Monday, April 28, 2014

Fwd: Prospect Park, Brooklyn, Apr 28, 2014


American Bittern above


-----Original Message-----
From: Rafael Guillermo Camp os-Ramírez
To: undisclosed recipients: ;
Sent: 28-Apr-2014 18:17:16 +0000
Subject: Prospect Park, Brooklyn, Apr 28, 2014

Peter:
Attached are some pxs from the rare AmBi.  Thanks for helping me to find this master of camouflage (and more THANKS to Bobbie Manian for finding it).  I left the park past 1:30 pm, with 8 sps of warblers seen, including the Worm-eating Warbler, but not PRWA.

Prospect Park, Brooklyn, Kings, US-NY
Apr 28, 2014 10:00 AM - 1:30 PM
OBSERVER: Rafael G Campos R

Protocol: Traveling
4.0 kilometer(s)

Canada Goose (Branta canadensis)  X
Mute Swan (Cygnus olor)  4
Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)  X
Ruddy Duck (Oxyura jamaicensis)  6
Pied-billed Grebe (Podilymbus podiceps)  1
American Bittern (Botaurus lentiginosus)  1    West shore of the lake, behind the Three Sisters Islands.  Multiple observers.  Photos Taken.
Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias)  1    Lilly Pond, eating a large catfish.
Green Heron (Butorides virescens)  1
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) (Columba livia (Domestic type))  X
Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura)  5
Chimney Swift (Chaetura pelagica)  X
Belted Kingfisher (Megaceryle alcyon)  1
Red-bellied Woodpecker (Melanerpes carolinus)  3
Downy Woodpecker (Picoides pubescens)  2
Hairy Woodpecker (Picoides villosus)  1
Warbling Vireo (Eastern) (Vireo gilvus gilvus)  1
Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata)  2
Northern Rough-winged Swallow (Stelgidopteryx serripennis)  2
Tree Swallow (Tachycineta bicolor)  2
Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica)  X
Tufted Titmouse (Baeolophus bicolor)  1
House Wren (Troglodytes aedon)  1
Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus)  2
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (Polioptila caerulea)  2
Ruby-crowned Kinglet (Regulus calendula)  1
American Robin (Turdus migratorius)  X
European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)  X
Worm-eating Warbler (Helmitheros vermivorum)  1    Seen first near the Music Pagoda, flew into some trees towards the other side of the bridge, and seconds later, out of sight.
Louisiana Waterthrush (Parkesia motacilla)  1    Ravine
Northern Waterthrush (Parkesia noveboracensis)  3
Black-and-white Warbler (Mniotilta varia)  1    male, Ravine.
Yellow Warbler (Setophaga petechia)  2    1 near Three Sisters Islands, 1 Ravine
Palm Warbler (Yellow) (Setophaga palmarum hypochrysea)  2
Pine Warbler (Setophaga pinus)  1    Across from the Well House
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) (Setophaga coronata coronata)  16

White-throated Sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis)  11
Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis)  8
Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus)  3
Common Grackle (Quiscalus quiscula)  12
American Goldfinch (Spinus tristis)  1    Singing, Vale.
House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)  X