Hilight today are : 2 Yellow-billed Cuckoos together in the trees on the north side of Nellie's lawn, opposite bbc plants site, seen by Keir; rare Northern Pintail ducks on Prospect Lake with 5 other duck species inc Northern Shovelers ; also on the lake,Pied-billed Grebe; 16 total species warblers on Alex's and Keir's watch.
From Keir Randall:
Location: Prospect Park
Observation date: 9/15/10, 7.30-9am
Number of species: 33
Accipiter sp. 1 (probably Cooper's Hawk)
Herring Gull 1
Rock Pigeon X
Mourning Dove X
Yellow-billed Cuckoo 2 (Nellie's Lawn)
Chimney Swift X
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 2
Eastern Wood-Pewee 1
Red-eyed Vireo X
Blue Jay X
crow sp. X
Black-capped Chickadee X
Red-breasted Nuthatch 2 (Lookout)
House Wren 2
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 1 (Lookout)
Veery 1
American Robin X
Gray Catbird X
Northern Mockingbird X
European Starling X
Nashville Warbler 1 (Butterfly Meadow)
Northern Parula 2
Chestnut-sided Warbler 2
Magnolia Warbler 2
Blackburnian Warbler 1 (Lookout)
Black-and-white Warbler X
American Redstart X
Common Yellowthroat 2
Chipping Sparrow 2
Song Sparrow 1
Northern Cardinal X
American Goldfinch 2
House Sparrow X
This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org/) ***************************************Peter note: early this morning while looking near the Sora spot, I saw a flying zigzagging calidris or peep species low along the south lullwater;it had a prominent wing stripe , sandy colored bodyplumage.Hard to tell what it was , as it was moving quite fast. It didn't appeared to be the usual Least SP cause it looked longer -winged and larger ( i have my educated guess) ..
I guess this one got away. :(
seen Swamp Sparrow- Rink CoveNorthern Waterthrush- Rink Cove Belted Kingfisher -south Lullwater
************************************** Kingsboider Note:Yesterday's Sora (R.Bate) was the 9th individual seen in Prospect's history. The last one was in September 2007 Ricks Place horse trail, and before that ,April 2007 ,a very cooperative bird near West Island, seen by many.(J.Ascher)*****************************
From Alex Wilson:
Begin forwarded message:
> Location: Prospect Park
> Observation date: 9/15/10
> Number of species: 66
>
> Canada Goose 50
> Mute Swan 6
> Wood Duck 6
> American Black Duck 3
> American Black Duck x Mallard (hybrid) 1
> Mallard 200
> Northern Shoveler 8
> Northern Pintail 2 (2 on Lake in female/juvenile type plumage.)
> Pied-billed Grebe 3
> Double-crested Cormorant 2
> Green Heron 2
> Black-crowned Night-Heron 3
> Sharp-shinned Hawk 2
> Red-tailed Hawk 1
> Spotted Sandpiper 2
> Laughing Gull 1
> Herring Gull (American) 3
> Rock Pigeon 30
> Mourning Dove 50
> Chimney Swift 25
> Ruby-throated Hummingbird 3
> Belted Kingfisher 2
> Red-bellied Woodpecker 3
> Downy Woodpecker 4
> Hairy Woodpecker 1
> Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 15
> Eastern Wood-Pewee 3
> Least Flycatcher 1
> Blue-headed Vireo 1
> Red-eyed Vireo 3
> Blue Jay 12
> American Crow 2
> Barn Swallow 2
> Black-capped Chickadee 3
> Red-breasted Nuthatch 3
> White-breasted Nuthatch 1
> Carolina Wren 2
> Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 2
> Swainson's Thrush 4
> American Robin 100
> Gray Catbird 30
> Northern Mockingbird 3
> European Starling 100
> Cedar Waxwing 15
> Nashville Warbler 1
> Northern Parula 2
> Yellow Warbler 1
> Chestnut-sided Warbler 2
> Magnolia Warbler 4
> Black-throated Blue Warbler 4
> Black-throated Green Warbler 2
> Pine Warbler 2
> Blackpoll Warbler 3
> Black-and-white Warbler 6
> American Redstart 10
> Ovenbird 1
> Northern Waterthrush 12
> Common Yellowthroat 20
> Canada Warbler 1
> Song Sparrow 3
> Northern Cardinal 15
> Rose-breasted Grosbeak 3
> Red-winged Blackbird 15
> Common Grackle 6
> Brown-headed Cowbird 5
> American Goldfinch 10
> House Sparrow 40
