Hilights : Common Merganser drake on lake near Duck Island, Ring-necked Duck Upper Pool, rosy looking weekend coming, 50 degree temperatures predicted ( well, it's been long time since...)
From Rob Jett:
Subject: eBird Report - Prospect Park , 3/5/10
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> Location: Prospect Park
> Observation date: 3/5/10
> Notes: Also birded with Matthew Wills for about 1 hour.
Ring-necked Duck seen on Upper Pool.
> Number of species: 41
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> Mute Swan 5
> Wood Duck 1
> American Black Duck 4
> Mallard X
> Northern Shoveler 4
> Ring-necked Duck 1
> Hooded Merganser 2
> Common Merganser 2
> Ruddy Duck 74
> Double-crested Cormorant 1
> Great Blue Heron 1
> Red-tailed Hawk 2
> American Coot 12
> Ring-billed Gull X
> Herring Gull (American) X
> Great Black-backed Gull 5
> Rock Pigeon X
> Mourning Dove X
> Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
> Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1
> Downy Woodpecker 3
> Blue Jay X
> Black-capped Chickadee X
> Tufted Titmouse X
> Red-breasted Nuthatch 1
> White-breasted Nuthatch 3
> Carolina Wren 1
> Golden-crowned Kinglet 2
> American Robin X
> European Starling X
> Cedar Waxwing 3
> Fox Sparrow 4
> Song Sparrow X
> White-throated Sparrow X
> Dark-eyed Junco X
> Northern Cardinal X
> Red-winged Blackbird X
> Common Grackle X
> House Finch 10
> American Goldfinch 4
> House Sparrow X
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> This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org)
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From Matthew Wills:
Peter, hello!
Before I ran into Rob J. today, I saw a swamp sparrow at the southern end of Lake, near West Island, and then later another at the phragmite-ridden cove (where the mute swans often nest) north of Wollman [rink].
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Peter's list
Location: Prospect Park
Observation date: 3/5/10
Number of species: 31
Mute Swan X
American Black Duck 4 lake
Mallard X
Northern Shoveler 4 Duck island
Hooded Merganser 1 drake Duck island
Common Merganser 1 drake Duck island
Ruddy Duck X lake
Double-crested Cormorant 1 lake
American Coot X
Ring-billed Gull X
Herring Gull (American) X
Rock Pigeon X
Mourning Dove X
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1 feeders
Downy Woodpecker 2 feeders
Red-breasted Nuthatch 1 feeders
White-breasted Nuthatch 3 feeders
American Robin 20 rink cove
Northern Mockingbird 1 lamppost 249
European Starling X
Cedar Waxwing 2 rink cove
Song Sparrow 1 west shore
Swamp Sparrow 1 west shore lake
White-throated Sparrow X
Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored) X
Northern Cardinal X
Red-winged Blackbird 5 feeders
Common Grackle 1 west island area
House Finch 8 feeders
American Goldfinch 1 feeders
House Sparrow X
This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org)
