Look Up!

It always pays to look up (providing you're wearing glasses). Today, while waiting for the bus at the corner of Union & Clinton Streets, 4 Monk Parakeets flew overhead going east and on the antenna of a brownstone sat an American Kestrel. 

Our original plan of walking around the Botanic Gardens was kiboshed because they were closed for safety reasons. After what happened in Central Park, I imagine they didn't want any of their trees crashing down on patrons. So we headed over to Prospect Park. Lots of birds at the feeders and on the lake, but nothing to compare to the bus stop. 

Prospect Park

Observation date:     2/28/10

Number of species:     27

Canada Goose     50

Mute Swan     6

Wood Duck     1

Mallard     220

Northern Shoveler     2

Hooded Merganser     1

Ruddy Duck     20

Ring-billed Gull     280

Herring Gull     2

Rock Pigeon     5

Mourning Dove     11

Red-bellied Woodpecker     4

Downy Woodpecker     2

Blue Jay     5

American Crow     6

Black-capped Chickadee     1

Red-breasted Nuthatch     2

White-breasted Nuthatch     1

American Robin     6

European Starling     20

White-throated Sparrow     15

Dark-eyed Junco     10

Northern Cardinal     16

Red-winged Blackbird     1

House Finch     3

American Goldfinch     2

House Sparrow     8