Monday, October 24, 2011

Prospect Oct 24th : still decent sparrow activity

Hilights : VESPER SPARROW among 8 species sparrows, YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO at Lamppost#249

From Keir:

[hey Peter, I tweeted earlier re Vesper Sparrow but I think my phone service is messed up. Anyway, nice bird! cheers, Keir]


Prospect Park, Kings, US-NY

Oct 24, 2011 10:30 AM - 12:30 PM

Protocol: Traveling

1.5 mile(s)

26 species



Canada Goose 4

Red-tailed Hawk 2

Rock Pigeon X

Mourning Dove 5

Red-bellied Woodpecker 1

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 3

Hairy Woodpecker 1

Eastern Phoebe 3

Blue Jay 4

Tufted Titmouse 1

White-breasted Nuthatch 1

Carolina Wren 1

Golden-crowned Kinglet 3

Ruby-crowned Kinglet 3

Hermit Thrush 5

American Robin 2

Black-throated Blue Warbler 1 male, Vale

Palm Warbler 3

Yellow-rumped Warbler 2

Vesper Sparrow 1 Long Meadow fenced in area by ballfields with Savannah Sparrows

Savannah Sparrow 2

Song Sparrow 2

White-throated Sparrow 30

Dark-eyed Junco 1

Red-winged Blackbird 15

House Sparrow 10

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From Rob Bate:

Good numbers of Chipping Sparrows on the mounds behind the skating rink near the rustic shelter as well as Breeze Hill and the Musician's [Concert] Grove.


44 species

Canada Goose 18

Mute Swan 8

Mallard 30

Northern Shoveler 6

Ruddy Duck 14

Double-crested Cormorant 1

Great Blue Heron 1

Black-crowned Night-Heron 2

Red-tailed Hawk 1

American Coot 6

Ring-billed Gull 11

Herring Gull 5

Rock Pigeon 1

Mourning Dove 3

Yellow-billed Cuckoo 1

Red-bellied Woodpecker 2

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 3

Northern Flicker 1

Blue Jay 6

American Crow 1

Black-capped Chickadee 1

Carolina Wren 3

Golden-crowned Kinglet 1

Ruby-crowned Kinglet 11

Swainson's Thrush 2

American Robin 3

Gray Catbird 2

Northern Mockingbird 1

European Starling 1

Nashville Warbler 1

Blackpoll Warbler 3

Palm Warbler 1

Yellow-rumped Warbler 1

Chipping Sparrow 45

Field Sparrow 1

Song Sparrow 15

Swamp Sparrow 6

White-throated Sparrow 10

White-crowned Sparrow 1

Dark-eyed Junco 7

Northern Cardinal 1

Red-winged Blackbird 10

Common Grackle 8

House Sparrow 25