Hilights: Brant, Ring-necked Duck, Wood Duck, Tree Swallow ( FOY) , Eastern Phoebe ,Peregrine Falcon
From Larry Zirlin:
Hi Peter.
A dozen Brant in the lake.
Best,
LARRY ZIRLIN
http://birdsandwords-larryz.blogspot.com/
Location: Prospect Park
Observation date: 3/17/10
Number of species: 34
Brant 12 In the lake
Canada Goose 100
Mute Swan 7
American Black Duck 4
Mallard 100
Northern Shoveler 31
Ring-necked Duck 1 Upper Pool
Ruddy Duck 89
Great Blue Heron 1 Flying across lake
Red-tailed Hawk 3 Two flying over Terrace Bridge, one in tree by
Boathouse
American Coot 10
Herring Gull 10
Great Black-backed Gull 2
Rock Pigeon 10
Mourning Dove 11
Red-bellied Woodpecker 6
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1 Lullwater Trail
Downy Woodpecker 4
Blue Jay 7
Black-capped Chickadee 3
Tufted Titmouse 1
Red-breasted Nuthatch 1 Feeders
White-breasted Nuthatch 1
American Robin 120
European Starling 220
Song Sparrow 11
White-throated Sparrow 30
Dark-eyed Junco 5 Feeders
Northern Cardinal 15
Red-winged Blackbird 15
Common Grackle 17
House Finch 3
American Goldfinch 4
House Sparrow 65
This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org)
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From Alex Wilson:
Begin forwarded message:
> Location: Prospect Park
> Observation date: 3/17/10
> Number of species: 46
>
> Brant 30 (Flew in to Lake 11:15.)
> Canada Goose 150
> Mute Swan 6
> Wood Duck 1 (Drake, Upper Pool.)
> American Black Duck 6
> Mallard 100
> Northern Shoveler 25
> Ring-necked Duck 1 (Drake, Upper Pool.)
> Ruddy Duck 80
> Great Blue Heron 2
> Sharp-shinned Hawk 1 (Juvenile, perched near Boathouse pool.)
> Red-tailed Hawk 3 (At both nest sites, copulating in the
> Ravine.)
> Peregrine Falcon 1 (On BBG tower.)
> American Coot 10
> Ring-billed Gull 15
> Herring Gull (American) 30
> Rock Pigeon 15
> Mourning Dove 15
> Red-bellied Woodpecker 5
> Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 2
> Downy Woodpecker 8
> Eastern Phoebe 1 (Upper Lullwater trail west.)
> Blue Jay 10
> American Crow 5
> Tree Swallow 1 (Flyover seen from bridle path north of
> Boathouse.)
> Black-capped Chickadee 10
> Tufted Titmouse 4
> Red-breasted Nuthatch 2 (Together in pines along upper
> Lullwater trail.)
> White-breasted Nuthatch 6
> Carolina Wren 1
> American Robin 100
> Northern Mockingbird 3
> European Starling 100
> Cedar Waxwing 5 (Upper Lullwater.)
> Fox Sparrow (Red) 4
> Song Sparrow 15
> Swamp Sparrow 2 (One was singing from west shore of Lake.)
> White-throated Sparrow 60
> Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored) 30
> Northern Cardinal 30
> Red-winged Blackbird 60
> Common Grackle 35
> Brown-headed Cowbird 5
> House Finch 8
> American Goldfinch 10
> House Sparrow 25
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From Orrin Tilevitz:
BBGarden sightings
Peregrine falcon on usual perch, top of FDNY radio tower.
Junco, one flock, newly arrived in north end
Song sparrow, many singing
White-throated sparrow, many
American robin, many
Blue jay
European starling
Mourning dove
Mallard duck, several in Japanese pond
Canada goose, 1 flock flyover
Northern cardinal, several
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From Eddie Davis:
Location: Prospect Park
Observation date: 3/16/10
Number of species: 26
Canada Goose
Mute Swan
Mallard
Northern Shoveler
Ruddy Duck
American Coot
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Black-capped Chickadee (Lookout)
Brown Creeper (Lookout)
Carolina Wren (Lookout)
American Robin
Northern Mockingbird
European Starling
Cedar Waxwing (Terrace Bridge)
Song Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco (Feeders)
Northern Cardinal
Red-winged Blackbird
Common Grackle
House Finch (Terrace Bridge)
American Goldfinch (Feeders)
House Sparrow
