From Adam Welz:
Note: Nice Nighthawk observation.
Cheers
Adam
Adam Welz
Location: Prospect Park
Observation date: 9/27/09
Notes: late birding after whole morning/early afternoon washed out
by continuous light rain. Birding very quiet.
Number of species: 21
Canada Goose - Branta canadensis 120
Wood Duck - Aix sponsa 12
Mallard - Anas platyrhynchos 50
Sharp-shinned Hawk - Accipiter striatus 1 juv perched on
Lookout Hill lower butterfly meadow
Spotted Sandpiper - Actitis macularius 2
gull sp. - Larinae sp. 6
Mourning Dove - Zenaida macroura 2
Common Nighthawk - Chordeiles minor 2 feeding over
ballfields with Chimney Swifts at approx 17:20 (daylight)
Chimney Swift - Chaetura pelagica 20
Belted Kingfisher - Megaceryle alcyon 1
Downy Woodpecker - Picoides pubescens 3
American Robin - Turdus migratorius 60 all but 2 were birds
seen flying in waves northward over Lookout approx 18:30 - 18:40
Gray Catbird - Dumetella carolinensis 10
European Starling - Sturnus vulgaris 10
Magnolia Warbler - Dendroica magnolia 1
Black-throated Blue Warbler - Dendroica caerulescens 1
American Redstart - Setophaga ruticilla 1 surprisingly only 1
Ovenbird - Seiurus aurocapilla 1
Common Yellowthroat - Geothlypis trichas 1
Canada Warbler - Wilsonia canadensis 3 these have reappeared
in Park today after absence of a few weeks -- another population
migrating thru?
warbler sp. - Parulinae sp. 5 un-ID'd warblers from Lookout
Hill, prob Blackpoll but too high against bright sky
Northern Cardinal - Cardinalis cardinalis 4
House Sparrow - Passer domesticus X
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