--Kingsboider
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From Peter:
I took a quick look out the lake to look for any good swallows and what appeared in my binocular view was an immature BONAPARTE'S GULL. It flew several swoops with Herring Gulls, very close to the shore.This is a rare species for the park ( though commonly seen on winter coasts). The Bony's is Prospect's 19th record, last seen on 11/27/2008 over Prospect Lake observer: Keir Randall; SW of Peninsula thumb on the water with Ring-billed gulls
A note on Keir 's 4/26 early Blackpoll Warbler.This sighting is the second earliest report, for this typical later May species, the ealier record Blackpoll was April 25th 2009 spotted on Lookout Hill by Doug Gochfeld, bird was singing incessantly early north of Maryland Monument; additional observers: Dave Klauber, Seth Ausubel.
Bird set his "watch" too early ?
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From Tom Stephenson , leading the Thursday BBC walk
Hi Peter,
Well, a group of 20 brave souls defied the ominous weather report and spent about 2 1/2 hours birding the park before the thunder and rain started.
And actually, after the first storm wave passed, a few truly hardy folk (Mike, Bob, Eddie and Anita) continued on for a bit, adding some more species.
All in all fairly slow, (only 9 species of warblers) but with a few good birds including the lingering Prothonotary at the mulch location.
Here's the list.
Best regards,
Tom
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Green Heron
Canada Goose
Mute Swan
Mallard
Ruddy Duck
Osprey
Red-tailed Hawk
Solitary Sandpiper in the Vale pools!!
Laughing Gull
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Rock Dove
Mourning Dove
Chimney Swift
Ruby-throated Hummingbird also in the Vale
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Warbling Vireo
Blue Jay
Tree Swallow
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Barn Swallow
Black-capped Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
White-breasted Nuthatch
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Wood Thrush
American Robin
Gray Catbird
Brown Thrasher
European Starling
Nashville Warbler In the vale
Northern Parula
Yellow Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Prairie Warbler singing on the peninsula
Palm Warbler
Black-and-white Warbler
Prothonotary Warbler
Eastern Towhee
Chipping Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Northern Cardinal
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Red-winged Blackbird
Common Grackle
Brown-headed Cowbird
Orchard Oriole
Baltimore Oriole
American Goldfinch
House Sparrow
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From Adam
Orchard Oriole & Worm-eating Warbler. Otherwise slow.
Adam
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From:
Date: Thu, Apr 28, 2011 at 10:05 AM
Subject: eBird Report - Prospect Park , 4/28/11
Location: Prospect Park
Observation date: 4/28/11
Notes: Overcast, intermittent rain, slow bird activity, surveyed
Lullwater, Lookout Hill, Upper Pool. Did not survey Lake or Peninsula.
Number of species: 32
Canada Goose - Branta canadensis 3
Mute Swan - Cygnus olor 1
Mallard - Anas platyrhynchos 6
Double-crested Cormorant - Phalacrocorax auritus 1 overflying
Great Blue Heron - Ardea herodias 1 overflying
Red-tailed Hawk - Buteo jamaicensis 2
Laughing Gull - Leucophaeus atricilla 3 overflying
Herring Gull - Larus argentatus 1 overflying
Rock Pigeon - Columba livia X
Mourning Dove - Zenaida macroura 7
Red-bellied Woodpecker - Melanerpes carolinus 3
Downy Woodpecker - Picoides pubescens 3
Northern Flicker - Colaptes auratus 1
Blue Jay - Cyanocitta cristata 4
Barn Swallow - Hirundo rustica 4
Black-capped Chickadee - Poecile atricapillus 3
House Wren - Troglodytes aedon 2 personal first sighting of
season (have heard earlier)
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - Polioptila caerulea 1
American Robin - Turdus migratorius 50 Numbers down on
previous days, a lot of nesting
Gray Catbird - Dumetella carolinensis 5 Numbers well up in past few days
European Starling - Sturnus vulgaris 3
Yellow Warbler - Dendroica petechia 2
Yellow-rumped Warbler - Dendroica coronata 15
Black-and-white Warbler - Mniotilta varia 1
Worm-eating Warbler - Helmitheros vermivorum 1 east slope
Lookout Hill, low in bushes
White-throated Sparrow - Zonotrichia albicollis 3
Northern Cardinal - Cardinalis cardinalis 8
Red-winged Blackbird - Agelaius phoeniceus 5
Common Grackle - Quiscalus quiscula 4
Brown-headed Cowbird - Molothrus ater 3
Orchard Oriole - Icterus spurius 1 First-yr male
House Sparrow - Passer domesticus X
This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org)
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From Rafael:
Date: 28 April 2011
As the menace of rain was in the horizon, a nice walk thru PP was quite different from the previous 2 days. Warblers, down to 6 sps, all of them seen in the "wood chips piles N of the Zoo", and the well seeing, and photographed Protonotaria citrea, 1 at least, still there. Other Parulids, I mean the other 5 sps were Black-and-white, Myrtle, Palm, Parula, and Yellow.
Near the Terrace bridge, in a small grassy patch, I saw 1 Field Sparrow.
Leaving PP, on the Long Meadow, I saw 1 White-crowned Sparrow.
At the lake, my FOY Northern Rough-winged Swallows.
The Pools, practically desserted, but the nesting Canada Goose is still sitting on the nest.
Brooklyn is great birding
Rafael Campos R.
http://www.ticornis.com/
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Peter "short list"
Location: Prospect Park
Observation date: 4/28/11
Number of species: 11
Canada Goose X
Mute Swan X
Mallard X
Ruddy Duck X
Bonaparte's Gull 1 west side Lake
Herring Gull X
Chimney Swift X
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1 Lookout Hill
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 1 lake
Tree Swallow 4 lake
Barn Swallow 15 lake
This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org)
