--Rob Bate reports Yellow-billed Cuckoo over the south (west?) stairs of Lookout Hill
--Keir Randall reports Philadelphia Vireo at the Peninsula tip + 10 species warblers from the Peninsula meadow inward to tip in a 12:09 text message; arrival of kinglets
later report 15 + warbler species
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Rob Bate list:
Observation date: 9/20/10
Number of species: 42 - 12 warblers - no Waterthrush!
Canada Goose X
Mute Swan X
Mallard X
Green-winged Teal X
Great Cormorant X
Great Blue Heron X
Red-tailed Hawk X
Rock Pigeon X
Mourning Dove X
Yellow-billed Cuckoo X
Ruby-throated Hummingbird X
Red-bellied Woodpecker X
Downy Woodpecker X
Northern Flicker X
Eastern Wood-Pewee X
Eastern Phoebe X
Red-eyed Vireo X
Blue Jay X
Carolina Wren X
Swainson's Thrush X
American Robin X
Gray Catbird X
European Starling X
Cedar Waxwing X
Northern Parula X
Yellow Warbler X
Chestnut-sided Warbler X
Magnolia Warbler X
Black-throated Blue Warbler X
Pine Warbler X
Palm Warbler X
Blackpoll Warbler X
Black-and-white Warbler X
American Redstart X
Common Yellowthroat X
Wilson's Warbler X
Song Sparrow X
Scarlet Tanager X
Northern Cardinal X
Red-winged Blackbird X
Common Grackle X
House Sparrow X
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From Keir:
15 Warbler sp seen just in Peninsula area + close
look @ Philly Vireo. Obvious influx of Kinglets, YRWA and PAWAs etc
Location: Prospect Park
Observation date: 9/20/10, 9am-1p
Number of species: 50
Canada Goose X
Mute Swan X
Mallard X
Double-crested Cormorant 1
Green Heron 1
Red-tailed Hawk 1
Spotted Sandpiper 1
Rock Pigeon X
Mourning Dove X
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 2
Downy Woodpecker 1
Hairy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 10 (8 together, Lookout)
Empidonax sp. 1 (probable Acadian, Nellie's Lawn)
Eastern Phoebe 1
Eastern Kingbird 1
Philadelphia Vireo 1 (close views, Pnsla "hand" tip)
Red-eyed Vireo X
Blue Jay X
Black-capped Chickadee X
White-breasted Nuthatch 1
Carolina Wren 1
House Wren 2
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 1
Golden-crowned Kinglet 3+ (pines @ Pnsla tip)
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 2 (Vale, Lookout)
Swainson's Thrush 1
American Robin X
Gray Catbird X
Northern Mockingbird 1
European Starling X
Cedar Waxwing 7
Northern Parula 4
Chestnut-sided Warbler 4
Magnolia Warbler 6
Black-throated Blue Warbler 5
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 4+
Black-throated Green Warbler 2 (Lookout)
Pine Warbler 2+ (Pnsla)
Prairie Warbler 1 (bright adult, Pnsla meadow)
Palm Warbler 4+ (Nellie's lawn, Pnsla meadow)
Bay-breasted Warbler 2+ (2 adult males, Vale & Pnsla meadow)
Blackpoll Warbler 2+
Black-and-white Warbler 4
American Redstart 3
Ovenbird 3
Northern Waterthrush 1 (Pnsla)
Common Yellowthroat 5
Northern Cardinal X
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 1 (Lily Pond)
House Sparrow X