From Matthew Wills:
Peter,
Greetings. I had two Merlins in the same tree in the Nethermead this morning. Center Drive and Quaker Hill footpath.
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From Alex Wilson:
> Location: Prospect Park
> Observation date: 1/27/10
> Number of species: 50
>
> Canada Goose 150
> Mute Swan 8
> Wood Duck 1 (Drake, Upper Pool.)
> American Black Duck 8
> American Black Duck x Mallard (hybrid) 1
> Mallard 200
> Northern Shoveler 8
> Bufflehead 1 (Drake, Lake.)
> Hooded Merganser 2 (Pair, Lake.)
> Ruddy Duck 60
> Great Blue Heron 3
> Red-tailed Hawk 4 (Including one at Ravine nest.)
> Merlin 1 (1 or 2, Long Meadow; Nethermead.)
> Peregrine Falcon 1 (On signal tower.)
> American Coot 15
> Ring-billed Gull 400
> Herring Gull (American) 10
> Great Black-backed Gull 1
> Rock Pigeon 50
> Mourning Dove 40
> Red-bellied Woodpecker 5
> Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1
> Downy Woodpecker 10
> Hairy Woodpecker 1
> Blue Jay 10
> American Crow 2
> Black-capped Chickadee 12
> Tufted Titmouse 5
> Red-breasted Nuthatch 1 (Feeders.)
> White-breasted Nuthatch 8
> Brown Creeper 1
> Carolina Wren 3
> Winter Wren 1 (Midwood.)
> Golden-crowned Kinglet 1
> Hermit Thrush 1 (Terrace Bridge, SW.)
> American Robin 25
> Northern Mockingbird 3
> European Starling 100
> American Pipit 1 (Long Meadow, fenced area near ball
> fields, PM.)
> Cedar Waxwing 8 (Bennen Water.)
> Eastern Towhee 2 (Male & female, behind Boat House.)
> Fox Sparrow (Red) 2
> Song Sparrow 5
> Swamp Sparrow 1
> White-throated Sparrow 100
> Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored) 10
> Northern Cardinal 40
> Red-winged Blackbird 6
> House Finch 15
> American Goldfinch 15
> House Sparrow 25
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From Paul Cook, new Brooklyn resident from the United Kingdom (Britain)
American Pipit 1 (fenced off area near ball fields, 10:50 -11:15 at least)
Red- Tailed Hawk (1 adult carrying Feral Pigeon prey ,SE over Vale of Cashmere)
Hermit Thrush 1 (peninsula)
Fox Sparrow 2
Hairy Woodpecker 1 (lullwater)
American Robin (flock of 50+ Nethermead)
