Brooklyn Bird Club
Published by Janet Zinn · 4 hrs ·
A highlight of today's Prospect Park walk, led by Bobbi Manian, was this Black-billed Cuckoo seen early in the day near lamp post 249. Great looks were had by all as it sat in the open and preened!
Here is complete list from today's walk:
56 species (+2 other taxa)
Canada Goose 24
Mute Swan 2
American Black Duck 5
Mallard X
Double-crested Cormorant 2
Great Egret 1
Green Heron 2
Red-tailed Hawk 1
peep sp. 4 Flyover by lake
Spotted Sandpiper 2
Solitary Sandpiper 1
Laughing Gull 1
Ring-billed Gull 1
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) X
Mourning Dove 3
Black-billed Cuckoo 1
Chimney Swift 4
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 2
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
Downy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 1
Empidonax sp. 1 a possible yellow-bellied flycatcher was reported on Lookout. We saw a likely bird but no one got a definitive look as far as I know. Some saw an eye-ring, some saw yellow in the throat.
Great Crested Flycatcher 2
Eastern Kingbird 3
Warbling Vireo 2
Red-eyed Vireo 2
Blue Jay 3
Barn Swallow 1
Black-capped Chickadee 1
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 3
American Robin 21
Gray Catbird 7
Northern Mockingbird 1
European Starling X
Cedar Waxwing 4
Ovenbird 1
Louisiana Waterthrush 1
Northern Waterthrush 2
Blue-winged Warbler 1
Black-and-white Warbler 8
Common Yellowthroat 1
American Redstart 14
Northern Parula 1
Magnolia Warbler 3
Yellow Warbler 5
Chestnut-sided Warbler 1
Black-throated Green Warbler 1
Canada Warbler 3
Song Sparrow 1
Northern Cardinal 3
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 2 2 young makes obs by Kathy Karen and Gus in Ravine
Indigo Bunting 2
Red-winged Blackbird 5
Common Grackle 6
Baltimore Oriole 4
House Finch 2
American Goldfinch 10
House Sparrow X
