Friday, February 13, 2015

GBBC begins 1st day

The Great Backyard Bird Count begins under very cold conditions. Heres the starting lists for Prospect early this morning + 1 PM, as many we please to list ( if any is brave to venture out)

3 lists . Most notable Common Mergansers, Purple Finch, Common Grackle

ebird-checklist@cornell.edu <ebird-checklist@cornell.edu>Fri, Feb 13, 2015 at 10:51 AM
To: prosbird@
Prospect Park--Prospect Lake, Kings, US-NY
Feb 13, 2015 9:30 AM - 10:00 AM
Protocol: Stationary
Comments:     very cold 10 degrees
11 species (+1 other taxa)

Canada Goose  217
Mute Swan  11
American Black Duck  3
Mallard  167
American Black Duck x Mallard (hybrid)  2
Northern Shoveler  58
Common Merganser  3 (rare)
Ruddy Duck  5
American Coot  38
Ring-billed Gull  250
Herring Gull  1
American Robin  13

View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S21795671

This report was generated automatically by the Great Backyard Bird Count (http://gbbc.birdcount.org)  

Prospect Park--Feeders, Kings, US-NY
Feb 13, 2015 9:00 AM - 9:10 AM
Protocol: Stationary
Comments:     very cold 9 degrees
15 species

Mourning Dove  1
Blue Jay  1
Black-capped Chickadee  2
Tufted Titmouse  2
Fox Sparrow (Red)  1
Song Sparrow  2
White-throated Sparrow  13
Dark-eyed Junco  2
Northern Cardinal  1
Red-winged Blackbird  17
Brown-headed Cowbird  1
House Finch  2
Purple Finch  2   females (rare for date)
American Goldfinch  8
House Sparrow  24

View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S21795540

This report was generated automatically by the Great Backyard Bird Count (http://gbbc.birdcount.org)

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ebird-checklist@cornell.edu

3:06 PM (1 minute ago)
to me
Prospect Park--Feeders, Kings, US-NY
Feb 13, 2015 1:05 PM - 1:20 PM
Protocol: Stationary
15 species

Mourning Dove  1
Downy Woodpecker  2
Blue Jay  3
Black-capped Chickadee  3
American Robin  1
Fox Sparrow (Red)  4
Song Sparrow  1
White-throated Sparrow  24
Dark-eyed Junco  1
Northern Cardinal  7
Red-winged Blackbird  9
Common Grackle  2
House Finch  2
American Goldfinch  7
House Sparrow  23

View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S21801863

This report was generated automatically by the Great Backyard Bird Count (http://gbbc.birdcount.org)