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From: ticornis@yahoo.com
Sent: Sun, May 3, 2015 8:53 am
Subject: Prospect Park, Brooklyn, May 3, 2015
What a morning!!! In 24 hrs difference I went from 4 sps of warblers (yesterday) up to 11 this morning. Highlights:Hooded, Worm-eating; BT Blue & BT Green, Parula, Yellow, Northern Waterthrush, Prairie.
It was a very short distance walk. I started at GAP, went through the Vale, Midwood, and at Central Drive, across from the Nethermead, the first Hooded Warbler was seen. And out of nowhere, birders started to appear. After this point, I joined forces with P. Dorosh and his flock, reversing more or less, my early part of the walk.
Prospect Park, Brooklyn, Kings, US-NY
May 3, 2015 7:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Observers: Rafael G Campos, P. Dorosh & 5 birders (sorry for the names)
Protocol: Traveling
3.0 kilometer(s)
Comments: For most of the morning, I joined forces with P. Dorosh, and 5 other birders. We had most fantastic morning ever in this cold Spring of 2015. Eleven species of warblers, compared with only 4 the day before.
39 species
Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) 1
Laughing Gull (Leucophaeus atricilla) 1 Flyover Rose Garden.
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) (Columba livia (Feral Pigeon)) 4
Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) 11
Chimney Swift (Chaetura pelagica) 2
Red-bellied Woodpecker (Melanerpes carolinus) 3
Downy Woodpecker (Picoides pubescens) 5
Blue-headed Vireo (Vireo solitarius) 1
Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) 2
Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica) 2
Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus) 1
Hermit Thrush (Catharus guttatus) 1 Midwood
Wood Thrush (Hylocichla mustelina) 1 Midwood
American Robin (Turdus migratorius) X
Gray Catbird (Dumetella carolinensis) 4
European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris) X
Worm-eating Warbler (Helmitheros vermivorum) 1 Midwood/horse path
Northern Waterthrush (Parkesia noveboracensis) 1 Vale.
Black-and-white Warbler (Mniotilta varia) 7
Nashville Warbler (Oreothlypis ruficapilla) 1 near Rick's Place.
Hooded Warbler (Setophaga citrina) 2 1 edge of Quaker Hill; 1 Battle Pass. Seen by multiple observers at both places.
Northern Parula (Setophaga americana) 4
Yellow Warbler (Setophaga petechia) 1 Vale.
Black-throated Blue Warbler (Setophaga caerulescens) 2
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) (Setophaga coronata coronata) 7
Prairie Warbler (Setophaga discolor) 1
Black-throated Green Warbler (Setophaga virens) 1 male, Battle Pass.
Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina) 1
Savannah Sparrow (Passerculus sandwichensis) 1 Vale of Cashmere.
White-throated Sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis) 4
Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) 7
Rose-breasted Grosbeak (Pheucticus ludovicianus) 1 Vale.
Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus) 2
Common Grackle (Quiscalus quiscula) 6
Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater) 4
Orchard Oriole (Icterus spurius) 2 Vale.
Baltimore Oriole (Icterus galbula) 3
American Goldfinch (Spinus tristis) 1
House Sparrow (Passer domesticus) 8
For more pictures go to: ticornis.tumblr.com
Protocol: Traveling
3.0 kilometer(s)
Comments: For most of the morning, I joined forces with P. Dorosh, and 5 other birders. We had most fantastic morning ever in this cold Spring of 2015. Eleven species of warblers, compared with only 4 the day before.
39 species
Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) 1
Laughing Gull (Leucophaeus atricilla) 1 Flyover Rose Garden.
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) (Columba livia (Feral Pigeon)) 4
Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) 11
Chimney Swift (Chaetura pelagica) 2
Red-bellied Woodpecker (Melanerpes carolinus) 3
Downy Woodpecker (Picoides pubescens) 5
Blue-headed Vireo (Vireo solitarius) 1
Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) 2
Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica) 2
Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus) 1
Hermit Thrush (Catharus guttatus) 1 Midwood
Wood Thrush (Hylocichla mustelina) 1 Midwood
American Robin (Turdus migratorius) X
Gray Catbird (Dumetella carolinensis) 4
European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris) X
Worm-eating Warbler (Helmitheros vermivorum) 1 Midwood/horse path
Northern Waterthrush (Parkesia noveboracensis) 1 Vale.
Black-and-white Warbler (Mniotilta varia) 7
Nashville Warbler (Oreothlypis ruficapilla) 1 near Rick's Place.
Hooded Warbler (Setophaga citrina) 2 1 edge of Quaker Hill; 1 Battle Pass. Seen by multiple observers at both places.
Northern Parula (Setophaga americana) 4
Yellow Warbler (Setophaga petechia) 1 Vale.
Black-throated Blue Warbler (Setophaga caerulescens) 2
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) (Setophaga coronata coronata) 7
Prairie Warbler (Setophaga discolor) 1
Black-throated Green Warbler (Setophaga virens) 1 male, Battle Pass.
Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina) 1
Savannah Sparrow (Passerculus sandwichensis) 1 Vale of Cashmere.
White-throated Sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis) 4
Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) 7
Rose-breasted Grosbeak (Pheucticus ludovicianus) 1 Vale.
Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus) 2
Common Grackle (Quiscalus quiscula) 6
Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater) 4
Orchard Oriole (Icterus spurius) 2 Vale.
Baltimore Oriole (Icterus galbula) 3
American Goldfinch (Spinus tristis) 1
House Sparrow (Passer domesticus) 8
For more pictures go to: ticornis.tumblr.com
Brooklyn is great birding!!!
