Wednesday, March 26, 2008

Alex's 3/26 report

site = Prospect Park
date = 3/26/08
observers = Alex Wison
Pied-billed Grebe
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Black-crowned Night-Heron
Turkey Vulture (Soaring north over Long Meadow.)
Canada Goose
Brant (Small flyover flock.)
Mute Swan
Wood Duck (Pair, Upper Pool.)
Mallard
Blue-winged Teal (Pair, roosting east side of West Island.)
Northern Shoveler
Northern Pintail (Pair, west Lake shore, taking handouts.)
Ring-necked Duck (8, Pools; 4, Lake.)
Bufflehead (Pair, Upper Pool.)
Ruddy Duck
Northern Goshawk 75% (Seen briefly passing over Quaker Ridge.)
Red-tailed Hawk
American Coot
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Monk Parakeet (2+ squawking around rink/concert grove. )
Belted Kingfisher (West Island.)
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (3.)
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Eastern Phoebe (~10, mostly along Lullwater.)
Blue Jay
American Crow
Black-capped Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
White-breasted Nuthatch
Brown Creeper
Carolina Wren
Winter Wren (Lower Lullwater.)
Golden-crowned Kinglet (Fairly common.)
Hermit Thrush (Lookout Hill.)
American Robin
Gray Catbird (Lower Lullwater.)
European Starling
Cedar Waxwing (Scattered along Lullwater.)
Pine Warbler (At least 4-5 along upper Lullwater.)
Fox Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Northern Cardinal
Red-winged Blackbird
Rusty Blackbird (2, Lower Pool, then into Ravine.)
Common Grackle
Brown-headed Cowbird (Lower Pool.)
American Goldfinch
House Sparrow