Sent to Ebirds Yahoo groups listserve:
As it has been in recent days, the "hot spot" Lullwater Cove viewing platform yielded another good one to its spring 2011 list : BREWSTER'S WARBLER.
During my fast break lunch run (only 45 minutes ) , I went to the cove platform hoping to see good reports of recent days, instead found a bright 1st gen male BREWSTER's with bright yellow wingbars , seen at eye level below the platform, a very cooperative bird that a few other birders were able to see it. Justin Potter who happened to be on the scene by chance took photos. Hopefully , posted to my blog soon.
Also of note , LOUISIANA WATERTHRUSHes also at at Lullwater cove , and Ravine creek. BG Gnatcatcher above Lullwater Cove path.
Peter
BBC
Kingsboider Note: Brewster's is a rare sighting because it is a hybrid of Blue-winged Warbler and Golden-winged Warbler. For more on the hybrid , goto
http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Golden-winged_Warbler/lifehistory
Later sighting: male adult ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK eating cherry flower petals along trail near northwest end Lullwater Bridge. (Peter); and earlier sighting RUSTY BLACKBIRD at the back shoreline of the Upper Pool.
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From Mary:
A first one for me -- Blue Headed Vireo, on the slope of Lookout facing the cemetery. Also had a really good view of a Prairie Warbler near the stairs going down Lookout toward the cemetery. I had been hearing them, but usually they are so high up. This one was only slightly above eye level. Many Palms all over Lookout. Quite a few Blue-Gray Gnatcatchers (saw one yesterday, at least 8 today). Also seems like more Black and Whites than yesterday.
Mary J. Eyster
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From Greg Otis:
2 Gadwall (M+F) in Upper Pool, near nesting box, 10:15 am.
Yellow warbler by Music Grove Bridge, 8:30 am, and at viewing platform below Lullwater Bridge, 9:45 am
2 Black-crowned night herons, viewing platform below Lullwater Bridge, 9:45 am.
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From Kathy Toomey:
date = 2011/04/19
site = Prospect Park
observers = Kathy Toomey and Emily Goldstein
Double-crested Cormorant
Gadwall drake and hen, Upper Pool
American Black Duck
Canada Goose
Ruddy Duck
Mute Swan
Mallard
American Coot
Laughing Gull 5, on Prospect Lake
Great Black-backed Gull
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Mourning Dove
Belted Kingfisher Heard
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Blue-headed Vireo
American Crow
Blue Jay
Tree Swallow
Barn Swallow
Northern Rough-winged Swallow Prospect Lake
Black-capped Chickadee
White-breasted Nuthatch
Brown Creeper
House Wren going in a hole, near Maryland Monument
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Hermit Thrush
European Starling
Yellow Warbler Lily pond
Black-and-white Warbler
Brewster's Warbler Lullwater cove, thanks to Peter
Palm Warbler
Louisiana Waterthrush
Pine Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Swamp Sparrow
Chipping Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Eastern Towhee
Northern Cardinal
Red-winged Blackbird
Common Grackle
Brown-headed Cowbird
House Sparrow
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Peter's List
Location: Prospect Park
Observation date: 4/19/11
Number of species: 46
Canada Goose X
Mute Swan 3 lake
Gadwall 2 pair Upper Pool
Mallard X
Northern Shoveler 5 lake
Ruddy Duck 82 lake
Pied-billed Grebe 1 lake
Double-crested Cormorant 6-5 Lake, 1 lullwater
Black-crowned Night-Heron 6 on 3 Sisters isls
Laughing Gull 7 lake
Herring Gull (American) X
Rock Pigeon X
Mourning Dove X
Belted Kingfisher X lullwater
Downy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 13, mostly in Ravine
Blue-headed Vireo 2--Ravine, Terrace Br
Blue Jay 2
Tree Swallow X Lake flyovers
Barn Swallow X Lake flyovers
Black-capped Chickadee 1
Tufted Titmouse 1
White-breasted Nuthatch 2-
Brown Creeper 1 Ravine
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 9
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 2
Hermit Thrush 6 Ravine
Northern Mockingbird 1 baothouse
Brown Thrasher 1 Ambergill Pool (Ravine)
European Starling X
Yellow Warbler 2 Binnen Falls
Yellow-rumped Warbler 7
Pine Warbler 2- Lower Pool; Terrace Br
Palm Warbler 2
Louisiana Waterthrush 3-Ravine;Lullwater cove; Binnen falls
Eastern Towhee 1 Lullwater br
Song Sparrow 6
Swamp Sparrow 5- 2 Binnen Pool;
White-throated Sparrow 9
Dark-eyed Junco 1
Northern Cardinal 5
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 1 male west trail near Lullwater bridge
Red-winged Blackbird X
Rusty Blackbird 1 Upper Pool
Common Grackle X
House Sparrow X
Location: Prospect Park
Observation date: 4/19/11
Notes: 1st generation male
Number of species: 1
Brewster's Warbler (hybrid) 1 Lullwater Cove view platform
This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org)
