Friday, May 29, 2015

Fwd: Prospect Park, Brooklyn, May 29, 2015





-----Original Message-----
From: ticornis@yahoo.com
Sent: Fri, May 29, 2015 1:23 pm
Subject: Prospect Park, Brooklyn, May 29, 2015

Late mid morning walk around the Park.  The activity was kind of low.  But I saw at least 3 sps of warblers, 1 of them breeds in the Park (Yellow), the other 2, probably the last species around PP: Blackpoll & Redstart. Time to visit other places around NY State.

Prospect Park, Brooklyn, Kings, New York, US
May 29, 2015 10:15 AM - 12:40 PM
Observer: Rafael G Campos
Protocol: Traveling
5.6 kilometer(s)
30 species

Mute Swan (Cygnus olor)  8
Wood Duck (Aix sponsa)  1
Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)  4
Green Heron (Butorides virescens)  1
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) (Columba livia (Feral Pigeon))  4
Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura)  9
Chimney Swift (Chaetura pelagica)  6
Red-bellied Woodpecker (Melanerpes carolinus)  1
Downy Woodpecker (Picoides pubescens)  1
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) (Colaptes auratus auratus/luteus)  1
Eastern Wood-Pewee (Contopus virens)  3
Great Crested Flycatcher (Myiarchus crinitus)  3
Warbling Vireo (Eastern) (Vireo gilvus gilvus)  7
Red-eyed Vireo (Vireo olivaceus)  4
Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica)  5
House Wren (Troglodytes aedon)  3
Swainson's Thrush (Catharus ustulatus)  1
American Robin (Turdus migratorius)  29
Gray Catbird (Dumetella carolinensis)  5
European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)  14
Cedar Waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum)  5
American Redstart (Setophaga ruticilla)  1
Yellow Warbler (Setophaga petechia)  1
Blackpoll Warbler (Setophaga striata)  4    seen mostly in the Peninsula.

Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia)  1
Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis)  6
Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus)  5
Common Grackle (Quiscalus quiscula)  12
Baltimore Oriole (Icterus galbula)  2
House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)  12

Brooklyn is great birding!!!