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From: Roberta Manian <>
Date: Tuesday, October 11, 2022
Subject: Fwd: eBird Report - Prospect Park, Oct 11, 2022
To: Peter Dorosh <prosbird@gmail.com>,
Hi Peter,
today's walk began w/ a dumped-duck rescue. Phil Hore noticed 3 baby domestic ducks clearly in distress, peeping incessantly on the path in by Vanderbilt Playground. Dennis and Terri went in search of a cardboard box to put them in, and i called Marty who said she'd be right there. While we waited i fed them my breakfast sandwich to keep them from wandering away. passers by were incredibly respectful, especially the dog walkers. Dennis returned first w/ a box and we scooped up the poor babies and had them waiting for Marty when she arrived. hopefully they find a good home!
on to birds! we saw the Lark Sparrow by the ballfields. Dan found us a YB cuckoo by Fallkill falls and we scared some poor women who was just minding her own business on a bend as we crowded around her. Oops... many Common Nighthawks still flying in the daylight. i guess it's a thing this time of year.
we had a visitor from Scotland today for whom most of the birds were lifers, and that's always rewarding.
thanks to Kathy Willens for keeping todays list!
b.
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Date: Tue, Oct 11, 2022 at 6:17 PM
Subject: eBird Report - Prospect Park, Oct 11, 2022
To: <roberta.manian@gmail.com>
Prospect Park, Kings, New York, US
Oct 11, 2022 7:34 AM - 1:28 PM
Protocol: Traveling
4.834 mile(s)
Checklist Comments: Almost all birds seen with Brooklyn Bird Club Fall Migration walk led by Roberta (Bobbi) Manian.
63 species
Canada Goose 1
Mute Swan 2
Wood Duck 11
Northern Shoveler 4
Mallard 13
Ruddy Duck 12
Pied-billed Grebe 2 Two individuals swimming together in Prospect Lake, seen clearly from Peninsula tip's 'Pearl Point' rustic shelter.
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 10
Mourning Dove 5
Yellow-billed Cuckoo 1 Found by Dan Smith. High up in a tree northeast of Fallkill Falls. Yellow bill clearly visible but briefly. Brown back, white belly, long tail.
Common Nighthawk 11 Flagged for high count and late season sightings. Boomerang-shaped bird, with vertical white wing patches, much bigger than chimney swifts in vicinity. Eight seen flying over West Drive at Wellhouse Drive by prospect Lake. Three seen flying over Center Drive at Three Arches Bridge earlier in walk.
Chimney Swift 1
American Coot 1 Continuing on SW side of Prospect Lake.
Herring Gull 1
Great Blue Heron 2
Turkey Vulture 1 Flyover, soaring, bird had gray trailing edge of flight feathers, not just on fingers.
Osprey 1
Cooper's Hawk 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
Downy Woodpecker 6
Hairy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 3
American Kestrel 1
Eastern Wood-Pewee 2 Flagged for being late. Long wing projection, looking around, buffy eye arc, incomplete. Small, slightly dusky vest.
Eastern Phoebe 2
Blue Jay 6
American Crow 13
Tufted Titmouse 1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 9
Golden-crowned Kinglet 2
Red-breasted Nuthatch 1
White-breasted Nuthatch 5
Brown Creeper 6
House Wren 1
Carolina Wren 2
European Starling 12
Gray Catbird 3
Eastern Bluebird 1 Female bluebird possibly flagged for early and infrequent appearance in park. On a fence post at western edge of ballfields 2 or 3 (both are under construction).
Swainson's Thrush 1
Hermit Thrush 1
American Robin 4
House Sparrow 19
House Finch 1
Purple Finch 1 Notched tail, strong, dark brown streaking on breast and flanks, white eyebrow and white malar.
American Goldfinch 6
Chipping Sparrow 10
Lark Sparrow 1 Bold face pattern. Feeding at edge of ballfield 2 or 3. Larger sparrow, clean buffy & white breast, strong white eyebrow and moustache in malar area. Black eyeline from lores to back of head. Thick rufous median stripe. Slightly peaked head, white eye arcs and white throat. Found Tuesday by Carl Biers, maybe earlier by Linda Ewing?
Dark-eyed Junco 1
White-crowned Sparrow 1
White-throated Sparrow 13
Savannah Sparrow 4
Song Sparrow 5
Swamp Sparrow 4
Eastern Towhee 2
Common Yellowthroat 3
Northern Parula 3 Flagged for "high@ count at this late date?
Magnolia Warbler 3
Blackpoll Warbler 1
Black-throated Blue Warbler 3 1 male, two females
Palm Warbler 8
Yellow-rumped Warbler 7
Black-throated Green Warbler 1
Northern Cardinal 3
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S120513767
This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (https://ebird.org/home)
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