Monday, February 28, 2011

Winter Pines of our Local Area February 27th

A gorgeous day for a walk focusing on those trees that keep their green throughout winter. For the walk, a tour of Prospect and Greenwood's pine trees and other conifers and surrounding perimeters yields 40 species for a 5+ mile walk. And in between ,a stop at the Oak Leaf Tavern on Fort Hamilton Parkway made it a nice fulfilling respite before Greenwood Cemetery.

9 participants
leading : Peter Dorosh

Location: Prospect Park


Observation date: 2/27/11

Number of species: 35



Canada Goose X

Mute Swan X

Wood Duck 1

American Black Duck X

Mallard X

Northern Shoveler X

Ruddy Duck 4

Sharp-shinned Hawk 2

Red-tailed Hawk X

American Coot X

Ring-billed Gull X

Herring Gull X

Rock Pigeon X

Mourning Dove X

Red-bellied Woodpecker 1

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 2

Downy Woodpecker X

Hairy Woodpecker 1

Blue Jay 2

Black-capped Chickadee X

Red-breasted Nuthatch 1

White-breasted Nuthatch X

Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1

American Robin X

Northern Mockingbird X

European Starling X

Song Sparrow X

White-throated Sparrow X

Dark-eyed Junco X

Northern Cardinal X

Red-winged Blackbird X

Common Grackle X

House Finch X

American Goldfinch X

House Sparrow X

Location: Green-Wood Cemetery


Observation date: 2/27/11

Number of species: 15


Hooded Merganser 2

Sharp-shinned Hawk 1

Red-tailed Hawk 1

Merlin 1

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1

Black-capped Chickadee X

White-breasted Nuthatch X

American Robin X

Northern Mockingbird X

European Starling X

Cedar Waxwing X

Fox Sparrow (Red) 1

Song Sparrow X

White-throated Sparrow X

Northern Cardinal X



This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org)

Monday, February 21, 2011

February 20th ( rescheduled Feb 5th) North Brooklyn Shorewalk

Locations: Brooklyn Bridge Park, Red Hook, IKEA Erie Basin Park, Columbia St Pier


Leader Peter Dorosh
http://www.brooklynbridgeparknyc.org/

http://www.forgotten-ny.com/STREET%20SCENES/redhook/redhook.html


List submitted to Great Backyard Count website

Thank you for entering your observation in this year's Great Backyard Bird Count. Below is a report summarizing the bird checklist you submitted.

Here is the information you gave for this observation.

Location 11201, Brooklyn, Kings County, NY

Observation Date : FEB 20, 2011

Start Time: 9:15 AM

Total Birding Time: 6 hours 30 minutes

Party Size: 8

Skill: excellent

Weather: excellent

Snow Depth: Less than 2 in (5.1 cm)

Habitat(s):

urban

salt water

Number of Species: 19

All Reported: yes

Checklist:

Brant - 83

Canada Goose - 29

Gadwall - 56 Confirmed

American Wigeon - 3

American Black Duck - 33

Mallard - 4

Greater Scaup - 350

Bufflehead - 20

Red-breasted Merganser - 23

Ruddy Duck - 2

Double-crested Cormorant - 3

Cooper's Hawk - 1

Red-tailed Hawk - 2

Ring-billed Gull - 125

Herring Gull - 89

Great Black-backed Gull - 4

Rock Pigeon - 5

European Starling - 10

House Sparrow - 15