I ran into Keir Randall, and we teamed up ,as my intention was to find nighthawks. We got 4.
Over Breeze Hill, the first COMMON NIGHTHAWK appeared; later 3 more were seen hunting over the Quaker Ridge, where we watched those from southwest Nethermead.
But the best surprise, in a text from Keir after he left me on account of quickening darkness, an AMERICAN WOODCOCK, flushed from the Lullwater Cove. A good one....
Oh , I should mention the 8 NORTHERN SHOVELERS on Prospect Lake, an unwelcoming sign of winter... ( not ready, not ready !)
--Kingsboider
Prospect Park, Kings, US-NY
Sep 16, 2011 7:05 PM - 7:50 PM
Protocol: Traveling
1.0 mile(s)
4 species
2 observers
Mallard X
Northern Shoveler 8 Lake
Black-crowned Night-Heron 1 f/o nethermead
Common Nighthawk 4-- 1 breeze hill; 3 quaker ridge
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From Adam:
A walk around the Lullwater, Lookout and part of the Lake yielded few surprises (bar the absence of some common species) except a group of Northern Shoveler, my FoS.
Adam
Prospect Park, Kings, US-NY
Sep 16, 2011 5:20 PM - 6:50 PM
Protocol: Traveling
2.0 kilometer(s)
Comments: overcast, cool
20 species
Canada Goose (Branta canadensis) 86
Mute Swan (Cygnus olor) 10
Wood Duck (Aix sponsa) 3 males flying together over Prospect Lake
Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) X many plus hybrids with domestic types
Northern Shoveler (Anas clypeata) 8 my FoS for this location
Green Heron (Butorides virescens) 2
Black-crowned Night-Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax) 1
Ring-billed Gull (Larus delawarensis) 2
Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) X
Chimney Swift (Chaetura pelagica) 1
Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus) 4
Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) X
American Robin (Turdus migratorius) 5
Gray Catbird (Dumetella carolinensis) 6
Black-and-white Warbler (Mniotilta varia) 5
Common Yellowthroat (Geothlypis trichas) 5
American Redstart (Setophaga ruticilla) 3
Magnolia Warbler (Setophaga magnolia) 2
Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) 3
House Sparrow (Passer domesticus) X
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