Prospect Park 3/30 Walk

site = Prospect Park
date = 3/30/08
observers = Mary Eyster and BBC Bird Walk
Pied-billed Grebe (about 5, Lake)
Great Egret (Lullwater)
Canada Goose
Mute Swan
Wood Duck (drake and hen, Pools)
American Black Duck (Boathouse Pool)
Mallard
Northern Shoveler (still a few, Lake)
Northern Pintail (Pair, southwestern edge of Lake)
Ring-necked Duck (8 in Pools, 6 on Lake)
Bufflehead (Upper Pool)
Ruddy Duck (Many, some in breeding plumage, Lake)
Red-shouldered Hawk (1, soaring over Long Meadow)
Red-tailed Hawk (many sightings)
American Coot (Lake)
Ring-billed Gull
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Belted Kingfisher (Boathouse Pool)
Red-bellied Woodpecker (Many calling)
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (3, one pair Lullwater edge)
Downy Woodpecker (many)
Hairy Woodpecker (1, Midwood)
Northern Flicker (Many throughout)
Eastern Phoebe (Abundant throughout)
Blue Jay
Black-capped Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
White-breasted Nuthatch (several)
Brown Creeper (several)
Carolina Wren
Golden-crowned Kinglet (abundant)
Hermit Thrush (Lamppost 249)
American Robin
European Starling
Cedar Waxwing
Pine Warbler (Edge of Lullwater, edge of Lower Pool)
Fox Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Northern Cardinal
Red-winged Blackbird
Common Grackle
American Goldfinch
House Sparrow

Jamaica Bay Field trip 3/16

site = Jamaica Bay
date = 3/16/08
Leader: P.Dorosh

Common Loon
Horned Grebe
Great Cormorant
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Snow Goose (200+ West Pond)
Canada Goose
Brant
Mute Swan
Gadwall
American Black Duck
Mallard
Northern Shoveler (West Pond)
Northern Pintail (West Pond)
Green-winged Teal (West Pond)
Canvasback (2 East Pond)
Redhead (Baisley Pond)
Ring-necked Duck (16 at Baisley Pond off Rockaway Blvd)
Greater Scaup (easily 50,000; 30,000 West Pond)
Lesser Scaup (in good numbers West Pond)
Long-tailed Duck
Bufflehead
Common Goldeneye
Hooded Merganser
Red-breasted Merganser
Ruddy Duck
Osprey (on nesting platform; Bench 4)
Peregrine Falcon (perched in tree;West Pond)
American Coot
American Oystercatcher
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Belted Kingfisher
Tree Swallow (~8)
Carolina Wren
American Robin
Gray Catbird
Northern Mockingbird
Brown Thrasher
European Starling
American Tree Sparrow (West Pond path bench 7)
Song Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Northern Cardinal
Red-winged Blackbird
Common Grackle
American Goldfinch
House Sparrow