site = Prospect Park date = 2/27/08 observers = Orrin Tilevitz Pied-billed Grebe (2, Lake) Canada Goose Mute Swan American Black Duck Mallard Northern Shoveler Ring-necked Duck (2 males, Three Sisters) Common Merganser (1 male, Three Sisters) Ruddy Duck American Coot Ring-billed Gull Great Black-backed Gull Rock Pigeon Mourning Dove Red-bellied Woodpecker Downy Woodpecker Blue Jay Black-capped Chickadee White-breasted Nuthatch Carolina Wren (1 heard, feeders) European Starling Song Sparrow White-throated Sparrow Dark-eyed Junco (flock, lullwater below feeders) Northern Cardinal Red-winged Blackbird (heard around lake) American Goldfinch House Sparrow
A newsboard for reporting bird sightings, happenings & announcements in north Brooklyn and the 3 main central north Brooklyn green regions : historic Prospect Park, Brooklyn Botanic Garden , & Greenwood Cemetery.A Brooklyn Bird Club service www.brooklynbirdclub.org Note: short posts of rare sightings /activity alerts are sent by cell phone.If the species name(s)/locale is first in the title heading, it's a cellphone text message afield.Also note: Brooklyn Conservation posts.