Hilights : ACADIAN FLYCATCHER @ Boulder Bridge , calling & seen per Keir, Northern Waterthrushes,LOUISIANA WATERTHRUSH; 5 warbler species
It appears significant fall migration is starting up.......
-KB
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From Keir:
Hi Peter
Pretty quiet this morning but the Acadian was a bit of a surprise. It was calling incessantly around Boulder Bridge, the exact same spot as I saw one in late May & early June. Has breeding ever been confirmed in PP?
cheers
Keir
Prospect Park, Kings, US-NYAug 3, 2011 6:45 AM - 8:15 AM
Protocol: Traveling0.5 mile
(s)17 species
Rock Pigeon X
Mourning Dove 2
Chimney Swift 1
Downy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 2
Acadian Flycatcher 1 (seen calling for 10+ mins at close range, Boulder Bridge)
Red-eyed Vireo 1
Black-capped Chickadee 1
Carolina Wren 1
House Wren 2
American Robin X
Gray Catbird X
European Starling X
Northern Waterthrush 2 (Vale Pond & Zoo woodchip pile)
Northern Cardinal 2
Common Grackle 1
House Sparrow X
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From Alex Wilson:
> Prospect Park, Kings, US-NY
> Aug 3, 2011
> 49 species (+1 other taxa)
>
> Canada Goose 50
> Mute Swan 9
> Wood Duck 4 (Upper Pool, 2 male, 2 female.)
> Mallard 80
> Double-crested Cormorant 4
> Great Blue Heron 1
> Great Egret 1
> Green Heron 3
> Red-tailed Hawk 1
> American Kestrel 1
> Peregrine Falcon 1
> Spotted Sandpiper 3
> Laughing Gull 5
> Ring-billed Gull 2
> Herring Gull 4
> Rock Pigeon 20
> Mourning Dove 20
> Chimney Swift 50
> Red-bellied Woodpecker 3
> Downy Woodpecker 8
> Northern Flicker 3
> Empidonax sp. 1 (Moving around in canopy over east slope of
> Lookout Hill. Silent, poor views, but thought it was one of the
> larger species, with faint eye-ring and wide bill. Behavior more
> typical of Arcadian than Traill's, but not really enough evidence
> to rule anything out.)
> Eastern Kingbird 10
> Warbling Vireo 3
> Blue Jay 4
> American Crow 5
> Tree Swallow 2
> Barn Swallow 10
> Black-capped Chickadee 1
> White-breasted Nuthatch 3
> Carolina Wren 1
> House Wren 1
> American Robin 200
> Gray Catbird 20
> Northern Mockingbird 1
> European Starling 200
> Cedar Waxwing 4 (Including juvenile.)
> Yellow Warbler 3
> Black-and-white Warbler 2
> American Redstart 1
> Northern Waterthrush 4
> Louisiana Waterthrush 1 (Binnen Bridge, with Northern in same area.)
> Chipping Sparrow 1
> Song Sparrow 1
> Northern Cardinal 20
> Red-winged Blackbird 15
> Common Grackle 7
> Baltimore Oriole 2
> American Goldfinch 10
> House Sparrow 30
