From Rafael:
DATE: 06 November 2010
OBSERVER: Rafael Campos R.
TIME: 0800-1130 Hrs
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My big surprise was a lonely American Woodcock that I flushed on
Lookout Hill, actually twice. Few minutes later, a group of volunteers
& park personel, flushed again, and it took off flying towards the
lake shore.
At the upper pool, I saw the Ring-necked hen, and 2 good surprises
, 1 Pied-billed Grebe (seldom seen here), and 1 American Wigeon.
Numbers, very low individuals/sps, but sparrows (3 sps) were the
most abundant, and surprise, I tallied no more than 6 Hermit Thrushes.
The birds:
Canada Goose
Mute Swan
American Wigeon (1, upper pool)
Mallard
Northern Shoveler
Ring-necked Duck (1 female, upper pool)
Ruddy Duck
Pied-billed Grebe (1, upper pool)
Great Blue Heron (1, lower Lullwater)
Sharp-shinned Hawk (1)
Red-tailed Hawk (2)
American Coot
American Woodcock (1, Lookout Hill)
Ring-billed Gull
(American) Herring Gull
Rock (Common) Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Red-bellied Woodpecker (1)
Downy Woodpecker (2)
Eastern Phoebe (1, Peninsula meadow)
Blue Jay
American Crow (1)
Black-capped Chickadee (4)
White-breasted Nuthatch (1)
Carolina Wren (1)
Winter Wren (2)
Golden-crowned Kinglet (2, Quaker hill)
Ruby-crowned Kinglet (1, Quaker Hill)
Hermit Thrush
American Robin
Gray Catbird (1)
European (Common) Starling
Song Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Northern Cardinal
Rusty Blackbird (1, lower pool)
Common Grackle
American Goldfinch
House Sparrow
Brooklyn is good birding!!!
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From Elyse:
Hi Peter,
After a quick morning walk in the park I saw a beautiful Eastern Bluebird.
It was so blue that as it landed on the ground I saw a brilliant blue color,
making me see it, up close! It was in the nethermead.
other birds that I was happy to see.
belted kingfisher ,flying around upper pool
2 great blue herons
goldfinches
snow goose
yellow rump warbler
golden crowned kinglet
2 red tail hawks flying and landing in trees right near me
many many sparrows at the beginning of the peninsula
good birding for such a short time,
Elyse
