The coolest thing today was a flying mammal. On the way home from work--about 4:30-- I stopped at the Wellhouse and was startled to see two RED BATS above the building , doing crazy maneuvers in their chase for insects . Later , I found a third over lamppost #249. So, anything that flies gets my attention. By the way,Red Bats are migratory.
Here's a profile --> http://tinyurl.com/2vsjxdg
As things slow down into "winter downtime", the quality becomes more appreciated with whatever is left or in. For example, a PINE SISKIN still persists at the Vale of Cashmere , on the same stone pillar where bird seed is, as reported by Heidi Cleven.Later , so did Keir reporting 4 Pine Siskins, on the Long Meadow area.
But there is no downtime concerning Dark-eyed Juncos today. This species was pretty omnipresent in various locales, most evident at the southwest Nethermead, my guess about 150 birds. Also , at the Peninsula meadow, maybe 45 more. Some Chipping Sparrows and one FIELD Sparrow caught my eye at this locale.
The lake is among the best winter spots ( as long its not frozen, but too early for that) but nothing unusual.However its looks like Northern Shoveler might be around 200 birds my best guess.
Its chilly, cold for some, but great for anything weird (like bats)
--Kingsboider
list:
X Canada Goose lake
7 Mute Swan lake
X Mallard lake
200 Northern Shoveler lake
80 Ruddy Duck lake
2 Double-crested Cormorant lake
1 Sharp-shinned Hawk f/o
1 Red-tailed Hawk f/o nethermead
X American Coot lake
X Ring-billed Gull
X Herring Gull
X Rock Pigeon
X Mourning Dove
4 Ruby-crowned Kinglet
7 Hermit Thrush -
X European Starling
4 Chipping Sparrow --3 Peninsula ,1 nethermead
1 Field Sparrow Peninsula
1 Fox Sparrow (Red) Nethermead arches
12 Song Sparrow 9 Peninsula
1 Swamp Sparrow Peninsula
X White-throated Sparrow
195 Dark-eyed Junco 150 Nethermead, 45 Peninsula meadow
2 Northern Cardinal
65 Common Grackle f/o Peninsula meadow
1 American Goldfinch Quaker Cemetery
X House Sparrow
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From Keir Randall:
[Good to be back! See you out there]
Location: Prospect Park
Observation date: 11/9/10
Number of species: 28
Canada Goose X
Mute Swan X
Mallard X
Northern Shoveler X
Ruddy Duck X
Double-crested Cormorant 1
Great Blue Heron 1
Red-tailed Hawk 1
Ring-billed Gull X
Herring Gull X
Rock Pigeon X
Downy Woodpecker 1
Blue Jay X
Black-capped Chickadee X
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1
Hermit Thrush X
American Robin 1
European Starling X
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 1
Fox Sparrow (Red) 3
Song Sparrow X
White-throated Sparrow X
White-crowned Sparrow 1 (imm. Wildflower Meadow, Long Meadow)
Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored) X
Northern Cardinal X
Pine Siskin 4+ (Long Meadow ballfield #4, W. Lakeside)
American Goldfinch X
House Sparrow X
This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org)
