Friday, June 12, 2015

Fwd: Prospect Park, Brooklyn, Jun 12, 2015


From: Rafael Guillermo Campos-Ramírez <ticornis@yahoo.com>
Sent: Fri, Jun 12, 2015 2:49 pm
Subject: Prospect Park, Brooklyn, Jun 12, 2015

Two weeks have passed since my last visit to the Park.  And it is definitive, the Spring migration is over.  A hot late walk around the park was "so-so".   My best birds were the 2 species of orioles: Orchard (see photo below) & Baltimore.  I saw 1 nestling on the Hummingbird nest near the Lullwater Cove.  And a lonely Osprey flew over the Nethermead. Time to go North for more bird species (= Sullivan Co.).


Prospect Park, Brooklyn, Kings, New York, US
Jun 12, 2015 10:15 AM - 12:20 PM
Observer: Rafael G Campos
Protocol: Traveling
6.6 kilometer(s)
31 species

Mute Swan (Cygnus olor)  3
Wood Duck (Aix sponsa)  2
Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)  4
Double-crested Cormorant (Phalacrocorax auritus)  2
Green Heron (Butorides virescens)  1
Osprey (Pandion haliaetus)  1
Laughing Gull (Leucophaeus atricilla)  1
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) (Columba livia (Feral Pigeon))  9
Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura)  3
Chimney Swift (Chaetura pelagica)  4
Ruby-throated Hummingbird (Archilochus colubris)  1 (see picture below)
Red-bellied Woodpecker (Melanerpes carolinus)  1
Downy Woodpecker (Picoides pubescens)  1
Hairy Woodpecker (Picoides villosus)  1
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) (Colaptes auratus auratus/luteus)  1
Warbling Vireo (Eastern) (Vireo gilvus gilvus)  8
Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata)  2
Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica)  3
Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus)  1
House Wren (Troglodytes aedon)  3
American Robin (Turdus migratorius)  24
Gray Catbird (Dumetella carolinensis)  9
European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)  8
Cedar Waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum)  1
Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis)  5
Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus)  4
Common Grackle (Quiscalus quiscula)  10
Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater)  1
Orchard Oriole (Icterus spurius)  1
Baltimore Oriole (Icterus galbula)  2

House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)  22

Brooklyns is great birding!!!