Hilights: American Pipit @ ballfields inside fence closest to Upper Pool;Common Merganser still present on Lake;two Eastern Towhees (pair) along path /bridle trail behind East Wood building ( boathouse)
(Picture of American Pipit today taken by Peter on his cell phone magnified 2x; Pipit is on the metal stake/pole with orange tip;10:52 am. Click on photo for zoom in)
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From Larry:
Peter:
Common Merganser still on the lake.
LZ
Subject: eBird Report - Prospect Park , 2/24/10
Location: Prospect Park
Observation date: 2/24/10
Number of species: 37
Canada Goose 50
Mute Swan 7 Two on Boathouse Pond
Wood Duck 1 Boathouse Pond
American Black Duck 6
American Black Duck x Mallard (hybrid) 1
Mallard 230
Northern Shoveler 36
Hooded Merganser 1 Drake, Three Sisters
Common Merganser 1 Drake, mid-lake
Ruddy Duck 53
Red-tailed Hawk 1
American Coot 8
Ring-billed Gull 250 Around 50 on the ball fields.
Herring Gull 15
Great Black-backed Gull 4
Rock Pigeon 20
Mourning Dove 25
Red-bellied Woodpecker 2
Downy Woodpecker 3
Hairy Woodpecker 1
Blue Jay 13
American Crow 10
Black-capped Chickadee 4
Tufted Titmouse 4
White-breasted Nuthatch 1
Carolina Wren 1 In lake phragmites
American Robin 75
European Starling 150
Fox Sparrow 1 Lullwater Trail
Song Sparrow 1 On lake ice
White-throated Sparrow 30
Dark-eyed Junco 2
Northern Cardinal 19
Red-winged Blackbird 5
Common Grackle 1 Lullwater Trail
House Finch 5 On Lullwater trail & at feeders
American Goldfinch 3
House Sparrow 12
This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org/)
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Whimsical moment today while I was looking for the Pipit afar inside the ballfields fence; instead, the bird was on the stake very near me (see photo above). Because of its "camouflage", I didn't see it until I moved along the fence , without realizing I was approaching the pipit and it flicked its tail..8 weeks here and counting.Amazing.
date = 2010/02/24
site = Prospect Park
observers = Peter Dorosh
Wood Duck drake @boathouse
Mallard 63 Upper Pool; 72 @boathouse
Sharp-shinned Hawk Sullivan hill woods
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove 5 feeders
Monk Parakeet reported by Mary E. at her north Windsor Terrace backyard feeders
Downy Woodpecker 3 feeders; 1 rink cove, 2 elsewhere
Blue Jay nethermead
Tufted Titmouse 1 feeders
Black-capped Chickadee 3 lily pool meadow; 2 feeders, 2 rink cove
Brown Creeper 1 rink cove path
American Robin 23 nethermead; ~16 cleft ridge span; common
Northern Mockingbird 1 rink cove path
European Starling
American Pipit ballfields fence enclosure,far corner nearest Upper pool
White-throated Sparrow common ~ 65
Song Sparrow 1 rink cove
Fox Sparrow 2 rink cove
Dark-eyed Junco ~20 Breeze Hill
Eastern Towhee 2 -pair at East Wood Arch building
Northern Cardinal 5 boathouse; 6 rink cove
Red-winged Blackbird 5 breeze hill; with grackles
Common Grackle 14 Breeze Hill top
House Finch 7 feeders
American Goldfinch 4 feeders
House Sparrow 2 feeders;
