I knew it was going to be a good morning with the good winds last night.The question was how good or how far the morning activity would carry into the late morning. ( it actaully quieted down abit by noon..maybe too warm by then)
I would say, it was pretty decent flow but since i chose to work instead of calling in an off day , i passed the opportunity and let someone else carry the task of finding the birds today. Shane Blodgett came in ; so did Mary Eyster for a shorter spell. Respectively, i heard each got 16 and 12 species warblers. I guess that's pretty good. Mary observed that warblers were most active on Lookout Hill's eastern slopes . I did find evidence of that eastern activity after work , around 4:30. Just behind the three white pines at the southwestern corner of the Nethermead, in a cherry tree with some bare branches, there was a small flock of warblers moving about , catching insects that was a "swarm".
Earlier, i was fortunate, i think, seeing my 6th fall cuckoo species, when i saw a high treetop YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO. Ringing those chimes.
The other very good sighting was Shane's OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER, seen on the snag in the center of West Island just before 7:30 am. After that i met up with him at Lamppost #249 where it was a good hot spot, a good number of warblers in the green ash trees. Unfortunately, i had to report back to work. (later, i thought i might have seen the OSFC around 5 pm on that West Island snag, but it flew the coop when i got closer)
By the way, four hawk species....
More northwest winds as it says overnight.....
"Kingsboider"
Peter's sightings : 12-1 pm; 4 pm-5:30pm
Location: Prospect Park
Observation date: 9/14/09
Number of species: 40
Canada Goose X
Mute Swan 1
Mallard X
Osprey 1 flyover quaker ridge
Sharp-shinned Hawk 1 midslope path wellhouse; harassed by 6 blue jays
Cooper's Hawk 1 f/o peninsula
Red-tailed Hawk 1 f/o lookout hill
Laughing Gull X
Ring-billed Gull X
Herring Gull (American) X
Rock Pigeon X
Mourning Dove X
Yellow-billed Cuckoo 1 cherry above maryland monument est 5 pm
Chimney Swift X good numbers
Downy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 2 lookout
Eastern Wood-Pewee 2 --one LP 249; 1 Breeze hill
Least Flycatcher 1 lily pond platform
Empidonax sp. X
Warbling Vireo 1 north lookout meadow
Blue Jay 6 wellhouse
Tree Swallow X
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 4 --2 upper lookout;1 lp249;
Swainson's Thrush 2 lookout
American Robin X
Gray Catbird 2
European Starling X
Cedar Waxwing 1 wellhouse
Nashville Warbler 1 sw nethermead/lookout base
Northern Parula 7 various
Magnolia Warbler 2 sw nethermead/lookout
Black-throated Blue Warbler 1 south midslope path lookout
Black-throated Green Warbler 3 1 lp249;2 north lookout meadow
Blackpoll Warbler 1 north lookout meadow
Black-and-white Warbler 3 north lookout meadow
American Redstart 20
Ovenbird 1 north lookout meadow
Common Yellowthroat 2 lookout
Northern Cardinal 4
House Sparrow X
This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org/)
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From Shane:
With the NW winds overnight Sunday into Monday I was anticipating a good passerine flight and I was not disappointed. I spent the first half of the day in Prospect Park and totaled 20 warbler species, 19 of which were seen at LP 249 and the Upper Meadow of Lookout. Highlights: Hooded, Tennessee, Wilson's, Blackburnian, Nashville. Most well-represented species were Parula, Redstart , Black and White, and Yellowthroat.
Also had an Olive-sided Flycatcher on a dead snag over West Island.
Subject: eBird Report - Prospect Park , 9/14/09
Date: Tuesday, September 15, 2009, 10:30 AM
Location: Prospect Park
Observation date: 9/14/09
Number of species: 63
Canada Goose X
Mute Swan X
Wood Duck 3
American Black Duck X
Mallard X
Northern Shoveler X
Ring-billed Gull X
Herring Gull X
Great Black-backed Gull X
Rock Pigeon X
Mourning Dove X
Chimney Swift X
Belted Kingfisher 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
Downy Woodpecker X
Hairy Woodpecker 2
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 5
Olive-sided Flycatcher 1
Eastern Wood-Pewee 5
Least Flycatcher 1
Empidonax sp. 4
Red-eyed Vireo 7
American Crow X
Tree Swallow X
Black-capped Chickadee 3
Tufted Titmouse 2
Carolina Wren 2
House Wren 1
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 5
Veery 3
Swainson's Thrush 4
American Robin X
Gray Catbird X
European Starling X
Cedar Waxwing X
Tennessee Warbler 1
Nashville Warbler 3
Northern Parula 27
Yellow Warbler 3
Chestnut-sided Warbler 2
Magnolia Warbler 6
Black-throated Blue Warbler 4
Black-throated Green Warbler 6
Blackburnian Warbler 1
Prairie Warbler 1
Palm Warbler 2
Blackpoll Warbler 4
Black-and-white Warbler 24
American Redstart 19
Ovenbird 1
Northern Waterthrush 6
Common Yellowthroat 20
Hooded Warbler 1
Wilson's Warbler 1
Canada Warbler 2
Scarlet Tanager 2
White-throated Sparrow 1
Northern Cardinal 11
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 7
Red-winged Blackbird X
Baltimore Oriole 1
American Goldfinch X
House Sparrow X
This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org)
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From Keir
hi Peter
I had a few FOS additions from YESTERDAY morning 9/14:
White-throated Sparrow (Midwood)
Palm Warbler (2, Nethermead, L249)
Blue-headed Vireo (Lookout)
I think Shane may have had the same birds and more. Unfortunately I had to leave for work at 9a!
cheers
Keir
