From Rafael:
As the weather changed a little, it was time to visit PP, and see some changes on the avian visitors & residents. The first big surprise was seen 1 Turkey Vulture flying over the Nethermead about 9:15 am, heading W, followed by 1 Cooper's Hawk.
By the peninsula meadow, another surprise, was 1 Nashville Warbler & 1 Savannah Sparrow, and to close the rarities (at least this time of the year), 1 female of Common Yellowthroat, near the Pools.
Date: 11 November 2008
Observers: Rafael Campos & Peter Dorosh
The list:
Canada Goose
Mute Swan
Mallard
Northern Shoveler
Ruddy Duck
Pied-billed Grebe
Great Blue Heron (at least 2)
Turkey Vulture
Cooper's Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
American Coot
Ring-billed Gull
(American) Herring Gull
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Belted Kingfisher: 1 male perched by upper Lullwater
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker: 1 female
Northern Flicker
Blue Jay
American Crow
Black-capped Chickadee
Carolina Wren: 1 by the Peninsula meadow
Winter Wren: 2
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Hermit Thrush
American Robin
Gray Catbird
Northern Mockingbird
European Starling
Nashville Warbler
Common Yellowthroat (upper pool)
Chipping Sparrow
Savannah Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Northern Cardinal
Red-winged Blackbird: 4 females flyover upper pool
Common Grackle
American Goldfinch
House Sparrow
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Brooklyn is good birding: Rafa Campos R
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Addenum to rafael's report
Peter's
site = Prospect Park
date = 11/11/08
observers = Peter Dorosh
Pied-billed Grebe (6; 3 at Three sister islands;2 lake; 1 Terrace Bridge)
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Blue Heron (west shore lake)
Mute Swan (2)
Mallard
Northern Shoveler (easily 220 Lake)
Ruddy Duck (lake ;~25)
Red-tailed Hawk (LP 249)
American Coot (lake ~12)
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull (lake)
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Ruby-crowned Kinglet (Peninsula sumacs)
Hermit Thrush (Upper pool; Peninsula sumacs)
Chipping Sparrow (2 @LP 249;2 at ballfields)
Savannah Sparrow (Peninsula sumacs)
Song Sparrow (~10)
White-throated Sparrow (1 ballfields)
Dark-eyed Junco (~22 ballfields; 12 LP 249)
Northern Cardinal (3)
American Goldfinch (6)
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From Orrin Tilevitiz:
In addition , in a brief walk this morning (aborted when I stepped into what looked like a pile of leaves by the lake and turned out to be about 6" of water and mud),
I saw (1) a black duck by West Island Cove, (2) 2 drake hooded mergansers on the lake, (3) a ruby-crowned kinglet around West Island, and (4) what must have been a sharp-shinned hawk on the south/east side of the lake
