Monday, February 18, 2013

Prospect 2/18

From Ryan Bass

Hi Peter,

Hope you are enjoying the vacation in sunny Florida.

In Prospect Park today, I had a Turkey Vulture flyover the Prospect Lake in the morning. In the corner of Quaker Cemetery nearest the intersection of Center & West Drives, there were 2 Pine Siskin and 3 White-winged Crossbills (WWCR) feeding with various other birds on fallen sweet gum seeds. An accipiter flew overhead, disrupting the activity, but I relocated the WWCR in a sweet gum on the SE slope of Lookout Hill, best seen from the path that runs parallel to Wellhouse Dr.

Cheers,
Ryan