Prospect Park 3/24

FOY birds are arriving at the park. There are reports of an Orange-crowned Warbler, but I haven't seen it, officially at least. Last week I saw a bird near the Boathouse that I was sure was an OCWA, but since they're listed as rare here for this time of year, and since I didn't get a perfect look at it, I didn't have the guts to call it or list it. And after someone else reported the bird near the same location as I'd seen it, I didn't want to seem like a "me-too" kind of guy and then report the bird.

Things like that motivate me to get better at identification so I'll have the confidence to call what I see.
Prospect Park

Observation date:     3/24/10

Number of species:     34

Canada Goose     75

Mute Swan     7

Mallard     50

Northern Shoveler     29

Ring-necked Duck     1   Drake, Upper Pool

Ruddy Duck     99

Great Egret     1  Duck Island

Black-crowned Night-Heron     1 Duck Island

Red-tailed Hawk     2

American Coot     8

Herring Gull     1

Rock Pigeon     10

Mourning Dove     3

Red-bellied Woodpecker     3

Downy Woodpecker     4 Lily Pond

Northern Flicker     3 --2 Nelly's Lawn, 1 Sparrow Bowl

Eastern Phoebe     3 --1 Midwood, 2 Nelly's Lawn

Blue Jay     1

Fish Crow     1  Flyover Lake

Black-capped Chickadee     4

Tufted Titmouse     4 --2 behind Music Pagoda, 2 Vale Cashmere

Carolina Wren     2

American Robin     150

Northern Mockingbird     2

European Starling     100

Cedar Waxwing     6    Vale Cashmere

Song Sparrow     6

White-throated Sparrow     13

Dark-eyed Junco     7 Midwood

Northern Cardinal     17

Red-winged Blackbird     35

Common Grackle     30

American Goldfinch     2 Midwood, Vale Cashmere

House Sparrow     7