Leading: Rob Bate
Great walk this morning with the Brooklyn Bird Club, we had about 15 people (I forgot to do an accurate head count.)
Highlight were the Yellow-throated Warbler, 7 species of warblers and Tom Stephenson spotted and identified a Red-throated Loon flying north over the top of the park as we crossed the Rose Garden area above the Vale of Cashmere.
Number of species: 52
Canada Goose 6
Mute Swan 2
Mallard 6
Ruddy Duck 10
Red-throated Loon 1 rare for Prospect
Double-crested Cormorant 17 Flyover formation
Great Blue Heron 3 Flyover formation
Great Egret 1 Flyover
Osprey 1 Flyover
Red-tailed Hawk 2
Rock Pigeon 5
Mourning Dove 3
Monk Parakeet 3
Belted Kingfisher 3
Red-bellied Woodpecker 4
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 4
Downy Woodpecker 2
Northern Flicker 9
Blue-headed Vireo 1
Blue Jay 3
Tree Swallow 1
Black-capped Chickadee 6
Tufted Titmouse 2
White-breasted Nuthatch 2
Brown Creeper 6 probably more
Carolina Wren 1
Winter Wren 1 singing too
Golden-crowned Kinglet 1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 12
Hermit Thrush 10
American Robin 75
European Starling 20
Yellow-rumped Warbler 10
Yellow-throated Warbler 1 around Maryland Monument area
Pine Warbler 3
Palm Warbler 9
Black-and-white Warbler 1
Northern Waterthrush 1
Louisiana Waterthrush 1
Eastern Towhee 1
Chipping Sparrow 3
Song Sparrow 5
Swamp Sparrow 4
White-throated Sparrow 1
Dark-eyed Junco 7
Northern Cardinal 7
Red-winged Blackbird 7
Rusty Blackbird 1 heard only lower Lullwater
Common Grackle 8
Brown-headed Cowbird 5
American Goldfinch 1
House Sparrow 20
