Highlights: early warblers, 5 species reported today; continuing Forster's Tern parade on Prospect Lake; pair soaring Peregrine Falcons
From Alex Wilson:
Location: Prospect Park
Observation date: 8/4/10
Number of species: 51
Canada Goose 50
Mute Swan 9
Wood Duck 6
American Black Duck 1
Mallard 100
Double-crested Cormorant 1
Green Heron 2
Black-crowned Night-Heron 3
Red-tailed Hawk 3
Spotted Sandpiper 4
Laughing Gull 7
Ring-billed Gull 2
Herring Gull (American) 10
Forster's Tern 7 (2 adults, 5 juveniles, a few feedings seen.)
Rock Pigeon 40
Mourning Dove 15
Chimney Swift 40
Belted Kingfisher 2
Red-bellied Woodpecker 5
Downy Woodpecker 7
Hairy Woodpecker 2
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 8
Eastern Kingbird 8
Warbling Vireo 7
Blue Jay 10
American Crow 3
Barn Swallow 10
Black-capped Chickadee 3
Tufted Titmouse 1
White-breasted Nuthatch 3
Carolina Wren 5
House Wren 3
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 2 (Lookout Hill.)
American Robin 60
Gray Catbird 25
Northern Mockingbird 2
European Starling 100
Cedar Waxwing 20
Blue-winged Warbler 1 (Lookout Hill.)
Yellow Warbler 10
Black-and-white Warbler 2
American Redstart 1
Northern Waterthrush 7
Song Sparrow 6
Northern Cardinal 15
Red-winged Blackbird 25
Common Grackle 15
Baltimore Oriole 10
House Finch 3
American Goldfinch 15
House Sparrow 40
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From Peter:
After work, a pair of soaring and circling Peregrine Falcons seen above the Rink /Concert Grove, seen from south lakeshore.
list
Location: Prospect Park
Observation date: 8/4/10
Number of species: 18
Canada Goose 4 lake
Mute Swan 3 lake
Mallard X
Great Blue Heron 1 duck island
Red-tailed Hawk 1 vale cashmere
Peregrine Falcon 2 soaring over rink
Spotted Sandpiper 1 south lullwater
Laughing Gull 4 lake
Forster's Tern 6 --as usual ,present on Lake, 2 feeding, 4 on boat, some juveniles
Chimney Swift X
Barn Swallow X
American Robin X
Gray Catbird X
Northern Mockingbird 1 rink construction site
Red-winged Blackbird 1 lake
Common Grackle 1 south lakeshore
American Goldfinch 1
House Sparrow X
This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird/
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From Janet Schumacher:
Lots of Chimney swifts were flying very low in the
Brooklyn Botanic Garden this evening around 6:30 pm.
There were more than two dozen in the north end of the
Osborne Garden alone--swooping around the large
Calder sculpture.
