Saturday, January 9, 2010

January 9th Prospect + BBC note

Before park hilights, a Brooklyn Bird Club note. The BBC's first ever digital Clapper Rail newsletter was emailed this morning.If you are a club member, but did not received the adobe acrobat file, please email me at Prosbird@aol.com. Also, add the following email address into your internet address book to counter spam controls on future newsletter mailings . Thanks

address : clapper_rail@brooklynbirdclub.org


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Hilights today are: American Tree Sparrow (under the feeders); Rusty Blackbird ( hydrant near Maryland Monument), 1 of 3 blackbird species near or at the feeders,Monk Parakeets

From Peter:

Location: Prospect Park
Observation date: 1/9/10
Number of species: 32

Canada Goose X
Mute Swan 7 lake
American Black Duck 4 lake
Mallard X
Northern Shoveler X lake
Bufflehead 1 drake lake
Ruddy Duck 3 lake
Sharp-shinned Hawk 1 Terrace br to feeders
Red-tailed Hawk 1 f/o Terrace Bridge and Lake later
American Coot 5 lake
Ring-billed Gull X
Herring Gull (American) X
Rock Pigeon X lake
Mourning Dove 12 feeders
Downy Woodpecker 2 feeders
American Crow 45 chasing Red-tailed Hawk over lake
Black-capped Chickadee 3 feeders
Red-breasted Nuthatch 1 feeders
White-breasted Nuthatch 2 feeders
American Robin X
European Starling X
American Tree Sparrow 1 feeders, then flew near hydrant below Maryland Monument
Fox Sparrow (Red) 1 feeders
White-throated Sparrow X feeders
Dark-eyed Junco X feeders
Northern Cardinal X feeders
Red-winged Blackbird 6 feeders
Rusty Blackbird 1 hydrant below Maryland Monument; foraging on ground
Common Grackle 1 feeders
House Finch 1 feeders
American Goldfinch 1 feeders
House Sparrow 1

This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org/)

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From Rob Jett:

> Date: January 9, 2010 1:38:13 PM EST
> Subject: eBird Report - Prospect Park , 1/9/10

> Location: Prospect Park
> Observation date: 1/9/10
> Number of species: 38
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> Canada Goose X
> Mute Swan 4
> American Black Duck 6
> American Black Duck x Mallard (hybrid) X
> Mallard X
> Northern Shoveler 30
> Bufflehead 1
> Ruddy Duck 5
> Red-tailed Hawk 2
> American Coot X
> Ring-billed Gull 700
> Herring Gull 35
> Great Black-backed Gull 4
> Rock Pigeon X
> Mourning Dove 40
> Monk Parakeet 3
> Red-bellied Woodpecker 2
> Downy Woodpecker 3
> Hairy Woodpecker 1
> Blue Jay 3
> American Crow 1
> Black-capped Chickadee 5
> Tufted Titmouse 3
> Red-breasted Nuthatch 1
> White-breasted Nuthatch 2
> American Robin X
> European Starling X
> Fox Sparrow 4
> Song Sparrow 1
> White-throated Sparrow X
> Dark-eyed Junco 15
> Northern Cardinal X
> Red-winged Blackbird 5
> Rusty Blackbird 2
> Common Grackle 2
> House Finch 2
> American Goldfinch 8
> House Sparrow X
>
> This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org/)

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From Rusty Harold:


X Canada Goose
6 Mute Swan
X Mallard
X Northern Shoveler
1 Bufflehead
4 Ruddy Duck
2 Red-tailed Hawk
X American Coot
X Ring-billed Gull
1 Herring Gull
2 Great Black-backed Gull
X Rock Pigeon
X Mourning Dove
2 Red-bellied Woodpecker
X Downy Woodpecker
1 American Crow
X Black-capped Chickadee
X Tufted Titmouse
1 Red-breasted Nuthatch
X White-breasted Nuthatch
X American Robin
X European Starling
X White-throated Sparrow
X Northern Cardinal
2 Red-winged Blackbird
3 American Goldfinch