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!!!