From Orrin Tilevitz:
Brooklyn Botanic Garden report
About 45 minutes of wandering yielded the following species:
Great blue heron (flyover)
Belted kingfisher (unusual for BBG)
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Ruby-crowned kinglet
Redstart
Red-eyed vireo
Blue jay
Northern Cardinal
House Sparrow
American robin
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Peter report:
"Warblers along the way"
Obviously a warm day stunts migration but dont take that as an absolute axiom.
I have been lucky with patience to see some things fly along the surprising stretch of the southern lakeshore of Prospect Lake. Though not that active today, it was nice to see though 9 species warblers .Most active along this region was the mainland spot behind the western island of Three Sisters, along the benches where Magnolia Trees and Willow provided good watching even if one species of warbler was present.Most entertaining was a perky WILSON's Warbler male on "stage" while i sat on a bench and Parulas, Yellow, Palm,Yellow-rumped and Redstarts accompanied it. Urban Park Ranger Mohammed happened to come along a,nd was delighted seeing the Wilsons.So, my very brief birding day was made. Show someone a bird they haven't seen and it makes your birding experience quite satisfying.
Location: Prospect Park
Observation date: 9/23/09
Number of species: 22
Canada Goose X
Mute Swan X
Wood Duck 2 Lake;2 drakes
Mallard X
Rock Pigeon X
Mourning Dove X
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 1 west island cove
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 2 west island snag
Eastern Wood-Pewee 1 south lake shore
American Robin X
Gray Catbird 1 west island cove
European Starling X
all warblers south lakeshore
Northern Parula 2
Yellow Warbler 2
Magnolia Warbler 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler 1
Palm Warbler 3
American Redstart 3
Northern Waterthrush 1 South lakeshore East Cove grove
Common Yellowthroat 1
Wilson's Warbler 1 male
Red-winged Blackbird 24 west island cove phragmites
House Sparrow X
This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org/)
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Rob Jett reported an exotic ( escape) Serin Finch in case anyone sees it in the West Island Cove area. European Serin (Serinus serinus) male. You can google or Bing the image.
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From Adam Welz:
Hi Peter
I birded the south shore of the lake approx 7:30 this morn for perhaps 30 min
My warblers were as follows:
Yellow Warbler 1
Parula 2-3
Black and White Warbler 3-4
Chestnut-sided Warbler 1
Wilson's Warbler 2 (1 bright male, 1 duller bird, together)
Common Yellowthroat 1 (eastern side of south shore)
Redstart 5+
Yellow-rumped Warbler 1
Palm Warbler 1
Northern Waterthrush 1
Magnolia Warbler 2-3
Black-throated Green Warbler 2-3
Cheers
Adam
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