December 26th
Observers :Peter D, Mary E.
Note: moderate /heavy rain ; 32 Black-backed Gulls on the lake ( pretty high)
Location: Prospect Park
Observation date: 12/26/09
Number of species: 22
Canada Goose X
Mute Swan 5 lake
Wood Duck 1 boathouse pond
American Black Duck 3 three sisters islands
Mallard X
Northern Shoveler 175 three sisters islands
Bufflehead 1 three sisters islands
Ruddy Duck 1 three sisters islands
Red-tailed Hawk 1 LP 249
American Coot 8 three sisters islands
Ring-billed Gull 1200 lake
Herring Gull (American) X
Great Black-backed Gull 31 lake
Rock Pigeon X
Mourning Dove X
Black-capped Chickadee 1 feeders
White-breasted Nuthatch 1 feeders
European Starling X
Song Sparrow 1 feeders
White-throated Sparrow X
Northern Cardinal X
House Finch 13 feeders
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December 27th
Brooklyn Bird Club Prospect Centennial walk ( concluding and last festive theme walk for 2009)
leading : Peter Dorosh
9 participants
Location: Prospect Park
Observation date: 12/27/09
Number of species: 39
Canada Goose X lake
Mute Swan 6 lake
Mallard X
Northern Shoveler 150 lake
Double-crested Cormorant 1 lake
Cooper's Hawk 1 Bartel Pritchard
Red-tailed Hawk 3--1 north woods f/o; 2 f/o boathouse
American Coot X lake
Ring-billed Gull 1200 lake
Herring Gull (American) X
Great Black-backed Gull 27 lake
Rock Pigeon X
Mourning Dove X
Red-bellied Woodpecker 2 --1 vale cashmere;1 feeders
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 2-- 1 LP 249; 1 vale cashmere
Downy Woodpecker 1
Blue Jay X
American Crow 1 f/o zoo
Fish Crow 2 f/o zoo
Black-capped Chickadee 3 --2 Vale Cashmere,one feeders
Tufted Titmouse 2 -1 feeders;1 Vale Cashmere
Red-breasted Nuthatch 1 feeders
White-breasted Nuthatch 2--one Valecashmere; one feeders
Winter Wren 1 Zoo
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1 LP 249
Hermit Thrush 1 vale cashmere
American Robin 6 zoo
Northern Mockingbird 1 boathouse
European Starling X
Eastern Towhee 1 lily pool
Song Sparrow X
Swamp Sparrow 1 vale cashmere
White-throated Sparrow X
Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored) X
Northern Cardinal X
Red-winged Blackbird 5 f/o boathouse
Common Grackle 1 boathouse
American Goldfinch 2 zoo
House Sparrow X
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During today and last thursday, three Ring-billed Gulls were seen with orange circle wing tags with the numerals #318,345 ( today) and #332 on Thursday.All the numbers were reported to Bird Banding Laboratory this eve. When results (where banded) are returned, they will be posted on this blog.
--Kingsboider
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From Rafael Campos:
Date: 27 December 2009
Place: Prospect Park, Brooklyn, NY
Observers: Rafael Campos + P. Dorosh and members of BBC
Today was the last guided walk to celebrated the 100th years of Brooklyn Bird Club. The walk was lead by our president, Peter, and we were 10 in total.
We started in Grand Army Plaza, went to the Vale to have a toast for 100th anniversary of BBC, and continued around PP. I left around noon, when we got to the lake.
Here is the list of the birds recorded while I was with the group:
Canada Goose
Mute Swan
Mallard
Northern Shoveler
Double-crested Cormorant
Red-tailed Hawk
American Coot
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Downy Woodpecker
Blue Jay
Fish Crow (2 flew over PP Zoo)
Black-capped Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
Red-breasted Nuthatch (1, feeders)
White-breasted Nuthatch
Winter Wren
Hermit Thrush (1 Vale)
American Robin
Northern Mockingbird
European Starling
Eastern Towhee (1 female)
Swamp Sparrow (1, Vale)
White-throated Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Northern Cardinal
Common Grackle (1)
House Finch (feeders)
House Sparrow
