Saturday, January 25, 2014

Fwd: Fwd: eBird Report - Prospect Park, Jan 25, 2014


-----Original Message-----
From: adamwelz@
To: Peter Dorosh
Sent: Sat, Jan 25, 2014 12:34 pm
Subject: Fwd: eBird Report - Prospect Park, Jan 25, 2014


Quick walk around the very pleasant, snowy park today more for exercise than anything else, the only remarkable birds being the 2 male Common Mergansers on the Lake.

Cheers!

Adam

Prospect Park, Kings, US-NY
Jan 25, 2014 12:30 PM - 1:20 PM
Protocol: Traveling
2.0 kilometer(s)
Comments:     Feeders to Lake & Lullwater
26 species (+1 other taxa)

Canada Goose (Branta canadensis)  X
Mute Swan (Cygnus olor)  X
Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)  X
American Black Duck x Mallard (hybrid) (Anas rubripes x platyrhynchos)  X
Northern Shoveler (Anas clypeata)  X     about 100?
Common Merganser (Mergus merganser)  2     on Prospect Lake, as reported previously by others
Ruddy Duck (Oxyura jamaicensis)  4
Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis)  1     at feeders
American Coot (Fulica americana)  X     many, Lake
Ring-billed Gull (Larus delawarensis)  X     hundreds, Lake
Herring Gull (Larus argentatus)  X     tens, Lake
Great Black-backed Gull (Larus marinus)  1
Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura)  1
Red-bellied Woodpecker (Melanerpes carolinus)  1
Downy Woodpecker (Picoides pubescens)  1
Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata)  1
Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus)  1
American Robin (Turdus migratorius)  20
Fox Sparrow (Passerella iliaca)  1     feeders
Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia)  3
White-throated Sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis)  X     dozens
Dark-eyed Junco (Junco hyemalis)  X
Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis)  6
Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus)  1
House Finch (Haemorhous mexicanus)  X     many at feeders
American Goldfinch (Spinus tristis)  1     feeders
House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)  X

View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S16507163

This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org)