This first day of September will be the last hot day (96 degrees !) we deal with but I heard not to be so( if 90 ish again Thursday, it will tie the record for most 90 degree days in nyc summer--36..crazy... Better winds and cooler temperatures coming our way...and oh There's Earl.....gusty winds possibly on Friday
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From Alex Wilson:
Begin forwarded message:
> Location: Prospect Park
> Observation date: 9/1/10
> Number of species: 62
>
> Canada Goose 60
> Mute Swan 4
> Wood Duck 6
> American Black Duck 1
> Mallard 200
> Northern Shoveler 3
> Double-crested Cormorant 2
> Green Heron 4
> Black-crowned Night-Heron 2
> Red-tailed Hawk 2
> Spotted Sandpiper 4
> Laughing Gull 5
> Herring Gull (American) 2
> Rock Pigeon 50
> Mourning Dove 20
> Chimney Swift 25
> Belted Kingfisher 1
> Red-bellied Woodpecker 4
> Downy Woodpecker 6
> Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 8
> Eastern Wood-Pewee 2
> Empidonax sp. 5
> Eastern Phoebe 1
> Great Crested Flycatcher 1
> Eastern Kingbird 1
> Warbling Vireo 6
> Red-eyed Vireo 2
> Blue Jay 7
> American Crow 1
> Barn Swallow 5
> Black-capped Chickadee 2
> Tufted Titmouse 1
> Red-breasted Nuthatch 2
> Carolina Wren 4
> House Wren 1
> Veery 4
> Swainson's Thrush 2
> American Robin 80
> Gray Catbird 20
> Northern Mockingbird 10
> Brown Thrasher 1
> European Starling 100
> Cedar Waxwing 5
> Yellow Warbler 6
> Chestnut-sided Warbler 5
> Magnolia Warbler 3
> Black-throated Blue Warbler 2
> Blackpoll Warbler 1
> Black-and-white Warbler 5
> American Redstart 7
> Ovenbird 2
> Northern Waterthrush 7
> Common Yellowthroat 5
> Wilson's Warbler 1
> Canada Warbler 3
> Song Sparrow 5
> Northern Cardinal 15
> Red-winged Blackbird 15
> Common Grackle 5
> Baltimore Oriole 3
> House Finch 3
> American Goldfinch 15
> House Sparrow 40