Friday, April 8, 2011

Prospect April 8th, new arrivals (hilights)

Hilights: EASTERN BLUEBIRD reported by Russ Aldertone near the Boathouse; the early warblers activity: Pine, Palm, Yellow-rumped; possible Prairie Warbler ( early) on the Peninsula , pending resighting..

Also, arrival of COMMON YELLOWTHROAT reported by Justin Potter , seen at the Upper Pool area near the dog beach. Photo received thru the BBC website, profiled below


taken by Justin Potter, Upper Pool today
From Justin

Hello,

Attached is a picture of a Common Yellowthroat
I took today just to the north of the "dog wading pool"
 in Prospect Park. I saw one yesterday on the other side
of the upper pool but couldn't get a shot.

Feel free to post on the sightings blog.

Justin Potter

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From Larry Zirlin:

A productive morning in the park.


Location: Prospect Park

Observation date: 4/8/11

Number of species: 43


Canada Goose 51

Mute Swan 5

Wood Duck 1 Drake, Three Sisters

American Black Duck 1

American Black Duck x Mallard (hybrid) 1

Mallard 68

Northern Shoveler 29

Ruddy Duck 75

Double-crested Cormorant 5

Black-crowned Night-Heron 4 Three Sisters

Sharp-shinned Hawk 1

Red-tailed Hawk 1

American Coot 7

Ring-billed Gull 50

Herring Gull 37

Rock Pigeon 13

Mourning Dove 24

Belted Kingfisher 2

Red-bellied Woodpecker 2

Downy Woodpecker 2

Northern Flicker 4

Eastern Phoebe 6

Blue Jay 8

Tree Swallow 2

Barn Swallow 2

Black-capped Chickadee 8

White-breasted Nuthatch 2

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 1 Peninsula

Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1 Lullwater

Hermit Thrush 6

American Robin 190

European Starling 85

Yellow-rumped Warbler 4


Pine Warbler 9


Palm Warbler 3

Eastern Towhee 1 Behind Pagoda

Song Sparrow 8

Swamp Sparrow 2 Peninsula

White-throated Sparrow 7

Dark-eyed Junco 1 Lullwater

Northern Cardinal 17

Red-winged Blackbird 19

Common Grackle 35

House Sparrow 26



This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org)