April 30th Prospect reports

Reports today of KENTUCKY WARBLER, WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW, LINCOLN's SPARROW,SCARLET TANAGER, SOLITARY SANDPIPER, GREAT CRESTED FLYCATCHER

Thanks to the good hearing of Ed Crowne, KENTUCKY WARBLER sang but refused to reveal itself in the north Zoo compost depot area full of sycamore maples, this site near the Dongan Oak monument. This follows Ed's hearing of the weekend song of ProthonotaryWarbler, yet both rare warbler species are not cooperative. Kentucky warbler is a skulker and oftentimes offer just fleeting glimpses. 

Two good sparrows were reported, WHITE-CROWNED around the azalea shrubs at the Cleft Ridge span east entrance and LINCOLN'S seen in the Vale of Cashmere pool ( RJett)

9 species warblers and SCARLET TANAGER reported by Russ. I had Northern Waterthrush in the mid afternoon at Lower Pool, so a ten spot day for Warblers.
We're getting there... ( and I got two days off the end of the week...gonna be warm and better be good...)

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From Russ:

Peter,

A good morning for me with several FOS including Scarlet Tanager and my first 

Solitary Sandpiper. List is below...

Russ

Prospect Park, Kings, US-NY

Apr 30, 2012 8:30 AM - 11:00 AM

Protocol: Traveling

1.0 mile(s)

52 species

Canada Goose  2

Mute Swan  4

Wood Duck  2

Mallard  8

Double-crested Cormorant  1

Black-crowned Night-Heron  2

Red-tailed Hawk  1

Solitary Sandpiper  1     Lily Pond

Herring Gull  X

Rock Pigeon  X

Mourning Dove  6

Chimney Swift  3

Belted Kingfisher  1

Red-bellied Woodpecker  3

Downy Woodpecker  1

Northern Flicker  2

Great Crested Flycatcher  1, Ravine

Blue-headed Vireo  2

Blue Jay  2

Barn Swallow  3

Tufted Titmouse  2

Carolina Wren  1

House Wren  4

Winter Wren  1

Ruby-crowned Kinglet  1

Hermit Thrush  8

American Robin  X

Gray Catbird  2

European Starling  X

Louisiana Waterthrush  1

Black-and-white Warbler  1

Nashville Warbler  1

Northern Parula  1

Yellow Warbler  2

Black-throated Blue Warbler  1     singing near Wellhouse

Palm Warbler  1

Yellow-rumped Warbler  X

Black-throated Green Warbler  4

Eastern Towhee  1

Chipping Sparrow  1

Song Sparrow  2

Swamp Sparrow  1

White-throated Sparrow  20

Scarlet Tanager  1, Butterfly Meadow

Northern Cardinal  4

Red-winged Blackbird  4

Common Grackle  3

Brown-headed Cowbird  3

Baltimore Oriole  1, Butterfly Meadow

Purple Finch  2, Lullwater

American Goldfinch  4

House Sparrow  X

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From Orrin

In Greenwood Cemetery

An hour this morning in the northwest end of GWC yielded the following; highlight were the two savannah sparrows:

Canada goose

Belted kingfisher (2)

Double-crested cormorant

Great egret, flying around below while

American crows (5) mobbed

Red-tailed hawk (1)

Monk parakeet

Rock dove

Mourning dove

Red-bellied woodpecker

House wren

Northern mockingbird

American robin

Hermit thrush

Warbling vireo

Blue--headed vireo

Black and white warbler

Yellow-rumped warbler

Palm warbler

Brown-headed cowbird (singing on a tombstone)

Common grackle

European starling

House finch (several)

White-throated sparrow

Chipping sparrow (many)

Song sparrow

Savannah sparrow (2)

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From Rob Jett:

4/29 Sundays report

 

Peter,

Below is our day list from Prospect Park yesterday. It was by far the most

productive day of the Spring with 15 species of warbler tallied. Other

highlights included a Broadwinged Hawk seen perched at the edge of the Midwood

near Center Drive, a Yellow-billed Cuckoo in the Ravine, a pair of Bank Swallows

over Prospect Lake and an early Blackpoll Warbler in the Peninsula woods.

Good birding,

Rob

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Prospect Park

Apr 29, 2012 6:12 AM - 12:12 PM

Protocol: Traveling

6.0 mile(s)

Observers: Rob Jett, Paige Linden, Heydi Lopes

75 species (+1 other taxa)

Ruddy Duck (1.)

Pied-billed Grebe (1.)

