Site: Prospect Park, Brooklyn, NY
date: 29 March 2008
time: 0830-1100 hrs
observer: Rafael Campos R.
With a very cold morning, the walk today was a fast one, but some good bird sps were observed today, among them: Eastern Phoebe, Brown Creeper, Ring-necked Duck, Great Egret, Common Grackle, both sps of Kinglets, Fox Sparrow, Belted Kingfisher.
As I was crossing the Nethermead, the unusual bird calls, made turn my head, and here are, 2 green birds aka Monk Parakeets flying low E-W over the Nethermead.
The list:
Canada Goose
Mute Swan
Mallard
Northern Shoveler
Ring-necked Duck (Lullwater, Lake & Pools)
Bufflehead (1 pair, Pools)
Ruddy Duck
Pied-billed Grebe
Great Egret ( by the skating rink)
Red-tailed Hawk
American Coot
Ring-billed Gull
(American) Herring Gull
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Monk Parakeet (2 flyover Nethermead)
Belted Kingfisher (1 m, Lily Pond)
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Eastern Phoebe
Blue Jay
American Crow (1 flyover Grand Army Plaza)
Black-capped Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
White-breasted Nuthatch
Brown Creeper (1, Midwood)
Carolina Wren (heard only)
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
American Robin
European Starling
Fox Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow (1, Lullwater)
White-throated Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco (2)
Northern Cardinal
Red-winged Blackbird
Common Grackle
American Goldfinch
House Sparrow
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Brooklyn is good birding: Rafa Campos R.
