Tomorrow 4/20 at 1:30 , Eni will coordinate the remaining Japanese knotweed ( not much more to go) removal at the bird planting site at the border of Nellies Lawn and the Vale of Cashmere. Volunteers welcomed.
--Kingsboider
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Hilights today : Orange-crowned Warbler, Broad-winged Hawk; Swallow activity over Prospect Lake inc Northern Rough-winged
From Doug Gochfeld
Sent: Mon, Apr 19, 2010 1:44 pm
Subject: eBird Report - Prospect Park , 4/19/10
Location: Prospect Park
Observation date: 4/19/10
Notes: Birded w/ Rob Bate for a bit of the time.
NW Winds, partly cloudy.
Number of species: 48
Canada Goose X
Wood Duck 1
Mallard X
Ruddy Duck 13
Great Egret 1
Broad-winged Hawk 1 S-N Low flyover, Lake
Red-tailed Hawk 1
American Kestrel 1 Flyover, Lily Pond
American Coot 1 Lake
Laughing Gull 3 Lake
Ring-billed Gull 2 Immatures, Lake
Herring Gull 4 3 on Lake
Great Black-backed Gull 1 Flyover
Rock Pigeon X
Mourning Dove 15
Red-bellied Woodpecker 5
Downy Woodpecker 5
Hairy Woodpecker 1 Pools/Nethermead path, getting chased by a Downy
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 10
Blue-headed Vireo 1 Between Pools and the Long Meadow Baseball Fields
Vireo sp. 1 Called twice.
Blue Jay 4
crow sp. X
Tree Swallow 22 Mostly Lake, 2 were Nethermead flybys
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 2 Lake
Barn Swallow 4 Lake
Black-capped Chickadee X
Golden-crowned Kinglet 6
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 20 Numerous, probably more.
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 1 Midwood (Payne(?) Hill)
Hermit Thrush 11
American Robin 200
European Starling X
Cedar Waxwing 1 Heard, Midwood
Orange-crowned Warbler 1 Just SW of Nethermead Arches,
between arches and staircase. Apparently this individual
is different than the one that wintered in the Lullwater
(judging by plumage).
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 18
Palm Warbler (Yellow) 6
Louisiana Waterthrush 1 Lullwater towards Terrace Bridge
Eastern Towhee X
Chipping Sparrow 38 Nethermead edge and Peninsula Meadow edges
Savannah Sparrow 1 Peninsula Meadow edge
Song Sparrow X
White-throated Sparrow X
Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored) 1 Skating Rink
Northern Cardinal X
Red-winged Blackbird X
Common Grackle 6
Brown-headed Cowbird X
American Goldfinch 5
House Sparrow X
This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org)
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Peter's list ( brief day glances+ 3:45-5 pm)
Location: Prospect Park
Observation date: 4/19/10
Number of species: 30
Canada Goose X
Mute Swan X
Mallard X
Ruddy Duck 16 Lake
Double-crested Cormorant 11 high f/o Garage
Herring Gull (American) 6 lake
Great Black-backed Gull 2
Rock Pigeon X
Mourning Dove X
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1 LP 249
Downy Woodpecker 1 Wellhouse
Northern Flicker 2 Wellhouse
American Kestrel -- low fly Nethermead
Blue-headed Vireo 1 Wellhouse
Blue Jay 1 Wellhouse
American Crow 1
Tree Swallow 11 lake
Barn Swallow 4 lake
Black-capped Chickadee 1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 2-- 1 Wellhouse
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 1 Wellhouse
Hermit Thrush 1 NW Quaker Cemetery
American Robin X
European Starling X
Palm Warbler 1
Chipping Sparrow 45 Nethermead near fame Osage Orange tree
White-throated Sparrow 3 ravine
Northern Cardinal 2
Red-winged Blackbird X
Common Grackle X
Brown-headed Cowbird 2
House Sparrow X
This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org
