It begins anew..with best wishes for the New Year, I hope the good birds find you throughout 2010. Furthermore, good health and prosperity be yours as well.The Brooklyn Bird Club begins her second century, after a fantastic centennial 2009 full of good cheer, celebration and great people partaking in her 100th year. I like to thank all on behalf of the Brooklyn Bird Club ranking members for making her historic birthday a truly memorable affair.
Here's a toast to the club's everlasting influence on the birding community , friends, and birders near and far .
Thank you and to you the best of birding in '10 ,
Peter,
BBC
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Hilights today are : beginning "first of year" sightings, American Pipit on /at Peninsula, Rusty Blackbird , Eastern Towhee ,Peregrine Falcon
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From Peter:
Location: Prospect Park
Observation date: 1/1/10
Notes: 60 acre lake 98% frozen
Number of species: 32
Canada Goose X
Mute Swan 6 lake
Wood Duck 1 drake Boathouse pond
American Black Duck 14--13 lake; 1 Boathouse pond
American Black Duck x Mallard (hybrid) lake
Mallard 235 --145 lake ,95 Boathouse pond
Northern Shoveler 39 lake
Red-tailed Hawk 1 Boathouse tulip tree
American Coot 15 lake
Ring-billed Gull 1500 lake
Herring Gull (American) X
Great Black-backed Gull 19 lake
Rock Pigeon X
Mourning Dove 32--11 LP #249
Red-bellied Woodpecker 2-- LP #249 Lookout ;feeders
Downy Woodpecker 3 feeders
Blue Jay 4--2 Binnen Pool;2 Breeze Hill
Black-capped Chickadee 3 feeders
Tufted Titmouse 1 Breeze Hill
White-breasted Nuthatch 1 feeders
Hermit Thrush 1 Ravine Ambergill Pool
American Robin 1 Breeze Hill
Northern Mockingbird 1 Boathouse
European Starling X
Fox Sparrow (Red) 1 Binnen Pool
Song Sparrow 1
Swamp Sparrow 1 West Island
White-throated Sparrow 45 -- 15 Binnen Pool; 30 Boathouse
Dark-eyed Junco 16 Boathouse
Northern Cardinal 14--9 Wellhouse; 5 Boathouse
Red-winged Blackbird 4--3 West Island; 1 Boathouse
American Goldfinch 1 Breeze Hill
House Sparrow X
This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org/)
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Russ Alderson reports 2 RUSTY BLACKBIRD at the Terrace Bridge .
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From Rafael Campos:
Date: 01 January 2010
Site: Prospect Park, Brooklyn, Kings Co.; NY
Observer: Rafael Campos R.
As I do every year since I moved to Park Slope, the first day of every year, I walk to PP for my first birding walk. I left the house around 8:15 and returned around 11:30. Most of the park was covered by snow+ice. The bird activity was almost zero, except for those who were feeding at the feeders in Breezy Hill, and the large numbers of gulls standing in the frozen surface of the lake.
While I was walking by the Boat House, a flock of Mourning Doves took off, and out of nowhere, a Cooper's Hawk tried, in vain, to catch its breakfast.
Last bird, thanks to Mary Eyster, was a Rusty Blackbird, seen near the Nethermead Arches. Also in same area, 1 Fox Sparrow & 1 female Eastern Towhee.
Here is the list for the first day of the year 2010:
Canada Goose
Mute Swan
American Black Duck (2, Lake)
Mallard
Northern Shoveler
Cooper's Hawk (1, Boat House)
American Coot (Lake)
Ring-billed Gull
(American) Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Red-bellied Woodpecker (2)
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (1 m; feeders)
Downy Woodpecker (feeders)
Blue Jay
American Crow (flock ±4 flying over the Zoo)
Black-capped Chickadee (feeders)
Tufted Titmouse (1 peninsula)
Red-breasted Nuthatch (1, feeders)
White-breasted Nuthatch (feeders; peninsula. ±6)
Brown Creeper (2, Peninsula)
Ruby-crowned Kinglet (1, Peninsula)
European (Common) Starling
Eastern Towhee (1 f; Nethermead Arches)
Fox Sparrow (1)
White-throated Sparrow (several)
Dark-eyed Junco (±7, feeders)
Northern Cardinal
Rusty Blackbird (1, Nethermead Arches)
House Finch (6, feeders)
American Goldfinch (4, feeders)
House Sparrow
Have a great birding year!!!
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From Rob Jett:
> Date: January 1, 2010 2:39:33 PM EST
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> Subject: eBird Report - Prospect Park , 1/1/10
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> Location: Prospect Park
> Observation date: 1/1/10
> Number of species: 37
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> Canada Goose 200
> Mute Swan 4
> Wood Duck 1
> American Black Duck 3
> American Black Duck x Mallard (hybrid) 1
> Mallard X
> Northern Shoveler X
> American Coot X
> Ring-billed Gull 2000
> Herring Gull 150
> Great Black-backed Gull 5
> Rock Pigeon X
> Mourning Dove X
> Red-bellied Woodpecker 4
> Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 2
> Downy Woodpecker 5
> Hairy Woodpecker 1
> Blue Jay 6
> Black-capped Chickadee 7
> Tufted Titmouse 5
> White-breasted Nuthatch 3
> Carolina Wren 1
> Golden-crowned Kinglet 5
> Ruby-crowned Kinglet 2
> Hermit Thrush 2
> American Robin 75
> Northern Mockingbird 1
> European Starling X
> American Pipit 1
> Fox Sparrow 2
> Song Sparrow 3
> White-throated Sparrow 50
> Dark-eyed Junco X
> Northern Cardinal X
> Rusty Blackbird 2
> House Finch 8
> American Goldfinch X
> House Sparrow X
>
> This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org/)
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Janet Schumacher reports Peregrine Falcon atop the Brooklyn Botanic Garden radio tower
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Kingsboider note: Assuming the objective is 200 species for Prospect every year, today's total species was 40 or 20% of the year's 200 bird objective total. Birders today got 1/5 of the bird species needed.Of course, it takes awhile and luck....;)> .We'll know by next week what 2009 yielded.Good birding.
