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From: Joshua Malbin <joshuamalbin@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, Apr 13, 2014 at 7:21 PM
Subject: BirdsEye-Prospect Park-2014-4-13
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Observer: joshuamalbin
2014-04-13 15:48
Prospect Park
Protocol: Traveling
2 Miles
213 Minutes
Observers: 1
All birds reported? Yes
    16    Canada Goose     
    2    Mute Swan     
    3    Wood Duck     
    25    Mallard     
    1    American Black Duck x Mallard (hybrid)     
    1    Northern Shoveler     
    40    Ruddy Duck     
    5    Double-crested Cormorant     
    1    Turkey Vulture     
    1    Osprey     
    1    Red-tailed Hawk     
    10    American Coot     
    10    Laughing Gull     
    6    Ring-billed Gull     
    26    Herring Gull     
    X    Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)     
    4    Mourning Dove     
    4    Chimney Swift    over breeze hill. 
    2    Red-bellied Woodpecker     
    5    Downy Woodpecker     
    2    Hairy Woodpecker     
    2    Northern Flicker     
    1    Eastern Phoebe     
    7    Blue Jay     
    2    Common Raven    soaring overhead, very large, wedge-shaped tails and croaking. 
    2    Northern Rough-winged Swallow     
    3    Tree Swallow     
    2    Barn Swallow     
    2    Black-capped Chickadee     
    3    Tufted Titmouse     
    1    White-breasted Nuthatch     
    2    Carolina Wren     
    3    Blue-gray Gnatcatcher     
    1    Golden-crowned Kinglet     
    3    Hermit Thrush     
    X    American Robin     
    X    European Starling     
    15    Cedar Waxwing     
    3    Pine Warbler     
    1    Yellow-rumped Warbler     
    1    Eastern Towhee     
    1    Chipping Sparrow     
    1    Song Sparrow     
    1    Swamp Sparrow     
    16    White-throated Sparrow     
    X    Northern Cardinal     
    X    Red-winged Blackbird     
    24    Common Grackle     
    1    Brown-headed Cowbird     
    4    American Goldfinch     
    X    House Sparrow       
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From Keir


Prospect Park, Kings, US-NY
Apr 13, 2014 6:10 AM - 1:05 PM
Protocol: Traveling
4.0 mile(s)
56 species (+1 other taxa)

Canada Goose 5
Mute Swan 5
Wood Duck 4
Mallard 14
American Black Duck x Mallard (hybrid) 1
Northern Shoveler 1
Hooded Merganser 2
Ruddy Duck 45
Common Loon 1 Flyover early
Double-crested Cormorant 1
Great Blue Heron 1
Great Egret 3
Black-crowned Night-Heron 1
Osprey 1
Red-tailed Hawk 2
American Coot 12
Laughing Gull 3
Herring Gull 14
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 6
Mourning Dove 15
Chimney Swift 2 Over Lullwater early and again over Peninsula later. Obviously Chaetura, nothing to suggest it wasn't this species.
Belted Kingfisher 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 6
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1
Downy Woodpecker 5
Hairy Woodpecker 2
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 12
Blue Jay 7
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 2
Tree Swallow 4
Barn Swallow 2
Tufted Titmouse 2
White-breasted Nuthatch 1
Brown Creeper 1
Carolina Wren 4
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 3
Golden-crowned Kinglet 5
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 3
Hermit Thrush 2
American Robin 120
Brown Thrasher 1 Continuing bird (presumably)at Nethermead Arches.
European Starling 25
Palm Warbler (Yellow) 1
Pine Warbler 7
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 2
Yellow-throated Warbler 1 Good views at where Upper & Lower Pools meet (Ravine side). Actively feeding, didn't vocalize in the 20 minutes I saw it. Thanks to Dave H for finding and Peter D for getting the word out.
 Poor record shot:
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Eastern Towhee 1
Song Sparrow 5
Swamp Sparrow 1
White-throated Sparrow 30
Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored) 1
Northern Cardinal 22
Red-winged Blackbird 25
Common Grackle 18
Brown-headed Cowbird 5 Including a female inspecting nesthole cavities in the Ravine
American Goldfinch 1
House Sparrow 35

View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S17881292