After a grinding long day in Jones Beach to Captree yesterday, a day of rest today. Just a nice lazy visit to the Brooklyn Botanic Garden ( and avoid the Marathon traffic headache !) led to a few observances, especially at the Cherry Blossom lawn area. Most notable, a flock of Juncos with one Chipping and Song, but a Brown Creeper got my attention, the bird feeding upon different Cherry Blossom trees. And one Red-tailed Hawk flying over..I guess it was pretty quiet for the Brooklyn Community today ( maybe all went east to Long Island?)
Also , a late eve note from Monica that she saw PINE SISKINS in the Vale of Cashmere today on the stone pillars at the pool's north end. See her note to me below.It might be a new species for the Prospect year, and i will check tomorrow at work.
--Kingsboider
BBG report:
Location: Brooklyn Botanic Garden
Observation date: 11/7/10
Number of species: 16
Cooper's Hawk 1
Red-tailed Hawk 1
Rock Pigeon X
Mourning Dove X
Eastern Phoebe 1
White-breasted Nuthatch 1
Brown Creeper 1
Golden-crowned Kinglet 2
Hermit Thrush 3
American Robin 5
European Starling X
Chipping Sparrow 1
Song Sparrow 2
White-throated Sparrow X
Dark-eyed Junco 40
House Sparrow X
This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org/)
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From Monica Berger:
Hi Peter: I observed two pine siskins in the Vale today in the late
afternoon. They were feeding on the cement pillars where food is often
put out. Also one blue-headed vireo in the area between the Rose
Garden and Vale. Presumably other birds I saw reported by other
observers (e.g. Am. Wigeon in pools). Monica
