From Larry :
Sent: Friday, January 22, 2010 12:26 PM
Subject: eBird Report - Prospect Park , 1/22/10
Location: Prospect Park
Observation date: 1/22/10
Number of species: 33
Canada Goose 125
Mute Swan 7
Wood Duck 1 Boathouse Pond
American Black Duck 6 One on Boathouse Pond, balance on lake.
Mallard 290
Ruddy Duck 15
Cooper's Hawk 1 Hanging out near the feeders
Red-tailed Hawk 2 Circling over Nethermead
American Coot 9
Ring-billed Gull 300
Herring Gull 2
Great Black-backed Gull 1
Rock Pigeon 17
Mourning Dove 12 Binnen Bridge
Red-bellied Woodpecker 2 One near Boathouse, one Breeze Hill
Downy Woodpecker 5 Boathouse and feeders
Hairy Woodpecker 1 Breeze Hill
Blue Jay 4
American Crow 3 On lake ice
Black-capped Chickadee 3 Feeders and near Wellhouse
Tufted Titmouse 4 Binnen Bridge & feeders
Red-breasted Nuthatch 1 Feeders
White-breasted Nuthatch 4 Feeders and near Boathouse
Brown Creeper 2 Boathouse and Breeze Hill
Carolina Wren 1 Binnen Bridge
American Robin 2 Nethermead
Northern Mockingbird 1 Behind Boathouse
White-throated Sparrow 31
Dark-eyed Junco 7 Feeders
Northern Cardinal 11
House Finch 4 Feeders
American Goldfinch 2 Feeders
House Sparrow 6
This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org/)
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1/21 reports
American Pipit 1 seen on ballfields, inside fence enclosure (observer Mary Eyster)
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From Peter (after work)
Location: Prospect Park
Observation date: 1/21/10
Number of species: 18
all waterfowl seen in Lake
Canada Goose 225
Mute Swan 6
American Black Duck 8
Mallard X
Northern Shoveler X
Ruddy Duck 32
Great Blue Heron 1 Duck Island
Red-tailed Hawk 1 somewhere in park
American Coot 7
Ring-billed Gull X
Herring Gull X
Great Black-backed Gull 2
Rock Pigeon X
Mourning Dove X
American Crow 61 on Lake, pretty large group (rebounding from west nile?)
White-throated Sparrow X
Dark-eyed Junco X
This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org)
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From Mike Zablocky:
most of the passerines seen at the feeders:
Canada Goose
Mute Swan
American Black Duck
Mallard
American Coot
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Blue Jay
American Crow
Black-capped Chickadee
Red-breasted Nuthatch
White-breasted Nuthatch
Winter Wren
European Starling
Song Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Northern Cardinal
Red-winged Blackbird
House Finch
American Goldfinch
House Sparrow
27 species
Michael S. Zablocky
Brooklyn, NY
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From Rob Jett
Prospect Park's lake is notorious for
hosting some very strange hybrid
waterfowl, so I wasn't too surprised
to find an odd-looking shoveler
in the park. What was first perceived
to be a Northern Shoveler x Blue-
winged Teal hybrid, I'm now pretty
certain is actually an Australasian
Shoveler (Anas rhynchotis). I have
some photos and a short video on my
blog here:
http://citybirder.blogspot.com/2010/01/strange-waterfowl.html
Just wondering:
- How common are Australasian Shovelers in zoos or private collections?
- Have Australasian Shovelers ever been recorded outside of New
Zealand or Australia?
- What is the air-speed velocity of an unladen swallow?
Good birding,
Rob
