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From: ticornis@yahoo.com
Sent: Mon, May 4, 2015 1:56 pm
Subject: Prospect Park, Brooklyn, May 4, 2015
I took my friend from Ecuador, Juan Carlos Calvachi for a short walk around the Park. We started at the Vale, where a Orchard Oriole followed by a Scarlet Tanager. From here to the Midwood, and the best was a Worm-eating Warbler. Also here BT Blue, Myrtle & Black-and-white Warblers.
At the pools, we saw Purple Finch, Great Crested Flycatcher, Blue-headed & Warbling Vireos.
My friend Juan Carlos is from Ecuador, visiting the Big Apple. And today Prospect Park will a place to remember, he got 6 lifers!!!
Prospect Park, Brooklyn, Kings, US-NY
May 4, 2015 8:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Observers: Rafael G Campos R & Juan Carlos Calvachi
Protocol: Traveling
2.0 kilometer(s)
44 species
Canada Goose (Branta canadensis) 2
Wood Duck (Aix sponsa) 4
Solitary Sandpiper (Tringa solitaria) 1 Upper Pool.
Laughing Gull (Leucophaeus atricilla) 1 flyover Nethermead
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) (Columba livia (Feral Pigeon)) X
Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) 3
Chimney Swift (Chaetura pelagica) 4
Red-bellied Woodpecker (Melanerpes carolinus) 2
Downy Woodpecker (Picoides pubescens) 2
Great Crested Flycatcher (Myiarchus crinitus) 1 Edge of Upper Pool.
Eastern Kingbird (Tyrannus tyrannus) 1
Blue-headed Vireo (Vireo solitarius) 1
Warbling Vireo (Vireo gilvus) 1 Boulder Bridge.
Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) 3
Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica) 1
House Wren (Troglodytes aedon) 2
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (Polioptila caerulea) 1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet (Regulus calendula) 1 Vale.
Veery (Catharus fuscescens) 1 near the pools.
Hermit Thrush (Catharus guttatus) 1
American Robin (Turdus migratorius) X
Gray Catbird (Dumetella carolinensis) 6
European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris) X
Ovenbird (Seiurus aurocapilla) 1 Midwood
Worm-eating Warbler (Helmitheros vermivorum) 1 Midwood, along the horse path.
Northern Waterthrush (Parkesia noveboracensis) 1 Lower Pool.
Blue-winged Warbler (Vermivora cyanoptera) 1 male, Battle Pass.
Black-and-white Warbler (Mniotilta varia) 8
Northern Parula (Setophaga americana) 1
Yellow Warbler (Setophaga petechia) 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) (Setophaga coronata coronata) 6
Eastern Towhee (Pipilo erythrophthalmus) 1
Swamp Sparrow (Melospiza georgiana) 2
White-throated Sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis) 8
Scarlet Tanager (Piranga olivacea) 1
Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) 4
Rose-breasted Grosbeak (Pheucticus ludovicianus) 1
Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus) 5
Common Grackle (Quiscalus quiscula) 4
Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater) 1
Orchard Oriole (Icterus spurius) 1
Purple Finch (Haemorhous purpureus) 1 female, upper pool
American Goldfinch (Spinus tristis) 1
House Sparrow (Passer domesticus) 2
For more pictures go to: ticornis.tumblr.com
Protocol: Traveling
2.0 kilometer(s)
44 species
Canada Goose (Branta canadensis) 2
Wood Duck (Aix sponsa) 4
Solitary Sandpiper (Tringa solitaria) 1 Upper Pool.
Laughing Gull (Leucophaeus atricilla) 1 flyover Nethermead
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) (Columba livia (Feral Pigeon)) X
Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) 3
Chimney Swift (Chaetura pelagica) 4
Red-bellied Woodpecker (Melanerpes carolinus) 2
Downy Woodpecker (Picoides pubescens) 2
Great Crested Flycatcher (Myiarchus crinitus) 1 Edge of Upper Pool.
Eastern Kingbird (Tyrannus tyrannus) 1
Blue-headed Vireo (Vireo solitarius) 1
Warbling Vireo (Vireo gilvus) 1 Boulder Bridge.
Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) 3
Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica) 1
House Wren (Troglodytes aedon) 2
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (Polioptila caerulea) 1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet (Regulus calendula) 1 Vale.
Veery (Catharus fuscescens) 1 near the pools.
Hermit Thrush (Catharus guttatus) 1
American Robin (Turdus migratorius) X
Gray Catbird (Dumetella carolinensis) 6
European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris) X
Ovenbird (Seiurus aurocapilla) 1 Midwood
Worm-eating Warbler (Helmitheros vermivorum) 1 Midwood, along the horse path.
Northern Waterthrush (Parkesia noveboracensis) 1 Lower Pool.
Blue-winged Warbler (Vermivora cyanoptera) 1 male, Battle Pass.
Black-and-white Warbler (Mniotilta varia) 8
Northern Parula (Setophaga americana) 1
Yellow Warbler (Setophaga petechia) 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) (Setophaga coronata coronata) 6
Eastern Towhee (Pipilo erythrophthalmus) 1
Swamp Sparrow (Melospiza georgiana) 2
White-throated Sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis) 8
Scarlet Tanager (Piranga olivacea) 1
Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) 4
Rose-breasted Grosbeak (Pheucticus ludovicianus) 1
Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus) 5
Common Grackle (Quiscalus quiscula) 4
Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater) 1
Orchard Oriole (Icterus spurius) 1
Purple Finch (Haemorhous purpureus) 1 female, upper pool
American Goldfinch (Spinus tristis) 1
House Sparrow (Passer domesticus) 2
For more pictures go to: ticornis.tumblr.com
Brooklyn is great birding!!
Pictures: 1-pair of Wood Ducks, lower pool
2- Rafa Campos -L- & Juan Carlos -R-
