Wednesday, December 17, 2008

Dec 17th sightings

Upper Pool: Ring-necked Duck drake with Bufflehead

Feeders: Rusty Blackbird with usual company: RB Nuthatch, WB Nuthatch, Chickadees, Titmouse,Cardinals,etc
Nearby to feeders: Red-tailed Hawk perched on the crossbeam of a Breeze Hill lamppost, no doubt with a watchful eye for squirrels ;)>

More later,
P.

PS. The Brooklyn Xmas Count is this Saturday.Late interested folks,please contact me.

List


125 Canada Goose lake
2 Mute Swan lake
3Wood Duck lake off peninsula thumb
225Northern Shoveler lake
1Ring-necked Duck drake upper pool
2Bufflehead 1upper pool;1 west island
12Ruddy Duck 6 upper pool
2Pied-billed Grebe lake
2Red-tailed Hawk one Breeze Hill; 1 tennis house
xAmerican Coot
xRing-billed Gull
xHerring Gull
xRock Pigeon
25Mourning Dove feeders
1Red-bellied Woodpecker feeders
2Downy Woodpecker feeders
1Blue Jay
3American Crow Ballfields
3Black-capped Chickadee feeders
2Tufted Titmouse feeders
1Red-breasted Nuthatch feeders
4 White-breasted Nuthatch 2 feeders; 2 Nethermead
1Golden-crowned Kinglet Falkill falls pines
1Hermit Thrush terrace br
xAmerican Robin
xEuropean Starling
2Song Sparrow west island
1Swamp Sparrow west island shelter
xWhite-throated Sparrow feeders; and 12 west isl
2Northern Cardinal wellhouse
1Red-winged Blackbird feeders
1Rusty Blackbird feeders
xAmerican Goldfinch
xHouse Sparrow