Hilights on this wet dreary day include more warbler arrivals; 2 "romancing" CAROLINA WREN INSIDE the Cleft Ridge Span (serious); late sparrow species.
From Ed Crowne:
Hi, Peter. This morning among the still numerous Yellow-rumped Warblers I also saw a Yellow Warbler (southeast Lake edge) and a Common Yellowthroat (Peninsula). Both birds were males. Regards, Ed
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Peter's lists:
LUNCH BREAK 12:15-1 pm LULLWATER
The best moment occurred as I entered the Cleft Ridge Span ( near the boathouse) and saw two small silhouette dark profiles of a bird species inside the lightless tunnel. They fluttered a few times and upward towards the ceiling. Wondering what they were, I saw my answer a minute later when they flew out of the tunnel away from me and landed on the low slope at the tunnel edge: two CAROLINA WREN.Its the first time I ever saw a "courtship" inside a tunnel.Too bad there wasn't a miniature gondola boat and some water. ;)>
Location: Prospect Park
Observation date: 4/26/10
Number of species: 13
Mallard X
Double-crested Cormorant 1 flyout
Great Blue Heron 1 perched in tree
Great Egret 1
Black-crowned Night-Heron 1 perched on water snag
Rock Pigeon X
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 1 feeding upon wate surface below Terrace Br
Carolina Wren 2 inside Cleft Ridge Span
Yellow-rumped Warbler X
Song Sparrow 1
From Ed Crowne:
Hi, Peter. This morning among the still numerous Yellow-rumped Warblers I also saw a Yellow Warbler (southeast Lake edge) and a Common Yellowthroat (Peninsula). Both birds were males. Regards, Ed
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Peter's lists:
LUNCH BREAK 12:15-1 pm LULLWATER
The best moment occurred as I entered the Cleft Ridge Span ( near the boathouse) and saw two small silhouette dark profiles of a bird species inside the lightless tunnel. They fluttered a few times and upward towards the ceiling. Wondering what they were, I saw my answer a minute later when they flew out of the tunnel away from me and landed on the low slope at the tunnel edge: two CAROLINA WREN.Its the first time I ever saw a "courtship" inside a tunnel.Too bad there wasn't a miniature gondola boat and some water. ;)>
Location: Prospect Park
Observation date: 4/26/10
Number of species: 13
Mallard X
Double-crested Cormorant 1 flyout
Great Blue Heron 1 perched in tree
Great Egret 1
Black-crowned Night-Heron 1 perched on water snag
Rock Pigeon X
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 1 feeding upon wate surface below Terrace Br
Carolina Wren 2 inside Cleft Ridge Span
Yellow-rumped Warbler X
Song Sparrow 1
Dark-eyed Junco --Boathouse, late species
Northern Cardinal 1
Red-winged Blackbird X
House Sparrow X
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The hilight for me in the light rain after work was an unexpected sparrow species. Along the south Lake shore, near the three Birch grove at the east cove (twin Bald Cypresses) , a FOX SPARROW hopped up on the percelainberry entwined young Mulberry Trees. Near here as i searched for the flushed sparrow, a BROWN THRASHER fed along the edge of the willow grove. Offshore, a delight watching CHIMNEY SWIFTS mingle with BARN SWALLOWS flying express low over the lake surface. Later at the West Cove ,a NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH flew up from the phragmite infested cove; above on WEST ISLAND, on the dead snag point, a rain drenched MERLIN. Birding in the rain can be terrific !
AFTER WORK 3:45-5 pm SOUTH LAKESIDE
Location: Prospect Park
Observation date: 4/26/10
Number of species: 25
Canada Goose 45 Peninsula meadow
Mute Swan 1 lake
Mallard X
Double-crested Cormorant 1 Three Sisters
Black-crowned Night-Heron 1 Three Sisters Islands
Merlin 1 West Island snag
American Coot 1 Three sisters
Laughing Gull 6 lake
Herring Gull 17 lake
Great Black-backed Gull 2
Chimney Swift 12 lake, feeding low
Northern Flicker 3
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 2 lake
Barn Swallow 9 lake
American Robin X
Brown Thrasher 1 East cove (overshadowed by twin Bald cypresses)
European Starling X
Yellow-rumped Warbler 3
Northern Waterthrush 1 West Island cove
Savannah Sparrow 1 West Island cove lake shore
Fox Sparrow (Red) 1 lake south lakeside near east cove , Late
Northern Cardinal 1
Red-winged Blackbird 4
Common Grackle 10
House Sparrow X
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Northern Cardinal 1
Red-winged Blackbird X
House Sparrow X
This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org/)
The hilight for me in the light rain after work was an unexpected sparrow species. Along the south Lake shore, near the three Birch grove at the east cove (twin Bald Cypresses) , a FOX SPARROW hopped up on the percelainberry entwined young Mulberry Trees. Near here as i searched for the flushed sparrow, a BROWN THRASHER fed along the edge of the willow grove. Offshore, a delight watching CHIMNEY SWIFTS mingle with BARN SWALLOWS flying express low over the lake surface. Later at the West Cove ,a NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH flew up from the phragmite infested cove; above on WEST ISLAND, on the dead snag point, a rain drenched MERLIN. Birding in the rain can be terrific !
AFTER WORK 3:45-5 pm SOUTH LAKESIDE
Location: Prospect Park
Observation date: 4/26/10
Number of species: 25
Canada Goose 45 Peninsula meadow
Mute Swan 1 lake
Mallard X
Double-crested Cormorant 1 Three Sisters
Black-crowned Night-Heron 1 Three Sisters Islands
Merlin 1 West Island snag
American Coot 1 Three sisters
Laughing Gull 6 lake
Herring Gull 17 lake
Great Black-backed Gull 2
Chimney Swift 12 lake, feeding low
Northern Flicker 3
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 2 lake
Barn Swallow 9 lake
American Robin X
Brown Thrasher 1 East cove (overshadowed by twin Bald cypresses)
European Starling X
Yellow-rumped Warbler 3
Northern Waterthrush 1 West Island cove
Savannah Sparrow 1 West Island cove lake shore
Fox Sparrow (Red) 1 lake south lakeside near east cove , Late
Northern Cardinal 1
Red-winged Blackbird 4
Common Grackle 10
House Sparrow X
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