Prospect Park 4/7

It got hot pretty early in the park and that may have sent some of the birds into hiding, but here's what I found amusing:

• 2 Tufted Titmice setting up housekeeping behind the Upper Pool
• A swan sitting on a nest by Three Sisters Islands--same place as last year.
• 2 male cardinals fighting it out on the peninsula. They reminded me of our cats--a lot of staring, a couple of feints and then a flurry of activity. Repeat.

It's that time of year.
The list:

Prospect Park

Observation date:     4/7/10

Number of species:     29

Canada Goose     100

Mute Swan     5     One on nest by Three Sisters

Mallard     50

Northern Shoveler     1

Ruddy Duck     41

Double-crested Cormorant     1

Red-tailed Hawk     1

American Coot     5

Rock Pigeon     5

Mourning Dove     11

Red-bellied Woodpecker     2

Downy Woodpecker     1     Vale

Northern Flicker     3

Eastern Phoebe     1     Lily Pond

Blue Jay     6

Black-capped Chickadee     2

Tufted Titmouse     2     Behind Pools setting up housekeeping

Carolina Wren     3

Ruby-crowned Kinglet     1     Across path from Upper Pool

American Robin     200

European Starling     150

Yellow-rumped Warbler     1     Lullwater trail

Palm Warbler     1     Behind Pools

Song Sparrow     1     Lullwater trail

White-throated Sparrow     30

Northern Cardinal     20

Red-winged Blackbird     30

Common Grackle     40

House Sparrow     50