Sunday, June 22, 2014

Fwd: Prospect Park, Brooklyn, Jun 22, 2014

 

 

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------ Original Message ------
From: Rafael Guillermo Campos-Ramírez
Date: 6/22/2014 3:21 PM
To: Peter Dorosh;
Subject:  Prospect Park, Brooklyn, Jun 22, 2014

 

Peter:  A slow mid morning in the park.  The big surprise was the Ruddy Duck, 4 of them at the Lake.  Also 1 Chipping Sparrow, at the Vale.


 


Prospect Park, Brooklyn, Kings, US-NY
Jun 22, 2014 8:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Observer: Rafael G Campos
Protocol: Traveling
2.5 kilometer(s)
31 species

Mute Swan (Cygnus olor)  3
Wood Duck (Aix sponsa)  4
Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)  X
Ruddy Duck (Oxyura jamaicensis)  4    all the individuals seen in the SW side of the lake.  One of them a male.
Double-crested Cormorant (Phalacrocorax auritus)  1
Great Egret (Ardea alba)  1
Black-crowned Night-Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax)  1
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) (Columba livia (Domestic type))  1
Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura)  5
Chimney Swift (Chaetura pelagica)  5
Red-bellied Woodpecker (Melanerpes carolinus)  3
Downy Woodpecker (Picoides pubescens)  2
Eastern Kingbird (Tyrannus tyrannus)  1
Warbling Vireo (Eastern) (Vireo gilvus gilvus)  2
Red-eyed Vireo (Vireo olivaceus)  2
Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata)  1
American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos)  1
Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica)  4
Tufted Titmouse (Baeolophus bicolor)  2
House Wren (Troglodytes aedon)  6
Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus)  1
American Robin (Turdus migratorius)  9
Gray Catbird (Dumetella carolinensis)  9
European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)  X
Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina)  1    seen taking a bath at the Vale.
Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia)  2
Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis)  6
Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus)  5
Common Grackle (Quiscalus quiscula)  5
Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater)  1
House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)  X

Brooklyn is great birding!!!