Prospect Sept 21st

My BBC weekend trip list is complete including the photo of the large Avocet flock at Bombay Hook :

http://bbcprevioustripreports.blogspot.com/2012/09/brandywine-valley-fall-weekend-sept.html

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From Rafael:


Prospect Park, Brooklyn, Kings, US-NY

Sep 21, 2012 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM

Protocol: Traveling

Observer: Rafael G Campos

2.5 kilometer(s)

41 species



Canada Goose (Branta canadensis) X

Mute Swan (Cygnus olor) X

Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) X

Northern Shoveler (Anas clypeata) 9

Black-crowned Night-Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax) 1

Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) 1

Rock Pigeon (Columba livia) X

Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) X

Red-bellied Woodpecker (Melanerpes carolinus) 2

Downy Woodpecker (Picoides pubescens) 4

Hairy Woodpecker (Picoides villosus) 1

Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) (Colaptes auratus [auratus Group]) 3

Eastern Wood-Pewee (Contopus virens) 1

Blue-headed Vireo (Vireo solitarius) 1

Red-eyed Vireo (Vireo olivaceus) 10

Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) X

Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus) 2

Red-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta canadensis) 1

White-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta carolinensis) 2

Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) 2

American Robin (Turdus migratorius) X

Gray Catbird (Dumetella carolinensis) X

Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) 1

Brown Thrasher (Toxostoma rufum) 2

European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris) X

Cedar Waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum) 10

Ovenbird (Seiurus aurocapilla) 1

Northern Waterthrush (Parkesia noveboracensis) 1

Black-and-white Warbler (Mniotilta varia) 4

Common Yellowthroat (Geothlypis trichas) 2

American Redstart (Setophaga ruticilla) 7

Northern Parula (Setophaga americana) 1

Magnolia Warbler (Setophaga magnolia) 1

Black-throated Blue Warbler (Setophaga caerulescens) 3

Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia) 1

Scarlet Tanager (Piranga olivacea) 1

Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) 6

Indigo Bunting (Passerina cyanea) 1

Common Grackle (Quiscalus quiscula) 1

American Goldfinch (Spinus tristis) 1

House Sparrow (Passer domesticus) X



Brooklyn is great birding!!!