Michele Dreger's PPAC Walk " intro to birdwatching"
Report sent by D. Edward Davis"
Date: Sat, 22 Mar 2008 21:38:45 -0400
Canada Goose
Mute Swan
Mallard
Northern Shoveler
Northern Pintail
Ring-necked Duck
Hooded Merganser
Ruddy Duck
Pied-billed Grebe
Great Blue Heron
Turkey Vulture
Red-shouldered Hawk (circling above the Peninsula with 10 Turkey
Vultures. We ran into Steve Nanz and he made the ID. I never would
have known it.)
Red-tailed Hawk
American Coot
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Eastern Phoebe
Blue Jay
American Crow
Black-capped Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
Red-breasted Nuthatch
White-breasted Nuthatch
Brown Creeper
Carolina Wren
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Hermit Thrush
American Robin
Gray Catbird
Northern Mockingbird
European Starling
Cedar Waxwing
Pine Warbler
Fox Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Northern Cardinal
Red-winged Blackbird
Common Grackle
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.