The hi light no doubt was GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER, a male seen gleaning dead leaves on Lookout Hill's south slope above the Well house. Phil Pane , a long time Prospect regular and warbler specialist reported the rare bird . In addition to that Golden bird, HOODED WARBLER in the Midwood was also reported by Phil, a very good day for him who relayed to me 16 species seen by him . Mary Eyster aslo saw some of those birds, including a early PALM WARBLER. Other nice birds to mention: Wilson's , Canda, Magnolia, Blue-winged to name some.
Another terrific bird reported on the hot switchback trail ( starts at the Maryland Monument), was MOURNING WARBLER, seen first by Keir at the Butterfly Meadow, was seen again by Rob Bate at the top of the Switchback.
I am aslo reporting two female ORCHARD ORIOLES feeding among mugwort stands below the Maryland Monument about the same time.
Getting back to the Golden -winged, it was the first time since Sept 4th 2009 that this rare species appeared in Prospect. Before that May 2009 's report (Eddie Davis, PDorosh) with a Lawrences in early May , the latter came close to half a bird and the last year this species was seen.
Keep posted to the Northwest winds weather reports for more good stuff to come. I will try to post in the upper side bar if Northwest winds are predicted.
Good birding
--Kingsboider
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From Keir:
Great morning in PP - wish I could have stayed!
cheers
Keir
Prospect Park, Kings, US-NY
Aug 23, 2011 7:00 AM - 9:30 AM
Protocol: Traveling
1.0 mile(s)
45 species (+1 other taxa)
Mute Swan 7
Mallard X
Double-crested Cormorant 2
Green Heron 1
Black-crowned Night-Heron 1
Red-tailed Hawk 1
Spotted Sandpiper 1
Laughing Gull 1
Rock Pigeon X
Mourning Dove X
Chimney Swift X
Red-bellied Woodpecker 2
Downy Woodpecker 2
Northern Flicker 1
Eastern Wood-Pewee 1
Great Crested Flycatcher 2
Eastern Kingbird 3
Warbling Vireo 1
Red-eyed Vireo 3
Blue Jay 1
American Crow 1
Barn Swallow X
Black-capped Chickadee 1
White-breasted Nuthatch 1
Carolina Wren 1
House Wren 2
American Robin X
Gray Catbird X
European Starling X
Cedar Waxwing 1
Ovenbird 1
Blue-winged Warbler 1
Black-and-white Warbler 4
Common Yellowthroat 1
American Redstart 4
Magnolia Warbler 2
Chestnut-sided Warbler 1
Canada Warbler 2
Wilson's Warbler 1 (MM switchback trail)
warbler sp. 1 (would've liked a longer look - almost
certainly a 1st yr Mourning Warbler,
Lookout Butterfly Meadow)
Northern Cardinal X
Red-winged Blackbird 1
Common Grackle 2
Baltimore Oriole 6
American Goldfinch 5
House Sparrow X
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From Phil:
Following is the list you requested:
Warblers:
Golden winged-male
Hooded - female- Midwood
Blackburnian-Lookout
Parula-Center Drive
Magnolia-5
Common yellow throat-3
Redstart >25
Black and white-15
Canada-10
Great day!
Philip
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From Rob Bate:
Good numbers of warblers and some other migrants,
the highlight for me was the Mourning Warbler at the switchback on Lookout Hill.
36 species
Green Heron 1
Rock Pigeon 6
Mourning Dove 8
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
Downy Woodpecker 5
Northern Flicker 1
Eastern Wood-Pewee 1
Eastern Kingbird 1
Red-eyed Vireo 2
Blue Jay 3
Black-capped Chickadee 1
Carolina Wren 1
House Wren 1
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 4
Veery 1
American Robin 75
Gray Catbird 15
European Starling 16
Cedar Waxwing 1
Ovenbird 1
Black-and-white Warbler 7
Mourning Warbler 1
American Redstart 16
Magnolia Warbler 5
Blackburnian Warbler 1
Chestnut-sided Warbler 6
Black-throated Blue Warbler 2
Canada Warbler 4
Scarlet Tanager 1
Northern Cardinal 7
Common Grackle 1
Brown-headed Cowbird 2
Baltimore Oriole 6
American Goldfinch 4
House Sparrow 10
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From Adam:
Missed all the amazing action this morning, could only get into the
park in the evening, but David Burg and I had a Mourning Warbler as
our last bird of the day!
