Today is the Feast Day of St Francis of Assisi, patron saint for ecology and great with birds! ( and wildlife too)
I received a report from Rob Bate LINCOLN SPARROW seen by the rink.
--Kingsboider
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From Rob Jett:
Peter,
I spent 2 hours in Prospect Park today in the rain. Nothing really unusual to report, but some of the observed species made it suddenly feel more like winter:
- A small flock of shovelers was on the upper Lullwater with a lone coot.
- A single Pied-billed Grebe was on Prospect Lake.
- I tallied 4 sapsuckers, three of which were together in a tree near the ball fields.
- I counted 4 Winter Wrens spread out throughout the park.
Finally, the most telling sign was the presence of Dark-eyed Juncos and White-throated Sparrows. Brrrrr...
Good birding,
Rob
Location: Prospect Park
Observation date: 10/4/10
Number of species: 45
Canada Goose X
Mute Swan 7
Wood Duck 1
American Black Duck 1
Mallard X
Northern Shoveler 17
Pied-billed Grebe 1
Double-crested Cormorant 3
Merlin 1
American Coot 1
Herring Gull (American) X
Rock Pigeon X
Mourning Dove X
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 4
Downy Woodpecker 1
Hairy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker X
Eastern Phoebe 18
Red-eyed Vireo 1
Blue Jay X
American Crow 13
Black-capped Chickadee 4
Winter Wren 4
Golden-crowned Kinglet 25
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 8
Swainson's Thrush 1
Hermit Thrush 3
American Robin X
Gray Catbird 4
European Starling X
Northern Parula 3
Yellow-rumped Warbler 6
Black-throated Green Warbler 1
Pine Warbler 2
Palm Warbler 7
Blackpoll Warbler 1
American Redstart 3
Chipping Sparrow 6
Song Sparrow 2
Swamp Sparrow 4
White-throated Sparrow 15
Dark-eyed Junco 5
Northern Cardinal X
House Sparrow X
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From Peter ( after work south lakeside walk 3:45-4:45 )
Location: Prospect Park
Observation date: 10/4/10
Number of species: 13
Canada Goose X
Mute Swan X
Mallard X
Pied-billed Grebe 2 Lake
Double-crested Cormorant 3 --Three Sisters
Black-crowned Night-Heron 2 duck island
American Coot 1 lake
Herring Gull 2
Rock Pigeon X
Mourning Dove X
American Robin X
Yellow-rumped Warbler 5--Three Sisters Islands
Northern Waterthrush 1
This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org)
