I was away for two days leading the club to North Fork for an overnight ( best bird Glaucous Gull, flyby Dovekie,Pipits, Snow Buntings, report later on my Trips blog)
Here are reports received during my LI adventure
Among best Prospect hilights was Keir's report of Red-shouldered Hawk on the lake ice..
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From Rusty
X Canada Goose
X Mute Swan
2 American Black Duck
X Mallard
X Northern Shoveler
1 Cooper's Hawk
1 Red-tailed Hawk
6 American Coot
X Ring-billed Gull
X Herring Gull
1 Great Black-backed Gull
X Rock Pigeon
X Mourning Dove
1 Red-bellied Woodpecker
1 Downy Woodpecker
1 Hairy Woodpecker
X Blue Jay
X American Crow
X Black-capped Chickadee
X White-breasted Nuthatch
X Fox Sparrow (Red)
X Song Sparrow
X White-throated Sparrow
X Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored)
X Northern Cardinal
X Red-winged Blackbird
1 House Finch
2 Pine Siskin
X American Goldfinch
X House Sparrow
Elliotte Rusty Harold
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From Adam Welz:
Robins - for the first time in a long time. Mysteriously low numbers
of Canada Goose and gulls.
Adam
Date: Sun, Jan 16, 2011 at 10:02 AM
Subject: eBird Report - Prospect Park , 1/15/11
Location: Prospect Park
Observation date: 1/15/11
Notes: excludes birds seen at feeders
Number of species: 21
Canada Goose - Branta canadensis 1 Only 1 seen on Lake!
Mute Swan - Cygnus olor 6
American Black Duck - Anas rubripes 4
American Black Duck x Mallard (hybrid) - Anas rubripes x platyrhynchos X
Mallard - Anas platyrhynchos X More than 100 -- not counted carefully
Northern Shoveler - Anas clypeata 200 accurate within 20%
American Coot - Fulica americana 15
Ring-billed Gull - Larus delawarensis 25 v low gull numbers
Herring Gull - Larus argentatus 5
Great Black-backed Gull - Larus marinus 1
Rock Pigeon - Columba livia 1
Mourning Dove - Zenaida macroura 1
Downy Woodpecker - Picoides pubescens 1
Blue Jay - Cyanocitta cristata X
American Crow - Corvus brachyrhynchos 1
Black-capped Chickadee - Poecile atricapillus 2
Carolina Wren - Thryothorus ludovicianus 2
American Robin - Turdus migratorius 9 in large tree in lawn
just north of Lookout Hill
Northern Mockingbird - Mimus polyglottos 1
European Starling - Sturnus vulgaris 5
White-throated Sparrow - Zonotrichia albicollis X
Northern Cardinal - Cardinalis cardinalis 1
Location: Prospect Park--Feeders
Observation date: 1/15/11
Number of species: 12
Downy Woodpecker - Picoides pubescens 1
Black-capped Chickadee - Poecile atricapillus 4
White-breasted Nuthatch - Sitta carolinensis 1
Fox Sparrow (Red) - Passerella iliaca iliaca/zaboria 4
Song Sparrow - Melospiza melodia 1
White-throated Sparrow - Zonotrichia albicollis 24
Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored) - Junco hyemalis hyemalis/carolinensis 6
Northern Cardinal - Cardinalis cardinalis 6
Red-winged Blackbird - Agelaius phoeniceus 1
House Finch - Carpodacus mexicanus 10 One yellow-form bird in group
American Goldfinch - Spinus tristis 4
House Sparrow - Passer domesticus 2
This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org/)
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From Larry:
Hi Peter,
Complete list for today @ Prospect, separate list for feeders, and walk to the subway through BBG:
Prospect Park
Observation date: 1/15/11
Number of species: 20
Canada Goose 39
Mute Swan 6
Mallard 205
Northern Shoveler 68
Ruddy Duck 1
Red-tailed Hawk 2
American Coot 13
Ring-billed Gull 500
Great Black-backed Gull 1
Mourning Dove 4
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
Downy Woodpecker 2
Blue Jay 1
Black-capped Chickadee 15
Northern Mockingbird 1
Fox Sparrow 1 Lamppost 249
White-throated Sparrow 5
Northern Cardinal 7
American Goldfinch 2
House Sparrow 20
Feeders:
Number of species: 7
Downy Woodpecker 1
Black-capped Chickadee 5
White-breasted Nuthatch 1
Dark-eyed Junco 5
Northern Cardinal 1
House Finch 4
American Goldfinch 7
&
Brooklyn Botanic Garden
Observation date: 1/15/11
Number of species: 7
Red-tailed Hawk 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 2
Blue Jay 1
Black-capped Chickadee 2
Northern Mockingbird 1
White-throated Sparrow 4
House Sparrow 3
Larry
http://birdsandwords-larryz.blogspot.com/
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From Keir:
Location: Prospect Park
Observation date: 1/16/11
Number of species: 34
Canada Goose X
Mute Swan 6
Mallard X
Northern Shoveler X
Cooper's Hawk 1
Red-shouldered Hawk 1 (Immature on Lake ice!]
Red-tailed Hawk 1
American Coot 2
Ring-billed Gull X
Herring Gull X
Great Black-backed Gull 1
Rock Pigeon X
Mourning Dove X
Downy Woodpecker 2
Hairy Woodpecker 1
Blue Jay 1
American Crow 5
Black-capped Chickadee X
Tufted Titmouse 2
Red-breasted Nuthatch 2
White-breasted Nuthatch X
American Robin 1
European Starling X
Fox Sparrow (Red) 1
Song Sparrow 2
Swamp Sparrow 1
White-throated Sparrow X
Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored) X
Northern Cardinal X
Red-winged Blackbird 2
House Finch X
American Goldfinch X
House Sparrow X
This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org)
