The continuing northerly winds favored the birds as most from yesterday kept on going last night. The activity today was obviously less noticeable. Nevertheless, given patience, some delights were experienced.
Word i received was some habitat pockets were active, most notably in the Vale of Cashmere and earlier Lookout Hill's Butterfly Meadow, according to Scott Whittle. Hopefully, a list soon on his observations.
On my own limited time, my best sighting occurred next to the Tunnel Arch stairs, at the west Battle Pass "pothole basin".There a YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO landed on a branch; minutes later , it flew up the slope unto another branch in a tree next to the top of the stairs. Later, in search of the cuckoo, with Scott , we both saw YELLOW-THROATED VIREO in the tree canopy, and lower down in mid story, three female/immature male SCARLET TANAGERS on the Battle Pass hill.In the afternoon, I found BLUE-WINGED WARBLER at the cuckoo spot, making this locale a most enticing spot!
During my lunch hour, i birded Butterfly Meadow with Kathy Toomey. Our best sightings within the slow period were NASHVILLE, NORTHERN PARULA and a female WILSON'S WARBLERs. It made up "boredom" of few birds seen, despite an energetic bunch of AMERICAN GOLDFINCHES making butterfly meadow their domain.
Location: Prospect Park
Observation date: 9/1/09
Number of species: 38
Canada Goose X
Mallard X
Great Blue Heron 1 f/o nethermead
Red-tailed Hawk 2-- f/o south lakeside, quaker ridge
Rock Pigeon X
Mourning Dove X
Yellow-billed Cuckoo 1 Tunnel arch stairway/west Battle pass
Chimney Swift 20 f/o west island
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 2 north midwood horse trail, feeding in jewelweeds,one ad male
Downy Woodpecker 3--2 south lakeside
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 2
Eastern Wood-Pewee 1 west island
Least Flycatcher 3
Empidonax sp. X
Great Crested Flycatcher 2--one 16th street entrance, 1 butterlfy meadow ( with Kathy Toomey)
Eastern Kingbird 1 Lower pool
Yellow-throated Vireo 1 top Tunnel arch stairs ( with Scott)
Warbling Vireo 2 feeding in arrowwood, on Binnen Bridge
Red-eyed Vireo 5
Carolina Wren 1 north midwood
Veery 2-- one Battle pass
Wood Thrush 1 south midwood; immature
American Robin X
Gray Catbird 4
European Starling X
Cedar Waxwing 2
Blue-winged Warbler 1 Tunnel arch stairway/west Battle pass
Nashville Warbler 1 Butterfly meadow ( with Kathy)
American Redstart 7
Ovenbird 2 Midwood
Northern Waterthrush 2 Midwood
Wilson's Warbler 1 Butterfly meadow, female ( with K. Toomey)
Scarlet Tanager 3 Battle pass, females/imm ( With Scott)
Northern Cardinal 5
Red-winged Blackbird 2 west island
Common Grackle 1 West Island
American Goldfinch 10 Butterfly Meadow
House Sparrow X
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