Sunday, February 20, 2011

Prospect Feb 20th : Common Redpoll,1st yr Killdeer; COHA photo

Highlight : COMMON REDPOLL feeding on path breeze hill to lullwater  (Rob Jett reprted ); KILLDEER seen on the Baseball fields, west end of Long Meadow ( Gayle and Xandra)

Listserve posting:

Subject: CORE in Brooklyn


From: Rob Jett
Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2011 17:25:01 -0500

X-Message-Number: 4



This morning, while standing at the edge of Prospect Lake at around

9am, Heydi Lopes and I had a flyover Common Redpoll. About an hour

later we observed a single bird feeding on the ground near Breeze

Hill. This winter someone has been putting mixed bird seed on the

walkway that leads from Breeze Hill (near the Terrace Bridge) towards

the skating rink. This is the path on the opposite side of the road

from the bird feeders. Anyway, the redpoll was feeding at these little

piles of seeds along with Black-capped Chickadee, White-throated

Sparrow, Song Sparrow, Northern Cardinal, House Finch, American

Goldfinch and House Sparrow. Seen by several birders, it was still

present when we returned to the spot at 2:45pm, although it flew off

about 5 minutes late and was not relocated. FYI - There are still a

few Pine Siskins showing up at the thistle feeders on Breeze Hill.

This morning there were three.



One other interesting sighting in Prospect Park today was of 3

Merlins. The birds were unexpectedly perched in the same tree and only

a few feet from each other. I didn't realize Merlin was a flocking

species ;-) The tree is a favored spot for Merlins on Center Drive at

the edge of the Nethermead Meadow, easily located by the large area of

wash on the roadway below.


Good birding,

Rob

The City Birder Weblog

http://citybirder.blogspot.com/

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On the Baseball Fields west Long Meadow end midmorning, year's first ( and very early) Killdeer spotted by Gayle and Xandra



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COOPER'S HAWK (COHA) THREE STRAIGHT MORNINGS -Prospect Park Lake -


Photo credit: Michael Castellano


Sunday, February 20th 11:00AM

Third straight morning this beautiful Cooper's Hawk spotted southern lakeside.

Photo submitted by Anne-Katrin Titze