Hilights: Red-Shouldered Hawk ,Peregrine Falcon, American Kestrel ,Monk Parakeets , 2nd Red-breasted Nuthatch (spring migrant?)
On this last day before the "lion" roars in, a quiet morning for some birding. The lake froze over ,half the open water from the previous day, so less numbers of ducks were seen. The best species are the 3 Hooded Mergansers, first seen perched on Three Sisters.
With March ready to make its debut, I am on the lookout for returning migrants. Perhaps the second Red-Breasted Nuthatch is evidence of that, with two several of us saw on the suet feeder. March soon roars in, spring begins its warm overtures.I think after all the snow, many of us are looking forward to Spring Equinox.
List
Location: Prospect Park
Observation date: 2/28/10
Number of species: 27
Canada Goose X
Mute Swan X
Mallard X
Northern Shoveler 3 lake
Hooded Merganser 3 --2 drake,1 hen lake
Ruddy Duck 47 lake
Peregrine Falcon 1 perched on BBG tower
American Coot 7 lake
Ring-billed Gull 300 lake
Herring Gull X
Great Black-backed Gull 2 lake
Rock Pigeon X
Mourning Dove X
Downy Woodpecker 2 feeders
Blue Jay 2
American Crow 6 lake
Black-capped Chickadee 3 feeders
Tufted Titmouse 2 well dr
Red-breasted Nuthatch 2 feeders
Northern Mockingbird 1 terrace bridge
European Starling X
White-throated Sparrow 35--6 LP 249;10 terrace br;
Northern Cardinal 9 --4 feeders;5 terrace bridge
Common Grackle 1 f/o lake
House Finch 5 feeders
American Goldfinch 1 feeders
House Sparrow X
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From Larry:
Hi Peter,
Well, the most interesting birding of the day was while
waiting for the bus @ the corner of Union & Clinton
Streets: 4 Monk Parakeets flew over and an American Kestrel
was perched on a brownstone's antenna.
Here's what we tallied in PP today:
Observation date: 2/28/10
Number of species: 27
Canada Goose 50
Mute Swan 6
Wood Duck 1
Mallard 220
Northern Shoveler 2
Hooded Merganser 1
Ruddy Duck 20
Ring-billed Gull 280
Herring Gull 2
Rock Pigeon 5
Mourning Dove 11
Red-bellied Woodpecker 4
Downy Woodpecker 2
Blue Jay 5
American Crow 6
Black-capped Chickadee 1
Red-breasted Nuthatch 2
White-breasted Nuthatch 1
American Robin 6
European Starling 20
White-throated Sparrow 15
Dark-eyed Junco 10
Northern Cardinal 16
Red-winged Blackbird 1
House Finch 3
American Goldfinch 2
House Sparrow 8
LZ
http://birdsandwords-larryz.blogspot.com/
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From Rob Jett:
> Location: Prospect Park
> Observation date: 2/28/10
> Number of species: 4
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> Cooper's Hawk 1
> Red-shouldered Hawk 1
> Red-tailed Hawk 1
> Peregrine Falcon 2
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> This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org)
Note from Rob on Red-shouldered Hawk :
Robin and I walked over to the BBG, but it was closed (sign said "dangerous conditions"), so we decided to walk to the boathouse for hot chocolate. When we were walking down the path from East Lake Drive to the boathouse, I spotted a juvenile Cooper's Hawk flying into the park from the direction of the BBG. Looking up, I spotted another "accipiter" flying higher above it, going from north to south. It was a nice adult bird. Funny, if not for the coops, I probably never would have looked up.
Rob
