Hilights: RUSTY BLACKBIRD, EASTERN BLUEBIRD, WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW,good sparrow numnbers, high numbers for WOOD DUCK,NORTHERN SHOVELER, WINTER WREN, kinglets, Yellow-rumped Warblers; 8 species warbler
From Rob Jett:
A few highlights from today's Prospect Park list:
- Eastern Bluebird on the snow fencing at the baseball
field. It also flew into the Falkill Wildflower Meadow.
- 25 Wood Ducks on the Upper Pool! Also seen by
Michelle Dreger's Audubon group.
- Northern Shovelers on lake up to 343!
- 2 Rusty Blackbirds; 1 on West Island the second
at Three Sister's Island.
- 8 Black-crowned Night-Herons on the back of Duck Island.
- 7 species of warbler; an 8th (Black-throated Green)
was seen by Michelle's group.
Here's my latest Prospect report.
> Date: October 17, 2009 3:29:29 PM EDT
>
> Subject: eBird Report - Prospect Park , 10/17/09
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> Location: Prospect Park
> Observation date: 10/17/09
> Number of species: 52
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> Canada Goose 165
> Mute Swan 7
> Wood Duck 25
> American Black Duck X
> Mallard X
> Northern Shoveler 343
> Ruddy Duck 45
> Pied-billed Grebe 3
> Great Blue Heron 1
> Black-crowned Night-Heron 8
> Osprey 1
> Cooper's Hawk 1
> Red-tailed Hawk 2
> Merlin 1
> American Coot 4
> Herring Gull (American) X
> Rock Pigeon X
> Mourning Dove 12
> Belted Kingfisher 1
> Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
> Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 3
> Northern Flicker 40
> Eastern Phoebe 30
> Blue-headed Vireo 2
> American Crow 3
> Black-capped Chickadee 2
> Tufted Titmouse 2
> White-breasted Nuthatch 3
> Winter Wren 2
> Golden-crowned Kinglet 60
> Ruby-crowned Kinglet 40
> Eastern Bluebird 1
> Hermit Thrush 25
> American Robin X
> Gray Catbird 4
> European Starling X
> Northern Parula 1
> Magnolia Warbler 2
> Black-throated Blue Warbler 1
> Yellow-rumped Warbler 75
> Palm Warbler 15
> Blackpoll Warbler 1
> Common Yellowthroat 2
> Chipping Sparrow 20
> Song Sparrow 30
> Swamp Sparrow 12
> White-throated Sparrow 40
> White-crowned Sparrow 2
> Dark-eyed Junco 3
> Northern Cardinal X
> Rusty Blackbird 2
> House Sparrow X
>
> This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org)
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From Janet Schumacher:
I mainly birded east side of Midwood, thru Vale,
across Sparrow Bowl and quick walk up Lookout,
plus a walk through Brooklyn Botanic Garden late
in day.
Wood Duck 8 (Upper Pool)
American Black Duck 1
Mallard X
Red-tailed Hawk 2
Merlin 1 (Vale)
Rock Pigeon X
Mourning Dove X
Red-bellied Woodpecker 6
Downy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 12
Eastern Phoebe 10
Blue-headed Vireo 1
Blue Jay 8
American Crow 3
Black-capped Chickadee 1
Tufted Titmouse 1
White-breasted Nuthatch 4
Winter Wren 14 (3 in BBG)
Golden-crowned Kinglet 10
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 30
Hermit Thrush 35
American Robin X
European Starling X
Northern Parula 1
Black-throated Blue Warbler 4
Yellow-rumped Warbler 15
Palm Warbler 2
Common Yellowthroat 4
Eastern Towhee 2 (BBG)
Chipping Sparrow 50 (One flock south end Nellie's Meadow, other NE
ball fields by dog beach)
Song Sparrow 16
Swamp Sparrow 18
White-throated Sparrow 350
White-crowned Sparrow 2 (Rose Garden & Lookout)
Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored) 2
Northern Cardinal 9
American Goldfinch 1
House Sparrow X
This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org/)
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From Tom Stephenson:
Hi Peter.
Here's a list of what I saw with Adam (Welz) yesterday. He probably has better numbers.
4 Winter Wren, many kinglets, lots of Chipping Sparrows along with one Lincoln's, one White-crowned
Best regards,
Tom
Canada Goose
Mallard
Sharp-shinned Hawk one on lookout
Cooper's Hawk one near terrace bridge
Ring-billed Gull
Rock Dove
Mourning Dove
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker at least 6
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker one in lower midwood
Northern Flicker
Eastern Phoebe at least 10
Blue Jay
Black-capped Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
White-breasted Nuthatch
Brown Creeper
Winter Wren at least 4
Golden-crowned Kinglet at least 6
Ruby-crowned Kinglet at least 10
Hermit Thrush at least 10
American Robin
Gray Catbird
European Starling
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Palm Warbler at least 8
Common Yellowthroat
Scarlet Tanager female Nellie’s Lawn area (late)
Eastern Towhee at least 6
Chipping Sparrow at least 50
Song Sparrow at least 10
Lincoln's Sparrow one Nellie’s lawn area
Swamp Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow one at edge of Nellie’s lawn
Dark-eyed Junco two
Northern Cardinal
American Goldfinch
House Sparrow
