Thursday, April 10, 2008

Peter's 4/10 report

Comment: quite a slow day, little activity

site = Prospect Park
date = 4/10/08
observers = Peter Dorosh
Pied-billed Grebe (2 lake)
Double-crested Cormorant (lake)

Great Egret (Lullwater near rink)
Black-crowned Night-Heron (3 sisters island)
Canada Goose
Mute Swan (2 nesting)
Wood Duck (drake, hen Lower pool; with RNDU)
Mallard
Northern Shoveler (7 west sector lake)
Northern Pintail (drake, hen west sector lake)
Ring-necked Duck (3 Lower Pool ; 1 d,2 h)
Ruddy Duck (easily 45 Lake)
Red-tailed Hawk (f/o nethermead; 1 at nest)
American Coot (lake)
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (butterfly meadow)
Northern Flicker (lookout hill)
Eastern Phoebe (~5 )
Blue Jay
Black-capped Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse (2 elephant hill;1 pools)
Hermit Thrush (upper pool back shore)
American Robin
European Starling
Pine Warbler (north slope Lookout Hill , adj curve path)
Song Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Northern Cardinal
Red-winged Blackbird
Brown-headed Cowbird (7 feeding Nethemead;1 Butterfly meadow)
American Goldfinch (3 west stairway Lookout Hill)
House Sparrow
Blue-winged Teal (reported by Starr Saphir and Lenore Swenson, and later Scott Whittle ;Lullwater )