https://ebird.org/hotspot/L109516/bird-list?yr=curM
A good day all around in prospect park with nice stuff reported. A bit on the chilly side that didn't deter birds or birders.
Most noted was a Boat tailed Grackle seen by Sean S. ,birding maestro ,who spotted the bird at West shoreline of Prospect Lake before it took off towards the Peninsula. It's a rarity here likely overlooked for the Common.
Then there was the eagle. A super sight when it's perched , that's the case when one perched at the Hammerhead of southwest Prospect Lake.
An uncommon bird here is Blue winged Teal. We don't get this bird alot except during the migration periods.Today one drake was seen at Upper Pool
Lily Pond revealed itself as a great spot for water loving mud birds. 2 Louisiana Waterthrushes along with a few Rusty Blackbirds makes that possible.
4 Osprey hunting over prospect lake means this species is really coming through while Cedar Waxwings by West Island; Red breasted Nuthatches on the Peninsula where the first Black and White Warbler for the season was also seen. There's also red breasted and hooded mergansers to look for on the lake.
Even WRENS today put on a show: all three species showed up: Carolina, house and winter ( and I love wrens!)
Check the link above for more sightings I'm sure quality abounds.
And from Humming-Bird to Eagle, the daily existence of every bird is a remote and bewitching mystery.
~Thomas Wentworth Higginson, "The Life of Birds," Out-door Papers, 1868
And from Humming-Bird to Eagle, the daily existence of every bird is a remote and bewitching mystery.
~Thomas Wentworth Higginson, "The Life of Birds," Out-door Papers, 1868