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From: Rafael Guillermo Campos-Ramírez <ticornis@>
Date:01/22/2015 5:58 PM (GMT-05:00)
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Subject: Prospect Park, Brooklyn, Jan 22, 2015
Nice day for a walk in the Park. The large flock of Canada Geese is the big thing around the ballfields, one of them has a neck band (orange, with the Y3T4 code in white)(see photo attached). A lonely Merlin was spotted perched near the Lower Pool. The lake was semi frozen, and mostly Ring-billed Gulls, and the regular waterfowl. The feeder did not have any sps worth mentioning, the same folks feeding there.
On my way back, a large dark bird flew over the Nethermead, first I though it was a Hawk, but it landed on a tall tree in the Ravine, and started to vocalize: 1 Common Raven (my first for the Park). I took some pictures (see them below) to probe its presence in the park. The sighting was ±12:25 pm.
Prospect Park, Brooklyn, Kings, US-NY
Jan 22, 2015 10:30 AM - 1:00 PM
Observer: Rafael G Campos R
Protocol: Traveling
2.0 kilometer(s)
33 species
Canada Goose (Branta canadensis) 67 Large flock at the ballfields, 1 of them with a orange neck band, letters in white (Y3T4) and a metal leg band. At least 2 other geese, have leg metal bands. Photos.
Mute Swan (Cygnus olor) 10
Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) 5
Northern Shoveler (Anas clypeata) X
Ruddy Duck (Oxyura jamaicensis) 3
Cooper's Hawk (Accipiter cooperii) 1
Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) 2
American Coot (Fulica americana) 34
Ring-billed Gull (Larus delawarensis) X
Herring Gull (American) (Larus argentatus smithsonianus) 4
Great Black-backed Gull (Larus marinus) 3
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) (Columba livia (Feral Pigeon)) 4
Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) 16
Red-bellied Woodpecker (Melanerpes carolinus) 1
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (Sphyrapicus varius) 1
Downy Woodpecker (Picoides pubescens) 4
Hairy Woodpecker (Picoides villosus) 1
Merlin (Falco columbarius) 1
Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) 1
American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) 1
Common Raven (Corvus corax) 1 A single bird flew over the Nethermead, and landed on a tree at the Ravine, were I heard it calling. It vocalized several minutes, before it left in direction NW. Photos taken
Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus) 4
Tufted Titmouse (Baeolophus bicolor) 1
White-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta carolinensis) 3
American Robin (Turdus migratorius) 4
European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris) 40
Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia) 1
White-throated Sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis) 8
Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) 4
Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus) 2
House Finch (Haemorhous mexicanus) 6
American Goldfinch (Spinus tristis) 1
House Sparrow (Passer domesticus) 3
Protocol: Traveling
2.0 kilometer(s)
33 species
Canada Goose (Branta canadensis) 67 Large flock at the ballfields, 1 of them with a orange neck band, letters in white (Y3T4) and a metal leg band. At least 2 other geese, have leg metal bands. Photos.
Mute Swan (Cygnus olor) 10
Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) 5
Northern Shoveler (Anas clypeata) X
Ruddy Duck (Oxyura jamaicensis) 3
Cooper's Hawk (Accipiter cooperii) 1
Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) 2
American Coot (Fulica americana) 34
Ring-billed Gull (Larus delawarensis) X
Herring Gull (American) (Larus argentatus smithsonianus) 4
Great Black-backed Gull (Larus marinus) 3
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) (Columba livia (Feral Pigeon)) 4
Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) 16
Red-bellied Woodpecker (Melanerpes carolinus) 1
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (Sphyrapicus varius) 1
Downy Woodpecker (Picoides pubescens) 4
Hairy Woodpecker (Picoides villosus) 1
Merlin (Falco columbarius) 1
Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) 1
American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) 1
Common Raven (Corvus corax) 1 A single bird flew over the Nethermead, and landed on a tree at the Ravine, were I heard it calling. It vocalized several minutes, before it left in direction NW. Photos taken
Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus) 4
Tufted Titmouse (Baeolophus bicolor) 1
White-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta carolinensis) 3
American Robin (Turdus migratorius) 4
European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris) 40
Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia) 1
White-throated Sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis) 8
Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) 4
Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus) 2
House Finch (Haemorhous mexicanus) 6
American Goldfinch (Spinus tristis) 1
House Sparrow (Passer domesticus) 3
Photos: (L-R) Merlin; the banded Canada Goose; Common Raven
