Hilights today are ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER, late Common Nighthawk; Lincoln & White-crowned Sparrows among the sparrow variety.
Up on Breeze Hill where its barely birded, several dirt mounds with weeds growing out of them may not look pretty but provides excellent cover , especially for fall migrants such as sparrows. But despite the mounds holding a hoard of Song Sparrows, one ORANGE -CROWNED WARBLER stole the show; In the mound at the east end of the meadow, between a round lamppost and the large green trash container, the rare warbler worked its way thru the weeds.It stayed out for quite abit of time. Unfortunately I forgot my cell phone that I use to post to twitter and my blog. Blame my forgetfulness on a groggy Saturday morning after an all day trip to Jones Beach the previous day.
Nearby , towards the Boathouse, two WHITE-CROWNED SPARROWS hugged the fence line on the slope above the Boathouse; one was a nice looking adult.
Sparrows were good in several locations, not alot of numbers but variety was noted. A LINCOLN SPARROW skulked at the "Sparrowbowl", the vale between the Tennis and Picnic Mansions.It stayed near the right corner .In the ball fields fence enclosure, Savannah in lesser numbers hung out with Palm Warblers.
But the best surprise of the day, as I talked to Deborah Jaffe and David Drake, birders I know in Prospect , occurred when Deborah spotted a late species above us near the Three Arches Bridge, a COMMON NIGHTHAWK! Now that bird must be going on a lonely flight to find the rest of his pals..
List:
Location: Prospect Park
Observation date: 10/9/10
Number of species: 48
(locations pending)
Canada Goose 32
Mute Swan X
Wood Duck 1 drake Upper Pool
Mallard X
Northern Shoveler 12 lake
Great Blue Heron 2-1 West Isl; 1 Upper Pool
Red-tailed Hawk 2 high f/o 9th St Bandshell
Merlin 1 low f/o @ 3 Arches Br ( also Obs Deborah Jaffe, David Drake)
American Coot 1 West Isl
Rock Pigeon X
Mourning Dove X
Common Nighthawk 1 late f/o @ 3 Arches Br ( also Obs Deborah Jaffe, David Drake)
Red-bellied Woodpecker 2-- Breeze Hill
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1 Breeze Hill
Downy Woodpecker 1 Mary Monument
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 6 -- Sparrowbowl
Eastern Phoebe 7 several locations
Blue-headed Vireo 2 Terrace Br
Red-eyed Vireo 1 Terrace Br
Blue Jay 1 Sparrowbowl
Black-capped Chickadee 1
Golden-crowned Kinglet 14
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 3
Swainson's Thrush 1 Sparrowbowl
American Robin X
Gray Catbird 1
Northern Mockingbird 1 Boathouse
European Starling X
Orange-crowned Warbler 1 Breezee Hill east end of lawn, between round lampoost/ Green Container
Northern Parula 1 Terrace Br
Black-throated Blue Warbler 1 @ 3 Arches
Yellow-rumped Warbler 15
Palm Warbler 20 most at ballfields (12)
Blackpoll Warbler 1 @ 3 Arches Br
Black-and-white Warbler 1 @ 3 Arches Br ( also D Jaffe, D.Drake)
American Redstart 2-- 1 LP 249; 1 @3 Arches ( also D Jaffe, D.Drake)
Common Yellowthroat 2
Chipping Sparrow 12 LP 249; several Sparrowbowl
Lincoln Sparrow- Sparrowbowl
Savannah Sparrow 8 Ballfields
Song Sparrow 30--15 Breeze Hill
Swamp Sparrow 6-2 Breeze Hill; 1 Sparrowbowl,
White-throated Sparrow X
White-crowned Sparrow 2 Boathouse
Dark-eyed Junco 4
Northern Cardinal 1
Purple Finch 1 Sparrowbowl, female
American Goldfinch 1 Boathouse
House Sparrow X
This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org/)
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From Rafael Campos:
SITE: Prospect Park, Brooklyn, Kings Co.; NY
DATE: 09 October 2010
OBSERVERS: Rafael Campos R., & Leo Chaves
TIME: 0800-1100 hrs
Nice day and morning to go birding at PP. My CostaRican
friend who arrived yesterday, got 2 lifers: Wood Duck &
Eastern Phoebe.
We saw 6 sps of warblers, including 1 individual of Blackpoll,
serveral BTBlues, mostly females. Sparrows, nothing rare, except
for numbers, about 2 Swamp
THE LIST:
Canada Goose
Mute Swan (2, lake)
Wood Duck (1 juv; upper pool)
Mallard
Northern Shoveler (±10, lower Lullwater)
Double-crested Cormorant (3, Lake)
Red-tailed Hawk (1, behind Music Pagoda)
(American) Herring Gull (1, Lake)
Rock (Common) Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Belted Kingfisher (1 female, Lake)
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (2)
Northern Flicker (5)
Eastern Phoebe (4)
Blue-headed Vireo (1)
Red-eyed Vireo (1)
Blue Jay
Black-capped Chickadee (3)
Red-breasted Nuthatch (1, Lullwater trail)
Brown Creeper (1, peninsula)
Carolina Wren (1 heard only, Vale)
House Wren (2)
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Swainson's Thrush (1)
American Robin
Gray Catbird
European (Common) Starling)
Magnolia Warbler (2)
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Blackpoll Warbler (1)
Black-and-white Warbler (1)
American Redstart (2)
Common Yellowthroat
Chipping Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Northern Cardinal
Common Grackle
American Goldfinch
House Sparrow
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Brooklyn is good birding!!!!
