Prospect Park is one terrific site to celebrate the beauty of birds on the first day. New Years Day saw the likes of good birds, beginning with the very active feeders , seeing 6 PINE SISKIN, picking up from the previous day, COMMON REDPOLL, PINE SISKIN ,WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILL ( Rose Garden west slope, also Ricks Place) and a terrific, astounding record for its numbers seen, AMERICAN PIPIT , 36 reported in both the ballfields and Tennis House (Rob Jett) ; later, 22 seen on the Nethermead and surrounding open fields. This is a great start to 2013 ! What better location to start than Prospect Park for firsts dibs to a new year of birding.
From KeirRandall:
Prospect Park, Kings, US-NY
Jan 1, 2013 1:20 PM - 4:04 PM
Protocol: Traveling
2.0 mile(s)
Comments: <br />Submitted from BirdLog NA for iOS, version 1.5.1
44 species
Mute Swan 9
American Black Duck 1
Mallard 34
Northern Shoveler 62
Bufflehead 1
Hooded Merganser 5
Ruddy Duck 17
Pied-billed Grebe 2
Double-crested Cormorant 1
Cooper's Hawk 1
American Coot 8
Ring-billed Gull 180
Herring Gull 12
Mourning Dove 5
Belted Kingfisher 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1
Downy Woodpecker 4
Hairy Woodpecker 1
Merlin 1
Blue Jay 4
Black-capped Chickadee 12
Tufted Titmouse 9
Red-breasted Nuthatch 1
White-breasted Nuthatch 2
Winter Wren 1
Carolina Wren 1
American Robin 2
European Starling 12
American Pipit 22 On Nethermead ranging from baseball fields to the sparrowbowl. Probably more, Photos.
American Tree Sparrow 3 Peninsula meadow
Fox Sparrow 2
Song Sparrow 1
Swamp Sparrow 1
White-throated Sparrow 26
Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored) 2
Northern Cardinal 9
Red-winged Blackbird 11
Brown-headed Cowbird 1
House Finch 13
White-winged Crossbill 8 4pm. Feeding in sweetgum on slope between south end of Rose Garden and BBC plantings by Nellies Lawn. Photos.
Pine Siskin 6 Together at feeders
American Goldfinch 6
House Sparrow 27
From Rafael:
Prospect Park, Brooklyn, Kings, US-NY
Jan 1, 2013 9:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Protocol: Traveling
Observer: Rafael G Campos R.
3.0 mile(s)
Comments: My first walk in Prospect Park for the year 2013. The best bird sps was a small flock of Common Redpolls feeding on a gum tree, near the Quaker Cemetery. Also in the same tree were Pine Siskins, American Goldfinches, & Black-capped Chickadees. And the big surprise, no starlings at all.
35 species
Canada Goose (Branta canadensis) X
Mute Swan (Cygnus olor) X
Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) X
Northern Shoveler (Anas clypeata) X
Bufflehead (Bucephala albeola) 6
Hooded Merganser (Lophodytes cucullatus) 10
Red-breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator) 1
Ruddy Duck (Oxyura jamaicensis) X
American Coot (Fulica americana) 4
Ring-billed Gull (Larus delawarensis) X
Herring Gull (American) (Larus argentatus smithsonianus) X
Great Black-backed Gull (Larus marinus) 2
Rock Pigeon (Columba livia) X
Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) X
Red-bellied Woodpecker (Melanerpes carolinus) 2
Downy Woodpecker (Picoides pubescens) 3
Hairy Woodpecker (Picoides villosus) 2
Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) X
Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus) X
Tufted Titmouse (Baeolophus bicolor) X
White-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta carolinensis) 3
Winter Wren (Troglodytes hiemalis) 1
Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) 2 Heard only, by the Music Pagoda, and another by the Quaker Cemetery.
American Robin (Turdus migratorius) 1
Fox Sparrow (Red) (Passerella iliaca iliaca/zaboria) 2
Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia) 1
White-throated Sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis) X
Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored) (Junco hyemalis hyemalis/carolinensis) X
Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) X
Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus) 5
House Finch (Haemorhous mexicanus) X
Common Redpoll (Acanthis flammea) 6 A small flock of about 6, feeding on a gum tree.
Pine Siskin (Spinus pinus) 6 Two seen at the Breezy Hill feeders, the rest at the gum tree with the redpolls.
American Goldfinch (Spinus tristis) X
House Sparrow (Passer domesticus) X
Brooklyn is great birding!!!!!
Happy New Year!!!
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