Highlights : AMERICAN PIPIT inside ballfield fence enclosure northeast corner ; GREEN-WINGED TEAL (first of year )on lake west shore ;Wood Duck, Hooded Mergansers , a couple of wrens, Brown Creeper complement usual winter array of birds.
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From Peter:
American Pipit
Brown Creeper -tree trunk near feeders
Wood Duck - drake Boathouse pond
unidentified hawk perched on Bishop Ford HS radio tower ( seen west of ballfields).Backlit and too distant for ID.
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From Rob Bate:
The American Pipit stood out nicely against the snow today in the enclosed area of Long Meadow. Also of note, a Red-winged Blackbird was singing.
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From Larry:
Hen & drake Hooded Mergansers on lake. Saw the pipit on the way home. Thanks!
Larry Zirlin
Location: Prospect Park
Observation date: 2/3/10
Number of species: 36
Canada Goose 30
Mute Swan 8
Wood Duck 1
American Black Duck 6
American Black Duck x Mallard (hybrid) 1
Mallard 260
Northern Shoveler 15
Hooded Merganser 2
Ruddy Duck 2
Red-tailed Hawk 1 f/o peninsula
American Coot 12
Ring-billed Gull 200
Herring Gull 9
Great Black-backed Gull 2
Rock Pigeon 25
Mourning Dove 15
Downy Woodpecker 10
Blue Jay 5
American Crow 2 On lake ice
Black-capped Chickadee 4
Tufted Titmouse 2
Red-breasted Nuthatch 1 Feeders
White-breasted Nuthatch 1
Carolina Wren 1 Near lamppost 249
American Robin 100 Peninsula and behind Boathouse
Northern Mockingbird 1 Breeze Hill
European Starling 1
American Pipit 1 enclosure by ball fields
Song Sparrow 2 Feeder & lamppost 249
White-throated Sparrow 35
Dark-eyed Junco 12
Northern Cardinal 15
Red-winged Blackbird 4 Feeders
Common Grackle 1 Peninsula
House Finch 2 Feeders
American Goldfinch 2 Feeders
House Sparrow 1
This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org)
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From Alex Wilson:
> Location: Prospect Park
> Observation date: 2/3/10
> Number of species: 44
>
> Canada Goose 150
> Mute Swan 8
> Wood Duck 1 (Drake, boathouse pool.)
> American Black Duck 8
> American Black Duck x Mallard (hybrid) 1
> Mallard 200
> Northern Shoveler 30
> Green-winged Teal 1 (Drake, on shore by small open water
> area at west shore of Lake.)
> Hooded Merganser 2 (Pair, on the open patch of the Lake.)
> Ruddy Duck 2
> Great Blue Heron 1
> Sharp-shinned Hawk 1
> Red-tailed Hawk 3
> American Coot 12
> Ring-billed Gull 400
> Herring Gull (American) 30
> Great Black-backed Gull 3
> Rock Pigeon 60
> Mourning Dove 30
> Red-bellied Woodpecker 6
> Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1
> Downy Woodpecker 8
> Blue Jay 15
> American Crow 3
> Black-capped Chickadee 10
> Tufted Titmouse 4
> Red-breasted Nuthatch 1 (Feeders.)
> White-breasted Nuthatch 6
> Carolina Wren 2
> Winter Wren 2 (Lullwater; Lookout.)
> Hermit Thrush 2 (Peninsula; Vale.)
> American Robin 80
> Northern Mockingbird 3
> European Starling 150
> American Pipit 1 (Long Meadow, fenced area near ball fields.)
> Cedar Waxwing 1
> Fox Sparrow (Red) 7
> Song Sparrow 3
> White-throated Sparrow 100
> Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored) 20
> Northern Cardinal 40
> Red-winged Blackbird 15
> House Finch 8
> American Goldfinch 6
> House Sparrow 30
