(My apologies for not tweeting or alerting my bird groupies due to my forgetting my cell phone this morning)
During my lunch hour, behind Field 6's home plate, in the fence below the 6 sign, a CLAY-COLORED SPARROW was seen, noted by its buffish breast and absence of eye lores. The bird was hanging with a CHIPPING SPARROW flock including 2 WHITE-CROWNEDS actively moving in that area , venturing over towards field 7 as well.
More details later, as my lunch hour is over........
Evening post:
With WEKI being a "One day wonder", the same term could be applied for the sparrow and hermit thrush numbers of yesterday, numbers dropping dramatically today. So many Hermit Thrushes yesterday, "where they go ?" today. Kinglet numbers went up , especially after work, where along the Upper Pool fence, several RUBY-CROWNEDs with a few GOLDEN CROWNEDs were near ground level, in the fences,and a few times I saw them chasing each other. Adam reported a good number of kinglets today in his report.
The Lake isn't in play yet despite a lone AMERICAN WIGEON drake and still small numbers of RUDDY DUCKS and NORTHERN SHOVELERS along with only 2 PIED-BILLED GREBES and AMERICAN COOTS.
A late report from Adam reports the season's first FOX SPARROW.
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From Keir Randall:
Oct 18th brief report hilights
Lincoln's Sparrow 1 Tennis House border with Long Meadow
Purple Finch 3 Long Meadow, wildflower meadow
Pine Siskin 1 Path from GAP to Rose Garden, flew to BBG
best
K
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Peter's report
Prospect Park, Kings, US-NY
Oct 18, 2012 12:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Protocol: Random
2.5 mile(s)
43 species (+1 other taxa)
Canada Goose 15
Mute Swan 7 Lake
Wood Duck 1 Upper Pool
American Wigeon 1 Lake drake
American Black Duck 8- 3 Upper Pool; 5 West Isl
Mallard X
Northern Shoveler 9 Lake /Lullwater (4)
Ruddy Duck 9 Lake
Pied-billed Grebe 2 Lake
Great Blue Heron 1 Upper Pool
Sharp-shinned/Cooper's Hawk 1
Red-tailed Hawk 1 Ballfields
American Coot 3
Ring-billed Gull X
Herring Gull X
Rock Pigeon X
Mourning Dove X
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
Downy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 6
Merlin 1
Eastern Phoebe 1 Peninsula Mead
Blue Jay 4
Black-capped Chickadee 1 Binnen Pool
Tufted Titmouse 2 Binnen Run
Winter Wren 1 Breeze Hill
Golden-crowned Kinglet 5- 3 Upper Pool, 2 Breeze Hill
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 8--5 Upper Pool, 3 Breeze Hill
Hermit Thrush 2
American Robin 12 above Boathouse, feeding Hawthorne berrries
Gray Catbird 2 Binnen run
European Starling X
Common Yellowthroat 1 Breeze Hill
Blackpoll Warbler 1 Peninsula mead
Yellow-rumped Warbler 8 Peninsula mead
Chipping Sparrow 45 most at ballfield #6, 5 at Breeze Hill
Clay-colored Sparrow 1 Ballfield #6
Song Sparrow 20
Swamp Sparrow 4
White-throated Sparrow 40
White-crowned Sparrow 3--2 ballfield 6, 1 upper pool wildlfower mead
Dark-eyed Junco 10, mostly breeze hill
American Goldfinch 8 Lily Pool west mead
House Sparrow X
This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org)
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From Adam
Prospect Park, Kings, US-NY
Oct 18, 2012 10:20 AM - 1:20 PM
Protocol: Traveling
2.0 kilometer(s)
Comments: Breezy day, Surveyed Breeze Hill, Lookout,
Peninsula and nearby lakeshore, part with visiting birder from UK.
Poss Swainson's Thrush. Many common species not seen.
38 species (+1 other taxa)
Canada Goose (Branta canadensis) X
Mute Swan (Cygnus olor) X
American Black Duck (Anas rubripes) 2
Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) X
Ruddy Duck (Oxyura jamaicensis) X
Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) 2
Sharp-shinned/Cooper's Hawk (Accipiter striatus/cooperii) 1
Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) 1
Ring-billed Gull (Larus delawarensis) X
Rock Pigeon (Columba livia) X
Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) 8
Red-bellied Woodpecker (Melanerpes carolinus) 1
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (Sphyrapicus varius) 2
Downy Woodpecker (Picoides pubescens) 2
Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus) 1
Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) 3
Blue-headed Vireo (Vireo solitarius) 1
Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) X
Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus) X
Tufted Titmouse (Baeolophus bicolor) 4
Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) 2
Golden-crowned Kinglet (Regulus satrapa) 10
Ruby-crowned Kinglet (Regulus calendula) 15
Hermit Thrush (Catharus guttatus) 5
American Robin (Turdus migratorius) 5
Common Yellowthroat (Geothlypis trichas) 1
Black-throated Blue Warbler (Setophaga caerulescens) 1
Palm Warbler (Setophaga palmarum) 2
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Setophaga coronata) 12
Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina) 10
Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia) 5
Swamp Sparrow (Melospiza georgiana) 1
White-throated Sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis) 40
White-crowned Sparrow (Zonotrichia leucophrys) 1
Dark-eyed Junco (Junco hyemalis) 25
Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) X
Common Grackle (Quiscalus quiscula) X
American Goldfinch (Spinus tristis) 3
House Sparrow (Passer domesticus) X
late entry: FOX SPARROW
This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org)