Double-crested Cormorant (3.)

Great Blue Heron (1, Flyover.)

Great Egret (2.)

Green Heron (3.)

Osprey (1.)

BROAD-WINGED HAWK (1, Perched in a snag along Center Drive.)

Red-tailed Hawk (1.)

American Kestrel (1.)

Spotted Sandpiper (2.)

Laughing Gull

YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO (1, In a sweet-gum tree in Ravine.)

Chimney Swift (13.)

Belted Kingfisher (1.)

Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) (3.)

White-eyed Vireo (1.)

Blue-headed Vireo (4.)

Warbling Vireo (5.)

crow sp.

Northern Rough-winged Swallow (1.)

Tree Swallow (6.)

BANK SWALLOW (2.)

Barn Swallow (3.)

White-breasted Nuthatch (1.)

Carolina Wren (2.)

House Wren (4.)

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (3.)

Ruby-crowned Kinglet (3.)

Hermit Thrush (4.)

Wood Thrush (1.)

Gray Catbird (3.)

Northern Mockingbird (1.)

Ovenbird (3.)

Worm-eating Warbler (2.)

Louisiana Waterthrush (1.)

Northern Waterthrush (1.)

Blue-winged Warbler (3.)

Black-and-white Warbler (6.)

Common Yellowthroat (1.)

Northern Parula (2.)

Yellow Warbler (1.)

BLACKPOLL WARBLER (1, On peninsula.)

Black-throated Blue Warbler (1.)

Palm Warbler (Yellow) (5.)

Pine Warbler (2.)

Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)

Black-throated Green Warbler (3.)

Eastern Towhee

Chipping Sparrow

Swamp Sparrow (1.)

White-throated Sparrow

Rose-breasted Grosbeak (2.)

INDIGO BUNTING (1.)

RUSTY BLACKBIRD (1.)

Common Grackle

American Goldfinch (4.)

Other common species seen (or heard):

Canada Goose, Mute Swan (2.), Mallard, Rock Pigeon, Mourning Dove, Red-bellied

Woodpecker (3.), Downy Woodpecker (2.), Hairy Woodpecker (1.), Blue Jay (14.),

Black-capped Chickadee (2.), Tufted Titmouse (3.), American Robin, European

Starling, Song Sparrow (4.), Northern Cardinal, Red-winged Blackbird, House

Finch, House Sparrow

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From Rafael:

Prospect Park, Brooklyn, Kings, US-NY
Apr 30, 2012 8:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Protocol: Traveling
3.0 kilometer(s)
41 species

Canada Goose (Branta canadensis)  X
Mute Swan (Cygnus olor)  X
Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)  X
Great Egret (Ardea alba)  1
Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis)  1
Spotted Sandpiper (Actitis macularius)  3
Rock Pigeon (Columba livia)  X
Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura)  X
Chimney Swift (Chaetura pelagica)  2
Belted Kingfisher (Megaceryle alcyon)  1
Red-bellied Woodpecker (Melanerpes carolinus)  2
Downy Woodpecker (Picoides pubescens)  1
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) (Colaptes auratus [auratus Group])  1
Blue-headed Vireo (Vireo solitarius)  2
Warbling Vireo (Eastern) (Vireo gilvus gilvus)  3    calling, and seen at least twice.
Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata)  X
Tree Swallow (Tachycineta bicolor)  2
Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica)  3
Tufted Titmouse (Baeolophus bicolor)  1
House Wren (Troglodytes aedon)  2
Hermit Thrush (Catharus guttatus)  4
American Robin (Turdus migratorius)  X
European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)  X
Worm-eating Warbler (Helmitheros vermivorum)  1
Northern Waterthrush (Parkesia noveboracensis)  1
Black-and-white Warbler (Mniotilta varia)  1
Black-throated Blue Warbler (Setophaga caerulescens)  1
Palm Warbler (Yellow) (Setophaga palmarum hypochrysea)  6
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) (Setophaga coronata coronata)  X
Black-throated Green Warbler (Setophaga virens)  1
Eastern Towhee (Pipilo erythrophthalmus)  1
Swamp Sparrow (Melospiza georgiana)  3
White-throated Sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis)  X
Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis)  X
Indigo Bunting (Passerina cyanea)  1
Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus)  X
Common Grackle (Quiscalus quiscula)  X
Baltimore Oriole (Icterus galbula)  4
Purple Finch (Carpodacus purpureus)  1
American Goldfinch (Spinus tristis)  X
House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)  X

Brooklyn is great birding: Rafael Campos R.