Happy Thanksgiving and many good wishes on this special day . May we all be thankful and blessed for the many great gifts of the past year and coming,particularly friendship and good birds........ And no, I didn't see a wild turkey in Prospect Park today. ;)>
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Hilights include COMMON REDPOLL, BONAPARTE'S GULL, Pine Siskin
From Glenn Davis:
5 finch species reported early this morning at Lamppost #249, at Lookout Hill southwest base.
COMMON REDPOLL (4)
Purple Finch
American Goldfinch
House Finch
Pine Siskin
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From Keir Randall
hi Peter
Great morning in PP today. In addition to the previous posts, I also came up with:
1 Bonaparte's Gull (11am, Lake, SW of Peninsular "thumb", on the water with RBGs. Seen well)
1 Laughing Gull (as above)
Red-breasted Nuthatch (Breeze Hill)
Carolina Wren (Lookout Hill)
cheers,Keir
Keir Randall Brooklyn
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Observers: Peter, Mary Eyster,Paul Keim, Glenn Davis
Location: Prospect Park
Observation date: 11/27/08
Number of species: 40
Canada Goose X
American Black Duck X
Mallard X
Northern Shoveler 320 lake
Bufflehead 2 upper pool mix pair
Ruddy Duck 5 Upper pool
Sharp-shinned Hawk 2 f/o center drive;lp 249;
Red-tailed Hawk 1 lp 249
Merlin 1 chase sharp-shinned hawk at Center dr
American Coot 6 lake west shore
Ring-billed Gull X
Herring Gull X
Great Black-backed Gull 2
Rock Pigeon X
Mourning Dove X
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1 lookout hill
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1 southwest berm
Eastern Phoebe 1 Quaker cemetery sw corner
Blue Jay 5
Black-capped Chickadee 4 lookout
White-breasted Nuthatch 2
Carolina Wren 1 lookout hill
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 2 lookout hill
Hermit Thrush 2 lookout hill
American Robin X
Northern Mockingbird 1 peninsula sumacs;1 lp 249
European Starling X
Chipping Sparrow 1 peninsula sumacs
Fox Sparrow (Red) 6 Lookout hill south slope ( likely more couldn't see in thick brush)
Song Sparrow 1
Swamp Sparrow 1 LP 249
White-throated Sparrow 35 LH southern slope , many more unseen
Dark-eyed Junco X
Northern Cardinal 3
House Finch
American Goldfinch 6 peninsula sumacs
House Sparrow X
This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org/)
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From Rafael:
A text message early this morning sent the alert about Pine Siskins & Common Redpolls at PP (I missed both of them).But at the end, with almost 40 sps recorded in about 3 & half hours, was not that bad.
The following is the bird list recorded today 27 November 2008.
Site: Prospect Park
Observer: Rafael Campos
Canada Goose
Mute Swan
Mallard
Northern Shoveler
Bufflehead (1 male, Upper Pool)
Ruddy Duck
Pied-billed Grebe
Red-tailed Hawk
American Coot
Ring-billed Gull
(American) Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Blue Jay
Black-capped Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
White-breasted Nuthatch
Winter Wren
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Hermit Thrush
American Robin
Northern Mockingbird
European Starling
Cedar Waxwing
Fox Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Purple Finch (2 females)
House Finch
American Goldfinch
House Sparrow
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Brooklyn is good birding: Rafa Campos
