From Orrin Tilevitz
BBGarden report
9-10 A.M., Intermittent drizzle at 40 degrees F. Highlights included low-hanging bat, undetermined species, in native plant garden, and absence of pigeons, house sparrows, and starlings. Avian species observed:
Mallard
Mourning Dove
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Blue Jay
Tufted Titmouse
Carolina Wren (Pair, native plant garden)
Golden-crowned Kinglet (1)
Ruby-crowned Kinglet (many)
Hermit Thrush (several, native plant garden)
American Robin
Northern Mockingbird (several)
Yellow-rumped Warbler (1, rock garden)
Palm Warbler (2, rose garden)
Chipping Sparrow
Fox Sparrow (1, rose garden)
Swamp Sparrow (1, rock garden)
White-throated Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Northern Cardinal
Common Grackle (flyovers)
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From Alex Wilson:
Location: Prospect Park
Observation date: 10/29/08
Number of species: 66
Canada Goose X
Mute Swan X
Wood Duck 4 (1, Upper Pool; 3, Lake.)
American Wigeon 2 (Pair, Lake.)
American Black Duck X
Mallard X
Northern Shoveler X
Ring-necked Duck 1 (Drake, Lake.)
Ruddy Duck X
Pied-billed Grebe X
Double-crested Cormorant X
Great Blue Heron 2
Black-crowned Night-Heron 3
Sharp-shinned Hawk 1
Cooper's Hawk 1
Red-tailed Hawk X
Merlin 2 (Working the Long Meadow; perched, eating, Nethermead.)
American Coot X
Laughing Gull 1 (Over Lake.)
Ring-billed Gull X
Herring Gull X
Rock Pigeon X
Mourning Dove X
Red-bellied Woodpecker X
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 2
Downy Woodpecker X
Hairy Woodpecker X
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) X
Eastern Phoebe 5
Blue-headed Vireo 1
Blue Jay X
American Crow X
Black-capped Chickadee X
Tufted Titmouse X
White-breasted Nuthatch X
Brown Creeper 1
Carolina Wren X
Winter Wren 3
Golden-crowned Kinglet 15
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 25
Eastern Bluebird 6 (Flyovers, Long Meadow.)
Swainson's Thrush 1 (Lookout Hill.)
Hermit Thrush X (Fairly common.)
American Robin X
Gray Catbird 1 (Lullwater bend.)
Northern Mockingbird X
European Starling X
Cedar Waxwing 1 (With a group of Robins.)
Northern Parula 1 (Lookout above Wellhouse.)
Black-throated Blue Warbler 1 (Female, Lookout above > Wellhouse.)
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 40
Palm Warbler 10
Eastern Towhee 5
Chipping Sparrow X
Savannah Sparrow 4 (Long Meadow.)
Fox Sparrow 1 (Lookout above Wellhouse, FoS.)
Song Sparrow X
Swamp Sparrow 5
White-throated Sparrow X
Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored) X (Fairly common.)
Northern Cardinal X
Red-winged Blackbird 100 (Fewer in flocks of Grackles.)
Common Grackle 500 (Several large flyover flocks early.)
Purple Finch 5 (1 flyover, Long Meadow; 4, Peninsula.)
House Finch X
House Sparrow X
