Saturday, May 1, 2021

Fwd: 5/1/21 walk

BBC Saturday walk

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Dennis Hrehowsik <deepseagangster@gmail.com>
Date: Saturday, May 1, 2021
Subject: 5/1/21 walk
To: Peter Dorosh <prosbird@gmail.com>, Roberta Manian <roberta.manian@gmail.com>, Tom Stephenson <12toms@gmail.com>


Peter,

Windy day birds made us work early but we were rewarded with bald eagle, purple finches, bank swallow, raven and Chuck Will's Widow for 73 Species. Looking forward to big Day in the park next week!

Dennis W Hrehowsik 
President Brooklyn Bird Club


Prospect Park, New York US-NY 40.65679, -73.96990
May 1, 2021

4 Canada Goose
2 Mute Swan
5 Wood Duck
4 Mallard
1 American Black Duck
3 Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)
3 Mourning Dove
1 Chuck-will's-widow -- Nightjar larger than a whippoorwill not a nighthawk above my pay grade other than that. Found by Akilah Lewis near paved path above wellhouse. 
3 Chimney Swift
1 Ruby-throated Hummingbird
3 Spotted Sandpiper
5 Laughing Gull
1 Herring Gull
1 Red-throated Loon
2 Double-crested Cormorant
1 Great Egret
2 Green Heron
1 Black-crowned Night-Heron
3 Turkey Vulture
1 Cooper's Hawk
1 Bald Eagle
2 Red-tailed Hawk
2 Belted Kingfisher
2 Red-bellied Woodpecker
2 Downy Woodpecker
3 Northern Flicker
2 Great Crested Flycatcher
1 Eastern Kingbird
1 Blue-headed Vireo
3 Warbling Vireo
4 Blue Jay
1 Common Raven
2 Tufted Titmouse
2 Northern Rough-winged Swallow
2 Tree Swallow
1 Bank Swallow
3 Barn Swallow
2 Ruby-crowned Kinglet
2 Red-breasted Nuthatch
2 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
3 House Wren
1 Carolina Wren
4 European Starling
3 Gray Catbird
1 Northern Mockingbird
2 Wood Thrush
10 American Robin
4 House Sparrow
3 Purple Finch
7 American Goldfinch
3 Chipping Sparrow
1 Field Sparrow
8 White-throated Sparrow
3 Song Sparrow
1 Swamp Sparrow
3 Eastern Towhee
2 Baltimore Oriole
3 Red-winged Blackbird
2 Brown-headed Cowbird
7 Common Grackle
2 Ovenbird
1 Northern Waterthrush
2 Black-and-white Warbler
2 Common Yellowthroat
1 Cape May Warbler
4 Northern Parula
3 Yellow Warbler
3 Black-throated Blue Warbler
2 Palm Warbler
5 Yellow-rumped Warbler
3 Prairie Warbler
2 Black-throated Green Warbler
3 Northern Cardinal

Number of Taxa: 73



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