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From: ticornis@
To: Peter Dorosh
Sent: Sun, Aug 17, 2014 12:37 pm
Subject: Prospect Park, Brooklyn, Aug 17, 2014
Prospect Park, Brooklyn, Kings, US-NY
Aug 17, 2014 8:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Aug 17, 2014 8:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Observers: Rafael G Campos; Kathy T. & Emily G.
Protocol: Traveling
3.5 kilometer(s)
Comments: Around 8 am, some rain, overcast skies. By 10 am, bright & blue skies.
44 species
Canada Goose (Branta canadensis) 8
Mute Swan (Cygnus olor) 7
Wood Duck (Aix sponsa) 1
Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) 4
Green Heron (Butorides virescens) 2
Herring Gull (American) (Larus argentatus smithsonianus) 1
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) (Columba livia (Feral Pigeon)) X
Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) 4
Chimney Swift (Chaetura pelagica) 5
Red-bellied Woodpecker (Melanerpes carolinus) 1
Downy Woodpecker (Picoides pubescens) 2
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) (Colaptes auratus auratus/luteus) 1
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher (Empidonax flaviventris) 1
Great Crested Flycatcher (Myiarchus crinitus) 1
Eastern Kingbird (Tyrannus tyrannus) 3
Warbling Vireo (Eastern) (Vireo gilvus gilvus) 3
Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) 2
Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica) 2
Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus) 2
Tufted Titmouse (Baeolophus bicolor) 1
House Wren (Troglodytes aedon) 2
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (Polioptila caerulea) 4
Veery (Catharus fuscescens) 1
American Robin (Turdus migratorius) X
Gray Catbird (Dumetella carolinensis) 8
European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris) X
Cedar Waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum) 6
Ovenbird (Seiurus aurocapilla) 1Northern Waterthrush (Parkesia noveboracensis) 3
Blue-winged Warbler (Vermivora cyanoptera) 3 First 2 individuals were seen around 8:54 am, Midwood.
Black-and-white Warbler (Mniotilta varia) 2 one individual at Midwood, the second at Peninsula.
Tennessee Warbler (Oreothlypis peregrina) 1 seen eaten the fruits of "paper mullberry". General olive-green, white eyebrow, whitish vent. Seen also by 2 others (Katty T., & Emily G.).
American Redstart (Setophaga ruticilla) 6 first individual seen around 8:30 am, Vale.
Yellow Warbler (Setophaga petechia) 1
Chestnut-sided Warbler (Setophaga pensylvanica) 1
Canada Warbler (Cardellina canadensis) 1 the only individual was seen around 8:51 am, Midwood.
Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia) 1
Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) 5
Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus) 1
Common Grackle (Quiscalus quiscula) 8
Orchard Oriole (Icterus spurius) 1
Baltimore Oriole (Icterus galbula) 3
American Goldfinch (Spinus tristis) 5
House Sparrow (Passer domesticus) X
Brooklyn is great birding!!