Spring Is Now!
May Day, 2005
Prospect Park
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Egret
Black-crowned Night-Heron
Canada Goose
Mute Swan
Mallard
Osprey (5pm flyover.)
Red-tailed Hawk
Solitary Sandpiper (Upper Pool.)
Spotted Sandpiper (A few.)
Laughing Gull
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Belted Kingfisher
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (Ravine.)
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Eastern Kingbird (Nethermead, S of Arches.)
Blue-headed Vireo
Warbling Vireo
Blue Jay
American Crow
Fish Crow
Tree Swallow
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Bank Swallow (Lake.)
Barn Swallow
Tufted Titmouse
House Wren (Sullivan Hill.)
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Veery (Ambergill.)
Gray-cheeked Thrush (1 certain; 1 red-tinged bird maybe Bicknell's... Nelly's Lawn/Vale; south of Rose Garden.)
Hermit Thrush
Wood Thrush (Peninsula.)
American Robin
Gray Catbird
Northern Mockingbird
European Starling
Blue-winged Warbler (Seen on Quaker Hill; a few heard around.)
Northern Parula (Several.)
Yellow Warbler (Good numbers throughout.)
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler (Lookout Hill.)
Blackburnian Warbler (Lookout Hill.)
Pine Warbler (Bright male, Breeze Hill.)
Prairie Warbler
Palm Warbler
Black-and-white Warbler
American Redstart (A few.)
Prothonotary Warbler (1st spring male, Ravine, moving down the stream from the waterfall.)
Ovenbird (Several.)
Northern Waterthrush
Louisiana Waterthrush (1 at waterside south of Breeze Hill.)
Common Yellowthroat
Hooded Warbler (Ravine, singing along the stream.)
Eastern Towhee (Several.)
Chipping Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Northern Cardinal
Rose-breasted Grosbeak (Several moving around Lookout Hill.)
Red-winged Blackbird
Common Grackle
Brown-headed Cowbird
Baltimore Oriole (Several.)
House Finch
American Goldfinch
House Sparrow
holy sh&t. That's impressive. I guess those birds really cram into the park, huh? I can't believe you saw a hermit thrush!
In its time, Hermit Thrush is one of our most common migrants; what's rare is to hear its celebrated song.
Ask Walt.
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May Day, 2005
Prospect Park
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Egret
Black-crowned Night-Heron
Canada Goose
Mute Swan
Mallard
Osprey (5pm flyover.)
Red-tailed Hawk
Solitary Sandpiper (Upper Pool.)
Spotted Sandpiper (A few.)
Laughing Gull
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Belted Kingfisher
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (Ravine.)
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Eastern Kingbird (Nethermead, S of Arches.)
Blue-headed Vireo
Warbling Vireo
Blue Jay
American Crow
Fish Crow
Tree Swallow
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Bank Swallow (Lake.)
Barn Swallow
Tufted Titmouse
House Wren (Sullivan Hill.)
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Veery (Ambergill.)
Gray-cheeked Thrush (1 certain; 1 red-tinged bird maybe Bicknell's... Nelly's Lawn/Vale; south of Rose Garden.)
Hermit Thrush
Wood Thrush (Peninsula.)
American Robin
Gray Catbird
Northern Mockingbird
European Starling
Blue-winged Warbler (Seen on Quaker Hill; a few heard around.)
Northern Parula (Several.)
Yellow Warbler (Good numbers throughout.)
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler (Lookout Hill.)
Blackburnian Warbler (Lookout Hill.)
Pine Warbler (Bright male, Breeze Hill.)
Prairie Warbler
Palm Warbler
Black-and-white Warbler
American Redstart (A few.)
Prothonotary Warbler (1st spring male, Ravine, moving down the stream from the waterfall.)
Ovenbird (Several.)
Northern Waterthrush
Louisiana Waterthrush (1 at waterside south of Breeze Hill.)
Common Yellowthroat
Hooded Warbler (Ravine, singing along the stream.)
Eastern Towhee (Several.)
Chipping Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Northern Cardinal
Rose-breasted Grosbeak (Several moving around Lookout Hill.)
Red-winged Blackbird
Common Grackle
Brown-headed Cowbird
Baltimore Oriole (Several.)
House Finch
American Goldfinch
House Sparrow
- alex 5-02-2005 5:28 am
holy sh&t. That's impressive. I guess those birds really cram into the park, huh? I can't believe you saw a hermit thrush!
- sally mckay 5-02-2005 7:25 pm [add a comment]
In its time, Hermit Thrush is one of our most common migrants; what's rare is to hear its celebrated song.
Ask Walt.
- alex 5-02-2005 10:42 pm [add a comment]