Winter birds of the common variety and the usual species looks promising (see Rob Bate's report) , with the lake not looking up to a promising potential with the absence of Northern Shoveler and Ring-necked Duck Brooklyn birders have enjoyed in the past. But there is always hope.
A quick look at the Lake while working the southern area revealed 3 HOODED MERGANSERS, a distant PIED-BILLED GREBE and 206 Canada Geese that flew in.
WOOD DUCK reported by Rob at the Boathouse is a good bird for the Xmas count, most years a "save" bird for the count, meaning the only location to report a single species to save the day's overall list..So, at least maybe Prospect Park has something up her sleeve after all.
From Rob Bate:
It was nice to be in the park again, seems very wintery, few birds outside of lake activity.
36 species
Canada Goose 10
Mute Swan 7
Wood Duck 1 With begging ducks at Audubon center
Mallard 20
Ruddy Duck 9
Pied-billed Grebe 1
Red-tailed Hawk 3
Peregrine Falcon 1 On police radio tower
American Coot 3
Ring-billed Gull 40
Herring Gull 10
Great Black-backed Gull 2
Mourning Dove 25
Red-bellied Woodpecker 3
Downy Woodpecker 3
Hairy Woodpecker 1
Blue Jay 7
American Crow 2
Black-capped Chickadee 1
Tufted Titmouse 1
White-breasted Nuthatch 3
Brown Creeper 1
Carolina Wren 1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1
American Robin 2
Gray Catbird 1
European Starling 5
Fox Sparrow 1
Song Sparrow 2
White-throated Sparrow 8
Dark-eyed Junco 2
Northern Cardinal 6
House Finch 2
American Goldfinch 3
House Sparrow 5
Plus House Finches, Goldfinches, WBNHs, Downy WP, Chickadees and WT Sparrows at the feeders.
Peter's list:
Prospect Park, Kings, US-NY--LAKE
Dec 12, 2011
Protocol: Incidental
14 species (+1 other taxa)
Canada Goose 206
Mute Swan 9
American Black Duck 1
American Black Duck x Mallard (hybrid) 1
Mallard X
Hooded Merganser 3
Ruddy Duck 15
Pied-billed Grebe 1
Double-crested Cormorant 1
American Coot 10
Ring-billed Gull X
Herring Gull X
Rock Pigeon X
Mourning Dove X
White-throated Sparrow X south lakeside
This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org)
