The latest "northeaster" storm deluge is continuing nature's wrath upon trees which cannot sustain their own weight on weakened, water soaked roots. A few more trees came down in Prospect from the deluge the past two days. But doing some research for the club newsletter, i was dismayed to hear of Greenwood Cemetery's own late winter devastation which was pretty bad. For more details, check out below a news bulletin from GWC.If you can donate, please do.
http://www.green-wood.com/index.php/1/51/194/detail.
Peter
BBC
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From Larry:
Hi Peter,
Three Ring-necked Ducks on the Upper Pool.
Best
Larry
Location: Prospect Park
Observation date: 3/31/10
Number of species: 34
Canada Goose 100
Mute Swan 5
American Black Duck 4
American Black Duck x Mallard (hybrid) 1
Mallard 75
Northern Shoveler 35
Ring-necked Duck 3 Hen & 2 drakes on Upper Pool
Ruddy Duck 30
Pied-billed Grebe 1 Lake
Double-crested Cormorant 1 Lake
Great Egret 1 Lullwater near rink
American Coot 10
Ring-billed Gull 1
Rock Pigeon 25
Mourning Dove 4
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
Downy Woodpecker 2
Northern Flicker 2
Blue Jay 6
Tree Swallow 1
Black-capped Chickadee 3
Tufted Titmouse 1
Carolina Wren 1
Golden-crowned Kinglet 2 Rocky Pass
European Starling 200
Cedar Waxwing 6 Vale Cashmere
Song Sparrow 8
Swamp Sparrow 2 Peninsula
White-throated Sparrow 15
Dark-eyed Junco 1 Lullwater trail
Northern Cardinal 10
Red-winged Blackbird 50
Common Grackle 30
American Goldfinch 1 Vale Cashmere
House Sparrow 25
This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org/)
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From Kathy Toomey:
In addition to the birds you have posted so far, I also saw several Eastern Phoebes today and a Hairy Woodpecker.
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From Eddie Davis
Peter-
Finally, a little excitement in the park! I spotted
the Orange-Crowned Warbler in the same place
that it's been seen in the last week, just north
of the Terrace Bridge. Also, my first Osprey of the year,
a Lullwater fly-over.
Eddie
Location: Prospect Park
Observation date: 3/31/10
Number of species: 33
Canada Goose
Mute Swan
Mallard
Northern Shoveler
Ring-necked Duck 1 - upper pool
Ruddy Duck
Pied-billed Grebe 1 - lullwater
Osprey 1 - f/o lullwater
Red-tailed Hawk 1 - on nest in ravine (with Rob Jett)
Merlin 1 - long meadow (with Rob Jett)
American Coot
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1 - lookout lower path
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker 1
Eastern Phoebe 1 - lullwater
Blue Jay
Black-capped Chickadee
Brown Creeper 1 - peninsula
Carolina Wren 1 - lookout lower path
Golden-crowned Kinglet 1 - lullwater north of terrace bridge
American Robin
European Starling
Orange-crowned Warbler 1 - lullwater north of terrace bridge
Yellow-rumped Warbler 1 - lullwater cove
White-throated Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco 1 - lullwater
Northern Cardinal
Red-winged Blackbird
Common Grackle
House Sparrow
