Sunday, March 30, 2008

Prospect Park BBC Walk 3/30

site = Prospect Park
date = 3/30/08
observers = Mary Eyster and BBC Bird Walk
Pied-billed Grebe (about 5, Lake)
Great Egret (Lullwater)
Canada Goose
Mute Swan
Wood Duck (drake and hen, Pools)
American Black Duck (Boathouse Pool)
Mallard
Northern Shoveler (still a few, Lake)
Northern Pintail (Pair, southwestern edge of Lake)
Ring-necked Duck (8 in Pools, 6 on Lake)
Bufflehead (Upper Pool)
Ruddy Duck (Many, some in breeding plumage, Lake)
Red-shouldered Hawk (1, soaring over Long Meadow)
Red-tailed Hawk (many sightings)
American Coot (Lake)
Ring-billed Gull
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Belted Kingfisher (Boathouse Pool)
Red-bellied Woodpecker (Many calling)
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (3, one pair Lullwater edge)
Downy Woodpecker (many)
Hairy Woodpecker (1, Midwood)
Northern Flicker (Many throughout)
Eastern Phoebe (Abundant throughout)
Blue Jay
Black-capped Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
White-breasted Nuthatch (several)
Brown Creeper (several)
Carolina Wren
Golden-crowned Kinglet (abundant)
Hermit Thrush (Lamppost 249)
American Robin
European Starling
Cedar Waxwing
Pine Warbler (Edge of Lullwater, edge of Lower Pool)
Fox Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Northern Cardinal
Red-winged Blackbird
Common Grackle
American Goldfinch
House Sparrow