From Rob Jett
Peter,
There wasn't anything unusual to report in Prospect Park this afternoon. While
speaking with a new birder named Ben near the Binnen Water a nice sized flock of
WWCRs flew into a tree above the water. They cautiously made their way down to
the edge of the stream to drink & bathe. Nearby a pair of Winter Wrens thought
it was Spring and sang from the edge of the water. December Winter finches and a
Spring serenade made for a very strange juxtaposition.
Good birding,
Rob
http://citybirder.blogspot.com
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Location: Prospect Park, Kings, US-NY
Date: Tuesday, December 11, 2012
Species: 44 species
Northern Shoveler (322, Prospect Lake.)
Ruddy Duck
Double-crested Cormorant (1.)
Red-tailed Hawk (1.)
American Coot
Belted Kingfisher (1.)
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (1.)
Merlin (1.)
Red-breasted Nuthatch (1.)
White-breasted Nuthatch (4.)
Winter Wren (3; 2 individuals were heard singing at stream near Nethermead
Arches!)
Carolina Wren (2.)
Eastern Bluebird (3, On grass at Peninsula Meadow.)
Chipping Sparrow (2, Peninsula Meadow with bluebirds.)
Fox Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow (1.)
White-throated Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Purple Finch (1, at Breeze Hill feeders.)
Red Crossbill (2, flew over Peninsula Meadow.)
White-winged Crossbill (25, coming down to bath at Binnen Water.)
Pine Siskin
Other common species seen (or heard):
Canada Goose, Mute Swan (9.), American Black Duck, Mallard, Ring-billed Gull,
Herring Gull, Rock Pigeon, Mourning Dove, Red-bellied Woodpecker, Downy
Woodpecker, Hairy Woodpecker (2.), Blue Jay, Black-capped Chickadee, Tufted
Titmouse, American Robin, European Starling, Song Sparrow, Northern Cardinal,
Red-winged Blackbird, House Finch, American Goldfinch, House Sparrow
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From Orrin
Dec 11th
BBGarden this morning. Search for crossbills was in vain. But I did see a brown thrasher, 2 red-tailed hawks circling overhead, and the same unusually large number of cardinals and titmice I've been seeing for at least the last month in Green-Wood. Also, one robin, a few chickadees, a few white-throated sparrows, and two mockingbirds.
