Wednesday, March 10, 2010

Prospect Park 3/10

It felt like a spring day in the park and this Great Blue Heron was the happy surprise of the day. Nothing new has flown in yet, but there is a Ring-necked Duck on the Upper Pool and I'm wondering if it is the same one that took up residence there all last summer. Doubtful, but it will be interesting to see how long this one sticks around.   There were quite a few Ring-necks on the lake a couple of days ago, passing through on their way up north.

There were also 2 Buffleheads, a hen & a drake on the Upper Pool. I didn't think to try to take a picture of them. Even when I have the camera I usually don't think to use it. You can either look at birds or you can take pictures of birds and unless you have a very good camera (& I don't) it isn't worth the bother unless there's something really unusual, or something really big (like the heron).
This duck isn't really swimming through oil; it's only the reflection of the lowering March sky on the Boathouse Pool.
Prospect Park
Observation date:     3/10/10
Number of species:     37
 Canada Goose     110
Mute Swan     7
Wood Duck     1     Boathouse pond
American Black Duck     7
American Black Duck x Mallard (hybrid)     2
Mallard     145
Northern Shoveler     6     Lullwater
Ring-necked Duck     1     Drake on Upper Pool
Bufflehead     2     Hen & Drake, Upper Pool
Hooded Merganser     2     Drakes on the lake
Ruddy Duck     26
Great Blue Heron     1     Near West Island
American Coot     10
Ring-billed Gull     50
Herring Gull     20
Great Black-backed Gull     2
Rock Pigeon     20
Mourning Dove     6
Red-bellied Woodpecker     1
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker     1     Vale Cashmere
Downy Woodpecker     5
Blue Jay     7
American Crow     4
Black-capped Chickadee     4
Tufted Titmouse     3
White-breasted Nuthatch     3
American Robin     49
Northern Mockingbird     1     Lullwater Trail
European Starling     32
Song Sparrow     7
White-throated Sparrow     19
Dark-eyed Junco     12
Northern Cardinal     11
Red-winged Blackbird     10     Feeders
Common Grackle     20
House Finch     5     Feeders
American Goldfinch     6
House Sparrow     25

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