Saturday, January 24, 2009

January 24th sightings

From Doug Gochfeld

Location: Prospect Park
Observation date: 1/24/09
Number of species: 31

Canada Goose X
Mute Swan X
Mallard X
Northern Shoveler 240
Common Merganser 1
Ruddy Duck 7
Cooper's Hawk 1
Ring-billed Gull 1100
Herring Gull 4
Great Black-backed Gull 4
Rock Pigeon X
Mourning Dove 6
Red-bellied Woodpecker 3
Downy Woodpecker 5
Blue Jay X
American Crow X
Black-capped Chickadee X
Tufted Titmouse X
White-breasted Nuthatch 2
American Robin 3
European Starling X
Cedar Waxwing 1 Heard only
Fox Sparrow 1 Breeze Hill Feeders
Song Sparrow X
White-throated Sparrow X
Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored) X
Northern Cardinal 4
Red-winged Blackbird 12 flyovers, Breeze Hill Feeders
House Finch 50 40+ Lullwater & Breeze Hill Feeders, others heard elsewhere
American Goldfinch 21 10 Feeders, 10 Lamppost
House Sparrow X

This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org/)

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From Eddie Davis:

Aside from a few red-tailed hawks, most of the activity was at the Breeze Hill Feeders. The rest of the park was eerily quiet.

Location: Prospect Park
Observation date: 1/24/09
Number of species: 25


Mute Swan 2
Mallard X
Red-tailed Hawk 2
Rock Pigeon X
Mourning Dove 1
Downy Woodpecker 2B
lue Jay 5
Black-capped Chickadee X
Tufted Titmouse 2
Red-breasted Nuthatch 1
White-breasted Nuthatch 2
Brown Creeper 1
Carolina Wren 2
Golden-crowned Kinglet 1
Northern Mockingbird 1
European Starling 1
Fox Sparrow 1Song Sparrow 1
White-throated Sparrow X
Dark-eyed Junco 2
Northern Cardinal 3
Red-winged Blackbird 1
House Finch 4
American Goldfinch 10
House Sparrow X

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From Peter:

Common Merganser still present in the Lake middle open water by Three Sisters Island. Northern Shovelers, Coots and the usual suspects