The best location today though I did not bird completely Prospect is the southeast end of south Lakeside, between Three Sisters islands and West Island. Given overcast skies, the birds are waiting, typically in the southern end of the park for takeoff when winds become favorable.
Rob Bate and I ( acting on a tip from Anne who saw YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO near West Island cove and warbler action) accounted for at least 14 species warblers down at that region. Most dominant was BLACKPOLL WARBLER, easily confused of the "baypoll " series. This species ran the show along the south lakeside with NORTHERN PARULA its nearest competitor in numbers, though low. BLACKBURNIAN WARBLER made an appearance there, and later at the broken cheery next to the short steps by Maryland Monument. A young male WILSON'S WARBLER inside Butterfly Meadow is another quality bird for today.
A report from Keir of BLUE-WINGED WARBLER which generally a late species this far into Fall ( though only on the second fall day).
Scaring those warblers,a COOPERS HAWK swooped in and perched momentarily down at south lakeside, before taking to the air and soaring.
A foreboding of winter: Rob spotted a RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET, the fall season's first as we watched it within the Willow tree by 3 Sisters. Perhaps a 2nd RCKI seen on Breeze Hill ( Keir)
Keir also reported OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER, a quality species seen at the Vale of Cashmere.
For water birds, two WOOD DUCKS hiding out inside Three Sisters islands, and a lone sleeping NORTHERN SHOVELER on a floating driftwood is the most the Lake offers up .
Overall, I spotted 15 species warblers today, a good number given the poor light and overcast skies.
Prospect Park, Kings, US-NY
Sep 24, 2011 11:00 AM - 3:00 PM
Protocol: Traveling
3.5 mile(s)
45 species
Obs Peter and Rob Bate
Canada Goose 21 lake
Mute Swan 3 lake
Wood Duck 2 at 3 sisters
Mallard X
Northern Shoveler 1 lake
Double-crested Cormorant 1lake
Osprey 1 f/o Lake
Cooper's Hawk 1 South lake
Red-tailed Hawk 2 south lake
American Kestrel 1 f/o Maryland Mont
Spotted Sandpiper 1 Duck Isl
Laughing Gull 6 f/o lake
Herring Gull 1
Mourning Dove 2
Yellow-billed Cuckoo 1 spotted by Anne, West Isl cove
Chimney Swift 8 f/o
Northern Flicker 2- duck Isln, Lookout Hill
Eastern Wood-Pewee 1 Mary Mont
Blue Jay 2
American Crow 4 Lookout
Barn Swallow 1 lake
House Wren 1 south lookout hill
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 1 Mary Mont
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1 south Lakeside
Veery 1 West Island
American Robin X
Gray Catbird 4
European Starling X
Northern Waterthrush 1 south Lake
Black-and-white Warbler 1 sou lake
American Redstart 3 so lake
Northern Parula 10 lakeside
Magnolia Warbler 4 lakesdie
Blackburnian Warbler 2 , so lake, mary mont
Yellow Warbler 2 so lake
Chestnut-sided Warbler 1 so lake
Blackpoll Warbler 25 so lake into West isln majority
Black-throated Blue Warbler 1 so lake
Pine Warbler 1 Well dr
Yellow-rumped Warbler 3 so lake
Black-throated Green Warbler 1 so lake
Canada Warbler 1 so lake
Wilson's Warbler 1 Butterfly meadow
Northern Cardinal 1
House Sparrow X
This report was generated automatically by eBird v2 (http://ebird.org/)
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From Keir:
Prospect Park, Kings, US-NY
Sep 24, 2011 8:30 AM - 2:00 PM
Protocol: Traveling
2.5 mile(s)
46 species (+1 other taxa)
Canada Goose 30
Mute Swan 7
Mallard X
Northern Shoveler 1
Double-crested Cormorant 1
Green Heron 1
Osprey 1
Spotted Sandpiper 1
Rock Pigeon X
Mourning Dove X
Chimney Swift 5
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
Downy Woodpecker 2
Hairy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 12
Olive-sided Flycatcher 1 Vale Pool
Eastern Wood-Pewee 1
Empidonax sp. 1
Eastern Phoebe 1
Blue-headed Vireo 1 Lookout top meadow
Red-eyed Vireo 5
Blue Jay 10
American Crow 12
Black-capped Chickadee 5
White-breasted Nuthatch 2
Carolina Wren 3
House Wren 2
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1 Breeze Hill
American Robin X
Gray Catbird 8
European Starling X
Blue-winged Warbler 1 Broken steps, Battle Pass West
Black-and-white Warbler 4
Common Yellowthroat 4
American Redstart 8
Northern Parula 4
Magnolia Warbler 2
Blackburnian Warbler 1 top of switchback trail, Lookout
Yellow Warbler 1
Blackpoll Warbler 15+
Black-throated Blue Warbler 1
Black-throated Green Warbler 2
Wilson's Warbler 2 switchback trail & top meadow, Lookout
Northern Cardinal X
American Goldfinch 4
House Sparrow X
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