It was really cold and blustery out there.
Despite bone chilling temperatures, it was quite delightful watching the swirling snowflakes upon the lake ice, little whirlpools of action that confronted a small tight flock of wind battered Ring-billed Gulls, the blustery blown snowflakes escaping through the little spaces among the gulls' bodies. There was some open water but little diversity regarding waterfowl. But I didn't care, I simply wanted to get out and enjoy the wintry season .
Looking up as I walked along Well Drive, I could see the blurry sun , trying to peek through the fog like thin cloud cover and wind blown light falling snow.I remembered a favorite art exhibit years ago held at the Brooklyn Museum, called Impressionism: Effects of Snow;the scene of the fading yet noticeable disk like sun reminded me of several paintings with that effect. I think Monet did that alot and also Camille Passarro, two winter highly experienced painters.
Oh, before getting away from the main topic, birds were pretty hunkered down, except at the feeders , whose seeds are disappearing fast. With those hungry birds trying to survive, battling the extreme cold that saps their metabolism drastically, I have to get them refilled asap.
Stay warm.
--Kingsboider
Location: Prospect Park
Observation date: 1/3/10
Number of species: 30
Canada Goose 180 lake
Mute Swan 6 lake
Wood Duck 1 drake boathouse pond
American Black Duck 3 lake
Mallard X
Northern Shoveler 24 lake
Bufflehead 1 drake lake
American Coot 7 lake
Ring-billed Gull 180 lake
Herring Gull X
Rock Pigeon 30
Mourning Dove 11 feeders
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1 f/o well dr
Downy Woodpecker 2 feeders
Blue Jay 3 lookout hill east slope
American Crow 17 f/o lake
Black-capped Chickadee 2 f/o lake feeders
Red-breasted Nuthatch 1 feeders
White-breasted Nuthatch 2--1 feeders;1 lullwater
Hermit Thrush 1 under terrace br
American Robin 14 lullwater bridge
European Starling X
Song Sparrow 5 --3 peninsula sumacs, 2 feeders
Swamp Sparrow 1 west shore lake near west island shelter
White-throated Sparrow 45 --35 wellhouse;rest feeders
Dark-eyed Junco 4 feeders
Northern Cardinal 8---5 feeders;3 wellhouse
Red-winged Blackbird 2-1 feeders; 1 west island shelter
House Finch 7 feeders
American Goldfinch 9 feeders
This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org)
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From Rusty Harold:
Observation type: Traveling Count
Observation date: 1/2/10 Distance covered: 2.0 mile(s)
Start time: 8:50 AM Area covered: N/A
Duration: 2 hour(s) 15 minute(s) Elevation: N/A
55 Canada Goose
5 Mute Swan
3 American Black Duck
190 Mallard
2 American Coot
200 Ring-billed Gull
40 Rock Pigeon
20 Mourning Dove
2 Red-bellied Woodpecker
6 Downy Woodpecker
2 Blue Jay
4 Black-capped Chickadee
1 Tufted Titmouse
2 White-breasted Nuthatch
2 Hermit Thrush
4 American Robin
40 White-throated Sparrow
12 Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored)
8 Northern Cardinal
5 Red-winged Blackbird
1 Common Grackle
2 House Finch
5 American Goldfinch
Despite bone chilling temperatures, it was quite delightful watching the swirling snowflakes upon the lake ice, little whirlpools of action that confronted a small tight flock of wind battered Ring-billed Gulls, the blustery blown snowflakes escaping through the little spaces among the gulls' bodies. There was some open water but little diversity regarding waterfowl. But I didn't care, I simply wanted to get out and enjoy the wintry season .
Looking up as I walked along Well Drive, I could see the blurry sun , trying to peek through the fog like thin cloud cover and wind blown light falling snow.I remembered a favorite art exhibit years ago held at the Brooklyn Museum, called Impressionism: Effects of Snow;the scene of the fading yet noticeable disk like sun reminded me of several paintings with that effect. I think Monet did that alot and also Camille Passarro, two winter highly experienced painters.
Oh, before getting away from the main topic, birds were pretty hunkered down, except at the feeders , whose seeds are disappearing fast. With those hungry birds trying to survive, battling the extreme cold that saps their metabolism drastically, I have to get them refilled asap.
Stay warm.
--Kingsboider
Location: Prospect Park
Observation date: 1/3/10
Number of species: 30
Canada Goose 180 lake
Mute Swan 6 lake
Wood Duck 1 drake boathouse pond
American Black Duck 3 lake
Mallard X
Northern Shoveler 24 lake
Bufflehead 1 drake lake
American Coot 7 lake
Ring-billed Gull 180 lake
Herring Gull X
Rock Pigeon 30
Mourning Dove 11 feeders
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1 f/o well dr
Downy Woodpecker 2 feeders
Blue Jay 3 lookout hill east slope
American Crow 17 f/o lake
Black-capped Chickadee 2 f/o lake feeders
Red-breasted Nuthatch 1 feeders
White-breasted Nuthatch 2--1 feeders;1 lullwater
Hermit Thrush 1 under terrace br
American Robin 14 lullwater bridge
European Starling X
Song Sparrow 5 --3 peninsula sumacs, 2 feeders
Swamp Sparrow 1 west shore lake near west island shelter
White-throated Sparrow 45 --35 wellhouse;rest feeders
Dark-eyed Junco 4 feeders
Northern Cardinal 8---5 feeders;3 wellhouse
Red-winged Blackbird 2-1 feeders; 1 west island shelter
House Finch 7 feeders
American Goldfinch 9 feeders
This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org)
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From Rusty Harold:
Observation type: Traveling Count
Observation date: 1/2/10 Distance covered: 2.0 mile(s)
Start time: 8:50 AM Area covered: N/A
Duration: 2 hour(s) 15 minute(s) Elevation: N/A
55 Canada Goose
5 Mute Swan
3 American Black Duck
190 Mallard
2 American Coot
200 Ring-billed Gull
40 Rock Pigeon
20 Mourning Dove
2 Red-bellied Woodpecker
6 Downy Woodpecker
2 Blue Jay
4 Black-capped Chickadee
1 Tufted Titmouse
2 White-breasted Nuthatch
2 Hermit Thrush
4 American Robin
40 White-throated Sparrow
12 Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored)
8 Northern Cardinal
5 Red-winged Blackbird
1 Common Grackle
2 House Finch
5 American Goldfinch
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From Peter :
1/2 report
Location: Prospect Park
Observation date: 1/2/10
Number of species: 23
Canada Goose 55
Mute Swan 5
American Black Duck 3
Mallard 190
American Coot 2
Ring-billed Gull 200
Rock Pigeon 40
Mourning Dove 20
Red-bellied Woodpecker 2
Downy Woodpecker 6
Blue Jay 2
Black-capped Chickadee 4
Tufted Titmouse 1
White-breasted Nuthatch 2
Hermit Thrush 2
American Robin 4
White-throated Sparrow 40
Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored) 12
Northern Cardinal 8
Red-winged Blackbird 5
Common Grackle 1
House Finch 2
American Goldfinch 5
This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org)
