Friday, December 2, 2011

Prospect December 2nd

Hilight is first ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER seen by Mary Eyster at the Breeze Hill dirt mounds. Secondly, RING-NECKED DUCK ,an adult male on Prospect Lake per Adam.

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From Adam:

Prospect Park, Kings, US-NY


Dec 2, 2011 11:40 AM - 1:30 PM

Protocol: Traveling

2.0 mile(s)

Comments: coolish, still day. Notables: Ring-necked Duck, Winter Wren, NO Canada Goose seen on Prospect Lake (!)

28 species

Mute Swan (Cygnus olor) X

American Black Duck (Anas rubripes) 2

Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) X

Ring-necked Duck (Aythya collaris) 1 very clean, bright-looking male in breeding plumage

Ruddy Duck (Oxyura jamaicensis) X

Pied-billed Grebe (Podilymbus podiceps) 2

Double-crested Cormorant (Phalacrocorax auritus) 3

American Coot (Fulica americana) X

Ring-billed Gull (Larus delawarensis) X

Herring Gull (Larus argentatus) X

Great Black-backed Gull (Larus marinus) 1

Rock Pigeon (Columba livia) X

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (Sphyrapicus varius) 1

Downy Woodpecker (Picoides pubescens) 2

Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus) 1

Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) 5

Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus) 4

Tufted Titmouse (Baeolophus bicolor) 2

White-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta carolinensis) 1

Winter Wren (Troglodytes hiemalis) 1 my FoS. Looked like a juv.

American Robin (Turdus migratorius) 3

Fox Sparrow (Passerella iliaca) 1

Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia) 4

White-throated Sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis) X

Dark-eyed Junco (Junco hyemalis) 4

Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) 5

American Goldfinch (Spinus tristis) X

House Sparrow (Passer domesticus) X

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