Wednesday, May 8, 2013

Tuesday Prospect Walk May 7th

Leader Rob Bate

BBC Tuesday walk led by Rob Bate

list courtesy of Bobbi Manian


Hi Peter,

12 optimistic souls spent 4 hours scouring the park for 39 species of birds.  Slow day but here are some highlights (good and bad):

1) crazy hatch out of some kind on top of Lookout had more than 50 Chimney Swifts swooping around at eye level.  Great views, we watched for over 10 minutes.
2) Two male Orchard Orioles by Music Pagoda also gave us some nice looks 
3) only THREE warbler species (yellow, B&W, yellow-rump) :-(

Here are some pics from today's walk (1st four in album are today, rest is previous weeks).


Thanks as always to Rob for finding us whatever birds are left in the park!!

b.

p.s.  Ann and I continued for another 2 hours (Penna, Midwood and Vale) netting Great-Blue Heron, Goldfinch, Hairy WP and Wood Thrush.  I also had a Mockingbird on my way out.  Whoo hoo!

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Prospect Park, Kings, US-NY
May 7, 2013 7:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Protocol: Traveling
5.0 mile(s)
Comments:    Rob's Tuesday morning BBC walk
39 species

Wood Duck  1
Double-crested Cormorant  1
Green Heron  1    on nest
Red-tailed Hawk  1
Herring Gull  1
Rock Pigeon  X
Mourning Dove  8
Chimney Swift  50
Red-bellied Woodpecker  3
Downy Woodpecker  2
Hairy Woodpecker  1
Northern Flicker  1
Great Crested Flycatcher  1    heard only
Eastern Kingbird  2
Warbling Vireo  6
Blue Jay  6
Northern Rough-winged Swallow  4
Tree Swallow  1
Barn Swallow  10
Black-capped Chickadee  2
House Wren  3
Carolina Wren  2
American Robin  25
Gray Catbird  1
European Starling  X
Black-and-white Warbler  1
Yellow Warbler  1
Yellow-rumped Warbler  2

Chipping Sparrow  5
Song Sparrow  1
White-throated Sparrow  4
Northern Cardinal  12
Red-winged Blackbird  18
Common Grackle  9
Brown-headed Cowbird  4
Orchard Oriole  3
Baltimore Oriole  1
Pine Siskin  1    bathing and preening in Ravine
House Sparrow  6

View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S14027588

This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org)