Wednesday, November 4, 2009

11/4 - Two Prospect reports

Noted observations: 8 species duck, 7 species raptors including Red-Shouldered Hawk, Northern Harrier,Merlin , Peregrine Falcon, 5 woodpecker species,hilights of Eastern Bluebird, Common Loon, late Baltimore Oriole

From Rob Jett:

> Date: November 4, 2009 3:26:08 PM EST
> Subject: eBird Report - Prospect Park , 11/4/09
>
> Location: Prospect Park
> Observation date: 11/4/09
> Number of species: 47
>
> Canada Goose 300
> Mute Swan 8
> Wood Duck 1
> American Black Duck 7
> American Black Duck x Mallard (hybrid) 3
> Mallard 40
> Northern Shoveler 300
> Ring-necked Duck 1
> Bufflehead 1
> Hooded Merganser 2
> Ruddy Duck 64
> Pied-billed Grebe 2
> Great Blue Heron 1
> Northern Harrier 1
> Sharp-shinned Hawk 1
> Cooper's Hawk 2
> Red-shouldered Hawk 1
> Red-tailed Hawk 3
> Merlin 1
> American Coot 12
> Ring-billed Gull 125
> Herring Gull (American) X
> Great Black-backed Gull 1
> Rock Pigeon X
> Mourning Dove 8
> Belted Kingfisher 1
> Red-bellied Woodpecker 2
> Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1
> Downy Woodpecker 1
> Northern Flicker 4
> Blue-headed Vireo 1
> Blue Jay 3
> American Crow 5
> Black-capped Chickadee 2
> White-breasted Nuthatch 1
> Winter Wren 1
> Golden-crowned Kinglet 4
> Hermit Thrush 7
> American Robin X
> European Starling X
> Cedar Waxwing 17
> Song Sparrow 6
> Swamp Sparrow 1
> White-throated Sparrow 60
> Dark-eyed Junco 75
> Northern Cardinal 4
> American Goldfinch 3
> House Sparrow X
>
> This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org)

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From Alex Wilson:

> Location: Prospect Park
> Observation date: 11/4/09
> Number of species: 55
>
> Canada Goose 100
> Mute Swan 5
> Wood Duck 2
> American Black Duck 8
> Mallard 125
> Northern Shoveler 80
> Ring-necked Duck 1 (Male, Upper Pool.)
> Hooded Merganser 2 (Lake.)
> Ruddy Duck 100
> Common Loon 2 (Early flyover, from Long Meadow.)
> Pied-billed Grebe 3
> Great Blue Heron 1
> Black-crowned Night-Heron 1
> Sharp-shinned Hawk 1
> Cooper's Hawk 1
> Red-tailed Hawk 4
> Merlin 1
> Peregrine Falcon 1 (Over Lookout/Lake shore.)
> American Coot 12
> Ring-billed Gull 80
> Herring Gull 25
> Rock Pigeon 50
> Mourning Dove 10
> Belted Kingfisher 2
> Red-bellied Woodpecker 4
> Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 5
> Downy Woodpecker 3
> Hairy Woodpecker 2
> Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 15
> Blue Jay 15
> American Crow 60 (At least 50 around Lookout Hill.)
> Black-capped Chickadee 7
> Tufted Titmouse 3
> Red-breasted Nuthatch 1 (Pines near Bartell-Pritchard
> entrance.)
> White-breasted Nuthatch 6
> Carolina Wren 2
> Golden-crowned Kinglet 5
> Ruby-crowned Kinglet 3
> Eastern Bluebird 4 (Early flyover group, Long Meadow.)
> Hermit Thrush 10
> American Robin 100
> European Starling 100
> Cedar Waxwing 15
> Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 1
> Eastern Towhee 1
> Song Sparrow 10
> Swamp Sparrow 1
> White-throated Sparrow 40
> Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored) 15
> Northern Cardinal 8
> Red-winged Blackbird 100 (Several flyover flocks.)
> Common Grackle 8
> Baltimore Oriole 1 (Immature, path behind Boathouse.)
> American Goldfinch 15
> House Sparrow 20