5/25 sightings inc 2nd Mourning Warbler

Hilights: Mourning Warbler (2nd bird,both seen today),Olive-sided Flycatcher, 20 species warblers;returning Common Nighthawks evening flyovers

From Rafael: Mourning warbler @ vale cashmere 2nd bird ?

site: Prospect Park
date: 25 May 2008
observers: Rafael Campos, Tom Stephenson, Dolores, Janet, Gayle & Xandra
As the morning started, about 5:30 am I heard my first warbler, 1 Magnolia in our backyard. Just before I met Tom, "the calls" of a Blue Jay while crossing Flatbush, distracted me, but when I looked back, the "Blue Jay" was not, it was a Mockingbird imitating the Jay calls. What a start!!!
As we started our walk thru PP we started hearing warblers everywhere, and of course seen then (some), but today my ears were a little more educated to discrimate and ID those members of the Parulidae family.
And again, our best warbler of the morning was 1 male Mourning, seen by the Vale of Cashmere. When I left PP, the number of warblers recorded for today, was 20 sps!!!
The list:
Canada Goose
Red-tailed Hawk (2: GAP)
American Kestrel (1 flyover GAP)
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Chimney Swift
Ruby-throated Hummingbird (2 f)
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker (1 f)
Northern Flicker
Olive-sided Flycatcher (1 heard only by Janet)
Eastern Wood-Pewee (Vale)
Least Flycatcher (1 Vale)
Eastern Kingbird (2 Nellie's Lawn)
Blue-headed Vireo (1 Boulder Bridge)
Warbling Vireo (heard only)
Red-eyed Vireo
American Crow
Barn Swallow (1 flyover GAP)
Tufted Titmouse (heard only)
White-breasted Nuthatch
Ruby-crowned Kinglet (1 Vale)
Veery
Swainson's Thrush
Wood Thrush (1 Vale)
American Robin
Gray Catbird
Northern Mockingbird (imitating a Jay)
European Starling
Cedar Waxwing
Tennessee Warbler (heard only)
Nashville (1 Rick's Place)
Nortthern Parula
Yellow Warbler
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Magnolia Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler (1)
Black-throated Green Warbler (heard only)
Blackburnian Warbler
Bay-breasted Warbler
Blackpoll Warbler
Black-and-white Warbler
American Redstart
Ovenbird
Northern Waterthrush
Mourning Warbler (1 male,singing at Vale)
Common Yellowthroat
Wilson's Warbler
Canada Warbler
Scarlet Tanager
White-throated Sparrow (3)
Northern Cardinal
Rose-breasted Grosbeak (1 f, Rose Garden)
Baltimore Oriole (heard only)
House Sparrow

Brooklyn is good birding: Rafa Campos

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From Pat Mazza:

I saw a male and female Orchard Oriole flying back and forth at the start of the peninsula near Terrace Bridge. A few hours earlier I met a birder named Terry who had seen them together at the Well House. Possible nesters?

site = Prospect Park
date = 5/25/08
observers = Pat Mazza
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Egret
Black-crowned Night-Heron (Lullwater, flew up and perched in a tree)
Canada Goose
Mute Swan
Mallard
Red-tailed Hawk
Spotted Sandpiper
Herring Gull
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Chimney Swift
Red-bellied Woodpecker (heard)
Downy Woodpecker
Eastern Kingbird
Warbling Vireo
Black-capped Chickadee
House Wren (heard)
Swainson's Thrush
American Robin
Gray Catbird
European Starling
Cedar Waxwing
Tennessee Warbler (heard)
Northern Parula
Yellow Warbler
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Magnolia Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Bay-breasted Warbler (Well House Drive)
Blackpoll Warbler
Black-and-white Warbler
American Redstart
Northern Waterthrush
Common Yellowthroat
Wilson's Warbler
Scarlet Tanager
White-throated Sparrow
Northern Cardinal
Red-winged Blackbird
Common Grackle
Brown-headed Cowbird
Orchard Oriole (Male and Female together)
Baltimore Oriole
House Sparrow

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From Tom Stephenson:

Hi Peter,

Hope you're having a great Holiday.

Here's what I saw/heard today, just visiting the vale, midwood and rick's place area.

Main highlights were hearing and then finding a second Mourning at top of Vale, lots of Bay-breasted and Blackburnians, Gray-cheeked thrush

Best regards,

Tom

With Rafael, Delores and later Janet Schumacher

Canada Goose

Mallard

Rock Dove

Mourning Dove

Chimney Swift

Ruby-throated Hummingbird

Red-bellied Woodpecker

Downy Woodpecker

Northern Flicker

Olive-sided Flycatcher (heard by Janet before we arrived, not refound)

Eastern Wood-Pewee

Least Flycatcher

Eastern Kingbird

Blue-headed Vireo

Warbling Vireo

Red-eyed Vireo

Blue Jay

American Crow

Black-capped Chickadee

Tufted Titmouse

White-breasted Nuthatch

Carolina Wren

House Wren

Ruby-crowned Kinglet

Veery

Gray-cheeked Thrush (2)

Swainson's Thrush

Wood Thrush

American Robin

Gray Catbird

Northern Mockingbird

European Starling

Cedar Waxwing

Tennessee Warbler maybe 5 or so

Northern Parula

Yellow Warbler

Chestnut-sided Warbler at least 3

Magnolia Warbler

Black-throated Blue Warbler

Yellow-rumped Warbler only 1

Black-throated Green Warbler at least 2

Blackburnian Warbler at least 6

Bay-breasted Warbler at least 3

Blackpoll Warbler

Black-and-white Warbler

American Redstart

Ovenbird

Northern Waterthrush

Mourning Warbler 2: one at top of vale and one at Midwood site

Common Yellowthroat

Wilson's Warbler at least 4

Canada Warbler at least 6

Scarlet Tanager

Song Sparrow

White-throated Sparrow

Northern Cardinal

Rose-breasted Grosbeak

Brown-headed Cowbird

Baltimore Oriole

American Goldfinch

House Sparrow

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From Rob Jett:

Common Nighthawks seem to have made their annual return to brownstone
Brooklyn. This evening, while enjoying the acrobatics of a few dozen
Chimney Swifts, I heard, then saw my first nighthawk of the season.
The time was 7:58pm and, within a few minutes, he was joined by two
more peenting nightjars. For about 20 minutes I watched them swoop and
dive for insects in the airspace above the buildings along the west
side of Prospect Park.

Good birding,

Rob

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Account on Vale of Cashmere Mourning Warbler from Janet Schumacher:

In case others are interested, this is a more detailed description of
where we saw the Mourning warbler this am.

I had the good fortune this morning to run into Tom Stephenson &
Rafael in the Vale. While we standing on that little corridor of
grass betw the Vale & Nellie's meadow, trying to get a new birder on
a Blackburian and a Bay breasted, Tom heard a Mourning warbler.
Rafael spotted it and then it flew up the hill, west side. So we went
around the big Tulip tree and up the paved path (with the benches)
and found it again. It was pretty active but easy to see because the
vegetation is relatively sparse there. Later on, Tom located the
other Mourning in Midwood--I didn't see that one.
Ed, Phil & Bill had seen the Midwood Mourning warbler earlier. Did
Tom set a record--two Mournings in one morning in PP?

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