Reports from Adam and Alex:
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From Adam Welz:
From Alex Wilson:
Hi Peter
Had a chance to walk around the Lullwater/Peninsula/Lookout Hill/Upper Pool area this morn (first chancein ages). Huge numbers of American Thrush, many juvs.
2 noisy Solitary Sandpiper flying around the new islands near the ice rink. 3 Orchard Oriole on Breeze Hill.
A group of 3 Great Crested Flycatcher on Lookout. Could not find the White-eyed Vireos that others have seen near the Maryland Monument but thought I heard one singing once (not sure). 1 Ring-billed Gull flyover (hello
winter?)
It might be the dull heart of summer, but there are still some birds around! Cheers Adam ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: <do-not-reply@ebird.org> Date: Wed, Jul 25, 2012 at 12:43 PM Subject: eBird Report - Prospect Park, Jul 25, 2012 Prospect Park, Kings, US-NY Jul 25, 2012 8:15 AM - 10:30 AM Protocol: Traveling 2.0 kilometer(s) Comments: sunny, cool, great weather 37 species Canada Goose (Branta canadensis) 18 Mute Swan (Cygnus olor) 5 Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) X Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) 1 Green Heron (Butorides virescens) 3 Black-crowned Night-Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax) 1 Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) 1 Solitary Sandpiper (Tringa solitaria) 2 Laughing Gull (Leucophaeus atricilla) 4 Ring-billed Gull (Larus delawarensis) 1 Rock Pigeon (Columba livia) X Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) 12 Chimney Swift (Chaetura pelagica) X Red-bellied Woodpecker (Melanerpes carolinus) 2 Downy Woodpecker (Picoides pubescens) 1 Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus) 1 Great Crested Flycatcher (Myiarchus crinitus) 3 Eastern Kingbird (Tyrannus tyrannus) 3 Warbling Vireo (Vireo gilvus) 1 Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica) 6 Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus) 1 Tufted Titmouse (Baeolophus bicolor) 1 White-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta carolinensis) 1 House Wren (Troglodytes aedon) 3 American Robin (Turdus migratorius) 100 minimum estimate. Extremely abundant. Gray Catbird (Dumetella carolinensis) 10 Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) 1 European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris) 100 minimum estimate. One large flock and several scattered individuals. Cedar Waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum) X numerous. Inc juvs. Yellow Warbler (Setophaga petechia) 2 near known nest site Peninsula lawn Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina) 1 Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia) 3 Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) 5 Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus) 4 Common Grackle (Quiscalus quiscula) 1 Orchard Oriole (Icterus spurius) 3 House Sparrow (Passer domesticus) X This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org)
From Alex Wilson:
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> Prospect Park, Kings, US-NY
> Jul 25, 2012
> 53 species (+1 other taxa)
>
> Canada Goose 16
> Mute Swan 10
> Wood Duck 1
> American Black Duck 1
> Mallard 60
> Double-crested Cormorant 2
> Great Blue Heron 2
> Great Egret 1
> Green Heron 4
> Black-crowned Night-Heron 4
> Red-tailed Hawk 2
> Spotted Sandpiper 3
> Least Sandpiper 9 (Circling around the Lake, then departed
> westward, 8AM; a larger flock seen later from a distance likely the
> same, but too far to know.)
> Laughing Gull 15
> Ring-billed Gull 5
> Herring Gull 2
> Least Tern 1 (Flyover, Lake, 7:45AM.)
> Forster's Tern 1 (Flyover, Lake, 7:30AM.)
> Sterna sp. 3 (Distant flyover group, Long Meadow, 6:15AM.)
> Rock Pigeon 30
> Mourning Dove 25
> Chimney Swift 100 (Swarms high over Lake and Long Meadow.)
> Belted Kingfisher 1
> Red-bellied Woodpecker 3
> Downy Woodpecker 5
> Hairy Woodpecker 2
> Northern Flicker 3
> Eastern Kingbird 10 (Families.)
> White-eyed Vireo 4 (Family near Maryland Monument, at least
> two fledglings being fed while male was singing.)
> Warbling Vireo 10 (Families.)
> Blue Jay 5
> Tree Swallow 2
> Barn Swallow 25
> Black-capped Chickadee 3
> Tufted Titmouse 1
> Carolina Wren 3
> House Wren 5
> American Robin 75
> Gray Catbird 15
> Northern Mockingbird 4
> European Starling 200
> Cedar Waxwing 75 (Several flocks, flyovers and feeding in
> park, including young.)
> Northern Waterthrush 3
> Yellow Warbler 5
> Chipping Sparrow 3 (1 juvenile.)
> Song Sparrow 5
> Swamp Sparrow 1 (Peninsula.)
> Northern Cardinal 20
> Red-winged Blackbird 35
> Common Grackle 15
> Orchard Oriole 3
> Baltimore Oriole 2
> American Goldfinch 2
> House Sparrow 20
