Also of note was flyover RED-THROATED LOON which is rare for Prospect since 99.5 % of observed loon flyovers thru early spring are Common Loons ; RTLOON today is a really good one since its only the 9th documentation for Prospect Park based on a quick records check.
I'll do a later summary when I get home from work...Lots of reports to look thru.
Summary recap: 8 species warblers...Rusty BB, Northern Rough-winged Swallow other notable sightings
One last note. I went out in the early evening to see what I could get lucky with. Looking at the lake, I see a smallish duck fly out from the Three Sisters Islands, across the lake , where it banked left of the wellhouse drive shore, before settling in among Ruddy Ducks in the western sector. I saw well in the setting sunlight, bright sky blue upper wing speculums on an overall light tannish pale duck. I wanted to make sure when I got home to look at a guide . Yep..BLUE-WINGED TEAL ( hen) ( after that sighting, it poofed.)
Update on YTWA.I received a late afternoon email from Ed McDonald that he saw the YTWA early this morning before the Lookout Hill sightings. See his posting below.
--Kingsboider
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From Ed McDonald on YTWA:
Saw it this morning (8AM or so) in the trees bordering the Lullwater at the Cove.
It gets around. Maybe there's more than one???
Ed
From Rob Bate:
Great walk this morning with the Brooklyn Bird Club, we had about 15 people (I forgot to do an accurate head count.)
Highlight were the Yellow-throated Warbler, 7 species of warblers and Tom Stephenson spotted and identified a Red-throated Loon flying north over the top of the park as we crossed the Rose Garden area above the Vale of Cashmere.
Number of species: 52
Canada Goose 6
Mute Swan 2
Mallard 6
Ruddy Duck 10
Red-throated Loon 1
Double-crested Cormorant 17 Flyover formation
Great Blue Heron 3 Flyover formation
Great Egret 1 Flyover
Osprey 1 Flyover
Red-tailed Hawk 2
Rock Pigeon 5
Mourning Dove 3
Monk Parakeet 3
Belted Kingfisher 3
Red-bellied Woodpecker 4
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 4
Downy Woodpecker 2
Northern Flicker 9
Blue-headed Vireo 1
Blue Jay 3
Tree Swallow 1
Black-capped Chickadee 6
Tufted Titmouse 2
White-breasted Nuthatch 2
Brown Creeper 6 probably more
Carolina Wren 1
Winter Wren 1 singing too
Golden-crowned Kinglet 1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 12
Hermit Thrush 10
American Robin 75
European Starling 20
Yellow-rumped Warbler 10
Yellow-throated Warbler 1
Pine Warbler 3
Palm Warbler 9
Black-and-white Warbler 1
Northern Waterthrush 1
Louisiana Waterthrush 1
Eastern Towhee 1
Chipping Sparrow 3
Song Sparrow 5
Swamp Sparrow 4
White-throated Sparrow 1
Dark-eyed Junco 7
Northern Cardinal 7
Red-winged Blackbird 7
Rusty Blackbird 1 heard only lower Lullwater
Common Grackle 8
Brown-headed Cowbird 5
American Goldfinch 1
House Sparrow 20
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From Mike Yuan:
Peter-
From an early walk around the park today:
Location: Prospect Park
Observation date: 4/14/11
Number of species: 48
Canada Goose 12
Mute Swan 3
Mallard 15
Northern Shoveler 8
Ruddy Duck 17
Double-crested Cormorant 9
Great Blue Heron 1
Great Egret 1 (Lullwater)
Osprey 1
Red-tailed Hawk 3
Peregrine Falcon 1
Ring-billed Gull 20
Rock Pigeon 10
Mourning Dove 3
Belted Kingfisher 2
Red-bellied Woodpecker 2
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1
Downy Woodpecker 2
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 10
Eastern Phoebe 2
Blue Jay 2
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 2
Tree Swallow 4
Black-capped Chickadee 8
Tufted Titmouse 2
White-breasted Nuthatch 1
Brown Creeper 4
Carolina Wren 1
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 2 (Lookout)
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 10
Hermit Thrush 2
American Robin 90
European Starling 5
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 8
Pine Warbler 7
Palm Warbler 16
Louisiana Waterthrush 1 (Peninsula)
Eastern Towhee 3
Chipping Sparrow 1
Song Sparrow 5
Swamp Sparrow 1
White-throated Sparrow 12
Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored) 8
Northern Cardinal 15
Red-winged Blackbird 4
Common Grackle 8
Brown-headed Cowbird 4
House Sparrow 25
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BBgarden report from Orrin:
Belted kingfisher
Downy woodpecker
Mallar duck
American robin
European starling
Mourning dove
American tree sparrow (?)
