Today' count was a cold ,frigid one , so I am glad I do it in Prospect and not some some forbidden stretch on the windy coast, though I could be termed hardy for that task. Prospect has always been my count location for at least the last quarter century and today was a rewarding one.With my droopy eyelids, i wont have the time to make up a rough list (hopefully tomorrow) .But I can say that Prospect recorded a wonderful 59 species; the overall Brooklyn Count tallied 123 species, which according to the count compiler, was the average ( I asked for the file ,so will wait for it) . Here's to the brave and hardy counters, doing a fun cherished event regardless of the weather. Hats off!
Prospect Park
59 species: best mentions- Ring-necked Duck,2 Rusty Blackbirds (feeders), Pine Siskin, male Purple Finch(wellhouse back),Wood Duck , 7 Gadwall
List (NOT OFFICIAL, missing 5 species ,awaiting compiler's file)
site = Prospect Park
date = 12/20/08
observers = Brooklyn Bird Club Prospect Xmas counters
Pied-billed Grebe (5 )
Great Blue Heron
Canada Goose
Mute Swan
Wood Duck (3 zoo)
Gadwall (7)
American Black Duck
Mallard
Northern Shoveler
Ring-necked Duck (1 drake lake; 1 BBG)
Bufflehead (2 Upper pool and west island)
Ruddy Duck
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Cooper's Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Merlin
American Coot
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Belted Kingfisher
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Blue Jay
American Crow
Black-capped Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
White-breasted Nuthatch
Brown Creeper
Carolina Wren
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Hermit Thrush
American Robin
Northern Mockingbird
European Starling
Fox Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Northern Cardinal
Red-winged Blackbird
Rusty Blackbird (2 at feeders)
Common Grackle
Purple Finch (bright male behind Wellhouse)
House Finch
Pine Siskin (inside Quaker cemetry (off limits))
American Goldfinch
House Sparrow
