Wednesday, April 16, 2014

brief notes

from Klemens this morn


House Wren singing at switchback trail lookout

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Adam:

Wow - cold out there this morn! Some warblers & gnatcatchers along the Lullwater w 2 Rough-wings. Otherwise not much of huge interest.
A
---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: <do-not-reply@ebird.org> Date: Wed, Apr 16, 2014 at 9:09 AM Subject: eBird Report - Prospect Park, Apr 16, 2014 To: adamwelz@ Prospect Park, Kings, US-NY Apr 16, 2014 7:05 AM - 8:50 AM Protocol: Traveling 3.0 kilometer(s) Comments:     Cold, windy, clear sky. 1/2 inch frozen snow on ground. Parkside to Lullwater to Lookout to Peninsula then round southern shore of Lake. 36 species Canada Goose (Branta canadensis)  X Mute Swan (Cygnus olor)  X Wood Duck (Aix sponsa)  6     All males. Together at Duck Island. American Black Duck (Anas rubripes)  2 Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)  X Ruddy Duck (Oxyura jamaicensis)  67     in tight group southern Lake Double-crested Cormorant (Phalacrocorax auritus)  3 Great Egret (Ardea alba)  2     Duck Is. Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis)  1 American Coot (Fulica americana)  14     10 near Ruddy Duck group along southern shore of Lake, another 4 in western Lake w Mallard. Herring Gull (Larus argentatus)  5 Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) (Columba livia (Domestic type))  X Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura)  8 Red-bellied Woodpecker (Melanerpes carolinus)  1 Downy Woodpecker (Picoides pubescens)  4 Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata)  5 Northern Rough-winged Swallow (Stelgidopteryx serripennis)  2 Tree Swallow (Tachycineta bicolor)  2 Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica)  6 Tufted Titmouse (Baeolophus bicolor)  2 Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus)  2 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (Polioptila caerulea)  5 American Robin (Turdus migratorius)  X Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos)  1 European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)  X Palm Warbler (Setophaga palmarum)  2 Pine Warbler (Setophaga pinus)  3 Yellow-rumped Warbler (Setophaga coronata)  6 Eastern Towhee (Pipilo erythrophthalmus)  1 Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia)  X White-throated Sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis)  X Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis)  7 Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus)  X Common Grackle (Quiscalus quiscula)  X House Finch (Haemorhous mexicanus)  1 House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)  X View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S17915605 This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org)