Registrar: Marie-Claire Cunningham
Trip report by: Mary Beth Kooper
Participants: 7
Weather: Sunny, 60 degrees F, little wind
Bird Species: 60
As has become an annual tradition, a group of both long-term and a few new Linnaean Society members set out to explore fall migration in Prospect Park at 7:30 am, guided by Tom Stephenson. On this trip highlights included the most Tennessee Warblers any of us had ever seen in one day-at least six, but there may have been more. At one point we were enthralled by watching a Tennessee Warbler and a Nashville Warbler feasting from the same flower. Later, by the lake, we observed multiple Cape May Warblers attracted to a particular area with bees. One of the Cape May Warblers had crossed bills, but it seemed to be doing fine. In the end we had a total of 60 species including 18 species of warblers, and we learned a lot from Tom. As he wrote to our group after the trip, “Highlights were probably the Nashville coming out of the joe pyeweed fuzz, so many low Tennessees, Crystal’s Green-winged Teal; and Lenore’s quote “enough with all of these cape mays already…””. Our group is very grateful to Tom Stephenson, co-author of The Warbler Guide book and app and the Birdgenie app, for generously sharing his time and expertise with us, and his wonderful photos are included here for all to enjoy. It was a fun and very enjoyable trip.
Species Lists
Birds
Canada Goose
Mute Swan
Wood Duck
Mallard
American Black Duck
Green-winged Teal
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Chimney Swift
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Double-crested Cormorant
Turkey Vulture
Red-tailed Hawk
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
American Kestrel
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Eastern Phoebe
Blue-headed Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
Blue Jay
American Crow
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Red-breasted Nuthatch
White-breasted Nuthatch
House Wren
Carolina Wren
European Starling
Gray Catbird
Brown Thrasher
Veery
Swainson’s Thrush
American Robin
House Sparrow
American Goldfinch
Song Sparrow
Lincoln’s Sparrow
Common Grackle
Ovenbird
Northern Waterthrush
Black-and-white Warbler
Tennessee Warbler
Nashville Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
American Redstart
Cape May Warbler
Northern Parula
Magnolia Warbler
Yellow Warbler
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Blackpoll Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Palm Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Wilson’s Warbler
Northern Cardinal
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
