Sunday, December 20, 2020

Prospect Park Christmas count tally breakdown

Attached are the totals for the bird species seen on PP CBC  🏞

cloudy part sunny cold

Prospect Lake was 96% frozen

Highlights or Target /Quality birds are in UPPER CASE CAPTION

54 species

SNOW GOOSE   juvenile west shore PP Lake

Canada Goose 311

Mute Swan 4

WOOD DUCK 1  Binnen Pool

Mallard 234

American Black Duck 10

Ruddy Duck 1

Rock Pigeon 72

Mourning Dove 48

American Coot 10

Ring billed Gull 536

Herring Gull 18

Great Black Backed Gull 1

Great Blue Heron 1

Coopers Hawk 1

Red-tailed Hawk 4

Red bellied Woodpecker 23

Yellow bellied Sapsucker 5

Downy Woodpecker 23

HAIRY WOODPECKER 1 Lookout Hill top (SAVE bird, only place reported)

Northern Flicker 3

Merlin 3

Peregrine Falcon 1 perched in tree above Well drive picnic tables

Blue Jay 91

American Crow 38

Black Capped Chickadee 64

Tufted Titmouse 38

White breasted Nuthatch 23

Brown Creeper 3

Winter Wren 7

Carolina Wren 6

Ruby Crowned Kinglet 3

Hermit Thrush 8

American Robin 1

Gray Catbird 5

Northern Mockingbird 6

European Starling 194 

House Sparrow 116

House Finch 10

American Goldfinch 9

RARE species 3 out of every 10  years

RED-SHOULDERED HAWK   flyover Wellhouse 

COMMON REDPOLL  1 at Breeze Hill feeders

OVENBIRD Vale Cashmere