Black-capped chickadee
Song sparrow
Hermit thrush
White-throated sparrow
Great-blue heron
Re-bellied woopecker
Northern cardinal
Northern mockinbir
Dark-eyed junco
White-breasted nuthatch
Common yellow-shafted flicker
Swamp sparrow
Chipping sparrow
Eastern towhee
Blue-headed vireo
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From Mike Zablocky:
DATE: April 14, 2011
SITE: Prospect Park
LOCATION: Brooklyn, NY
The Yellow-throated Warbler was reported early this morning, but I missed it.
Canada Goose
Mute Swan
Mallard
Northern Shoveler
Hooded Merganser
Ruddy Duck
Double-crested Cormorant
Black-crowned Night-Heron
Red-tailed Hawk
American Coot
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Belted Kingfisher
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Eastern Phoebe
Blue Jay
American Crow
Black-capped Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
White-breasted Nuthatch
Brown Creeper
Carolina Wren
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Hermit Thrush
American Robin
European Starling
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Pine Warbler
Palm Warbler
Field Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Northern Cardinal
Red-winged Blackbird
Common Grackle
House Sparrow
43 species
From Rafael Campos
DATE: 14 April 2011
OBSERVER: Rafael Campos R.
Time: 1000-1300 hrs
The excuse to show at PP: 2 texmes from PD about the YTWA, which I missed. But.
The trio of warblers (Palm, Pine & Myrtle) are present in the park with good numbers. My surprise, while I was looking for the elusive YTWA, I saw 1 male Black-and-White, near the Butterfly meadow, Lookout Hill. Also in the area, at least 2 Blue-grey Gnatcatchers, 2 Brown Creepers, and lots of Palm & Pine Warblers. The 2 sps of Kinglets, ±abundant, in the same area.
Other than that, I saw 1 AMKE flying over the Nethermead, and 1 Green Heron, around the lower Lullwater.
The list:
Canada Goose
Mute Swan
Mallard
Northern Shoveler
Ruddy Duck
Double-crested Cormorant (5, Lake)
Great Egret (1, Lake)
Green Heron (1, lower Lullwater)
Red-tailed Hawk (1, Rose Garden)
American Kestrel (1) (AMKE)
Ring-billed Gull
(American) Herring Gull
Rock (Common) Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Belted Kingfisher (2 behind Music Pagoda)
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (1)
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker (3, Boulder Bridge)
Northern Flicker
Eastern Phoebe (4)
Blue Jay
Black-capped Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse (1 Vale)
White-breasted Nuthatch
Brown Creeper (2)
Carolina Wren (behind Well House)
Winter Wren (1, Lullwater path)
Blue-grey Gnatcatcher (2)
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Hermit Thrush
American Robin
European (Common) Starling
Yellow-rumped (Myrtle) Warbler
Pine Warbler
Palm Warbler
Black-and-white Warbler (1, Lookout Hill)
Eastern Towhee (1 male)
Song Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Northern Cardinal
Red-winged Blackbird
Rusty Blackbird (1, Ravine)
Common Grackle
Brown-headed Cowbird (3 males: Vale)
House Sparrow
Brooklyn is good birding!!!!
Rafael
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Peter's list: (lunchtime, early eve )
Location: Prospect Park
Observation date: 4/14/11
Number of species: 38
Canada Goose X
Mute Swan X
Mallard X
Hooded Merganser 3 lake
Blue-winged Teal (hen ) Lake
Double-crested Cormorant 4 at 3 sisters isls
Osprey 2 f/os Marylnd Mont
American Coot 2
Herring Gull (American) X
Rock Pigeon X
Mourning Dove X
Belted Kingfisher 1 doved into Upper Pool
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1 LP 249
Downy Woodpecker 2
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 4
Eastern Phoebe 1 upper pool
Blue-headed Vireo 1 well dr near wellhouse
Blue Jay 2
Black-capped Chickadee 2 marylnd mont
Red-breasted Nuthatch 1 marylnd mont
Brown Creeper 1 maryld mont
Winter Wren 1 maryld mont
Golden-crowned Kinglet 2 wellhouse
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 2 wellhouse
Hermit Thrush 3
American Robin X
Northern Mockingbird 1
European Starling X
Yellow-rumped Warbler 2
Pine Warbler 4
Palm Warbler 7
Song Sparrow 3
Dark-eyed Junco 2
Northern Cardinal X
Red-winged Blackbird 2 wellhouse
Common Grackle 4
Brown-headed Cowbird 1 fem Maryland Mont
House Sparrow X
This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org)
