interlude between heavy rain periods.
site = Prospect Park
date = 3/8/08
observers = Peter Dorosh
Pied-billed Grebe (lake)
Canada Goose (~90 Parade Grounds)
Brant (109 feeding on Parade Grounds)
American Black Duck (2 lake)
Mallard (many)
Northern Shoveler (~25 west side Lake)
Common Merganser (drake perched on 3 sister islands)
Ruddy Duck (~20 Lake)
American Coot (Lake)
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Rock Pigeon
While working Breeze Hill, I saw an immature Northern Goshawk fly out of the Lullwater, over and down Breeze Hill south slope, and towards the Peninsula. Scott Whittle was nearby and re found the large raptor at the Peninsula. Time was 10:55 am. It is probably the same bird seen in early winter.
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An adult male Baltimore Oriole, presumably the same bird first
reported in December, was seen again, this time back in its original
location in the Brooklyn Botanic Garden. Most recent reports have
been from the Prospect Park Zoo and points southward, Flatbush Avenue
notwithstanding.
A few hints of spring were evident, with increasing numbers of
Robins, Red-winged Blackbirds and Grackles on the move and the first
big flocks of Cedar Waxwings I’ve seen since winter began, as well as
flyover Turkey Vultures and Wood Ducks.
site = Prospect Park
date = 3/4/08
observers = Alex Wilson
Pied-billed Grebe
Great Blue Heron
Turkey Vulture (2, flyover, Lake . )
Canada Goose
Brant (62 briefly on Lake . )
Wood Duck (4, flyover, Nethermead Arches . )
American Black Duck
Mallard
Northern Shoveler
Northern Pintail (Hen, west Lake shore . )
Ring-necked Duck (6, Upper Pool; 1, Lake . )
Bufflehead
Ruddy Duck
Red-tailed Hawk
Peregrine Falcon (2 on signal tower at east corner of park/BBG . )
American Coot
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Blue Jay
American Crow
Black-capped Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
Red-breasted Nuthatch (Breeze Hill; Pines near Bartel-Pritchard
entrance . )
White-breasted Nuthatch
Brown Creeper
Carolina Wren
American Robin (Fair numbers . )
Gray Catbird (Upper Pool . )
Northern Mockingbird
European Starling
Cedar Waxwing (Flocks of 100+ at Nethermead Arches and Botanic
Garden . )
Fox Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Northern Cardinal
Red-winged Blackbird (A few flocks . )
Common Grackle
Baltimore Oriole (Adult male, Brooklyn Botanic Garden . )
American Goldfinch
House Sparrow
Site = Prospect Park date = 3/4/08 observers = Orrin Tilevitz Pied-billed Grebe (3, lake) Great Blue Heron (1, 3 Sisters Island) Canada Goose Mute Swan (4, lake) American Black Duck Mallard Northern Shoveler Ring-necked Duck (1 drake, behind West Island) Ruddy Duck Red-tailed Hawk (1, east side of lake) American Coot Ring-billed Gull Great Black-backed Gull Rock Pigeon Mourning Dove Red-bellied Woodpecker Downy Woodpecker Blue Jay Black-capped Chickadee Tufted Titmouse White-breasted Nuthatch Carolina Wren American Robin Cedar Waxwing (1 flock, BBG rock garden) Song Sparrow (many singing) White-throated Sparrow Dark-eyed Junco (1, West Island cove) Northern Cardinal Red-winged Blackbird Common Grackle House Sparrow