Site: Prospect Park, Brooklyn; NY
Date: 22 March 2008
Time: 0800-1100 hrs
Observer: Rafael Campos R.
Less windy than yesterday, PP was a little different, as some sps recorded yesterday did not show up today, but I added my first Great Egret for PP, near the 3 Sisters Island (also 1 Great Blue Heron).
The Ring-necked Ducks, that usually I found in the Upper Pool, were more numerous, and seeing ~6 in the Lake.
A very unusual sight in the Lake, was a flock of ~26 Brant that arrived at the Lake.
A single Cedar Waxwing was observed in the Vale.
Leaving PP, a Peregrine Falcon was observed flying low over the Nethermead, and later over the Long Meadow.
The following sps were recorded today:
Brant
Canada Goose
Mute Swan
Wood Duck (1 pair: 3 Sisters)
Mallard
Northern Shoveler (2 pairs: Lake)
Ring-necked Duck (upper pool, Lullwater, Lake)
Bufflehead (1 pair: upper pool)
Hooded Merganser (1 pair: Lake)
Ruddy Duck
Pied-billed Grebe
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Red-tailed Hawk
Peregrine Falcon
American Coot
Ring-billed Gull
(American) Herring Gull
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker (Peninsula)
Eastern Phoebe (4)
Blue Jay
American Crow (2 flyover Grand Army Plaza)
Black-capped Chickadee
Red-breasted Nuthatch (1: feeders)
White-breasted Nuthatch
Carolina Wren
American Robin
Northern Mockingbird
European Starling
Cedar Waxwing
Fox Sparrow
Song Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Northern Cardinal
Red-winged Blackbird
House Finch (1 f: Vale)
American Goldfinch
House Sparrow
From Steve Nanz
13 Turkey Vultures and a Red-shouldered Hawk
