Hilights: Common Merganser drake Prospect Lake west , last seen near Three Sisters, open water closest approach ; Rusty Blackbird left of fork on path from Rink up south Breeze Hill ( along water, 50 feet from fork)
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From Rob Jett:
Location: Prospect Park
Observation date: 2/23/10
Number of species: 33
Canada Goose X
Mute Swan X
Wood Duck 1
American Black Duck X
Mallard X
Northern Shoveler X
Hooded Merganser 2
Common Merganser 1
Ruddy Duck 54
American Coot X
Ring-billed Gull X
Herring Gull (American) X
Great Black-backed Gull 3
Rock Pigeon X
Mourning Dove X
Red-bellied Woodpecker X
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1
Downy Woodpecker X
Blue Jay X
Black-capped Chickadee X
Tufted Titmouse X
White-breasted Nuthatch X
Carolina Wren 1
American Robin X
European Starling X
Song Sparrow X
White-throated Sparrow X
Dark-eyed Junco X
Northern Cardinal X
Red-winged Blackbird X
Common Grackle X
House Finch X
House Sparrow X
This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org)
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From Peter
With this inclement cold weather, the hilight of a very bright Common Merganser tempered the day's dreariness; adding close views of a trio of Hooded Mergansers (and just hoping for the third "merg" species to appear) for more delight. The spot by the rink cove was pretty active with multiple cardinals with a bonus Rusty Blackbird flipping up leaves next to the pedestrian path. Pretty productive birding while fighting off those raindrops.
Location: Prospect Park
Observation date: 2/23/10
Number of species: 29
Canada Goose X
Mute Swan 4 Lake
American Black Duck 11 Lake
Mallard X
Northern Shoveler 22 Lake
Hooded Merganser 3-2 drake, 1 hen Lake peninsula shore
Common Merganser 1 drake Lake
Ruddy Duck 47 lake
Great Blue Heron 1 back Duck Island
American Coot 14 --10 Lake peninsula shore
Ring-billed Gull 200 lake
Herring Gull 40 lake
Great Black-backed Gull 7 lake
Rock Pigeon X
Mourning Dove X
Red-bellied Woodpecker 2 Peninsula near Terrace Br
Downy Woodpecker 2 feeders
Black-capped Chickadee 1 feeders
White-breasted Nuthatch 4--2 terrace Br; 2 feeders
American Robin X
European Starling X
Fox Sparrow (Red) 1 rink cove
White-throated Sparrow 30
Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored) 9 feeders
Northern Cardinal 14--6 Terrace Br; 8 Rink Cove
Red-winged Blackbird 1 path near Rink Cove
Rusty Blackbird 1 path near Rink Cove
American Goldfinch 1 feeders
House Sparrow X
This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org)
Observation date: 2/23/10
Number of species: 33
Canada Goose X
Mute Swan X
Wood Duck 1
American Black Duck X
Mallard X
Northern Shoveler X
Hooded Merganser 2
Common Merganser 1
Ruddy Duck 54
American Coot X
Ring-billed Gull X
Herring Gull (American) X
Great Black-backed Gull 3
Rock Pigeon X
Mourning Dove X
Red-bellied Woodpecker X
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1
Downy Woodpecker X
Blue Jay X
Black-capped Chickadee X
Tufted Titmouse X
White-breasted Nuthatch X
Carolina Wren 1
American Robin X
European Starling X
Song Sparrow X
White-throated Sparrow X
Dark-eyed Junco X
Northern Cardinal X
Red-winged Blackbird X
Common Grackle X
House Finch X
House Sparrow X
This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org)
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From Peter
With this inclement cold weather, the hilight of a very bright Common Merganser tempered the day's dreariness; adding close views of a trio of Hooded Mergansers (and just hoping for the third "merg" species to appear) for more delight. The spot by the rink cove was pretty active with multiple cardinals with a bonus Rusty Blackbird flipping up leaves next to the pedestrian path. Pretty productive birding while fighting off those raindrops.
Location: Prospect Park
Observation date: 2/23/10
Number of species: 29
Canada Goose X
Mute Swan 4 Lake
American Black Duck 11 Lake
Mallard X
Northern Shoveler 22 Lake
Hooded Merganser 3-2 drake, 1 hen Lake peninsula shore
Common Merganser 1 drake Lake
Ruddy Duck 47 lake
Great Blue Heron 1 back Duck Island
American Coot 14 --10 Lake peninsula shore
Ring-billed Gull 200 lake
Herring Gull 40 lake
Great Black-backed Gull 7 lake
Rock Pigeon X
Mourning Dove X
Red-bellied Woodpecker 2 Peninsula near Terrace Br
Downy Woodpecker 2 feeders
Black-capped Chickadee 1 feeders
White-breasted Nuthatch 4--2 terrace Br; 2 feeders
American Robin X
European Starling X
Fox Sparrow (Red) 1 rink cove
White-throated Sparrow 30
Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored) 9 feeders
Northern Cardinal 14--6 Terrace Br; 8 Rink Cove
Red-winged Blackbird 1 path near Rink Cove
Rusty Blackbird 1 path near Rink Cove
American Goldfinch 1 feeders
House Sparrow X
This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org)