Cheers
Adam
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From:
Date: Tue, Aug 23, 2011 at 9:28 PM
Subject: eBird Report - Prospect Park, Aug 23, 2011
To: adamwelz@gmail.com
Prospect Park, Kings, US-NY
Aug 23, 2011 5:45 PM - 7:15 PM
Protocol: Traveling
2.0 kilometer(s)
Comments: sunny, low wind
21 species (+1 other taxa)
Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) X plus hybrids
Rock Pigeon (Columba livia) X
Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) 5
Common Nighthawk (Chordeiles minor) 1
Chimney Swift (Chaetura pelagica) 5
Downy Woodpecker (Picoides pubescens) 2
Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus) 1
Empidonax sp. (Empidonax sp.) 1
Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) 2
Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) 2
House Wren (Troglodytes aedon) 1
American Robin (Turdus migratorius) 10
Gray Catbird (Dumetella carolinensis) 5
Cedar Waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum) 15
Black-and-white Warbler (Mniotilta varia) 3
Mourning Warbler (Geothlypis philadelphia) 1 At back end of Lily
Pond in Prospect Park. Seen well over a period of about 10 minutes
from a range of about 5 yards, clear broken eye ring, jizz correct,
plumage of hatch-year female.
Common Yellowthroat (Geothlypis trichas) 1
Canada Warbler (Cardellina canadensis) 2
Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) 4
Baltimore Oriole (Icterus galbula) 1
American Goldfinch (Spinus tristis) 1
House Sparrow (Passer domesticus) X
This report was generated automatically by eBird v2 (http://ebird.org)
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From Kathy:
NYC Bird Report
date = 2011/08/24
site = Prospect Park
observers = Kathy Toomey
empidonax sp.
Great Blue Heron
Canada Goose
Mute Swan
Mallard
Spotted Sandpiper
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Downy Woodpecker
Great Crested Flycatcher
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Eastern Kingbird
Red-eyed Vireo
Blue Jay
Black-capped Chickadee
House Wren
American Robin
Veery
Gray Catbird
European Starling
Cedar Waxwing
Yellow Warbler
American Redstart
Black-and-white Warbler
Ovenbird
Canada Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Blue-winged Warbler
Magnolia Warbler
Blackburnian Warbler
Northern Cardinal
Baltimore Oriole
American Goldfinch
House Sparrow
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Peter's list from various diff hrs:
Prospect Park, Kings, US-NY
Aug 23, 2011 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Protocol: Random
1.0 mile(s)
33 species (+1 other taxa)
Mallard X
Double-crested Cormorant 1 at 3 sisters
Green Heron 1 sout Lake
Common Nighthawk 4 evening, 2 Lake, 1 Penisula, 1 Nethermead
Chimney Swift X
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 6 various, mostly Butterfly Meadow where budleia, rept by Mary, Kathy, I saw one
Downy Woodpecker 1
Eastern Wood-Pewee 1 Lookout
Alder/Willow Flycatcher (Traill's) 1 Lookout
Least Flycatcher 1 Lookout
Eastern Kingbird 1
Warbling Vireo 1
Red-eyed Vireo 2
Barn Swallow X
Black-capped Chickadee 1
Carolina Wren 1
House Wren 1
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 1 Lookout, alos obs MEyster)
Veery 2
American Robin X
Gray Catbird X
European Starling X
Cedar Waxwing X
Blue-winged Warbler 1 Lookout
Black-and-white Warbler 3
Common Yellowthroat 1 Mary Mt
American Redstart 2
Chestnut-sided Warbler 1 Lookout
Canada Warbler 2 Lookout
Wilson's Warbler 1 Lookout
Common Grackle 1
Orchard Oriole 2 Maryland Monument, 2 females
Baltimore Oriole 1
American Goldfinch 4
This report was generated automatically by eBird v2 (http://ebird.org)
