Sunday, April 13, 2014

Fwd: Prospect Park, today.


-----Original Message-----
From: kathleentoomey@
To: Peter Dorosh
Sent: Sun, Apr 13, 2014 1:45 pm
Subject: Prospect Park, today.


Peter,
When I checked the book in which I record my sightings, I realized that we actually saw a flock of 14 Glossy Ibises flying over. 

Prospect Park, Kings, US-NY
Apr 13, 2014 8:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Protocol: Traveling
2.0 mile(s)
Comments:     Emily Goldstein and I birded together.
43 species (+1 other taxa)

Canada Goose  2
Mute Swan  4
Wood Duck  2
Mallard  4
Ruddy Duck  27
Double-crested Cormorant  5     Flyover
Green Heron  2     One was in the Ambergill, the other along the Lullwater opposite the Rustic Shelter
Glossy Ibis  14     Flyover, seen from the gates of Quaker Cemetery
Osprey  1
Red-tailed Hawk  1
American Coot  5
Laughing Gull  1
Herring Gull  8
Mourning Dove  6
Red-bellied Woodpecker  2
Downy Woodpecker  6
Northern Flicker  2
American Kestrel  1
Eastern Phoebe  1
White-eyed Vireo  1     On the right side of Lily Pond, seen from Binnen Bridge
Blue Jay  2
crow sp.  1
Tree Swallow  1
Black-capped Chickadee  1
Tufted Titmouse  3
White-breasted Nuthatch  1     Heard
Carolina Wren  1     Heard
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher  2
Ruby-crowned Kinglet  2
American Robin  X
Brown Thrasher  1     Continuing SW of Nethermeade Arches
European Starling  X
Louisiana Waterthrush  1     Upper Pool
Palm Warbler  1
Pine Warbler  7
Yellow-rumped Warbler  2
Yellow-throated Warbler  1     Back of the Upper Pool, seen by many observers
Swamp Sparrow  1
White-throated Sparrow  10
Northern Cardinal  6
Red-winged Blackbird  4
Common Grackle  4
American Goldfinch  1
House Sparrow  X