Prospect ; BBG Sept 4th A north wind, some good birds

Just back from a two day excursion to Long Island North Fork. A good trip with 68 American Golden Plover (best bird or hope for bird to see) , Bairds Sandpiper, Pectorals Sandpipers, Killdeer,  on the sod farms near Riverhead ; Beautiful Orient Point State park had Merlin, Common Loon ( early ).And a very bright male Prairie Warbler defying logic for still spring plumage. and tremendous lighting storms ! ( stay in the car ! )

While in my absence from Brooklyn, some report I received today  and Cuckoo pic from yesterday.

Hilights were MOURNING WABLER, YELLOW-THROATED VIREO, PHILADELPHIA VIREO and 10 species warblers.Not high for the good strong wind, but the birders will take it after a dry spell all last week.

By the way, did anybody go out in Prospect last nite to see nighthawks ? was wondering ....

Observer: Joshua Malbin
2013-09-04 07:02
Prospect Park
Protocol: Traveling
1 Miles
109 Minutes
Observers: 1
All birds reported? Yes
    X    Mourning Dove     
    9    Chimney Swift     
    1    Red-bellied Woodpecker     
    3    Downy Woodpecker     
    1    Eastern Wood-Pewee     
    1    White-eyed Vireo     
    3    Warbling Vireo     
    4    Red-eyed Vireo     
    X    Blue Jay     
    4    American Crow     
    1    Black-capped Chickadee     
    3    Tufted Titmouse     
    1    White-breasted Nuthatch     
    3    Carolina Wren     
    2    Blue-gray Gnatcatcher     
    X    American Robin     
    X    Gray Catbird     
    X    European Starling     
    4    Cedar Waxwing     
    2    Common Yellowthroat     
    5    American Redstart     
    1    Northern Parula     
    1    Chestnut-sided Warbler     
    1    Black-throated Green Warbler     
    1    Wilson's Warbler     
    1    Song Sparrow     
    X    Northern Cardinal     
    2    Red-winged Blackbird     
    1    Brown-headed Cowbird     
    1    Baltimore Oriole     
    X    American Goldfinch     
    1    Orange Bishop    Exotic hanging around same spot.   

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MIke Yuan

Prospect Park, Kings, US-NY
Sep 4, 2013 6:45 AM - 8:55 AM
Protocol: Traveling
1.0 mile(s)
Comments:     Wellhouse Drive to Lookout to Breeze Hill <br />Submitted from BirdLog NA for iOS, version 1.6.2
40 species

Canada Goose  6
Mallard  4
Herring Gull  1
Rock Pigeon  2
Mourning Dove  8
Chimney Swift  3
Red-bellied Woodpecker  1
Downy Woodpecker  1
Eastern Wood-Pewee  3
Great Crested Flycatcher  1
White-eyed Vireo  2     Heard on Switchback and Lullwater Cove
Yellow-throated Vireo  1     Lookout Butterfly meadow
Warbling Vireo  1
Red-eyed Vireo  6
Blue Jay  5
American Crow  3
Black-capped Chickadee  4
Tufted Titmouse  2
House Wren  2
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher  3
American Robin  10
Gray Catbird  3
European Starling  7
Cedar Waxwing  4
Blue-winged Warbler  2     Lookout Butterfly meadow oak.
Black-and-white Warbler  3
Mourning Warbler  1     Seen at eye level in brush behind dirt pile and green dumpsters on Wellhouse Drive. 1st year type. Bright yellow underparts on longish body. Light throat. Broken white eye ring.
Common Yellowthroat  4
American Redstart  11
Northern Parula  1
Magnolia Warbler  3
Chestnut-sided Warbler  8
Canada Warbler  3
Song Sparrow  2
Scarlet Tanager  1
Northern Cardinal  6
Red-winged Blackbird  2
Baltimore Oriole  5
American Goldfinch  15
House Sparrow  9

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Orrin :

BBGarden this morning.  Except for the flowers outside the old visitor's center, things pretty dead until, heading north, I got to the wooded part of the native plant.  Minor fallout there and closer to the Eastern Parkway entrance, where one tree had a couple of vireo species and at least 4 warbler species.  Today's haul in the hour I had time for:

Carolina wren
American robin
House sparrow
Yellow warbler (immature)
Common yellowthroat
American goldfinch
Northern cardinal
Red-eyed vireo

Ruby-throated hummingbird

Gray catbird

Black and white warbler

Black-throated blue warbler

Northern parula

Anerican redstart (male and female)

Chestnut-sided warbler

Philadelphia vireo

Mourning dove

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Keir :

yesterday 9/3

hi Peter

The cuckoo was still on Lookout yesterday afternoon and I got a slightly better picture:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/22689183@N00/9665886761/

This morning I was in PP briefly and it seemed slow but there was a still a Tennessee Warbler at the Butterfly Meadow.

K