Thursday, March 31, 2011

BBC Prospect walk this Sunday 4/3; PP report

This Sunday April 3rd, naturalist Gabriel Willow of the NYC Audubon Society will be leading the Prospect Park walk ..It is predicted to be a very nice day, sunny in the mid 50's. Be sure to go and enjoy some sure to appear early spring migrants .

from http://www.brooklynbirdclub.org/trips.htm

Sunday, April 3rd Prospect Park


Meet 8 am at Grand Army Plaza entrance (Stranahan Statue)


Trip Leader: Gabriel Willow


Focus: early returning passerines

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 There is also at the same time for 2- hr birders the "1st Sunday Birders" from the Boathouse Prospect Audubon Center . Eni and Vinny Falci are leading. Meet 8am here for this 2nd group

---Kingsboider

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From Rob Bate:

Still plenty of Robins and Phoebes on a short walk around the lake and Lullwater.


Tomorrrow the birds come for real, no fooling around.

Number of species: 34


Canada Goose 12

Mute Swan 4

Mallard 23

Northern Shoveler 31

Ruddy Duck 33

Double-crested Cormorant 4

Great Blue Heron 1

Black-crowned Night-Heron 5

Red-tailed Hawk 1

American Coot 3

Ring-billed Gull 50

Herring Gull 35

Great Black-backed Gull 2

Rock Pigeon 10

Mourning Dove 1

Red-bellied Woodpecker 1

Downy Woodpecker 2

Eastern Phoebe 3

Blue Jay 3

American Crow 1

Black-capped Chickadee 5

White-breasted Nuthatch 1

Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1

American Robin 75

Northern Mockingbird 1

European Starling 31

Fox Sparrow 1

Song Sparrow 2

Swamp Sparrow 1

White-throated Sparrow 8

Northern Cardinal 14

Red-winged Blackbird 26

House Finch 1

House Sparrow 4