A busy day for me as we transitioned out of the Rink due for closure . Nevertheless, on the Lake, 6 HOODED MERGANSERs plus a lone RING-NECKED DUCK with them before sailing off to hang out with the Ruddies. Plenty of sparrows around, but little time to check them out .A beautiful crisp day, the way I like it.
Location: Prospect Park
Observation date: 11/1/10
Number of species: 27
Canada Goose 80 Lake
Mallard X
Northern Shoveler X Lake
Ring-necked Duck 1 drake Lake
Hooded Merganser 6 Lake
Ruddy Duck X Lake
Double-crested Cormorant 5 Lake
Great Blue Heron 1 at Duck Island
American Coot X
Ring-billed Gull X
Herring Gull X
Rock Pigeon X
Mourning Dove X
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1 south lakeside
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1 near Rink
White-breasted Nuthatch 1 south lakeside
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1south lakeside
Hermit Thrush 9
American Robin 55 early f/o flock Propsite
Fox Sparrow (Red) 1 South lakeside
Song Sparrow X common
Swamp Sparrow 5 south lakeside
White-throated Sparrow X
Dark-eyed Junco X
Red-winged Blackbird 1 south lakeside
American Goldfinch 1
House Sparrow X
This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org/)
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From Mike Zablocky
Greenwood Cemetery
Hi, Peter!
Amazing numbers of Dark-eyed Juncos today. On the way to the cemetery there were easily a hundred or more Juncos in Sunset Park, while inside Greenwood there were several hundreds. I got to 150 Hermit Thrushes before I gave up counting.
The group of American Woodcock's were seen by one of the groundskeepers around 3:00 PM. He said two of the Woodcocks were taken by a hawk (probably Red-tailed). I flushed one on my way down Bluff-side Path.
Good birding!
Canada Goose
Mallard
Red-tailed Hawk
American Woodcock
Mourning Dove
Monk Parakeet
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Blue-headed Vireo
Blue Jay
American Crow
Black-capped Chickadee
White-breasted Nuthatch
Winter Wren
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Hermit Thrush
American Robin
Northern Mockingbird
European Starling
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Palm Warbler
Chipping Sparrow
Field Sparrow
Fox Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Northern Cardinal
House Sparrow
32 species
Michael S. Zablocky
Brooklyn, NY
