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From: Rafael Guillermo Campos-Ramírez
Date: 2/28/2014 4:54 PM
To: Peter Dorosh;
Subject: Prospect Park, Brooklyn, Feb 28, 2014
Prospect Park, Brooklyn, Kings, US-NY
Feb 28, 2014 9:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Feb 28, 2014 9:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Observer: Rafael G Campos R
Protocol: Traveling
2.0 kilometer(s)
Comments: The big news was a small flock of Rusty Blackbirds (6) near the Nethermead Arches.
29 species
Canada Goose (Branta canadensis) X
Mute Swan (Cygnus olor) 5
American Black Duck (Anas rubripes) 2
Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) X
Northern Shoveler (Anas clypeata) X
Red-breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator) 2
Ruddy Duck (Oxyura jamaicensis) 4
American Coot (Fulica americana) X
Ring-billed Gull (Larus delawarensis) X
Herring Gull (American) (Larus argentatus smithsonianus) X
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) (Columba livia (Domestic type)) X
Red-bellied Woodpecker (Melanerpes carolinus) 3
Downy Woodpecker (Picoides pubescens) 2
Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) 4
Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) 1
American Robin (Turdus migratorius) 5
European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris) X
Eastern Towhee (Pipilo erythrophthalmus) 1
American Tree Sparrow (Spizella arborea) 2 feeders -Breezy Hill-
Fox Sparrow (Red) (Passerella iliaca iliaca/zaboria) 2 feeders -Breezy Hill-
Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia) 2
White-throated Sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis) X
Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored) (Junco hyemalis hyemalis/carolinensis) 3
Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) 2
Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus) 20
Rusty Blackbird (Euphagus carolinus) 6 six individuals, some of them vocalizing, and some forraging on the ground, near the Nethermead Arches
House Finch (Haemorhous mexicanus) 2
American Goldfinch (Spinus tristis) 2
House Sparrow (Passer domesticus) X
Brooklyn is great birding!!!