You can't get too much winter in the winter.
---Robert Frost
-----Original Message-----
From: Tina Alleva <tinamariealleva@gmail.com>
To: Peter Dorosh <ProsBird@aol.com>
Sent: Sat, Feb 16, 2019 03:37 PM
Subject: Great Backyard Bird Count Prospect Park
Hi Peter,
It was a beautiful day in Prospect Park to participate in the Great Backyard Bird Count. 9 people met Cyrus & I and we recorded 43 species between the morning and noon beginner walk. Red-tailed hawks were noticeably abundant and seemed to be everywhere we turned.
At the lake we caught sight of the Hooded and Red-breasted Mergansers, then 5 European Goldfinches next to the wellhouse container as well as a Hermit Thrush. In the Nethermead we got close looks at a perched Merlin, while yet another Red-tailed hawk kept watch from nearby.
On our second pass of the lake with the noon beginner group, we were able to pick up the elusive Ring-Necked ducks off 3 sisters, as well as a swamp sparrow. 5 Common Grackles were also enjoying the feeders the second time around.
The park today was full of bird song, surely a sign that spring is coming!
Prospect Park, Kings, New York, US
Feb 16, 2019 8:49 AM - 2:45 PM
Protocol: Traveling
3.0 mile(s)
Comments: Great Backyard Bird Count BBC walk. Lullwater, Feeders, Peninsula, Lake, Lookout, Nethermead & Ravine pools.
42 species (+1 other taxa)
Canada Goose 101
Mute Swan 2
Northern Shoveler 34
American Wigeon 1
Mallard 20
American Black Duck 3
Ring-necked Duck 3
Hooded Merganser 3
Red-breasted Merganser 4
Ruddy Duck 26
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 6
Mourning Dove 15
American Coot 8
Ring-billed Gull 37
Herring Gull 1
Great Black-backed Gull 1
Great Blue Heron 1
Red-tailed Hawk 5
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 3
Downy Woodpecker 3
Merlin 1 Nethermead
Blue Jay 20
crow sp. 8
Black-capped Chickadee 8
Tufted Titmouse 6
White-breasted Nuthatch 7
Carolina Wren 1
Hermit Thrush 1
American Robin 60
Northern Mockingbird 2
European Starling 24
European Goldfinch 5
American Goldfinch 1
Fox Sparrow 2
Dark-eyed Junco 1
White-throated Sparrow 8
Song Sparrow 4
Swamp Sparrow 1
Red-winged Blackbird 4
Common Grackle 5 Feeders
Northern Cardinal 8
House Sparrow 25
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S52779508
This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (https://ebird.org/home)
Feb 16, 2019 8:49 AM - 2:45 PM
Protocol: Traveling
3.0 mile(s)
Comments: Great Backyard Bird Count BBC walk. Lullwater, Feeders, Peninsula, Lake, Lookout, Nethermead & Ravine pools.
42 species (+1 other taxa)
Canada Goose 101
Mute Swan 2
Northern Shoveler 34
American Wigeon 1
Mallard 20
American Black Duck 3
Ring-necked Duck 3
Hooded Merganser 3
Red-breasted Merganser 4
Ruddy Duck 26
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 6
Mourning Dove 15
American Coot 8
Ring-billed Gull 37
Herring Gull 1
Great Black-backed Gull 1
Great Blue Heron 1
Red-tailed Hawk 5
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 3
Downy Woodpecker 3
Merlin 1 Nethermead
Blue Jay 20
crow sp. 8
Black-capped Chickadee 8
Tufted Titmouse 6
White-breasted Nuthatch 7
Carolina Wren 1
Hermit Thrush 1
American Robin 60
Northern Mockingbird 2
European Starling 24
European Goldfinch 5
American Goldfinch 1
Fox Sparrow 2
Dark-eyed Junco 1
White-throated Sparrow 8
Song Sparrow 4
Swamp Sparrow 1
Red-winged Blackbird 4
Common Grackle 5 Feeders
Northern Cardinal 8
House Sparrow 25
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S52779508
This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (https://ebird.org/home)
