Today begins the Centennial Celebratory year of the Brooklyn Bird Club. The club held a trip today beginning in Prospect Park, ending with the Coney Island coastal walk totaling 8.5 miles. More on that on my other blog BBC Field Trips.
For now, I'll let Rafael begin the year starting off with his report.
Site: Prospect Park, Brooklyn
Date: 01 January 2009
Observers: Rafael G Campos
First day of year, and the tradition must go on. With temperatures below zero Celsius, I went to PP to start the year list. Also to star with the celebration of the 100th anniversary of the Brooklyn Bird Club.Much of the water was frozen, and the number of birds/sps where low (exception RBGUs). My first surprise was a lonely Merlin near the Quaker Hill. Nothing between here and the feeders of Breeze Hill, where the 2 sps of Nuthatches were seen + 1 Dark-eyed Junco, 2-3 Fox Sparrows.The lake mostly frozen, but good numbers of Northern Shovelers & Ring-billed Gulls.Nothing rare or special, but 34 sps counts for an early morning.
The list:
Canada Goose
Mute SwanMallard
Northern Shoveler
Ruddy Duck
Red-tailed Hawk
Merlin
American Coot
Ring-billed Gull
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Downy Woodpecker
Blue Jay
Black-capped Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
Carolina Wren
Winter Wren
Hermit Thrush
American Robin
Northern Mockingbird
European Starling
Fox Sparrow
Song Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Northern Cardinal
Red-winged Blackbird
House Finch
American Goldfinch
House Sparrow
Brooklyn is good birding: Rafa Campos R
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Part compilation of Prospect Park walk (BBC walk continued to coast)
Prospect list
Canada Goose
Mute Swan
American Black Duck
Mallard
Northern Shoveler
Ruddy Duck
Northern Harrier (f/o midwood)
Sharp-shinned Hawk (Prospect Park)
Red-tailed Hawk (4 ,3 midwood)
Merlin (Center Drive)
American Coot (lake)
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull-1
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove 20 feeders
Red-bellied Woodpecker feeders
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Quaker ridge; rink
Downy Woodpecker feeders
Northern Flicker
Blue Jay
Black-capped Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse feeders , 4 total
Red-breasted Nuthatch -feeders
White-breasted Nuthatch- Vale Cahmere. feeders
Brown Creeper -maryland monument
Carolina Wren (2 midwood)
Hermit Thrush -wellhouse, peninsula
American Robin-8
Northern Mockingbird- nethermead arches
Fox Sparrow- feeder, midwood, one each
Song Sparrow-2
White-throated Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Northern Cardinal 8 midwood;6 elsewhere
Red-winged Blackbird- 2 feeders
House Finch
Pine Siskin (~20 North Midwood Prospect Park)
American Goldfinch- 6 center dr
House Sparrow
