Hilights : AMERICAN PIPIT inside extreme east corner snow covered ballfields within fence enclosure, look for exposed ground ; "return of the Grackle"
Today's observation during a Brooklyn Bird Club walk is an early omen of spring, Common Grackles, a noted early migrant,seen as a small flock adjacent to the Terrace Bridge. Also noted for spring signs was two Red-tailed Hawks seen copulating adjacent to the Battle Pass, before the male flew off to a tree holding last year's nest. Merlin perched calmly and beautifully at Quaker Ridge Center Drive, Cedar Waxwings at Terrace Bridge, joining with the starlings and robins for a frenzied ground forage. A very nice day to counter "cabin fever" and enjoy what was out there,regardless whatever.
List ( club walk sightings the next list after this one)
Location: Prospect Park
Observation date: 2/21/10
Number of species: 42
Canada Goose X lake
Mute Swan 7 lake
Wood Duck 1 drake Boathouse pond
American Black Duck 4 lake
American Black Duck x Mallard (hybrid) 1 lake
Mallard 175 lake
Northern Shoveler 16 lake
Ruddy Duck 56 Lake
Great Blue Heron 1 Peninsula shore
Cooper's Hawk 1 reported by Tom Stephenson, Adam Welz Breeze Hill
Red-tailed Hawk 3- 2 Battle pass ( copulating); 1 f/o Lookout Hill
Merlin 1 Center drive
American Coot 8 lake
Ring-billed Gull 325 lake
Herring Gull X lake
Great Black-backed Gull 1 lake
Rock Pigeon X
Mourning Dove X
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1 Rink area
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 2--1 Vale rose garden; 1 LP249
Downy Woodpecker 3
Blue Jay 3
American Crow 22 lake ice
Black-capped Chickadee 3 feeders
Tufted Titmouse 3--2 Binnen Pool;1 LP 249
White-breasted Nuthatch 4--2 feeders; 1 MIdwood, 1 Breeze Hill
Winter Wren 1 Binnen Pool , back shore behind cattail stalks
Hermit Thrush 1 Vale Cashmere rose garden north end
American Robin 55 lullwater to cove
European Starling 130 Terrace Br , flock
American Pipit 1 ballfields east corner exposed ground
Cedar Waxwing 4 below Terrace Bridge, north path
Eastern Towhee 1 female Boathouse
Fox Sparrow (Red) 3 --2 LP 249;1 lullwater
Song Sparrow 1 Peninsula Sumacs
White-throated Sparrow 45 parkwide
Dark-eyed Junco 15 feeders
Northern Cardinal X
Red-winged Blackbird 2 feeders
Common Grackle 9-7 Terrace Bridge,1 LP 249; 1 Breeze Hill
House Finch 12 feeders region
American Goldfinch 2 feeders
House Sparrow X
This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org/)
site = Prospect Park
observers = Brooklyn Bird Club
date = 2010/2/21
Song Sparrow 100%
American Coot 100%
Red-winged Blackbird 100%
Fox Sparrow 100%
American Goldfinch 100%
Downy Woodpecker 100%
Wood Duck 100%
Common Grackle 100%
Dark-eyed Junco 100%
Northern Shoveler 100%
Great Black-backed Gull 100%
Northern Cardinal 100%
European Starling 100%
Red-tailed Hawk 100%
White-breasted Nuthatch 100%
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 100%
American Black Duck 100%
White-throated Sparrow 100%
Hermit Thrush 100%
House Sparrow 100%
Herring Gull 100%
House Finch 100%
Black-capped Chickadee 100%
Rock Pigeon 100%
American Robin 100%
Canada Goose 100%
Mourning Dove 100%
Ruddy Duck 100%
American Crow 100%
Red-bellied Woodpecker 100%
Eastern Towhee 100%
Blue Jay 100%
Merlin 100%
Mute Swan 100%
Mallard 100%
Ring-billed Gull 100%
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From Rob Jett:
Subject: eBird Report - Prospect Park , 2/21/10
> Location: Prospect Park
> Observation date: 2/21/10
> Number of species: 40
>
> Canada Goose X
> Mute Swan 4
> Wood Duck 1
> American Black Duck X
> Mallard X
> Northern Shoveler X
> Hooded Merganser 2
> Ruddy Duck 54
> Great Blue Heron 1
> Cooper's Hawk 1
> American Coot X
> Ring-billed Gull X
> Herring Gull (American) X
> Great Black-backed Gull 1
> Rock Pigeon X
> Mourning Dove 15
> Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
> Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1
> Downy Woodpecker 2
> Hairy Woodpecker 1
> Blue Jay 1
> Black-capped Chickadee 3
> Tufted Titmouse 1
> Red-breasted Nuthatch 2
> White-breasted Nuthatch 2
> American Robin X
> Northern Mockingbird 1
> European Starling X
> Cedar Waxwing 3
> Fox Sparrow 2
> Song Sparrow 3
> Swamp Sparrow 1
> White-throated Sparrow X
> Dark-eyed Junco X
> Northern Cardinal X
> Red-winged Blackbird X
> Common Grackle 4
> House Finch 6
> American Goldfinch 4
> House Sparrow X
>
> This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org)
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From Larry Zirlin:
Brooklyn Botanic Garden
http://birdsandwords-larryz.blogspot.com/
Location: Brooklyn Botanic Garden
Observation date: 2/21/10
Number of species: 12
Ring-billed Gull 1
Mourning Dove 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1
Blue Jay 2
American Crow 1
American Robin 8
Northern Mockingbird 1
European Starling 9
White-throated Sparrow 5
Northern Cardinal 3
House Sparrow 6
This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org)
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From Tom Preston:
Location: Prospect Park
> Observation date: 2/21/10
> Number of species: 34
>
> Canada Goose X
> Mute Swan X
> American Black Duck 1
> American Black Duck x Mallard (hybrid) 1
> Mallard X
> Northern Shoveler X
> Hooded Merganser 1
> Ruddy Duck 52
> Ring-billed Gull X
> Herring Gull X
> Great Black-backed Gull X
> Rock Pigeon X
> Mourning Dove X
> Red-bellied Woodpecker 3
> Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1
> Downy Woodpecker 5
> Hairy Woodpecker 2
> Blue Jay X
> American Crow X
> Black-capped Chickadee 6
> Tufted Titmouse 2
> Red-breasted Nuthatch 1
> White-breasted Nuthatch 3
> Brown Creeper 1
> Carolina Wren 1
> American Robin 16
> Northern Mockingbird 1
> European Starling X
> White-throated Sparrow X
> Dark-eyed Junco X
> Northern Cardinal X
> Red-winged Blackbird 6
> House Finch X
> American Goldfinch 2
> House Sparrow X
>
> This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org)
>
