Monday, November 17, 2008

11/17 sightings inc Greater Scaup

site = Prospect Park
date = 11/17/08
observers = Peter Dorosh,mostly post work observations


Pied-billed Grebe (2 lake;1 south lullwater)
Double-crested Cormorant (lake)
Great Blue Heron (near rink)
Canada Goose (common)
Mute Swan (2 lake)
American Black Duck (2 west island)
Mallard (common, Lake easily 65)
Northern Shoveler (abundant easily 350 scattered Lake)
Hooded Merganser (3 early am ; Lake; 2 drake, one hen)
Ruddy Duck (~32 Lake)
Red-tailed Hawk (f/o Peninsula; garage)
American Coot (9 south lullwater; ~15 lake)
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Belted Kingfisher (perched on boat;lake)
Downy Woodpecker (peninsula sumacs)
Blue Jay (3)
Brown Creeper (Willow oak on peninsula)
Ruby-crowned Kinglet (peninsula sumacs)
Hermit Thrush (peninsula sumacs;wellhouse)
American Robin (over 75 peninsula sumacs)
Northern Mockingbird (peninsula sumacs)
Fox Sparrow (peninsula sumacs)
Song Sparrow (6 peninsula sumacs)
Swamp Sparrow (peninsula sumacs)
White-throated Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco (flock Proposite)
Northern Cardinal (6 Wellhouse in Hercules club tree)
American Goldfinch (Mary esyster reports multiple flocks along ballfield)
House Sparrow
Greater Scaup (hen Lake west side;rounder head detected)