A female EVENING GROSBEAK was a first for me in Prospect today, seen
briefly perched above the Binnen Bridge. There did not appear to be
much diurnal movement going on, but other birds included EASTERN
MEADOWLARK, RUSTY BLACKBIRD, and my first of season AMERICAN TREE
SPARROW.
Good birding,
Alex Wilson
Brooklyn
Prospect Park, Kings, US-NY
Nov 16, 2012
54 species
Canada Goose 5
Mute Swan 9
American Black Duck 1
Mallard 75
Northern Shoveler 150
Bufflehead 1 (Female.)
Hooded Merganser 5
Ruddy Duck 50
Double-crested Cormorant 1
Great Blue Heron 3
Red-tailed Hawk 5
American Coot 15
Ring-billed Gull 100
Herring Gull 20
Great Black-backed Gull 2
Rock Pigeon 25
Mourning Dove 30
Belted Kingfisher 2
Red-bellied Woodpecker 4
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 2
Downy Woodpecker 5
Hairy Woodpecker 1
Peregrine Falcon 2
Blue Jay 20
American Crow 20
Fish Crow 1
Black-capped Chickadee 20
Tufted Titmouse 6
Red-breasted Nuthatch 1
White-breasted Nuthatch 7
Brown Creeper 1
Carolina Wren 4
Golden-crowned Kinglet 3
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1
Hermit Thrush 6
American Robin 25
European Starling 100
American Tree Sparrow 1 (Fallkill meadow, FoS.)
Fox Sparrow 5
Song Sparrow 4
Swamp Sparrow 2
White-throated Sparrow 50
Dark-eyed Junco 25
Northern Cardinal 30
Red-winged Blackbird 7
Eastern Meadowlark 1 (Nethermead, 8:00 AM; intent on feeding,
unusually tolerant of dogs but eventually flushed to treetops, called
a few times, and flew over Quaker Ridge. Photographed.)
Rusty Blackbird 1 (Vale of Cashmere.)
Common Grackle 1
Purple Finch 2 (Feeders.)
House Finch 20
Pine Siskin 30
American Goldfinch 75
Evening Grosbeak 1 (Female, flying over Binnen Bridge to perch
briefly in treetop, 8:45 AM; only seen from underneath. Large, plain,
big-headed, finch-type bird; big, pale, cardinal-sized bill, short,
notched tail with white spots on underside. Flew north, showing white
patches in wings. Photographed.)
House Sparrow 10
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