Ed Crowne scored a hat trick ( a hockey triple goal) this spring with his third MOURNING WARBLER. The MOWA was seen near the South Lookout Hill " switchback trail", on the slope behind the Maryland Monument at 8 am.
date = 2011/06/01
site = Prospect Park
observers = Ed Crowne
Mourning Warbler Lookout 8am (near switchback trail)
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From Alex Wilson:
> Location: Prospect Park
> Observation date: 6/1/11
> Number of species: 52
>
> Mute Swan 10 (5 cygnets, one on back of adult.)
> Mallard 30
> Ruddy Duck 1 (Lingering on Lake.)
> Double-crested Cormorant 3
> Green Heron 2
> Black-crowned Night-Heron 4
> Red-tailed Hawk 3
> Laughing Gull 1
> Ring-billed Gull 1
> Herring Gull (American) 15
> Rock Pigeon 40
> Mourning Dove 15
> Monk Parakeet 1
> Chimney Swift 10
> Red-bellied Woodpecker 3
> Downy Woodpecker 1
> Hairy Woodpecker 1
> Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 3
> Eastern Wood-Pewee 6
> Acadian Flycatcher 1 (Heard only on Quaker Ridge from Long > Meadow path by ball field #4; sang several times from well behind > the fence, 6:00 AM.)
> Great Crested Flycatcher 4
> Eastern Kingbird 5
> Warbling Vireo 10
> Red-eyed Vireo 5
> Blue Jay 5
> Fish Crow 2 (Flyover pair, two syllable calls.)
> crow sp. 1
> Tree Swallow 2
> Barn Swallow 10
> Black-capped Chickadee 3
> Carolina Wren 1
> House Wren 6
> Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 1 (Probably a nesting bird, > continuing around Maryland Monument lawn area.)
> American Robin 50
> Gray Catbird 15
> European Starling 100
> Cedar Waxwing 15
> Yellow Warbler 5
> Blackpoll Warbler 2
> American Redstart 1
> Mourning Warbler 1 (Ed Crowne & I converged on the bird > around 8:30 AM as it sang on east Lookout slope by switchback > trail. Eventually got a couple of glimpses, but never exposed > itself for a good look, soon stopped singing.)
> Common Yellowthroat 1
> Chipping Sparrow 4
> Field Sparrow 1 (Base of Peninsula.)
> Song Sparrow 4
> Northern Cardinal 20
> Red-winged Blackbird 10
> Common Grackle 20
> Brown-headed Cowbird 5
> Orchard Oriole 1 (First year male, Peninsula.)
> Baltimore Oriole 15
> American Goldfinch 10
> House Sparrow 30
