Hilight: ORANGE-Crowned Warbler in Peninsula Sumacs mugwort behind fence nearest Persimmon tree ( enclosure circle fence) . Responded to "pishing"; also Ring-necked Duck, Wood Duck, Fox Sparrow
Kingsboider Note: See on this dialogue the joys of "pishing".
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From Peter
Gray skies and blustery winds makes one want to stay indoors. But I had the day off and not wanting to drive anywhere but simply relax made Prospect Park an easy choice.With the fall foliage, I could not beat the colors especially with an ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER lurking around. ;)>
Hoping to find something good, the usually reliable locale --the Peninsula sumacs-- was one of my targets. This hasn't been a great fall at those sumacs, numbers usually very low to my liking but I'll take whatever the sumacs yield. By the Persimmon Tree enclosed by a wire fence, I approached the back fence and "pished" a few times. Cardinals flew around and one HERMIT THRUSH appeared in the Herculaneum "Devil's Walking Stick " type tree with its delicious red berries. But nothing else then. Another pish and suddenly a kinglet sized bird flew towards me , and landed in a young oak sapling. It allowed me a few seconds to see what it was and a well seen ORANGED-CROWNED WARBLER is what it was. A handsome bird , especially for this warbler lover.
It was few pickings out there on this chilly day ( and I had to go to the store and buy gloves) . A Ring-necked Duck there, and the rest ,usual suspects abound.Oh, i did see a mass of AMERICAN ROBINS moved thru the brush behind the Wellhouse. I thought that was a notable observation for the numbers so far this fall. The slope there is a terrific spot to bird if you can see anything. ( well, one Gray Catbird, fitting for the day's light). Tomorrow is another day, especially rainy weather predicted in the next day or so.I can't wait then to find a good bird or two usually surfacing in bad weather.
List:
Location: Prospect Park
Observation date: 11/11/09
Number of species: 30
Canada Goose 225 lake, in early am
Mute Swan 5 lake
American Black Duck 5 west island
American Black Duck x Mallard (hybrid) X
Mallard 125 --43 upper pool; rest lake
Northern Shoveler 37 --18 south lullwater; rest lake
Ring-necked Duck 1 drake upper pool
Ruddy Duck 98 lake
Pied-billed Grebe 4 --3 lake;1 south lullwater
Great Blue Heron 4--1 three sister islands;3 duck island
Sharp-shinned Hawk 1 f/o west ballfields
Cooper's Hawk 1 f/o Lookout Hill
Red-tailed Hawk 1 f/o Lookout Hill
American Coot 9 lake
Ring-billed Gull X
Herring Gull X
Great Black-backed Gull 6 lake
Rock Pigeon X
Mourning Dove 3
American Crow 11 f/o Terrace Bridge
Hermit Thrush 1 Peninsula sumacs, feeding in Herculaneum tree
American Robin 65 large flock moving thru behind Wellhouse
Gray Catbird 1 Peninsula sumacs
European Starling X
Cedar Waxwing 15 f/o terrace bridge
Orange-crowned Warbler 1 Peninsula sumacs
Song Sparrow 6
Swamp Sparrow 1 peninsula lakeshore
White-throated Sparrow X
Dark-eyed Junco 17 ballfields west
Northern Cardinal 5 Peninsula sumacs
This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org/)
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Definition and hows of "pishing"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pishing
http://home.pacifier.com/~mpatters/bird/pishing/pishing.html
http://www.bsc-eoc.org/download/BWCfa05.pdf
want to get really serious about it and perfect the skill of "pishing"? Buy Peter Dunne's book
http://www.birdwatchersdigest.com/shop/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=67_85&products_id=319
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From Larry Zirlin:
Location: Prospect Park
Observation date: 11/11/09
Number of species: 36
Canada Goose 200
Mute Swan 8
Wood Duck 2 Lullwater
American Black Duck 8
Mallard 150
Northern Shoveler 25
Ring-necked Duck 1 Upper Pool
Ruddy Duck 100
Pied-billed Grebe 3 Lullwater
Great Blue Heron 3 Soaring over Upper Pool, then 1 roosting on Duck
Island, 2 by the peninsula.
Black-crowned Night-Heron 1 Duck Island.
Red-tailed Hawk 2 1 mobbed by crows.
American Coot 9
Ring-billed Gull X
Herring Gull X
Great Black-backed Gull 3
Rock Pigeon 25
Mourning Dove 4
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
Downy Woodpecker 4
Blue Jay 3
American Crow 50
Black-capped Chickadee 4
Tufted Titmouse 2
Carolina Wren 1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1
American Robin 35
Gray Catbird 1
Northern Mockingbird 2
European Starling 25
Cedar Waxwing 10
Swamp Sparrow 2
White-throated Sparrow 25
Dark-eyed Junco 5
Northern Cardinal 5
House Sparrow 10
This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org/)
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From Rob Bate:
Could not locate the O-C Warbler, maybe caught a brief look at his back. However, I did get my FOS Fox Sparrow in that area as well as seeing Ruby-Crowned Kinglet, Golden Crowned Kinglet and Hermit thrush along with Cardinals, White Throats and Doves. Very quiet elsewhere
Kingsboider note: the area is the Peninsula Sumacs
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