Friday, October 29, 2010

October 29th Prospect : American Woodcock and good fall stuff ( oh its gotta be a Northwest Wind)

A run in with Rob Bate up on Butterfly Meadow yielded information of an AMERICAN WOODCOCK in the bird feeder area ( note: no feeders up till November end) , the bird flying away .So a heads up in the Breeze Hill /Lullwater to watch for this quirky bird in the woods or on the slopes.

A quick look around and my observation is many sparrows, presumably White-throated Sparrows and Junco .Butterfly Meadow is good for today's northwest wind flight.There is potential for something good if you get out there. Perhaps also increase in winter species would be noted. ( but its a busy day for me working).

More later,

Latest: Rob Bate reports that PHILADELPHIA VIREO has returned to the Wellhouse Szechuan Peppercorn tree out front. 12:30 text 

--Kingsboider

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From Rob Bate:

Flushed a Woodcock as you noted on Breeze Hill.  Lots of sparrows in most locations, mostly Song.
The Wellhouse served up the lingering Philadelphia Vireo, Baltimore Oriole, and Black-throated Blue (the one I tried to turn into a Philly Vireo. ) Also, Larry flushed the Woodcock later along the Lullwater below Breeze Hill.

Observation date:     10/29/10
Number of species:     49

Canada Goose     X
Mute Swan     X
Wood Duck     X
Mallard     X
Northern Shoveler     X
Ruddy Duck     X
Pied-billed Grebe     X
Double-crested Cormorant     8
Great Blue Heron     X
Cooper's Hawk     X
Red-tailed Hawk     X
Merlin     X
American Coot     X
American Woodcock     X  Breeze Hill where feeders ( nyet up yet) are
Ring-billed Gull     X
Herring Gull     X
Rock Pigeon     X
Mourning Dove     X
Red-bellied Woodpecker     X
Downy Woodpecker     X
Northern Flicker     X
Eastern Phoebe     X
Philadelphia Vireo     X
Blue Jay     X
American Crow     X
Black-capped Chickadee     X
Brown Creeper     X
Carolina Wren     X
Winter Wren     X
Golden-crowned Kinglet     X
Ruby-crowned Kinglet     X
Hermit Thrush     X
American Robin     X
Gray Catbird     X
European Starling     X
Black-throated Blue Warbler     X
Yellow-rumped Warbler     X
Common Yellowthroat     X
Chipping Sparrow     X
Field Sparrow     X
Savannah Sparrow     X
Song Sparrow     X
Swamp Sparrow     X
White-throated Sparrow     X
Dark-eyed Junco     X
Northern Cardinal     X
Red-winged Blackbird     X
Baltimore Oriole     X
American Goldfinch     X
House Sparrow     X


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From Larry:

Hi Peter,
I ran into Rob Bate today and he told he thought he'd seen a woodcock by Breeze Hill. Looks like he did--climbing up the southern side of the hill to get around the construction by the rink, I flushed one that zipped away, wings whistling!  This was about noon. 

Other birds of note: Blackpoll Warbler by Three Sisters and there's an American Wigeon on the upper pool. Lots of common sparrows.
Larry
http://birdsandwords-larryz.blogspot.com/


Subject: eBird Report - Prospect Park , 10/29/10

Location:    Prospect Park
Observation date:    10/29/10
Number of species:    41

Canada Goose    70
Mute Swan    7
American Wigeon    1    Drake, Upper Pool
American Black Duck    2    Lake
Mallard    50
Northern Shoveler    35
Ruddy Duck    55
Pied-billed Grebe    3    One on Lullwater, 2 on lake
Double-crested Cormorant    7
Great Blue Heron    3    Two on south Lullwater, one on Duck Island.
Red-tailed Hawk    2    Lake & ballfields
American Coot    15
American Woodcock    1    Flushed on southern side of Breeze Hill
Ring-billed Gull    50
Herring Gull    10
Rock Pigeon    30
Mourning Dove    16
Downy Woodpecker    1
Hairy Woodpecker    2
Northern Flicker    10
Eastern Phoebe    1    Boathouse
Blue Jay    5
American Crow    30
Black-capped Chickadee    8
Tufted Titmouse    2
White-breasted Nuthatch    2
House Wren    1    Lullwater Trail
Golden-crowned Kinglet    4
Ruby-crowned Kinglet    9
Hermit Thrush    16
American Robin    10
Gray Catbird    1    Near Wellhouse
European Starling    50
Yellow-rumped Warbler    8
Blackpoll Warbler    1    By Three Sisters
Song Sparrow    60
White-throated Sparrow    100
Dark-eyed Junco    200
Northern Cardinal    5
American Goldfinch    2
House Sparrow    25

This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org/)