Thursday, April 16, 2015

Fwd: Prospect Park, Brooklyn, Apr 16, 2015




-----Original Message-----
From: Rafael Guillermo Campos-Ramírez <ticornis@yahoo.com>
Sent: Thu, Apr 16, 2015 3:14 pm
Subject: Prospect Park, Brooklyn, Apr 16, 2015

A very slow morning.  Nothing new, well at least during the time I was in the Park.  Only 4 sps of warblers.

I crossed path a couple times with the BBC bird walk led by T.S.



Prospect Park, Brooklyn, Kings, US-NY
Apr 16, 2015 7:45 AM - 10:45 AM
Observer: Rafael G Campos 
Protocol: Traveling
2.5 kilometer(s)
Comments:    No major variation on the bird species.  Similar pattern as the 2 previous days.  No new warblers sps.
44 species

Canada Goose (Branta canadensis)  X
Mute Swan (Cygnus olor)  9
Wood Duck (Aix sponsa)  4
Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)  X
Ruddy Duck (Oxyura jamaicensis)  X
Double-crested Cormorant (Phalacrocorax auritus)  5
Great Egret (Ardea alba)  2
Black-crowned Night-Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax)  1
Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis)  2
American Coot (Fulica americana)  1
Laughing Gull (Leucophaeus atricilla)  1
Herring Gull (American) (Larus argentatus smithsonianus)  3
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) (Columba livia (Feral Pigeon))  4
Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura)  13
Belted Kingfisher (Megaceryle alcyon)  1
Red-bellied Woodpecker (Melanerpes carolinus)  3
Downy Woodpecker (Picoides pubescens)  2
Hairy Woodpecker (Picoides villosus)  1
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) (Colaptes auratus auratus/luteus)  6
Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe)  1
Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata)  6
Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus)  6
Tufted Titmouse (Baeolophus bicolor)  2
White-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta carolinensis)  5
Ruby-crowned Kinglet (Regulus calendula)  11
Hermit Thrush (Catharus guttatus)  6
American Robin (Turdus migratorius)  8
European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)  3
Common Yellowthroat (Eastern) (Geothlypis trichas [trichas Group])  1    female, at the Vale. 
Palm Warbler (Yellow) (Setophaga palmarum hypochrysea)  5
Pine Warbler (Setophaga pinus)  6
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) (Setophaga coronata coronata)  8
Eastern Towhee (Pipilo erythrophthalmus)  2
Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina)  2
Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia)  3
Swamp Sparrow (Melospiza georgiana)  7
White-throated Sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis)  14
Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored) (Junco hyemalis hyemalis/carolinensis)  2
Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis)  9
Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus)  3
Common Grackle (Quiscalus quiscula)  6
Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater)  8
American Goldfinch (Spinus tristis)  1
House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)  6

Brooklyn is great birding!!!
            Rafa Campos R