American Pipit inside snow fence enclosure southeast corner ballfields Prospect ;nearest Upper pool
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Update on Lesser Black-backed Gull from Rob Jett (to NYSBirds Listserve):
Myself, as well as, others spent a long time looking
for the Lesser Black-backed Gull on Prospect Lake today.
To my knowledge, it was never relocated. Here's a link to
some photos and a brief video from yesterday:
http://citybirder.blogspot.com/2010/02/rare-gull-in-prospect-park.html
Good birding,
Rob
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Peter's list
note: two seperate walks
Location: Prospect Park
Observation date: 2/6/10 mid AM
Notes: snowy gusty conditions
Number of species: 10
Canada Goose 285
Mute Swan 7
American Black Duck 9
Mallard X
Northern Shoveler 4
Ruddy Duck 2
Ring-billed Gull 400
Herring Gull (American) X
Great Black-backed Gull 2
Rock Pigeon X
This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org)
Location: Prospect Park
Observation date: 2/6/10
Number of species: 16
Red-tailed Hawk 1 f/o lookout hill
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1 pine north Lookout Hill;disguised well with tree trunk, couldnt see back profile with naked eyes
Downy Woodpecker 1 feeders
Blue Jay 5 pines north Lookout Hill
American Crow 12 on Lake ice
Black-capped Chickadee 1 feeders
Red-breasted Nuthatch 1 feeders
White-breasted Nuthatch 1 feeders
Carolina Wren 1 slope between Terrace bridge and feeders
European Starling X
American Pipit 1 ballfields snow fence enclosure
White-throated Sparrow 22 feeders
Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored) 17 feeders
Northern Cardinal 2 feeders
Red-winged Blackbird 2 feeders
House Finch 4 feeders
This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org)
