site = Prospect Park
date = 3/26/08
observers = Peter Dorosh
Pied-billed Grebe (4; 2 Duck island; 1 West Island; 1 Lake)
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Blue Heron (peninsula shore)
Black-crowned Night-Heron (2; 1 duck island; 1 @ 3 sisters island)
Canada Goose (common lake and shores ; easily 125)
Brant (34 Parade Grounds @7 am ;feeding)
Mute Swan (4 lake)
Wood Duck (drake;Upper Pool; with RNDU and BUDU)
Mallard (common Lake)
Ring-necked Duck (8; 4 @ Duck Island, 2 m,2 f; 4 Upper Pool 2 m, 2 f)
Bufflehead (drake and hen Upper Pool)
Ruddy Duck (easily 60 Lake)
American Coot (Lake; about 15 seen)
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull (2 lake)
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Downy Woodpecker (2 south lakeside)
Eastern Phoebe (Lullwater)
American Crow
Tufted Titmouse (south lakeside)
Winter Wren (peninsula north trailhead (lullwater side))
American Robin
European Starling
Song Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco (2 lullwater)
Northern Cardinal
Common Grackle (common around West Island region; easily 40)
House Sparrow
Blue-winged Teal (2@ 4:15 pm ; drake and hen ;West Island cove; seen best from culdesac ; rare)