site = Prospect Park date = 3/27/08 observers = Orrin Tilevitz Pied-billed Grebe Double-crested Cormorant (1, West Island) Great Blue Heron Black-crowned Night-Heron (Lake side, 3 Sisters) Canada Goose Mute Swan Northern Shoveler (not many, mid-lake) Northern Pintail (Mr. and Mrs.) Ring-necked Duck (3 M, 1 F, mid-lake) Ruddy Duck (some very ruddy) Red-tailed Hawk (immature, near Empire Blvd.) American Coot Ring-billed Gull Rock Pigeon Mourning Dove Red-bellied Woodpecker Downy Woodpecker Northern Flicker (Peninsula meadow) Eastern Phoebe (LP 249) Blue Jay American Crow (1 or 2, Empire Blvd. exit and BBG) Black-capped Chickadee Carolina Wren (Heard, West Island) Hermit Thrush Song 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.