Prospect Park 9/13--Good Day!

I was walking toward the south shore of the lake this morning, having picked up 4 or 5 warbler species along the way, when I ran into a fellow birder who had just been alerted through a text message that there was a Connecticut Warbler on Lookout Hill. Was I interested in trying to find it? he asked.

Of course. When we got to the hill (where I had started to the morning with virtually nothing found) we met the  birder who had made the original sighting. She said the bird had flown up the slope, perhaps into the butterfly meadow. Meanwhile, though, the whole hill was bursting with warblers, vireos and thrushes. It makes me wonder if I repel birds when I'm by myself. We walked along the path slowly, looking for a walking bird, but we were constantly distracted by other birds flitting about in the trees.

We never did relocate the CTWA but, as you can see from the list below, the time wasn't wasted climbing up and down the hill.

Prospect Park
Notes:    A good part of the time with Rob Bate. Most warblers on Lookout Hill, a few on Breeze Hill.

Number of species:    41 

Canada Goose    X

Wood Duck    9    Upper Pool

Mallard    11

Black-crowned Night-Heron    1    Lullwater

Rock Pigeon    10

Mourning Dove    35

Belted Kingfisher    1    Lower Pool

Red-bellied Woodpecker    1

Downy Woodpecker    1

Northern Flicker    2

Great Crested Flycatcher    1    Lookout Hill

Philadelphia Vireo    1    Lookout Hill

Red-eyed Vireo    5    Lookout Hill

Blue Jay    12

Black-capped Chickadee    3    Lookout Hill

Carolina Wren    2

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher    2    Lookout Hill

Ruby-crowned Kinglet    1    Lookout Hill

Veery    2    Lookout Hill

Swainson's Thrush    2    Lookout Hill

Wood Thrush    1    Lookout Hill

American Robin    100

Gray Catbird    25

Northern Mockingbird    1    Lake

European Starling    20

Nashville Warbler    1

Northern Parula    5

Yellow Warbler    2

Chestnut-sided Warbler    1

Magnolia Warbler    5

Black-throated Blue Warbler    2

Black-throated Green Warbler    2

Black-and-white Warbler    7

American Redstart    5

Ovenbird    1

Northern Waterthrush    1

Common Yellowthroat    3

Canada Warbler    3

Northern Cardinal    6

American Goldfinch    3

House Sparrow    100