Prospect Park 4/21

I decided to go to the park mid-morning, so it was a little late for quality birding. Lots of Hermit Thrushes were around. The cardinals were calling but weren't as easy to see--they're probably guarding the nests now. A Swamp Sparrow was a good sighting. Robins, grackles, blackbirds, starlings abound. A Merlin chased a sparrow--hence the name they used to go by: Sparrow Hawk.

Prospect Park

Number of species:     23

Canada Goose     100

Mute Swan     3     One on nest by Three Sisters

Mallard     50

Double-crested Cormorant     1     Three Sisters

Great Egret     1     Roosting in tree on Three Sisters

Merlin     1     Chasing sparrow over rink parking lot

American Coot     1     Three Sisters

Herring Gull     6

Rock Pigeon     5

Mourning Dove     10

Red-bellied Woodpecker     4

Downy Woodpecker     1

Eastern Phoebe     1

Hermit Thrush     5     Vale Cashmere (4) Lullwater (1)

American Robin     100

European Starling     70

Pine Warbler     1     Midwood

Swamp Sparrow     1     Vale Cashmere

White-throated Sparrow     25

Northern Cardinal     6

Red-winged Blackbird     10

Common Grackle     50

House Sparrow     30