Tuesday, March 4, 2008

Shane Blodgett's 3/4 report

site = Prospect Park
date = 3/4/08  9:30 a.m.-2:00 p.m.
       Cloudy 58-50  Light rain after 1:00 p.m.

Pied-billed Grebe (3. )
Great Blue Heron (Upper Pool.)
Canada Goose
Mute Swan
American Black Duck
Mallard
Northern Shoveler
Northern Pintail
Ring-necked Duck (2. Upper pool. 1. Lake near West
Island.)
Bufflehead (2 males. 1 female. Upper Pool.)
Ruddy Duck
Red-tailed Hawk
American Coot
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (2. Lullwater. Breeze Hill
side.)
Downy Woodpecker
Blue Jay (8-10. Behind Boathouse.)
American Crow (Flock of 30 over Lookout.)
Black-capped Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
Red-breasted Nuthatch
White-breasted Nuthatch
Carolina Wren (2 pair)
Ruby-crowned Kinglet (3.)
American Robin (~200.)
Northern Mockingbird (Peninsula.)
European Starling
Cedar Waxwing (Total of 5 sightings. Largest flock was
34. Total of all sightings was 81.)
CHIPPING SPARROW (3. LP 249/Breeze Hill/Boathouse.)
Fox Sparrow (1. Lower pool. Longmeadow edge.)
Song Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow (Near West island.)
White-throated Sparrow
Northern Cardinal (20+.)
Red-winged Blackbird
Common Grackle
PURPLE FINCH (1. Vale. Female.)
American Goldfinch
House Sparrow