From Peter:
You saw 21 unique species yesterday at Prospect Park.
Below you'll find a correctly formatted submission for the NYC Bird Report.
site = Prospect Park
date = 11/13/08
observers = Peter Dorosh
Pied-billed Grebe (4 lake)
Double-crested Cormorant (lake)
Great Blue Heron (descending by boathouse)
Canada Goose (abundant)
Brant
Mute Swan
Wood Duck (13 near Three Sisters @4:00 pm; 10 drake,3 hen)
Mallard
Northern Shoveler (easily 250 lake )
Ruddy Duck (easily 15 lake)
American Coot (easily 10 lake)
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
American Robin
Song Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco (flock in propsite)
Northern Cardinal
Pine Siskin (Binnen Br, at least one with goldfinch flock, spooked by great blue heron descending ,then rain came down)
American Goldfinch (flock in birch above binnen bridge)
STOP
from Orrin:
This morning from 9-10.
Most of the activity was in and around the northern part of the rose garden:
Ring-billed Gull
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (heard)
Northern Flicker (2)Blue Jay
Tufted TitmouseAmerican Robin
Northern Mockingbird (1)
European Starling
American Redstart (In American witchhazel)
Fox Sparrow (Several, slope across from Rose Garden)
Song Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow (many)
Dark-eyed Junco
House Sparrow
