Hilights : still good activity with PINE, PALM WARBLERS, single LOUISIANA WATERTHRUSH, NORTHERN ROUGH WINGED SWALLOW
From Rafael:
Prospect Park, Brooklyn, Kings, US-NY
Apr 13, 2013 9:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Apr 13, 2013 9:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Observer: Rafael G Campos
Protocol: Traveling
3.0 kilometer(s)
Comments: Big numbers of the "trio" (Palm, Pine & Yellow-rumped -Myrtle-) around Lullwater, & Lullwater Bridge. Also good numbers of Chipping Sparrows at Nelly's Lawn & Long Meadow. A lonely Louisiana Waterthrush in the Ravine.
56 species
Canada Goose (Branta canadensis) X
Mute Swan (Cygnus olor) 2
Wood Duck (Aix sponsa) 1
Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) X
Northern Shoveler (Anas clypeata) X
Ring-necked Duck (Aythya collaris) 5
Bufflehead (Bucephala albeola) 2
Ruddy Duck (Oxyura jamaicensis) X
Pied-billed Grebe (Podilymbus podiceps) 1
Double-crested Cormorant (Phalacrocorax auritus) 1
Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) 1
Great Egret (Ardea alba) 1
Black-crowned Night-Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax) 5
Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) 1 flyover Grand Army Plaza
Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) 1
Sharp-shinned Hawk (Accipiter striatus) 1
American Coot (Fulica americana) X
Laughing Gull (Leucophaeus atricilla) 1
Herring Gull (American) (Larus argentatus smithsonianus) 3
Rock Pigeon (Columba livia) X
Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) 2
Belted Kingfisher (Megaceryle alcyon) 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker (Melanerpes carolinus) 2
Downy Woodpecker (Picoides pubescens) 2
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) (Colaptes auratus [auratus Group]) 3
Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) 3
Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) X
Northern Rough-winged Swallow (Stelgidopteryx serripennis) 1
Tree Swallow (Tachycineta bicolor) X
Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica) X
Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus) 3
Tufted Titmouse (Baeolophus bicolor) 2
Red-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta canadensis) 1
White-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta carolinensis) 2
Brown Creeper (Certhia americana) 3
Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) 2
Golden-crowned Kinglet (Regulus satrapa) 3
Ruby-crowned Kinglet (Regulus calendula) 2
Hermit Thrush (Catharus guttatus) 2
American Robin (Turdus migratorius) X
Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) 1
European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris) X
Louisiana Waterthrush (Parkesia motacilla) 1 Ravine
Palm Warbler (Yellow) (Setophaga palmarum hypochrysea) X
Pine Warbler (Setophaga pinus) X
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) (Setophaga coronata coronata) X
Eastern Towhee (Pipilo erythrophthalmus) 1
Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina) X
Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia) 2
White-throated Sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis) X
Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored) (Junco hyemalis hyemalis/carolinensis) 1
Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) 6
Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus) X
Common Grackle (Quiscalus quiscula) 2
Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater) 2
House Sparrow (Passer domesticus) X
Brooklyn is great birding!!!
Protocol: Traveling
3.0 kilometer(s)
Comments: Big numbers of the "trio" (Palm, Pine & Yellow-rumped -Myrtle-) around Lullwater, & Lullwater Bridge. Also good numbers of Chipping Sparrows at Nelly's Lawn & Long Meadow. A lonely Louisiana Waterthrush in the Ravine.
56 species
Canada Goose (Branta canadensis) X
Mute Swan (Cygnus olor) 2
Wood Duck (Aix sponsa) 1
Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) X
Northern Shoveler (Anas clypeata) X
Ring-necked Duck (Aythya collaris) 5
Bufflehead (Bucephala albeola) 2
Ruddy Duck (Oxyura jamaicensis) X
Pied-billed Grebe (Podilymbus podiceps) 1
Double-crested Cormorant (Phalacrocorax auritus) 1
Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) 1
Great Egret (Ardea alba) 1
Black-crowned Night-Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax) 5
Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) 1 flyover Grand Army Plaza
Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) 1
Sharp-shinned Hawk (Accipiter striatus) 1
American Coot (Fulica americana) X
Laughing Gull (Leucophaeus atricilla) 1
Herring Gull (American) (Larus argentatus smithsonianus) 3
Rock Pigeon (Columba livia) X
Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) 2
Belted Kingfisher (Megaceryle alcyon) 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker (Melanerpes carolinus) 2
Downy Woodpecker (Picoides pubescens) 2
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) (Colaptes auratus [auratus Group]) 3
Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) 3
Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) X
Northern Rough-winged Swallow (Stelgidopteryx serripennis) 1
Tree Swallow (Tachycineta bicolor) X
Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica) X
Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus) 3
Tufted Titmouse (Baeolophus bicolor) 2
Red-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta canadensis) 1
White-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta carolinensis) 2
Brown Creeper (Certhia americana) 3
Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) 2
Golden-crowned Kinglet (Regulus satrapa) 3
Ruby-crowned Kinglet (Regulus calendula) 2
Hermit Thrush (Catharus guttatus) 2
American Robin (Turdus migratorius) X
Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) 1
European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris) X
Louisiana Waterthrush (Parkesia motacilla) 1 Ravine
Palm Warbler (Yellow) (Setophaga palmarum hypochrysea) X
Pine Warbler (Setophaga pinus) X
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) (Setophaga coronata coronata) X
Eastern Towhee (Pipilo erythrophthalmus) 1
Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina) X
Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia) 2
White-throated Sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis) X
Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored) (Junco hyemalis hyemalis/carolinensis) 1
Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) 6
Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus) X
Common Grackle (Quiscalus quiscula) 2
Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater) 2
House Sparrow (Passer domesticus) X
Brooklyn is great birding!!!
