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| Sunrise today seen from the Tennis House, my office |
Tomorrow is the annual Christmas Bird Census in Kings County or better known as "Brooklyn" . It will be our 111th count carried out by Brooklyn Bird Club members and friends.Typically, a count compiler will choose any day between December 14th and January 5th , the period the National Audubon designates. Traditionally, Brooklyn chose the 1st Saturday after the 14th. It'll be a duty faithfully carried out with much anticipation as well as doing it for the greater purpose of science. Wish us the best of luck.
I will post here the results for Prospect tomorrow late eve and then later a day or so after the count dinner, the Brooklyn results and rarities, highlights and whatever else information I hear.
Here's a link about the CBC-----> http://birds.audubon.org/christmas-bird-count
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Today's feeder bird was the American Goldfinch, 12 individuals easily outnumbering the reliable Chickadee. Goldfinches zealously went for the thistle feeders, which I should mention are quite close to the fence so if you want to see them, check from afar , and then move slowly in towards the fence. It was a long busy day for me, so not much else to report. I heard from Rob Bate it was quiet. But I am superstitious, so I rather that today be quiet and tomorrow much more active. But I hope the lake will be open more but doubt the hard freeze will melt quickly enough. But there were plenty of gulls on the ice so maybe we will see a good one.Thae's how it goes..."whatever".
Happy Counting if you are out there....
--Kingsboider
Location: Prospect Park--Feeders
Observation date: 12/17/10
Number of species: 12
Mourning Dove 5
Downy Woodpecker 1
Black-capped Chickadee 9
Tufted Titmouse 1
Red-breasted Nuthatch 1
White-breasted Nuthatch 1
White-throated Sparrow 6
Dark-eyed Junco 1
Northern Cardinal 2
House Finch 4
American Goldfinch 12
House Sparrow 1
This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org/)
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From Anne-Katrin
Friday - December 17 10:00AM
7 Mute Swan on nearly frozen lake
1 Great Blue Heron looking perplexed on a Three Sisters Island
Hooded Merganser - drake on Peninsula near tarps
1 Wood Duck on hill at Boathouse
Anne-Katrin
