Monday, June 17, 2013

Prospect Park June 16th ' 2nd GRHEron nest ?



From Chris Holden

Hi Peter,

This morning I saw the usual suspects for this time of year in the park.  In addition, the Yellow Warbler continues on the Peninsula meadow, an Ovenbird was somewhere in the Midwood, and a White-Throated Sparrow was near Rick's Place.  Gadwalls and Wood Ducks on the Lullwater.

Didn't see any activity at the Googa Mooga Green Heron nest.  But very nearby on a tree on the shore of the Lullwater just north of the Cove I saw a Green Heron both building and sitting on a nest, with another heron standing nearby.  Perhaps it relocated and is nesting again, or is this an old nest?

  

Prospect Park, Kings, US-NY
Jun 16, 2013 9:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Protocol: Traveling
2.0 mile(s)
Comments:    
Submitted from BirdLog NA for iOS, version 1.5.3
32 species

Mute Swan (Cygnus olor)  1
Wood Duck (Aix sponsa)  3
Gadwall (Anas strepera)  2
Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)  2
Green Heron (Butorides virescens)  2
Rock Pigeon (Columba livia)  5
Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura)  5
Chimney Swift (Chaetura pelagica)  2
Red-bellied Woodpecker (Melanerpes carolinus)  2
Downy Woodpecker (Picoides pubescens)  1
Eastern Wood-Pewee (Contopus virens)  1
Great Crested Flycatcher (Myiarchus crinitus)  1
Warbling Vireo (Vireo gilvus)  6
Red-eyed Vireo (Vireo olivaceus)  1
Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata)  1
Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica)  6
House Wren (Troglodytes aedon)  4
American Robin (Turdus migratorius)  80
Gray Catbird (Dumetella carolinensis)  5
European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)  15
Ovenbird (Seiurus aurocapilla)  1     Heard in Midwood around 10 am.
Yellow Warbler (Setophaga petechia)  1
Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia)  1
White-throated Sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis)  1     Midwood.
Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis)  5
Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus)  5
Common Grackle (Quiscalus quiscula)  20
Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater)  2
Baltimore Oriole (Icterus galbula)  1
House Finch (Haemorhous mexicanus)  1
American Goldfinch (Spinus tristis)  1
House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)  16