Today is a historical day for Brooklyn , especially with Prospect Park caught squat in the middle of it. The 236th anniversary of the Battle of Brooklyn ( some call it Long Island....I don't !).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Brooklyn
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On a lunch hour interrupted by a thunderstorm, the south side of the Esdale Bridge, in the Ambergill Creek, a PHILADELPHIA VIREO appeared off to the side in a hawthorne tree (?) . In this same general area, 2 BLUE-WINGED WARBLERS, one seen well eventually in the Tulip tree adjacent to the vireo spot. Other warblers seen over the creek were YELLOW, NORTHERN PARULA, BLACK-THROATED BLUE with WARBLING VIREO going back and forth across the open creek. Later a RED-EYED VIREO showed up .
For a short span, a good show just standing in one spot before chased by impending raindrops.
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Adam Welz informed me he started his own twitter account for bird sightings in Prospect and Brooklyn.
here's the address:
@AdamWelzBirds
