Tuesday, September 2, 2014

Prospect

from Adam Welz

Prospect Park, Kings, US-NY
Sep 2, 2014 6:05 AM - 9:05 AM
Protocol: Traveling
3.0 kilometer(s)
Comments:     Humid, clear, Parkside entrance to Lookout then along Quaker Ridge bridle trail to Pools, Ravine and back to Parkside along Lullwater. No Barn Swallows (I looked!)
45 species (+3 other taxa)

Canada Goose (Branta canadensis)  X
Mute Swan (Cygnus olor)  10
Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)  X
American Black Duck x Mallard (hybrid) (Anas rubripes x platyrhynchos)  X
Pied-billed Grebe (Podilymbus podiceps)  1     My fos. At Duck Island.
Green Heron (Butorides virescens)  1
Black-crowned Night-Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax)  1
Spotted Sandpiper (Actitis macularius)  1
Herring Gull (Larus argentatus)  1
Sterna sp. (Sterna sp.)  1     overflying very high over Lake pre-sunrise
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) (Columba livia (Feral Pigeon))  2
Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura)  10
Chimney Swift (Chaetura pelagica)  15
Red-bellied Woodpecker (Melanerpes carolinus)  3
Downy Woodpecker (Picoides pubescens)  2
Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus)  4
Eastern Wood-Pewee (Contopus virens)  2     vocalizing
Empidonax sp. (Empidonax sp.)  1
Great Crested Flycatcher (Myiarchus crinitus)  1
Eastern Kingbird (Tyrannus tyrannus)  2
White-eyed Vireo (Vireo griseus)  1
Warbling Vireo (Vireo gilvus)  7     all vocalizing
Philadelphia Vireo (Vireo philadelphicus)  2     Seen extremely well at less than 10 meters in good light above the bridle trail along Quaker Ridge. Dark lores, contrasty face, yellow wash from throat down beyond vent, palest in middle of belly, different jizz to Warbling (many of which were also seen today) and did not have 'blank-faced' look of that species. Neither of the two birds vocalized in ca. 5 minutes' observation. Both flew off towards Lookout Hill.
Red-eyed Vireo (Vireo olivaceus)  1
Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata)  3
Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus)  1     Butterfly Meadow. These seem to be rare in Prospect Park nowadays.
Red-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta canadensis)  1     tree above Butterfly Meadow, Lookout Hill. Used to seeing them in winter in Prospect Park.
House Wren (Troglodytes aedon)  3
Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus)  2
American Robin (Turdus migratorius)  25     approx count
Gray Catbird (Dumetella carolinensis)  30     approx count
European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)  X
Cedar Waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum)  X     dozens, inc juvs
Blue-winged Warbler (Vermivora cyanoptera)  1
Black-and-white Warbler (Mniotilta varia)  1
Common Yellowthroat (Geothlypis trichas)  1
American Redstart (Setophaga ruticilla)  15
Magnolia Warbler (Setophaga magnolia)  4
Yellow Warbler (Setophaga petechia)  1
Chestnut-sided Warbler (Setophaga pensylvanica)  1
Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia)  1
Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis)  4
Indigo Bunting (Passerina cyanea)  1     Butterfly Meadow, Lookout Hill. Heavily moulting.
Common Grackle (Quiscalus quiscula)  1
Orchard Oriole (Icterus spurius)  1     Typical adult female feeding in mulberry tree at top of Maryland Monument steps. Seen well and close. I am very familiar with this species.
Baltimore Oriole (Icterus galbula)  2
American Goldfinch (Spinus tristis)  X     dozens
House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)  X

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