ROSE BREASTED GROSBEAK (late) in red berry herculaneum devils walking stick in front of Wellhouse at path junction
Kingsboider note: I found out the real name of the "Herculaneum " tree which is incorrect.Its' actual name is Szechuan Peppercorn Tree. More info on this later with an image. Thx to Rob Jett whom I asked.
P.P.S
image and details of Szechuan Peppercorn Tree or Szechuan Pepper or Chinese Prickly Ash or Chinese Pepper (Check City Birder's November
17th posting ,Photo taken by Rob Jett)
http://citybirder.blogspot.com/2005_11_01_archive.html
http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=ZASI2
( Note : whatever name it is, its a "hot" tree to watch )
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Mary Eyster reports 3 MONK PARAKEETS at her feeder at her Windsor Terrace home
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From Rob Jett :
Greenwood Cemetery report
Location: Greenwood Cemetery
Observation date: 11/15/09
Number of species: 31
Canada Goose X
Mallard X
Cooper's Hawk 2
Red-tailed Hawk 1
Merlin 1
Herring Gull (American) X
Rock Pigeon X
Mourning Dove X
Red-bellied Woodpecker 2
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1
Downy Woodpecker 1
Hairy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 2
American Crow X
Red-breasted Nuthatch 4
White-breasted Nuthatch 5
Golden-crowned Kinglet 3
Hermit Thrush 2
American Robin X
Northern Mockingbird 3
European Starling X
Chipping Sparrow 25
Fox Sparrow 6
Song Sparrow 3
White-throated Sparrow 12
Dark-eyed Junco 1000
Northern Cardinal X
Red-winged Blackbird 2
Brown-headed Cowbird 2
American Goldfinch X
House Sparrow X
This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org/)
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From Peter
Two interesting observations in the field in Prospect , one regarding a location and the other a birding whimsical moment made an otherwise mundane day into something memorable.
The Upper Pool is not known as a large pond that holds a lot of ducks except the occasional large Ring-necked Duck flock in migration. It had more to do with the diversity.I counted five duck species on the Upper Pool :Ring- necked Duck (1), Ruddy Duck (1), Northern Shoveler ( 3), Wood Duck (2) and most commonly , Mallard. Something different to see under special circumstances. On the Lower Pool , I counted 4 Wood Ducks, hiding under the fallen snag in the water. Later ,Rob Jett I met near the nethermead said he saw 7 Wood Ducks fly into the Lower Pool.Very unusual to see the Lower Pool a spotlight given its very placid water.
The other thing I mentioned of interest took place at Duck Island in late afternoon. I happened to see 3 Black-Crowned Night herons fly into the southwest side of the island, one immature split off on his own to his own tree perch (such independence !). Immediately afterwards,an immature COOPER'S Hawk, attacked or I should chased the independent BCNH from its perch, something I would be quite amused to see --a Cooper's triumphantly chasing a much larger bird like a heron .Who would've thought? The little heron junior joined his two mates (one adult) to another tree perch, all three very close knit BCNH on the same limb in the brilliant sunset illuminating all the colorful leaves around them.
Never a dull day ( well , most times) in Prospect.
Location: Prospect Park
Observation date: 11/16/09
Number of species: 30
Canada Goose X
Mute Swan 8 lake
American Black Duck 2 west island
Mallard X
Northern Shoveler 6--3 upper pool; 3 lake
Ring-necked Duck 1 drake upper pool
Ruddy Duck X common on lake; 1 upper pool
Pied-billed Grebe 1 lake
Double-crested Cormorant 2 lake
Great Blue Heron 2 Three sister islands
Black-crowned Night-Heron 3 duck island
Cooper's Hawk 1 duck island, chased a Black-crowned Night heron
Red-tailed Hawk 1 f/o west island
Merlin 1 Binnen pool (also obs R.Jett)
American Coot X lake
Ring-billed Gull X lake
Herring Gull (American) X lake
Rock Pigeon X
Mourning Dove X
Blue Jay 3
American Crow 7 baseball fields
American Robin X
European Starling X
Song Sparrow 3 south lakeshore
Swamp Sparrow 2--1 south lakeshore; 1 west island
White-throated Sparrow 2--1 south lakeshore;1 Upper pool
Dark-eyed Junco 30 south lakeshore
Northern Cardinal 4 wellhouse
Common Grackle 5 f/o baseball fields
Rose-breasted Grosbeak (late) 1 wellhouse, immature male feeding in Szechuan Pepper tree in front of Wellhouse
This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org)
