Saturday, April 17, 2010

Prospect April 17th

Hilights: Winter Wren singing @ Vale of Cashmere; Common Loon flyovers;Northern Rough-winged Swallow flyovers at Prospect Lake ; Blue-headed Vireo #s up a slight bit; Osprey , American Kestrel ,Peregrine Falcon raptor notables.

*************************************************
From Rob Jett:


Location: Prospect Park
Observation date: 4/17/10
Notes: Linnaean Society field trip.
Number of species: 50

Canada Goose X
Mute Swan 3
American Black Duck X
Mallard X
Ruddy Duck X
Common Loon 2 Flyovers.
Double-crested Cormorant 30 Flying over Prospect Lake.
Great Blue Heron 1 Flyover.
Great Egret 2 Flyover.
Peregrine Falcon 1 Flying near Empire antenna tower.
Herring Gull (American) X
Rock Pigeon X
Mourning Dove X
Belted Kingfisher 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 3
Downy Woodpecker 5
Northern Flicker X
Eastern Phoebe 2
Blue-headed Vireo 5
Blue Jay X
Tree Swallow 25
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 7 Flying around Prospect Lake.
Barn Swallow 8
Black-capped Chickadee X
Tufted Titmouse X
White-breasted Nuthatch X
Carolina Wren 2
Winter Wren 1 Singing at the Vale of Cashmere.
Golden-crowned Kinglet 1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 25
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 2
Hermit Thrush 10
American Robin X
Gray Catbird 2
Northern Mockingbird 1
European Starling X
Yellow-rumped Warbler 75
Pine Warbler 3
Palm Warbler 12
Eastern Towhee 8
Chipping Sparrow 4
Swamp Sparrow 3
White-throated Sparrow X
Northern Cardinal X
Red-winged Blackbird X
Common Grackle X
Brown-headed Cowbird X
House Finch 1
American Goldfinch X
House Sparrow X

This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org/)

*************************************************

From Keir Randall:


Location: Prospect Park 11am-1pm
Observation date: 4/17/10
Number of species: 38

Canada Goose X
Mallard X
Ruddy Duck X
Double-crested Cormorant 2
Osprey 1 (Upper Pool, Lake)
Red-tailed Hawk 1
American Kestrel 1 (high over Lily Pond)
American Coot 1
Laughing Gull 1 (on Lake)
Herring Gull X
Rock Pigeon X
Mourning Dove X
Belted Kingfisher 1 (Male - Ambergill, Lily Pond, Lullwater)
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
Downy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) X
Eastern Phoebe 1
Blue-headed Vireo 1 (L249, Lookout)
Blue Jay X
Barn Swallow X
Black-capped Chickadee X
White-breasted Nuthatch 1
Carolina Wren 2
Golden-crowned Kinglet 1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet X
Hermit Thrush X
American Robin X
European Starling X
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) X
Palm Warbler (Yellow) X
Eastern Towhee 2
Chipping Sparrow X
Song Sparrow 1
White-throated Sparrow X
Northern Cardinal X
Red-winged Blackbird X
Common Grackle X
House Sparrow X