site = Prospect Park
date = 3/20/08
observers = Peter Dorosh
Pied-billed Grebe (1 peninsula cove; 2 Rink)
Double-crested Cormorant (west island)
Black-crowned Night-Heron (duck island)
Canada Goose (45 @ 3 sister islands)
Mute Swan (4 west island)
Mallard
Northern Shoveler (18 west side lake)
Ring-necked Duck (13; 7 at west island 5 m, 2f;6 Lake 3m,3f)
Hooded Merganser (drake Lullwater; hen Lake)
Ruddy Duck (~55 Lake)
Red-tailed Hawk (juv flyover Nethermnead)
American Coot (12 lake)
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Downy Woodpecker (Breeze hill feeder; west island)
Black-capped Chickadee (lullwater)
White-breasted Nuthatch (2 Breeze hill feeder)
American Robin
Song Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Red-winged Blackbird (several west island)
Common Grackle
House Sparrow
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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.