Noted sightings: Orange-crowned Warbler ,White-crowned Sparrow
From Orrin:
From Park Circle around the lake to the left, then across Breeze Hill, out to Empire Blvd & Flatbush Ave, and through BBG.
Not much out
Mallard duck
American black duck
Ruddy duck
Northern shoveler
American coot
Great blue heron (2, BBG)
Ring-billed gull
Downy woodpecker
Tufted titmouse
Black-capped chickadee
White-breasted nuthatch
American goldfinch
White-throated sparrow
Song sparrow
Mourning dove
European starling
American robin
House sparrow
Lots of squirrels, some airborne
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Peter's 11/24 report:
Slow days are here ,heading towards winter and holidays keep us preoccupied. I'll cherish whatever flies ,even a Turkey....:)>
Location: Prospect Park
Observation date: 11/24/09
Number of species: 19
Mute Swan X
Mallard X
Northern Shoveler X lake
Ring-necked Duck 1 drake Lake on 11/23
Bufflehead 1 drake lake
Ruddy Duck X lake
Pied-billed Grebe 1 lake
Great Blue Heron X lake
Black-crowned Night-Heron 2 duck island
Red-tailed Hawk X
American Coot X
Ring-billed Gull X
Herring Gull (American) X
Rock Pigeon X
Mourning Dove X
European Starling X
Northern Cardinal X
Red-winged Blackbird 4 near wellhouse
House Sparrow X
This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org)
PS. I received a secondhand report of 3 Baltimore Orioles still present in the BBG.See yesterday's posting of where, today though in surrounding trees next to Ilex Macrocarpa.
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From Alex Wilson:
Begin forwarded message:
> Location: Prospect Park
> Observation date: 11/25/09
> Number of species: 46
>
> Canada Goose 50
> Mute Swan 9
> Wood Duck 1
> American Black Duck 5
> American Black Duck x Mallard (hybrid) 1
> Mallard 100
> Northern Shoveler 15
> Ring-necked Duck 1 (Male, Upper Pool.)
> Ruddy Duck 80
> Pied-billed Grebe 4
> Great Blue Heron 4
> Black-crowned Night-Heron 3
> Sharp-shinned Hawk 1
> Cooper's Hawk 2 (Adult perched south of Lake; flyover at
> Lily Pond.)
> Red-tailed Hawk 3
> Merlin 1
> American Coot 15
> Ring-billed Gull 100
> Herring Gull (American) 40
> Great Black-backed Gull 4
> Rock Pigeon 30
> Mourning Dove 15
> Red-bellied Woodpecker 6
> Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 3
> Downy Woodpecker 5
> Hairy Woodpecker 1
> Blue Jay 10
> American Crow 8
> Black-capped Chickadee 6
> Tufted Titmouse 8
> White-breasted Nuthatch 5
> Brown Creeper 2
> Carolina Wren 4
> Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1 (Wellhouse Drive phragmites.)
> American Robin 2
> European Starling 100
> Orange-crowned Warbler 1 (In phragmites between
Wellhouse and 249, then back across drive, 11AM;
forty minutes later at Lookout butterfly meadow.)
> Eastern Towhee 2 (Heard on Lookout; female behind Boathouse.)
> Fox Sparrow (Red) 5 (Including some singing at lamppost 249.)
> Song Sparrow 6
> White-throated Sparrow 60
> White-crowned Sparrow 1 (Immature, Terrace Bridge
NE corner, coming to birdseed on the path under the bridge.)
> Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored) 20
> Northern Cardinal 20
> Red-winged Blackbird 2
> American Goldfinch 15
> House Sparrow 20
