From Larry Zirlin:
Pier One--Ruddy Ducks
Posted by: "Larry Zirlin"
Thu Feb 17, 2011
Brooklyn Bridge Park's Pier One has 8 Ruddy Ducks floating around just off the
pilings today. Lots of Gadwalls, black ducks and 1 Bufflehead were there too.
Brant numbers seem to be increasing--I counted 59 today on the big lawn. I don't
think the BBP Conservancy is going to be so thrilled with these avian visitors
once they discover all the fertilizer they're leaving behind. So if you go, sit
on the benches, not the lawns.
Still waiting for passerines to make more than a token appearance there this
year.
2 lists:
Brooklyn Bridge Park--between Piers 3 & 4
Number of species: 6
Gadwall 4
American Black Duck 3
Bufflehead 2
Double-crested Cormorant 1
Great Black-backed Gull 1
Mourning Dove 1
Pier OneNumber of species: 9
Brant 59
Gadwall 12
American Black Duck 7
Bufflehead 1
Ruddy Duck 8
Double-crested Cormorant 1
Ring-billed Gull 15
Herring Gull 2
House Sparrow 4
Larry Zirlin
http://birdsandwords-larryz.blogspot.com/
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From Larry:
Hi Peter,
Best bird was last bird I saw--Ruby-crowned Kinglet in the Rose Garden.
Prospect Park
Observation date: 2/18/11
Number of species: 32
Canada Goose 153
Mute Swan 6
American Black Duck 4
Mallard 165
Northern Shoveler 77
Ruddy Duck 1
Red-tailed Hawk 4
American Coot 5
Ring-billed Gull 200
Herring Gull 100
Great Black-backed Gull 2
Rock Pigeon 1
Mourning Dove 8
Red-bellied Woodpecker 2
Downy Woodpecker 2
Blue Jay 18
Black-capped Chickadee 21
White-breasted Nuthatch 2
Carolina Wren 1 Near Wellhouse
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1 Rose Garden
American Robin 9 In sumac near peninsula
Northern Mockingbird 1 Behind Boathouse
European Starling 13
Song Sparrow 2 One behind Boathouse, one in Vale
White-throated Sparrow 10
Dark-eyed Junco 8 Vale
Northern Cardinal 20
Red-winged Blackbird 1 Lake shore
Common Grackle 4 Boathouse
House Finch 4 Breeze Hill
American Goldfinch 6 Five on Breeze Hill, one bathing in ice puddle on lake
House Sparrow 30
Feeders
Observation date: 2/18/11
Number of species: 16
Mourning Dove 3
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
Downy Woodpecker 3
Hairy Woodpecker 1
Blue Jay 5
Black-capped Chickadee 6
Tufted Titmouse 1
White-breasted Nuthatch 2
White-throated Sparrow 3
Dark-eyed Junco 1
Northern Cardinal 5
Red-winged Blackbird 1
House Finch 1
Pine Siskin 2
American Goldfinch 5
House Sparrow 2
Larry
http://birdsandwords-larryz.blogspot.com/
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From Rob Jett:
Location: Prospect Park--Prospect Lake
Observation date: 2/18/11
Number of species: 1
Ring-necked Duck 2 In small opening in ice on Prospect Lake. Seen while out cycling in Prospect Park.
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From Adam Welz:
Location: Prospect Park--Feeders
Observation date: 2/18/11
Notes: One White-throated Sparrow injured - seemed to have broken
leg. Squirrels back at feeders.
Number of species: 9
Mourning Dove - Zenaida macroura 4
Downy Woodpecker - Picoides pubescens 1
Black-capped Chickadee - Poecile atricapillus 3
White-breasted Nuthatch - Sitta carolinensis 2
Fox Sparrow (Red) - Passerella iliaca iliaca/zaboria 2
White-throated Sparrow - Zonotrichia albicollis 2
Northern Cardinal - Cardinalis cardinalis 4
Red-winged Blackbird - Agelaius phoeniceus 2
House Finch - Carpodacus mexicanus 1
