Rafael Campos reported a juvenile BLUE GROSBEAK in the vale of cashmere; Acadian Flycatcher at Wellhouse; Yellow-crowned Night-heron in the Lullwater (quite rare for prospect). BTW, Louisiana Waterthrush bumps up the warbler species total to 13 for Thursday.
Kingsboider note/addendum: Yellow-crowned Night heron after a quick records search is only the 14th individual for this species seen PP... Yay ! good going Rafael......
see his report for 8/26 (yesterday) :
Observer: Rafael Campos R.
After the bad weather, today was an ideal one to visit PP. As I walked by the Vale, I noticed a large, brownish bird. I ID it as a juvenal Blue Grosbeak. As for comparison, in the same area were House Finches & Indigo Buntings.
Warblers: I noticed today several sps, like Yellow, BT Blue, Redstart, Yellowthroat, Black-and-white, Ovenbird.
At the lake, 1 lonely Forster's Tern + 3 Double-crested Cormorants.
An Empidonax seen behind the Well House, turned into a Acadian.
The list of the birds:
Canada Goose (some that have escaped the erradication program!!!)
Mute Swan
Wood Duck (2, Upper Pond)
Mallard
Double-crested Cormorant (3, Lake)
Great Blue Heron (1, Duck Island)
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron (1, Lower Lullwater)
Red-tailed Hawk (1)
Forster's Tern (1, Lake)
Rock (Common ) Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker (2, Vale)
Acadian Flycatcher (1, Well House)
Red-eyed Vireo (3)
Barn Swallow
Black-capped Chickadee (1)
Carolina Wren (2)
American Robin
Gray Catbird
Northern Mockingbird (4)
European (Common) Starling
(American) Yellow Warbler (1)
Chestnut-sided Warbler (2)
Black-throated Blue Warbler (4)
Black-and-white Warbler (3)
American Redstart (4)
Ovenbird (2)
Northern Waterthrush (2)
Louisiana Waterthrush (1)
Common Yellowthroat (1)
Song Sparrow
Northern Cardinal
Blue Grosbeak (1 juv., Vale)
Indigo Bunting (2, Vale)
Common Grackle
Brown-headed Cowbird (1, Nethermead)
House Finch
House Sparrow
Brooklyn is good birding!!!!
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From Rob Jett:
Location: Prospect Park
Observation date: 8/26/10
Number of species: 17
Great Blue Heron 1
Green Heron 1
Black-crowned Night-Heron 1
Osprey 1
American Kestrel 2
Rock Pigeon X
Mourning Dove X
Common Nighthawk 4
Chimney Swift 75
Hairy Woodpecker 1
Blue Jay 1
Tree Swallow X
Barn Swallow X
American Robin X
Northern Mockingbird X
European Starling X
Cedar Waxwing X
This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org)
