from Eddie Davis:
A beautiful day in the park, with a few "first of season" birds for me. Definitely fewer warblers about; no black-and-whites or redstarts, which were abundant only a few short weeks ago...
site = Prospect Park
date = 10/4/08
observers = Eddie Davis (with Audubon Center Bird Walk)
Black-crowned Night-Heron (2 in trees along upper lullwater)
Canada Goose
Mute Swan
Mallard
Northern Shoveler (10, lake)
Red-tailed Hawk
American Coot
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Belted Kingfisher (several, along lullwater)
Red-bellied Woodpecker (1, LP 249)
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker (abundant)
Eastern Phoebe (1, lullwater)
Blue-headed Vireo (1, path above LP249)
Red-eyed Vireo (1, between lily pond lookout and binnen bridge)
Blue Jay
Black-capped Chickadee (1, LP249)
Golden-crowned Kinglet (2, upper lullwater and behind music pagoda)
American Robin
Gray Catbird
Northern Mockingbird
Northern Parula (several, widespread)
Black-throated Blue Warbler (1 male, lullwater path (breeze hill side))
Yellow-rumped Warbler (several, widespread)
White-throated Sparrow (1, path above wellhouse)
Northern Cardinal
Baltimore Oriole (2 immature, lullwater)
House Sparrow
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Steve Nanz reports a half a dozen Indigo Bunting along the shore at the Rink. Weedy mugwort spot adjacent to Labella Cove
