Friday, August 31, 2012

Prospect Aug 31st ; A yellow morning with a tint of olive

Hilights include YELLOW-THROATED VIREO & YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO; OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER

From Keir
Prospect Park, Kings, US-NY
Aug 31, 2012 7:10 AM - 9:10 AM
Protocol: Traveling
1.5 mile(s)
34 species (+1 other taxa)

Rock Pigeon 2
Mourning Dove 10
Yellow-billed Cuckoo 1 Lookout, SE edge of Butterfly meadow, Mike Yuan & Phil Payne also obs.
Chimney Swift 3
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 1
Downy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 4
Eastern Wood-Pewee 2
Empidonax sp. 1
White-eyed Vireo 1
Yellow-throated Vireo 1 Top of steps above Maryland Monument. First heard singing by Mike Yuan then seen well. May have been 2 birds.
Warbling Vireo 4
Red-eyed Vireo 7
Blue Jay 2
Red-breasted Nuthatch 6 2 plus on Breeze Hill then 6 plus above Maryland Monument steps. Mostly in deciduous trees.
House Wren 3
Carolina Wren 1
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 1
American Robin 5
Gray Catbird 3
Northern Mockingbird 1
European Starling 3
Black-and-white Warbler 2
Common Yellowthroat 2
American Redstart 7
Northern Parula 2
Magnolia Warbler 2
Chestnut-sided Warbler 1
Black-throated Green Warbler 1
Chipping Sparrow 1
Song Sparrow 2
Northern Cardinal 3
Brown-headed Cowbird 1
American Goldfinch 8
House Sparrow 12

From Mike Yuan
Some seemingly new non-warbler migrants this morning - YB cuckoo, YT vireo, RB grosbeaks the highlights for me.

Prospect Park, Kings, US-NY
Aug 31, 2012 6:45 AM - 9:15 AM
Protocol: Traveling
2.0 mile(s)
Comments: <br>Submitted from BirdLog NA for iOS, version 1.4.8
39 species (+2 other taxa)

Mute Swan 6
Mallard 8
Ring-billed Gull 1
Rock Pigeon 4
Mourning Dove 19
Yellow-billed Cuckoo 1 Butterfly meadow
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 2
Downy Woodpecker 2
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 4
Eastern Wood-Pewee 2
Alder/Willow Flycatcher (Traill's Flycatcher) 1
Empidonax sp. 2
White-eyed Vireo 1 Heard
Yellow-throated Vireo 1 Singing, MD Monument steps
Warbling Vireo 2
Red-eyed Vireo 8
Blue Jay 3
Barn Swallow 2
Black-capped Chickadee 2
Red-breasted Nuthatch 3
Carolina Wren 2
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 2
Veery 4
American Robin 25
Gray Catbird 10
European Starling 15
Northern Waterthrush 1
Black-and-white Warbler 5
Common Yellowthroat 3
American Redstart 7
Northern Parula 2
Magnolia Warbler 3
Chestnut-sided Warbler 2
Chipping Sparrow 1
Song Sparrow 2
Northern Cardinal 6
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 2
Red-winged Blackbird 2
Baltimore Oriole 1


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Peter's sighting

Above the south Lookout switchback trail. an OLIVE -SIDED FLYCATCHER perched in a sycamore maple snag. near 9 am.