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| From my work route corner this morning on Greenwood Ave and Prospect Park Southwest, a row of pigeons on the streetlamp, 6:45 am. Cellphone photo. They gathering for a feast or what? |
The Kingsboider wishes all Happy Thanksgiving!
All the best of birds and blessings this day offers to family , friends and birders everywhere.
As is my continuing tradition for a number of years now, in celebration of "feast", the feeders have gone up today. Black oil sunflower and thistle are the main ingredients, suet later when it is obtained. Kingsboider hopes the feeders will provide months of joy throughout the winter for birders and visitors, and much cheer when it's winter gloom. ( and do pray that the squirrels won't know the feeders are there.....). Thanks to Rob and Tracy Bate for donating two large bags of sunflower seed and thistle to start off the feasting.
If you don't know where the feeders are, ask one of the local birders or me at prosbird@aol.com.
(new 11/25)
3:30 --A Latest update from Alex Wilson on birds hilights seen on Thanksgiving Day.
For starters, late American Redstart, usual this time around American Woodcock but also good quality sightings of Red-shouldered Hawk, Rusty Blackbird and yes..Pine Siskins.
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American Redstart was reported by visiting British birder William Earp, at the Wellhouse this morning. After several tries, William was able to see the late Redstart, my pleasure in his finally seeing the warbler.
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From Larry:
Peter: A short walk in the park this afternoon.
Larry
http://birdsandwords-larryz.blogspot.com/
Location: Prospect Park
Observation date: 11/24/10
Number of species: 17
Canada Goose 9
Mallard 25
Northern Shoveler 2
Ruddy Duck 50
Pied-billed Grebe 1 Upper Pool
Cooper's Hawk 1 F/O Wellhouse
American Coot 6
Mourning Dove 1
Downy Woodpecker 1 Behind Wellhouse
Blue Jay 1
American Crow 1
Black-capped Chickadee 1
Hermit Thrush 1
European Starling 2
White-throated Sparrow 3
Northern Cardinal 1
Red-winged Blackbird 5 Lily Pond
This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org/)
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From Alex Wilson:
Location: Prospect Park
> Observation date: 11/25/10
> Number of species: 51
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> Canada Goose 40
> Mute Swan 6
> American Black Duck x Mallard (hybrid) 1
> Mallard 60
> Northern Shoveler 150
> Ring-necked Duck 2 (Hen, Lower Pool; drake, Lake.)
> Ruddy Duck 200
> Pied-billed Grebe 2
> Double-crested Cormorant 10 (8 flyover.)
> Great Blue Heron 2
> Sharp-shinned Hawk 2
> Cooper's Hawk 1 (Adult, took a pigeon on the south edge of > the Lake.)
> Red-shouldered Hawk 1 (Juvenile, flying from Lookout to > Breeze Hill.)
> Red-tailed Hawk 2
> Merlin 1
> Peregrine Falcon 1 (On signal tower.)
> American Coot 25
> American Woodcock 1 (Flying across Boathouse pool, over > Binnen Bridge towards Lily Pond area.)
> Ring-billed Gull 200
> Herring Gull (American) 35
> Great Black-backed Gull 2
> Rock Pigeon 50
> Mourning Dove 40
> Red-bellied Woodpecker 5
> Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1
> Downy Woodpecker 6
> Hairy Woodpecker 1
> Blue Jay 7
> American Crow 2
> Black-capped Chickadee 10
> White-breasted Nuthatch 4
> Carolina Wren 3
> Winter Wren 1
> Golden-crowned Kinglet 1
> Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1
> Hermit Thrush 3
> American Robin 25
> European Starling 75
> American Redstart 1 (Continuing on Lookout slope above > Wellhouse. Late date.)
> Fox Sparrow (Red) 7
> Song Sparrow 3
> Swamp Sparrow 2
> White-throated Sparrow 40
> Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored) 15
> Northern Cardinal 10
> Red-winged Blackbird 20
> Rusty Blackbird 1 (Perched among Starlings at top of Long > Meadow Elm knoll by Upper Pool, then flew south alone,)
> Purple Finch 2 (Lookout Hill.)
> House Finch 3
> Pine Siskin 7 (Lookout Hill.)
> American Goldfinch 50
> House Sparrow 5
