Sometimes you have to delight in the common species ,especially when that species is up to antics. At lunchtime, while scanning the lake, i caught sight of two Ring-billed Gulls "playing " tennis with a green ball pushed along on the ice by gull beaks..Love -Love the score? Then a few minutes later, i caught sight of a Ring-billed gull with a leaf in its beak. When it let it go, the leaf was blown about a good 25 feet before another ring-billed snatched it! Winter is never boring in Prospect Park ;)>
Peter
List
225 Canada Goose
2 Mute Swan
3 American Black Duck,lake
Mallard
165 Northern Shoveler,lake
1 Bufflehead-lake, drake
3 Common Merganser-drakes,2 near peninsula shore, one three sisters islands
27 Ruddy Duck-three sisters islands
1 Red-tailed Hawk-peninsula
American Coot
Ring-billed Gull
4 Herring Gull
1 Great Black-backed Gull
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
5 American Crow-flyovers, 3 peninsula, 2 garage
5 Black-capped Chickadee-feeders
1 White-breasted Nuthatch-feeders
European Starling
4 Song Sparrow-west island
6 White-throated Sparrow- west island
4 Northern Cardinal
1 Red-winged Blackbird west island sweetgums
1 Common Grackle-west island sweetgum trio (early?)
2 American Goldfinch-- feeders
House Sparrow
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From Rob Jett:
Subject: eBird Report - Prospect Park , 2/9/09>>>>
Location: Prospect Park>
Observation date: 2/9/09>
Number of species: 30>>
Canada Goose X>
Mute Swan X>
American Black Duck X>
Mallard X>
Northern Shoveler 225>
Bufflehead X>
Common Merganser 2>
Ruddy Duck X>
Red-tailed Hawk 2>
Merlin 1>
Ring-billed Gull X>
Herring Gull X>
Great Black-backed Gull X>
Rock Pigeon X>
Mourning Dove X>
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1>
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1>
Hairy Woodpecker 2>
American Crow 10>
Black-capped Chickadee X>
Tufted Titmouse X>
White-breasted Nuthatch X>
Brown Creeper 1>
European Starling X>
White-throated Sparrow X>
Dark-eyed Junco X>
Northern Cardinal X>
Purple Finch 5
American Goldfinch 12>
House Sparrow X
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