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From: ticornis@yahoo.com
To: Peter Dorosh
Sent: Mon, Mar 23, 2015 2:09 pm
Subject: Prospect Park, Brooklyn, Mar 23, 2015
Late walk, cold, but the lake had more open water than my last visit. Upper & lower pools still frozen, and so the Lullwater.
Two Phoebes made my day when I saw them near the Lilly Pond.
A lonely Merlin was seen perched que fenced Ballfields.
Prospect Park, Brooklyn, Kings, US-NY
Mar 23, 2015 10:30 AM - 1:30 PM
Protocol: Traveling
2.5 kilometer(s)
37 species
Canada Goose (Branta canadensis) X
Mute Swan (Cygnus olor) 7
American Black Duck (Anas rubripes) 4
Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) X
Northern Shoveler (Anas clypeata) 5
Ring-necked Duck (Aythya collaris) 7
Common Merganser (North American) (Mergus merganser americanus) 3
Ruddy Duck (Oxyura jamaicensis) 14
Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) 1
Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) 3
American Coot (Fulica americana) 7
Ring-billed Gull (Larus delawarensis) X
Herring Gull (American) (Larus argentatus smithsonianus) X
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) (Columba livia (Feral Pigeon)) 23
Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) 16
Red-bellied Woodpecker (Melanerpes carolinus) 2
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (Sphyrapicus varius) 1
Downy Woodpecker (Picoides pubescens) 2
Hairy Woodpecker (Picoides villosus) 2
Merlin (Falco columbarius) 1
Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) 2
Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) 4
Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus) 5
Tufted Titmouse (Baeolophus bicolor) 2
White-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta carolinensis) 2
American Robin (Turdus migratorius) 48
European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris) X
Fox Sparrow (Red) (Passerella iliaca iliaca/zaboria) 3
Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia) 31
White-throated Sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis) 8
Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored) (Junco hyemalis hyemalis/carolinensis) 2
Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) 14
Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus) 5
Common Grackle (Quiscalus quiscula) 6
House Finch (Haemorhous mexicanus) 2
American Goldfinch (Spinus tristis) 2
House Sparrow (Passer domesticus) 9
Brooklyn is great birding!!!
