Today at 1:32, the earth passes through Spring Equinox when the day equals night .
Happy Spring !
( we welcome it, especially after a late winter deluge of northeasterners)
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Hilight today was a PINE WARBLER in the pines below the north side Terrace Bridge (west Lullwater); first official spring warbler migrant, though it was seen 2 hrs before the equinox ( so I fudge it a little ;)> )
List
Location: Prospect Park
Observation date: 3/20/10
Number of species: 32
Canada Goose X
Mute Swan X
Wood Duck 2 drake f/o Terrace Br
American Black Duck 3 lake
American Black Duck x Mallard (hybrid) 1
Mallard X
Northern Shoveler 44 lake
Ruddy Duck 83 lake
Great Blue Heron 2 f/o LP #249
American Coot 4 lake
Herring Gull (American) X
Great Black-backed Gull 3 lake
Rock Pigeon X
Mourning Dove X
Downy Woodpecker 2 breeze hill
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 1 Terrace Br path
Blue Jay 1
Black-capped Chickadee 1
Tufted Titmouse 1 Terrace Br path
Carolina Wren 1 wellhouse, carrying nest material ( spring can't start soon enough) ;later west lullwater pine grove
Golden-crowned Kinglet 2 Terrace bridge
American Robin X
Northern Mockingbird 1 Wellhouse
European Starling X
Pine Warbler 1 Terrace Br underpath, west lullwater pine grove ;FofS "spring" warbler
Song Sparrow 7
Swamp Sparrow 2 --1 West Island benches, 1 west lullwater pine grove shore
White-throated Sparrow X
Northern Cardinal 2
Red-winged Blackbird 4
Common Grackle 12
American Goldfinch 3 formerly feeders site
House Sparrow X
This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org)
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From Rafael:
SITE: Prospect Park
DATE: 20 March 2010
OBSERVER: Rafael Campos R
With great expectations after several days of nice weather, I went to PP for my weekly walk.No much, but I saw at least 1 Eastern Phoebe, & 1 Northern Flicker. A sign of the upcoming migration?
The RTHA was sitting on its nest in Nelly`s Lawn. No much waterfowl in the lake, and surprise, only 1 sps of gull.
Here is the birds recorded today:
Canada Goose
Mute Swan
Mallard
Northern Shoveler
Ring-necked Duck (1 male, upper pool)
Ruddy Duck
Great Blue Heron (2 flyovers Long Meadow)
Red-tailed Hawk
American Coot (4)
American Herring Gull
Rock (Common) Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Norther Flicker (2, Vale)
Eastern Phoebe (1, behind Music Pagoda, singing)
Blue Jay
American Crow (1)
Black-capped Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
White-breasted Nuthatch (1, Vale)
Carolina Wren (1, behind WellHouse)
Golden-crowned Kinglet (1, Lookout Hill)
Hermit Thrush (1, Vale)
American Robin
Northern Mockingbird
European (Common) Starling
Fox Sparrow (1, Vale)
Song Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco (6, Vale)
Northern Cardinal
Red-winged Blackbird
Common Grackle
American Goldfinch
House Sparrow
Brooklyn is good birding!!!
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From Mike Yuan:
beautiful morning on the 1st day of spring
Canada Goose 30
Mute Swan 5
Mallard 20
Northern Shoveler 25
Ring-necked Duck 1
Ruddy Duck 62
Double-crested Cormorant 1
Great Blue Heron 2
Red-tailed Hawk 1
American Coot 5
Ring-billed Gull 10
Herring Gull 7
Great Black-backed Gull 1
Rock Pigeon 15
Mourning Dove 7
Red-bellied Woodpecker 3
Downy Woodpecker 4
Eastern Phoebe 1
Blue Jay 5
Black-capped Chickadee 6
Tufted Titmouse 3
White-breasted Nuthatch 1
Carolina Wren 2
American Robin 70
Northern Mockingbird 1
European Starling 55
Fox Sparrow (Red) 2
Song Sparrow 5
White-throated Sparrow 28
Dark-eyed Junco 1
Northern Cardinal 11
Red-winged Blackbird 20
Common Grackle 29
American Goldfinch 1
House Sparrow 12
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From Rob Jett:
Date: March 20, 2010 8:49:24 PM EDT
> Subject: eBird Report - Prospect Park , 3/20/10
>
> Location: Prospect Park
> Observation date: 3/20/10
> Number of species: 35
>
> Canada Goose X
> Mute Swan 2
> American Black Duck X
> Mallard X
> Northern Shoveler 12
> Ring-necked Duck 1
> American Coot 5
> Ring-billed Gull X
> Herring Gull (American) X
> Great Black-backed Gull 1
> Rock Pigeon X
> Mourning Dove X
> Red-bellied Woodpecker 3
> Downy Woodpecker 2
> Hairy Woodpecker 1
> Northern Flicker 1
> Eastern Phoebe 1
> Blue Jay X
> Black-capped Chickadee X
> Tufted Titmouse X
> White-breasted Nuthatch X
> Carolina Wren 1
> American Robin X
> Northern Mockingbird X
> European Starling X
> Fox Sparrow 2
> Song Sparrow X
> White-throated Sparrow X
> Dark-eyed Junco X
> Northern Cardinal X
> Red-winged Blackbird X
> Common Grackle X
> House Finch X
> American Goldfinch 3
> House Sparrow X
>
> This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org)
