A nice morning in PP with very active feeders on Breeze Hill. Highlights included 3 Purple Finch (1 female and 2 male) at the feeders along with 1 Pine Siskin, and a first-of-year (for me) Brown Headed Cowbird. Common Grackles have come in in the last couple of days, and Red-Wings seem to be building. Spring is coming! One other note...there are some feeders on 15th Street about midway between 5th and 6th Ave (park slope) that have had Monk Parakeets feeding the past couple of times I've gone by, including today.
Location: Prospect Park
Observation date: 2/26/09
Number of species: 42
Canada Goose 200
Mute Swan 2
American Black Duck 9
American Black Duck x Mallard (hybrid) 5
Mallard 170
Northern Shoveler 120
Bufflehead 1
Ruddy Duck 70
Double-crested Cormorant 1
Great Blue Heron 1
Red-tailed Hawk 3
American Coot 38
Ring-billed Gull 600
Herring Gull 21
Great Black-backed Gull 1
Rock Pigeon 20
Mourning Dove 41
Red-bellied Woodpecker 2
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1
Downy Woodpecker 5
Blue Jay 2
American Crow 4
Black-capped Chickadee 4
Tufted Titmouse 2
Red-breasted Nuthatch 1
White-breasted Nuthatch 3
Carolina Wren 1
European Starling 5
Eastern Towhee 1
Fox Sparrow 1
Song Sparrow 2
White-throated Sparrow 31
Dark-eyed Junco 4
Northern Cardinal 15
Red-winged Blackbird 22
Common Grackle 11
Brown-headed Cowbird 1
Purple Finch 3 Breeze Hill Feeders
House Finch 8
Pine Siskin 1 Breeze Hill Feeders
American Goldfinch 53
House Sparrow 30
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From Peter
125 Canada Goose
1 Mute Swan
7 American Black Duck
Mallard
100 Northern Shoveler
3 Ring-necked Duck DRAKES ON UPPER POOL
1 Bufflehead DRAKE UPPER POOL
1 Red-breasted Merganser drake off peninsula tip
x Ruddy Duck Lake
1 Great Blue Heron Upper Pool
American Coot
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
1 Red-bellied Woodpecker- feeders
2 Downy Woodpecker- feeders
1 Blue Jay-feeders
6 American Crow- flyover ballfields
3 Black-capped Chickadee-feeders
2 Tufted Titmouse-feeders, garage
1 Red-breasted Nuthatch-feeders
1 White-breasted Nuthatch-feeders
European Starling
1 Fox Sparrow (Red)-feeders
1 Song Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Eastern Towhee-male feeders
1 Northern Cardinal-feeders
17 Red-winged Blackbird-feeders
1 Brown-headed Cowbird-fem feeders
2 Purple Finch- male and fem Feeders
9 House Finch-feeders
1 Pine Siskin- feeders
12 American Goldfinch-feeders
House Sparrow
Total species reported:
35
