Leading :Peter Dorosh
During my theme trip Brooklyn Bird Club walk starting from Marine Park's Salt Marsh Nature Center , walking most of the way down Flatbush Ave to Four Sparrow Marsh Preserve and last Floyd Bennett Field, we encountered our first sign of spring with EASTERN PHOEBE in Four Sparrow Marsh , in this weed lot that is slated for future development if not opposed. Whimsically, the Phoebe first alighted on a discarded push cart , then unto a nearby shopping cart handle in the trash strewn field. Prior that,a TURKEY VULTURE passed over very low with good visibility of the red head very near us without need for binoculars.
Though our count was quite low on this gusty day which impacted bird activity , nevertheless, the report of 10 species duck and an exceptional sighting for our last bird species before calling it a day , a soaring COMMON RAVEN in a standstill position over Floyd Bennett's cricket field adjacent to Aviator Sports, at precisely 3:15 pm. The large corvid soared low enough , undeterred by the strong winds, over the cricket field which earlier had 33 HORNED LARKS and 2 KILLDEER..For fickle , unpredictable March, a really terrific wind burned day for us.
Peter
BBC
Location: Marine Park (Gerritsen Creek area)
Observation date: 3/13/11
Number of species: 24
Brant X
Canada Goose X
American Wigeon 6
American Black Duck X
Mallard X
Northern Shoveler X
Green-winged Teal (American) 3
Lesser Scaup 2
Bufflehead X
Hooded Merganser 2
Ruddy Duck 60
Pied-billed Grebe 2
Great Blue Heron 4
Ring-billed Gull X
Herring Gull (American) X
Great Black-backed Gull 2
Rock Pigeon X
Mourning Dove X
Monk Parakeet 2
European Starling X
Song Sparrow X
Red-winged Blackbird X
House Finch X
House Sparrow X
Location: Four Sparrow Marsh
Observation date: 3/13/11
Number of species: 3
Brant X
Turkey Vulture 1
Accipiter sp. 1
Eastern Phoebe 1
Location: Floyd Bennett Field
Observation date: 3/13/11
Number of species: 25
Brant X
Canada Goose X
Mute Swan X
Gadwall 15
American Wigeon 12
American Black Duck X
Mallard X
Greater/Lesser Scaup X
Bufflehead X
Red-breasted Merganser 90
Horned Grebe 1
Double-crested Cormorant 1
Great Cormorant 4
Great Blue Heron 1
Red-tailed Hawk 1
American Kestrel 1
Killdeer 2
Ring-billed Gull X
Herring Gull X
Common Raven 1
Horned Lark 33
American Robin X
European Starling X
Song Sparrow X
Northern Cardinal X
Red-winged Blackbird 45
White-throated Sparrow
Black-capped Chickadee
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