Painted Bunting in Prospect Park

Last Saturday, I went to Prospect Park in Brooklyn to search for the male PAINTED BUNTING that had taken up residence at the LeFrak Center. I spotted the crowd of people and headed over there, where I got great views of the bird. However, this is not a lifer, as I saw a female in November 2012 in Alley Pond Park in Queens. I then walked around Prospect Lake looking for a BLACK-HEADED GULL that had been seen there. Along the way, I got horrible views of an ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER that had been around. I couldn't pick out the gull, but I found an AMERICAN WIGEON as a consolation prize. A lifer, a rarity, and a surprise definitely make this a good day