Hilight this morning was a late RED-EYED VIREO eating red Herculanean ( A Devil's Walking Stick relative) berries in front of Wellhouse. It was spotted yesterday by Heydi Lopes.Yesterday also ,an Orange-crowned Warbler.
Other hilights are lingering ducks Ring-Necked, Bufflehead, Wood Duck,numbers increase of 176 Ruddy.
11/6 (Thursday ) Report from Rob Jett:
Location: Prospect Park
Observation date: 11/6/09
Number of species: 47
Canada Goose 200
Mute Swan 8
Wood Duck 1
American Black Duck 6
American Black Duck x Mallard (hybrid) 1
Mallard X
Northern Shoveler 300
Ring-necked Duck 1
Bufflehead 1
Ruddy Duck 75
Pied-billed Grebe 4
Great Blue Heron 1
Black-crowned Night-Heron 1
Sharp-shinned Hawk 1
Cooper's Hawk 1
Red-tailed Hawk 4
Merlin 1
American Coot 8
Ring-billed Gull X
Herring Gull (American) X
Rock Pigeon X
Mourning Dove X
Red-bellied Woodpecker 3
Downy Woodpecker 2
Hairy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 1
Red-eyed Vireo 1
American Crow 8
Black-capped Chickadee 3
Tufted Titmouse 5
White-breasted Nuthatch 1
Carolina Wren 2
Winter Wren 2
Golden-crowned Kinglet 3
Hermit Thrush 12
American Robin X
Northern Mockingbird 1
European Starling X
Orange-crowned Warbler 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler 1
Chipping Sparrow 4
Song Sparrow X
White-throated Sparrow X
Dark-eyed Junco X
Northern Cardinal X
Red-winged Blackbird 24
American Goldfinch X
House Sparrow X
This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org/)
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From Peter:
A gorgeous fall day though in my opinion means not much birding activity; you need "disruption" in weather patterns for nature to dump good stuff here . But its a good idea to watch the winds, particularly strong western winds that may bring in a western species to these parts. But today, it was a common species -RED-EYED VIREO-- that unexpectedly showed up by the Well house, pretty late for November date ( that even Ebirds asked me to verify) . I saw it fly from the cherry tree to the Herculaneum tree, raising my hopes for a rare vagrant; but upon further inspection, found some delight instead of a late date sighting..maybe its a good omen, a welcome mat for a rare vireo ?
Hopefully, someone will be out there on Sunday looking.
List:
Location: Prospect Park
Observation date: 11/7/09
Number of species: 36
Canada Goose 135 lake
Mute Swan 3 lake
Wood Duck 2 drake lake
American Black Duck 2 west island
American Black Duck x Mallard (hybrid) X
Mallard X
Northern Shoveler 45 west section lake
Ring-necked Duck 1 drake Upper Pool
Bufflehead 1 drake lake
Ruddy Duck 176 lake
Pied-billed Grebe 3--2 lake;1 lullwater
Double-crested Cormorant 1 lake
Great Blue Heron 1 north shore lake
Sharp-shinned Hawk 1 f/o Butterfly Meadow
Cooper's Hawk 1 f/o lake
Red-tailed Hawk 1 f/o Quaker Cemetery
Merlin 1 flying along west edge ballfields
American Coot 12 --8 Lullwater;4 lake
Laughing Gull 1 lake (also obs R.Jett)
Ring-billed Gull X
Herring Gull X
Rock Pigeon X
Mourning Dove X
Red-eyed Vireo 1 wellhouse
Tufted Titmouse 1 Binnen run
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1 peninsula sumacs
Hermit Thrush 2 peninsula sumacs
American Robin 4
Northern Mockingbird 1 lamppost 249
European Starling X
Chipping Sparrow 12 in dying pine southwest of ballfields
Song Sparrow 9
White-throated Sparrow 27 --20 at Binnen horse trail
Dark-eyed Junco 7 mostly lamppost 249
Northern Cardinal 3
American Goldfinch 1 lily pool
House Sparrow X
This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org)
