Hilights: 3 Pine Warblers (PIWA) behind Pools (between Upper & Lower) per Mike Yuan's early am text; later two PIWA seen still there hr later, then one in mid afternoon, in the Sweet gum adjacent to the back view of the Upper Pool; at the same locale low in saplings, Palm Warbler; continuing ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER in Lullwater; Osprey hunting over Prospect Lake PM; Merlin perched atop pine/spruce @ Cleft Ridge span, harassed by Blue Jay. also Tree Swallows
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From Mike Yuan
Another fine morning in prospect. FOY Palm, Pine Warblers for me.
Location: Prospect Park
Observation date: 4/3/10
Number of species: 37
Canada Goose 20
Mute Swan 3
Mallard 12
Northern Shoveler 9
Ruddy Duck 34 Some in breeding plumage
Red-tailed Hawk 1
Peregrine Falcon 1
American Coot 1
Ring-billed Gull 16
Herring Gull 5
Rock Pigeon 4
Mourning Dove 6
Red-bellied Woodpecker 4
Downy Woodpecker 6
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 5
Eastern Phoebe 1
Blue Jay 6
American Crow 2
Tree Swallow 2
Black-capped Chickadee 2
Red-breasted Nuthatch 1
White-breasted Nuthatch 1
Brown Creeper 1
Carolina Wren 1
American Robin 60
European Starling 50
Cedar Waxwing 2
Orange-crowned Warbler 1 Lullwater, with Bob O'Neill and Steve
Yellow-rumped Warbler 1 Lullwater, with Bob O'Neill and Steve
Pine Warbler 4 3 Behind Upper Pool, 1 Lullwater with Bob O'Neill and Steve
Palm Warbler 1 Behind Upper Pool, with several observers
Song Sparrow 6
White-throated Sparrow 17
Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored) 2
Red-winged Blackbird 13
Common Grackle 7
House Sparrow 12
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Peter's list
Location: Prospect Park
Observation date: 4/3/10
Number of species: 24
Canada Goose X
Mute Swan X
Mallard X
Northern Shoveler X lake
Ring-necked Duck 1 drake Upper Pool
Ruddy Duck 110 lake
Black-crowned Night-Heron 3 --one Duck Island, 2 Three Sister islands
Osprey 1 hunting over Lake , 3pm
Red-tailed Hawk 1 circling flyover Lookout Hill
Merlin 1 atop Pine spruce Cleft Ridge Span
American Coot 3 lake
Herring Gull 5
Rock Pigeon X
Mourning Dove X
Downy Woodpecker 2
Blue Jay 1 harassing Merlin @ Cleft Ridge span
Black-capped Chickadee 2 --one Three arches bridge
Northern Mockingbird 1 wellhouse
European Starling X
Pine Warbler 2 Upper pool back view
Palm Warbler 1 Upper Pool back view
White-throated Sparrow 2
Northern Cardinal 2
House Sparrow X
This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org)
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From Rafael Campos:
Date: 03 April 2010
Observer: Rafael Campos
With the weather changed, and the news around the Big Apple of new arrivals (birds!!), I went to PP early (±8 am), looking for new sps for the FOS. But going thru the Vale, Midwood, around the Music Pagoda, Lullwater (I missed the OCWA!!), Peninsula, Lake; was quite quiet. But the action started around the Pools, where I saw my first Pine & Palm Warblers.
No much but these 2 sps of warblers made the day.
The birds:
Canada Goose
Mute Swan
Mallard
Northern Shoveler
Ring-necked Duck (1 drake : Upper pool)
Ruddy Duck
Black-crowned Night-Heron (1 : Lake)
Red-tailed Hawk
American Coot (2 : Lake)
American Herring Gull
Rock (Common) Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Yellow-bellied Sapsuker (2: Pools)
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker (3)
Eastern Phoebe (3)
Blue Jay
Tree Swallow (1 : flyover the lake)
Black-capped Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
White-breasted Nuthatch
Brown Creeper (2 : Pools)
Carolina Wren (1, singing : Quaker Hill)
Golden-crowned Kinglet (1 : Pools)
Ruby-crowned Kinglet (1 : Pools)
Hermit Thrush (1 : Midwood)
American Robin
European (Common) Starling)
Cedar Waxwing (±4 : Vale)
Pine Warbler (±5 : Pools)
Palm Warbler (2 : Pools)
Song Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Northern Cardinal
Red-winged Blackbird
Common Grackle
American Goldfinch
House Sparrow
