A few notes:
---The tentative date for the birdathon planting financed by last year's birdathon will be May 22nd. When the date nears a few weeks before, I will communicate details and request registration of volunteers to determine how much equipment I need to borrow from the Volunteer department (Prospect Park Alliance)
---Today, I restocked the feeders with the last seed from the last bag. The feeders will be drawing down its winter season, hopefully for another two weeks .Suet may last a little beyond that. After that, the feeder season will close. I have no desire to maintain it afterwards beyond winter ; the feeders intent (besides the joy of watching birds) was only to provide for winter stressed birds. With spring approaching, blooms and emergent insects will provide the necessary nourishment.Furthermore, feeders have to be taken down to prevent "addicting" migrating birds which must-- against time-- rush towards their breeding grounds. So enjoy them when you can.
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Todays sightings:
From Peter:
In this dreary wet weather , an uplifting sight on the Upper Pool provided a good moment. A trifecta of duck species worth watching: Ring-neck Duck, 3 Wood Duck, and Bufflehead. One , two,and three were the numbers starting with the lone Ring-necked in the pond's middle; 2, a pair of Bufflehead , though not together, and 3 Wood Ducks-2 drakes and one hen , hugging the back shore by the submerged tree branch.
Of note also, though not a duck, was a decent sized flock of feeding Brant, tight knit on the ballfield adjacent to Parade Place at the Parade Grounds.
Quiet all around, obviously this large storm system is having a measurable impact upon bird species everywhere. Stay dry and watch some good movies... unless you truly are a bad weather birder. Its worth the effort.
Kingsboider
Location: Prospect Park
Observation date: 3/12/10
Number of species: 27
Brant ~ 68 feeding on Parade grounds eastern field
Canada Goose X
Mute Swan X
Wood Duck 3 -2 drake, 1 hen Upper Pool
American Black Duck 2 West Island
Mallard X
Northern Shoveler 17 Upper Pool
Ring-necked Duck 1 drake Upper Pool
Bufflehead 2 pair Upper Pool
Ruddy Duck 70 lake
Great Blue Heron 1
American Coot 4 lake
Ring-billed Gull 450 on the ballfields . wet delicacies ;worms ?
Herring Gull 30
Rock Pigeon X
Mourning Dove X
Downy Woodpecker 2 feeders
Black-capped Chickadee 1 feeders
American Robin X
European Starling X
Song Sparrow 2 feeders
White-throated Sparrow X
Dark-eyed Junco X
Northern Cardinal X
Red-winged Blackbird 3 --2feeders ,
House Finch 2 feeders
American Goldfinch 2 feeders
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