From Ed Crowne:
Hi, Peter.
Saw the Orange-crowned Warbler Friday morning,
east side (Breeze Hill side) of Lullwater between Terrace Bridge and Boathouse (Lullwater)
Bridge.
Regards, Ed
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From Rob Bate:
BBotanicGarden
Saw Brown Thrasher in the native flora section of the BBG with Bob O'Neill. Otherwise it was very slow.
Rob
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Peter' s list:
With planting a high priority these days, I do my best and hope to get some weekday birding in. After work, i usually go along the south side of the lake "South Lakeside" as i call it for the record.
Between Duck Island and Three Sisters Island, is a point--marked by three birch trees- with a clear vantage of the lake. It was here that i saw two cool looking sparrows that flushed upwards into a small mulberry tree. One was FIELD SPARROW joined by SAVANNAH SPARROWS with their clear yellow superciliums.
Through this region , it was quite productive given the lateness of the day and overcast brisk weather. I also saw a perched MERLIN, Eastern Towhee ( at "East Cypress Cove"), Palm Warbler, RC Kinglet, Swamp Sparrow, and flyover Laughing Gulls. And a Blue Gray Gnatcatcher for good measure on West Island. A nice surprising tally after work.
Despite the overcast chilly weather, i would check out the park just for the heck of it.You never know whether cold fronts pushes down migrants.
P.
Location: Prospect Park
Observation date: 4/16/10
Number of species: 31
Canada Goose X
Mute Swan X
Mallard X
Northern Shoveler 1 drake lake
Ruddy Duck 25 lake
Double-crested Cormorant 2
Red-tailed Hawk 1 flew over west shore lake
Merlin 1 perched south lake by Three Sisters
American Coot 1 at 3 sisters islands
Laughing Gull 5 - 1 on lake; 4 f/o lake
Herring Gull X
Rock Pigeon X
Mourning Dove X
Downy Woodpecker 1 south lakeside
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 1 fly across lake
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1 Bald Cypress East Cover south lake
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 1 on West Island , treetops
American Robin X
European Starling X
Yellow-rumped Warbler 6 West Island
Palm Warbler 1 West Island
Eastern Towhee 1 female brush beneath Bald Cypress East Cover south lake
Chipping Sparrow X a flock est 20+ flew across west drive towards Tennis House
Field Sparrow 1 East point south lakeside
Savannah Sparrow 2 East point south lakeside
Swamp Sparrow 1 west island phragmite cove
White-throated Sparrow 1 west island cove
Northern Cardinal X
Red-winged Blackbird X south lakeside
Common Grackle X south lakeside, common
House Sparrow X
This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org/)
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From Paul Cook:
Hi Peter,
A few highlights from my visit to the park this morning:
Rusty Blackbird --Ambergill
Winter Wren -Vale of Cashmere
Golden-crowned Kinglet -Nethermead
40+ Chipping Sparrow
Pine Warbler
Palm Warbler
Blue-headed Vireo
All the best,
Paul Cook.
