Stuck all day near the Duck Island during a fish rescue, I stole some casual glances at birds around. Most obvious were three GREAT BLUE HERONS flying together over the water from the island towards the Peninsula. Other than that, whatever I saw from our vehicle is listed below. It did appear on one of my passbys, the boathouse slope habitat looked pretty active.Hopefully, I will get to check on that.
Most sightings near Duck Island or the lake (unless noted otherwise)
--peter
Location: Prospect Park
Observation date: 11/19/09
Number of species: 22
Canada Goose X
Mute Swan 5
American Black Duck 3 west island
Mallard X
Northern Shoveler X
Ring-necked Duck 1 drake Upper Pool
Ruddy Duck X
Pied-billed Grebe 2--1 lake;1 west island cove
Double-crested Cormorant 1 west island, flyaway
Great Blue Heron 3 duck island
Black-crowned Night-Heron 1 immature feeding on mudflat Duck Island
American Coot X
Ring-billed Gull 17 west island
Herring Gull (American) X
Rock Pigeon X
Mourning Dove X
Blue Jay 1 boathouse
Northern Mockingbird 1 boathouse
European Starling X
Swamp Sparrow 1 west island near cove apex
White-throated Sparrow 4 west island near cove apex
Northern Cardinal 1
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