I submitted my first Great Backyard Bird Count list, today for Prospect.
The puzzling thing is the lack of passerines ( my whole lunch hour not seeing one !) .. No sparrows, no cardinals, little of else...weird..It must be February then... BUT two Coopers hawks, 2 RedTailed Hawks, a Peregrine on the BBGarden tower ( lowest tower wing strut)..Feeders had most of the passerines and woodpeckers...
From GBBC website
Thank you for entering your observation in this year's Great Backyard Bird Count. Below is a report summarizing the bird checklist you submitted.
Here is the information you gave for this observation.
Record ID: S9860255
Email: prosbird@aol.com
Email: 11218, Brooklyn, Kings County, NY
Observation Date : FEB 17, 2012
Start Time: 12:00 PM
Total Birding Time: 2 hours
Party Size: 1
Skill: excellent
Weather: excellent
Snow Depth: No snow was present
Habitat(s):
deciduous woods
scrub
urban
freshwater
Number of Species: 25
All Reported: yes
Checklist:
Canada Goose - 35
Mute Swan - 4
Mallard - 55
Northern Shoveler - 9
Hooded Merganser - 4
Ruddy Duck - 15
Cooper's Hawk - 2
Red-tailed Hawk - 2
Peregrine Falcon - 1 (on BBG tower)
American Coot - 5
Ring-billed Gull - 60
Herring Gull - 10
Great Black-backed Gull - 2
Mourning Dove - 12
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 2
Downy Woodpecker - 4
Blue Jay - 1
Black-capped Chickadee - 2
Tufted Titmouse - 1
White-breasted Nuthatch - 1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 1
American Robin - 4
Red-winged Blackbird - 4
Common Grackle - 1
House Finch - 19
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From Eni Falci:
Locality: 11217, Brooklyn, Kings County, NY
Observation Date: FEB 17, 2012
Email: evenvin@xxxxx
Start Time: 1:00 PM
Snow Depth: No snow was present
Total Birding Time: 2 hours
Location Type: City or County Park
Party Size: 1
Skill: good
Weather: excellent
Habitat(s):
deciduous woods
freshwater
Number of species: 17
All Reported: yes
Species Count
Canada Goose (pools) 1
Mallard (vale & pool includ. island) 24
Red-tailed Hawk (vale) 1
Mourning Dove 3
Red-bellied Woodpecker 2
Downy Woodpecker 3
Blue Jay 3
Black-capped Chickadee 3
Tufted Titmouse 2
White-breasted Nuthatch 1
Winter Wren (Binnen hole in bank) 1
Song Sparrow 2
White-throated Sparrow (Nethermead bridge area & vale) 15
Dark-eyed Junco (midwood w/cardinals ) 1
Northern Cardinal (2 groups Midwood & Vale) 16
House Sparrow 3
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Message from GBBC email to me
Dear GBBC participants,
Today marks the first day of the 15th annual Great Backyard Bird Count! Will we break a new record this year? With your help, it just might happen!
As of 3:00 PM Friday we have:
Checklists: 2,537
Species: 354
Birds: 172,637
Our northernmost submission in the GBBC so far is from Arctic Bay, Nunavut!
As a reminder, everything you need to count can be found at http://cornell.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=b35ddb671faf4a16c0ce32406&id=3a3699ce0d&e=2ac50206e4 and you can count each day through Monday, February 20. Each participant is eligible for great prizes in drawings that take place after all the data are entered.
