This spring is moving a little slow, thanks to the hard freeze in February, but it's definitely here. After striking out in Bucks I thought you'd want to know I saw 2 Wilson's Snipe in Prospect Park. And the Bonaparte's & Harrier are pretty good too... As for flowers, Red Maple is the tree you want to be looking at right now...
DATE: Saturday, 31 March 2007
LOCATION: Prospect Park
OBSERVERS: Alex Wilson
REPORTED BY: Alex Wilson
Pied-billed Grebe
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret (1 or more seen in 3 spots around the Lake.)
Canada Goose
Mute Swan
American Black Duck
Mallard
Northern Shoveler
Ring-necked Duck (7, Upper Pool; 1, Lake.)
Bufflehead (Pair, Upper Pool.)
Red-breasted Merganser (Pair, Lake.)
Ruddy Duck
Northern Harrier (Adult male, flyover, Lake, 1:45 pm.)
Red-tailed Hawk
Merlin (Duck Island.)
American Coot
Wilson's Snipe (2, Labella cove near skating rink.)
Bonaparte's Gull (2 winter adults on Lake 1:10 pm, flew off after 15
minutes.)
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Belted Kingfisher (Peninsula.)
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Eastern Phoebe (Common throughout.)
Blue Jay
American Crow
Tree Swallow (A few over Lake.)
Black-capped Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
White-breasted Nuthatch
Brown Creeper (7.)
Carolina Wren
Golden-crowned Kinglet (Common.)
Ruby-crowned Kinglet (West Lake shore; Esdale Bridge.)
Hermit Thrush (5.)
American Robin
Northern Mockingbird
Brown Thrasher (Upslope from Lamppost 249.)
European Starling
Cedar Waxwing (Vale.)
Pine Warbler (Lullwater cove feeders.)
Fox Sparrow (Fairly common.)
Song Sparrow (Common.)
Swamp Sparrow (Increasing numbers, some singing.)
White-throated Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Northern Cardinal
Red-winged Blackbird
Common Grackle
Brown-headed Cowbird (14 on Nethermead early.)
American Goldfinch
House Sparrow
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DATE: Saturday, 31 March 2007
LOCATION: Prospect Park
OBSERVERS: Alex Wilson
REPORTED BY: Alex Wilson
Pied-billed Grebe
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret (1 or more seen in 3 spots around the Lake.)
Canada Goose
Mute Swan
American Black Duck
Mallard
Northern Shoveler
Ring-necked Duck (7, Upper Pool; 1, Lake.)
Bufflehead (Pair, Upper Pool.)
Red-breasted Merganser (Pair, Lake.)
Ruddy Duck
Northern Harrier (Adult male, flyover, Lake, 1:45 pm.)
Red-tailed Hawk
Merlin (Duck Island.)
American Coot
Wilson's Snipe (2, Labella cove near skating rink.)
Bonaparte's Gull (2 winter adults on Lake 1:10 pm, flew off after 15
minutes.)
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Belted Kingfisher (Peninsula.)
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Eastern Phoebe (Common throughout.)
Blue Jay
American Crow
Tree Swallow (A few over Lake.)
Black-capped Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
White-breasted Nuthatch
Brown Creeper (7.)
Carolina Wren
Golden-crowned Kinglet (Common.)
Ruby-crowned Kinglet (West Lake shore; Esdale Bridge.)
Hermit Thrush (5.)
American Robin
Northern Mockingbird
Brown Thrasher (Upslope from Lamppost 249.)
European Starling
Cedar Waxwing (Vale.)
Pine Warbler (Lullwater cove feeders.)
Fox Sparrow (Fairly common.)
Song Sparrow (Common.)
Swamp Sparrow (Increasing numbers, some singing.)
White-throated Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Northern Cardinal
Red-winged Blackbird
Common Grackle
Brown-headed Cowbird (14 on Nethermead early.)
American Goldfinch
House Sparrow
- alex 4-03-2007 4:44 am