A notable morning in Prospect Park regarding PINE SISKIN , 11 birds seen in two separate locales. A small flock of 7 feeding in the sweetgum trees , along with American Goldfinches, overshadowing the Carousel. Later, 4 more Pine Siskin seen drinking water at the back shore of the Binnen Pool.
Regarding sparrows, a lone AMERICAN TREE SPARROW with Songs, 2 Swamps and Whitethroateds along the dirt trail at the south edge of the Peninsula meadow. FOX SPARROW numbering four together at the back of the wildflower meadow ( next to Upper Pool), drinking from a small puddle on black plastic covering mugwort. And right behind me as I watched the Fox Sparrows, a wary MERLIN perched in the tall elm in that well known grove.
Other notes: Winter Wren, Brown Creeper, 2 Pied-billed Grebe,Cooper's Hawk over Prospect Lake, where 170 Ruddy and 200+ Northern Shoveler makes one Bufflehead drake feel vastly outnumbered.
A text just received [2:34] from Rob Jett alerts this blogster that 13 EASTERN BLUEBIRDS are residing at Greenwood Cemetery (GWC) , at the moment.... A good place for this species that prefers open woods and lawns. Must be blue heaven there now....
A note from Kathy Toomey ,who was birding with Emily Goldstein.On Breeze Hill, in shrubs opposite the dirt mounds, they reported Philadelphia Vireo. This would be a extreme late record if its the same bird seen several weeks ago. Verification would be necessary so the report on this blog would serve notice for others to seek it out and verify.
--Kingsboider
Location: Prospect Park
Observation date: 11/11/10
Number of species: 40
Canada Goose X
Mute Swan 6 lake
American Black Duck 2 lake
Mallard X
Northern Shoveler 200 lake
Bufflehead 1 drake Lake
Ruddy Duck 170 lake
Pied-billed Grebe 3--1 Upper Pool; 2 Lake
Double-crested Cormorant 3 lake
Great Blue Heron 2--one wading in Binnen Pool ( UNUSUAL!), one at 3 Sisters
Cooper's Hawk 1 f/o Lake north shore
Red-tailed Hawk 2- juv f/o southwest woods, adult f/o lullwater
Merlin 1 perched in elm overlooking Upper Pool
American Coot X
Ring-billed Gull X
Herring Gull (American) X
Great Black-backed Gull 5 lake
Rock Pigeon X
Mourning Dove X
American Crow 4 f/o's
White-breasted Nuthatch 1 Carousel sweetgum
Brown Creeper 1 Binnen Pool shore
Winter Wren 1 Vale BBC plant bird site
Golden-crowned Kinglet 1 Peninsula meadow scrubby area
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 3
Hermit Thrush 5--2 Picnic house
American Robin 4
European Starling X
American Tree Sparrow 1 Peninsula meadow south edge
Fox Sparrow (Red) 4 Upper Pool wildlflower meadow
Song Sparrow 14-9 Peninsula meadow south edge, 5 elsewhere
Swamp Sparrow 2 Peninsula meadow south edge
White-throated Sparrow X
Dark-eyed Junco X
Northern Cardinal 3
Red-winged Blackbird 12--2 flocks f/o ballfields
Common Grackle 1 f/o southwest woods
Pine Siskin 11--7 Carousel Sweetgums, 4 Binnen Pool
American Goldfinch 15-- Carousel Sweetgums,11; 4 Lily Pool sweetgum
House Sparrow X
This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org/)
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From Kathey Toomey
date = 2010/11/11
site = Prospect Park
observers = Kathy Toomey and Emily Goldstein
Pied-billed Grebe
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Northern Shoveler
Bufflehead
Canada Goose
Ring-necked Duck
Wood Duck
Ruddy Duck
Mute Swan
Mallard
Cooper's Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
American Coot
Great Black-backed Gull
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Mourning Dove
Downy Woodpecker
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Philadelphia Vireo We're pretty sure we saw it in bushes opposite the
dirt mounds on Breeze Hill
American Crow
Blue Jay
Tufted Titmouse
Black-capped Chickadee
White-breasted Nuthatch
Brown Creeper
Carolina Wren
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Hermit Thrush
Swamp Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Eastern Towhee
House Sparrow
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Peter's List
Greenwood Cemetery:
Location: Green-Wood Cemetery 3 pm -5 pm
Observation date: 11/11/10
Number of species: 20
Mallard X
Hooded Merganser 2
Cooper's Hawk 1
American Kestrel 2
Rock Pigeon X
Mourning Dove X
Great Horned Owl 1
Winter Wren 1
Golden-crowned Kinglet 1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 2
Eastern Bluebird 1
Hermit Thrush X
Northern Mockingbird X
European Starling X
Song Sparrow X
Swamp Sparrow 2
White-throated Sparrow X
Dark-eyed Junco 30
Pine Siskin 12
American Goldfinch X
This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org)
