Saturday, October 25, 2014

Fwd: Prospect Park 10/24

 

 

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------ Original Message ------
From: Kathleen Toomey
Date: 10/25/2014 9:16 AM
To: Peter Dorosh;
Subject: Prospect Park 10/24

 

Prospect Park, Kings, US-NY
Oct 24, 2014 11:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Protocol: Traveling
3.0 mile(s)
Comments:     The Lake, the Peninsula and the Lullwater only
51 species (+1 other taxa)

Canada Goose  46
Mute Swan  5
Wood Duck  13     Lullwater
Mallard  40
American Black Duck x Mallard (hybrid)  1
Northern Shoveler  30
Green-winged Teal  1     Lullwater
Hooded Merganser  1     Lower Lullwater, female
Ruddy Duck  70
Pied-billed Grebe  2
Double-crested Cormorant  2
Great Blue Heron  1
Red-shouldered Hawk  1
Red-tailed Hawk  1
American Coot  15
Spotted Sandpiper  1     On black plastic at southern edge of Lake near West Island, seen with Karen O'Hearn, brown above, white below with white scallop at shoulder, teetering
Ring-billed Gull  2
Herring Gull  2
Great Black-backed Gull  1
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  3
Mourning Dove  1
Red-bellied Woodpecker  2
Downy Woodpecker  2
Northern Flicker  3
Eastern Phoebe  1
Blue-headed Vireo  1
Blue Jay  1
Black-capped Chickadee  1
Tufted Titmouse  1
White-breasted Nuthatch  1
Golden-crowned Kinglet  3
Ruby-crowned Kinglet  15
Hermit Thrush  6
American Robin  3
Northern Mockingbird  2
European Starling  6
Black-and-white Warbler  1     Possibly two, seen on the Peninsula by three of us, then later seen by me in phrags at edge of lake near West Island
Common Yellowthroat  1
Palm Warbler  3
Pine Warbler  1     Peninsula tip, thanks to Torin
Yellow-rumped Warbler  10
Wilson's Warbler  1     Possibly the same one seen on 10/21.  Female first year type, yellow below, black underside of tail, yellow-olive above extending onto the top of the head where the cap would be
Eastern Towhee  1     Heard
Chipping Sparrow  20
Song Sparrow  10
Swamp Sparrow  2
White-throated Sparrow  30
Dark-eyed Junco  20
Northern Cardinal  2
Rusty Blackbird  1     On the black plastic, south side of Lake, thanks to Karen
American Goldfinch  1
House Sparrow  40