
> Ring-billed Gull 1
> Herring Gull 6
> Rock Pigeon 30
> Mourning Dove 20
> Chimney Swift 15
> Ruby-throated Hummingbird 4
> Belted Kingfisher 3
> Red-bellied Woodpecker 4
> Downy Woodpecker 3
> Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 12
> Eastern Wood-Pewee 2
> Empidonax sp. 1
> Yellow-throated Vireo 1 (Lookout butterfly meadow.)
> Warbling Vireo 2
> Red-eyed Vireo 3
> Blue Jay 10
> American Crow 6
> Barn Swallow 10
> Black-capped Chickadee 15
> Tufted Titmouse 8
> White-breasted Nuthatch 2
> Carolina Wren 3
> House Wren 3
> Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 1
> Veery 7
> Swainson's Thrush 1
> American Robin 50
> Gray Catbird 20
> Northern Mockingbird 1
> European Starling 200
> Cedar Waxwing 30
> Tennessee Warbler 1 (Lookout Hill.)
> Nashville Warbler 1 (Lullwater above Terrace Bridge.)
> Northern Parula 25
> Yellow Warbler 3
> Chestnut-sided Warbler 3
> Magnolia Warbler 6
> Cape May Warbler 1 (Male, above Peninsula way-meet.)
> Black-throated Blue Warbler 2
> Black-throated Green Warbler 1
> Black-and-white Warbler 15
> American Redstart 50
> Ovenbird 1
> Northern Waterthrush 10
> Common Yellowthroat 12
> Chipping Sparrow 1
> Song Sparrow 2
> Northern Cardinal 15
> Red-winged Blackbird 6
> Common Grackle 1
> Baltimore Oriole 8
> American Goldfinch 10
> House Sparrow 30

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From Mike Yuan:


Hi Peter-

List from this morning at Green-Wood Cemetery.

Thanks,Mike

Location: Green-wood Cemetery
Observation date: 9/13/09
Number of species: 37

Canada Goose 30
American Black Duck 1
Mallard 20
Great Egret 1
Green Heron 1
Red-tailed Hawk 2
American Kestrel 1
Herring Gull 2
Rock Pigeon 30
Monk Parakeet 10
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
Downy Woodpecker 2
Northern Flicker 1
Eastern Phoebe 1
Blue Jay 5
Barn Swallow 3
Red-breasted Nuthatch 1
White-breasted Nuthatch 1
Veery 1
American Robin 20
European Starling 10
Cedar Waxwing 5
Northern Parula 3
Yellow Warbler 1
Black-throated Green Warbler 1
Palm Warbler 1
Black-and-white Warbler 3
American Redstart 2
Common Yellowthroat 1
Scarlet Tanager 2
Chipping Sparrow 15
Northern Cardinal 7
Common Grackle 2
Baltimore Oriole 4
American Goldfinch 3
House Sparrow 15

This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org)