Fwd: Prospect Park, Brooklyn, Apr 10, 2015

From: Rafael Guillermo Campos-Ramírez <ticornis@yahoo.com>
Sent: Fri, Apr 10, 2015 2:14 pm
Subject: Prospect Park, Brooklyn, Apr 10, 2015

 After the rain, a late walk around the Park.  No new arrivals, at least while I was there.  But the drake Common Merganser changed his usual spot. He moved across the skating rink.

Just 3 sps of warblers: Palm, Pine & Louisiana.  Four sps of gulls at the lake: Laughing, Ring-billed, Herring & Great Black-back.

Prospect Park, Brooklyn, Kings, US-NY
Apr 10, 2015 10:25 AM - 1:00 PM

Observer: Rafael G Campos
Protocol: Traveling
2.5 kilometer(s)
47 species

Canada Goose (Branta canadensis)  X
Mute Swan (Cygnus olor)  9
Wood Duck (Aix sponsa)  7    2 lake, 2 vale, 3 lower pool
Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)  X
Ring-necked Duck (Aythya collaris)  2
Common Merganser (North American) (Mergus merganser americanus)  1    Male. see photos at ticornis.tumblr.com
Ruddy Duck (Oxyura jamaicensis)  9
Double-crested Cormorant (Phalacrocorax auritus)  3
Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias)  2
Great Egret (Ardea alba)  3
Black-crowned Night-Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax)  1
American Coot (Fulica americana)  5
Laughing Gull (Leucophaeus atricilla)  1
Ring-billed Gull (Larus delawarensis)  X
Herring Gull (American) (Larus argentatus smithsonianus)  X
Great Black-backed Gull (Larus marinus)  1
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) (Columba livia (Feral Pigeon))  23
Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura)  6
Belted Kingfisher (Megaceryle alcyon)  1
Red-bellied Woodpecker (Melanerpes carolinus)  1
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) (Colaptes auratus auratus/luteus)  11
Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe)  9
Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata)  10
Tree Swallow (Tachycineta bicolor)  6
Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica)  5
Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus)  2
White-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta carolinensis)  2
Brown Creeper (Certhia americana)  1
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (Polioptila caerulea)  2
Golden-crowned Kinglet (Regulus satrapa)  1

Ruby-crowned Kinglet (Regulus calendula)  1
Hermit Thrush (Catharus guttatus)  5
American Robin (Turdus migratorius)  15
European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)  6
Louisiana Waterthrush (Parkesia motacilla)  1    Ravine.
Palm Warbler (Yellow) (Setophaga palmarum hypochrysea)  2
Pine Warbler (Setophaga pinus)  4
Eastern Towhee (Pipilo erythrophthalmus)  4    all males
Fox Sparrow (Red) (Passerella iliaca iliaca/zaboria)  1
Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia)  7
Swamp Sparrow (Melospiza georgiana)  1
White-throated Sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis)  9
Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis)  9
Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus)  11
Common Grackle (Quiscalus quiscula)  4
Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater)  2
American Goldfinch (Spinus tristis)  3
House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)  6

Brooklyn is great birding!!