Kingsboider note:
Brooklyn Bird Club Prospect Park walk
Sunday, February 21st , Prospect Park
Meet 9:00 am at Grand Army Plaza park entrance (Stranahan Statue)
Leader: Peter Dorosh (substitute)
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Hilight : 82 BRANT (originally reported afar as 77) on west shore Prospect Lake
Brant flew in midmorning , landed on the water, then proceeded to go on the shore.
( observer -Peter)
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From Larry:
Peter:
I counted 82 Brant so your count from so far away was
pretty accurate. 10 seconds after I finished counting they
all took off from the lake, heading toward the Parade Grounds.
Larry
Location: Prospect Park
Observation date: 2/19/10
Number of species: 36
Brant 82 On Lake
Canada Goose 61
Mute Swan 6
Wood Duck 1
American Black Duck 6
American Black Duck x Mallard (hybrid) 2
Mallard 200
Northern Shoveler 26
Ruddy Duck 33
Merlin 1 Off Terrace Bridge
American Coot 8
Ring-billed Gull 300
Herring Gull 13
Great Black-backed Gull 1
Rock Pigeon 25
Mourning Dove 7
Red-bellied Woodpecker 2
Downy Woodpecker 2
Hairy Woodpecker 2
Blue Jay 7
American Crow 9
Black-capped Chickadee 3
White-breasted Nuthatch 1
American Robin 60
Northern Mockingbird 2
European Starling 110
Fox Sparrow 1 Feeders
Song Sparrow 4
Swamp Sparrow 2 Phragmites on lake shore
White-throated Sparrow 30
Dark-eyed Junco 15
Northern Cardinal 26
Red-winged Blackbird 6
Common Grackle 1
House Finch 4
American Goldfinch 1
House Sparrow 9
This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org)
