Bucks county bird watching note. Cooper's hawk spotted on the ground with a squirrel in his (her?) grip. Lingered for quite a while on the ground. Checking the habits of the species...they kill their prey by squeezing them to death.
- johnschw (guest) 11-09-2006 4:01 am [add a comment]

DATE: Monday, 6 November 2006
LOCATION: Prospect Park
OBSERVERS: Alex Wilson

Pied-billed Grebe
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Black-crowned Night-Heron (2 immatures, Duck Island.)
Canada Goose
Mute Swan
Gadwall (3, Duck Island.)
American Wigeon (2, Lake.)
American Black Duck
Mallard
Northern Shoveler
Bufflehead (Upper Pool.)
Hooded Merganser (4, Lullwater.)
Ruddy Duck
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Cooper's Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Merlin (Long Meadow, in treetop with prey.)
American Coot
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Belted Kingfisher
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Eastern Phoebe (6.)
Blue Jay
American Crow
Black-capped Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
White-breasted Nuthatch
Brown Creeper
Carolina Wren
Winter Wren
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Hermit Thrush
American Robin
Northern Mockingbird
European Starling
Orange-crowned Warbler (Lullwater bend: waterside SW of Terrace Bridge.)
Yellow-rumped Warbler (4.)
Palm Warbler (~6, Long Meadow.)
Common Yellowthroat (Lower Lullwater.)
Chipping Sparrow (Fairly common.)
Savannah Sparrow (Long Meadow.)
Fox Sparrow (Peninsula.)
Song Sparrow (Common.)
Swamp Sparrow (Fairly common.)
White-throated Sparrow (Common.)
Dark-eyed Junco (Fairly common.)
Northern Cardinal
Red-winged Blackbird
Common Grackle (A couple of flocks.)
American Goldfinch (Few.)
House Sparrow

- alex 11-09-2006 4:57 am [add a comment]

Damn Mr Wilson, that is quite a list. Who needs Central Park. Where do we purchase baby binoculars? Eleanor is very excited to go out birding with you.
- sarah 11-09-2006 8:21 pm [add a comment]

She can’t really see yet, but you should wrap her up in spider webs and fishnets and float her out in a boat on the middle of the Lake at midnight, just to listen…
- alex 11-10-2006 3:52 am [add a comment]

hey aw, how is candlewood lake for birding and what kind of bird had that orange/red marking?
- bill 11-10-2006 3:55 am [add a comment]

Depending on the exact habitat they probably get similar to what we see here: upwards of 200 species over the course of the year, maybe fewer as you get away from the coast.
Not sure what bird you’re recalling; please have reference to parts of a bird and provide more specific description.

- alex 11-10-2006 4:16 am [add a comment]