The VESPER SPARROW
( http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Vesper_Sparrow/id ) hung over --at least one of them-- from yesterday's 2 seen at the Sparrowbowl; today's location for this quality sparrow was the Ballfield's north snow fence enclosure. Rob Jett refound the bird, and I found at lunchtime lingering at the west side fence of that enclosure, before the bird flew out to a nearby tree adjacent to field number three.It was tough to see in the high grass, my identification based on the white tail retrices and streaky body.
A late afternoon report from Alex Wilson highlights some nice variety of waterfowl and a quality wren along the water , specifically the Peninsula lakeshore. On the latter, MARSH WREN is a good one, rare for Prospect, maybe 1-2 seen yearly in these parts.
On the lake or waterways, 9 species duck means a good day at this early date. The best were GREEN-WINGED TEAL , GADWALL, AMERICAN WIGEON, WOOD DUCK for tops. But the best surprise was not on water for this water bird but overhead, a flyby COMMON LOON over Long Meadow. I guess those loons are on the move as well..
--Kingboider
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From Rob jett:
Prospect Park, Kings, US-NY
Oct 12, 2011 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Protocol: Traveling
3.0 mile(s)
48 species
Canada Goose
Mute Swan (7.)
Wood Duck (4.)
American Black Duck
Mallard
Northern Shoveler (11.)
Pied-billed Grebe (2.)
Double-crested Cormorant (2.)
Green Heron
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk (2.)
American Kestrel
American Coot
Spotted Sandpiper
Ring-billed Gull
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Belted Kingfisher
Red-bellied Woodpecker (2.)
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (2.)
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker (20.)
Eastern Phoebe (8.)
Blue-headed Vireo
Blue Jay
Brown Creeper (2.)
Winter Wren (1, Sparrow Bowl.)
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Ruby-crowned Kinglet (2.)
American Robin
Gray Catbird
European Starling
Common Yellowthroat (2.)
Magnolia Warbler (2.)
Palm Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler (5.)
Eastern Towhee
Chipping Sparrow (3, Behind snow fencing on baseball fields.)
VESPER SPARROW (1, Behind snow fencing on baseball fields.)
Savannah Sparrow (14, Behind snow fencing on baseball fields.)
Song Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Northern Cardinal
Indigo Bunting (1, Breeze Hill.)
Common Grackle
House Sparrow
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Peter "very short " list
Prospect Park, Kings, US-NY
Oct 13, 2011 12:15 PM - 1:00 PM
Protocol: Random
0.5 mile(s)
7 species
Cooper's Hawk 1 f/o Long Meadow
Red-tailed Hawk 1 f/o ball fields
Eastern Phoebe 2 Ball fields
Hermit Thrush 2 Sparrowbowl
Chipping Sparrow 1 ( see below)
Vesper Sparrow 1 ball fields fence enclosure
Savannah Sparrow 1 (see above)
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From Alex Wilson:
Begin forwarded message:
> Prospect Park, Kings, US-NY
> Oct 12, 2011
> 63 species (+1 other taxa)
>
> Canada Goose 50
> Mute Swan 10
> Wood Duck 5
> Gadwall 1 (Hen, West Island.)
> American Wigeon 1 (Hen, West Island.)
> American Black Duck 4
> American Black Duck x Mallard (hybrid) 2
> Mallard 65
> Northern Shoveler 15
> Green-winged Teal 2 (Hens, Duck Island.)
> Ruddy Duck 1
> Common Loon 1 (Flyover, fairly low, Long Meadow.)
> Horned Grebe 1
> Double-crested Cormorant 1
> Green Heron 2
> Black-crowned Night-Heron 3
> Cooper's Hawk 2
> Red-tailed Hawk 4
> American Kestrel 1
> Merlin 1
> Peregrine Falcon 1 (First seen reflected in Lily Pond as it
> soared over Binnen Bridge, then diving towards Nethermead.)
> American Coot 1
> Ring-billed Gull 15
> Herring Gull 10
> Rock Pigeon 15
> Mourning Dove 10
> Chimney Swift 3
> Red-bellied Woodpecker 4
> Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 3
> Downy Woodpecker 2
> Northern Flicker 20
> Eastern Phoebe 5
> Blue Jay 15
> American Crow 2
> Black-capped Chickadee 2
> White-breasted Nuthatch 1
> Carolina Wren 1
> Winter Wren 1
> Marsh Wren 1 (Heard calling, eventually seen, moving through
> phragmites along Peninsula lake shore.)
> Golden-crowned Kinglet 12
> Ruby-crowned Kinglet 6
> Swainson's Thrush 3
> Hermit Thrush 1
> American Robin 40
> Gray Catbird 5
> European Starling 50
> Cedar Waxwing 5
> Common Yellowthroat 3
> American Redstart 1
> Blackpoll Warbler 3
> Black-throated Blue Warbler 1
> Palm Warbler 1
> Yellow-rumped Warbler 20
> Eastern Towhee 1
> Chipping Sparrow 2
> Savannah Sparrow 8
> Song Sparrow 3
> Swamp Sparrow 1
> White-throated Sparrow 15
> Dark-eyed Junco 3
> Northern Cardinal 20
> Red-winged Blackbird 5
> Common Grackle 2
> House Sparrow 20
>
> This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org)
>
