Saturday, May 16, 2009

May 16th Prospect Park

Leader: Tom Stephenson
+ 21 members

From Tom Stephenson , who led the Brooklyn Bird Club walk today:


Hi Peter,

Birds were pretty slow, with what seemed like a couple of straggler flocks here and there, but no numbers to speak of....
Thrushes were very low as well.
But still 17 species of warblers.....

Anyway, here's the list.

Best regards,
Tom

Great Blue Heron

Green Heron

Black-crowned Night-Heron

Turkey Vulture fly over

Canada Goose

Mute Swan

Mallard

Ring-necked Duck

Red-tailed Hawk

Spotted Sandpiper

Herring Gull

Rock Dove

Mourning Dove

Chimney Swift

Red-bellied Woodpecker

Downy Woodpecker

Northern Flicker

Eastern Wood-Pewee

Eastern Phoebe

Eastern Kingbird

Blue-headed Vireo

Warbling Vireo

Red-eyed Vireo

Blue Jay

American Crow

Tree Swallow

Northern Rough-winged Swallow

Barn Swallow

Black-capped Chickadee

Tufted Titmouse

White-breasted Nuthatch

House Wren

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher

Wood Thrush

American Robin

Gray Catbird

European Starling

Cedar Waxwing maybe two flocks

Nashville Warbler

Northern Parula

Yellow Warbler

Chestnut-sided Warbler

Magnolia Warbler

Black-throated Blue Warbler

Yellow-rumped Warbler

Black-throated Green Warbler

Blackburnian Warbler

Blackpoll Warbler

Black-and-white Warbler

American Redstart

Ovenbird

Northern Waterthrush

Common Yellowthroat

Wilson's Warbler

Canada Warbler

Summer Tanager

Chipping Sparrow

Song Sparrow

Lincoln's Sparrow

White-throated Sparrow

Northern Cardinal

Rose-breasted Grosbeak

Indigo Bunting two, one on Lookout and the other in midwood (female)

Red-winged Blackbird

Common Grackle

Brown-headed Cowbird

Orchard Oriole several pairs

Baltimore Oriole

American Goldfinch

House Sparrow

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