Tuesday, November 1, 2011

Prospect November 1st

From Larry :

Hey Peter,
Lots of sparrows, no Vesper that I could find.

list for the day
34 species
Mute Swan 9
Mallard 25
Northern Shoveler 9
Ruddy Duck 47
Pied-billed Grebe 3 Lullwater south
Double-crested Cormorant 1
Red-tailed Hawk 2 f/o Long Meadow
American Kestrel 1 Male, perched in tree, Long Meadow
American Coot 11 Lullwater
Ring-billed Gull 45
Herring Gull 2
Rock Pigeon 10
Mourning Dove 3
Red-bellied Woodpecker 2
Downy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 7 Six grazing in Sparrow Bowl
Eastern Phoebe 4 Three Sparrow Bowl, one ball field enclosure
Blue Jay 7
American Crow 2
White-breasted Nuthatch 1
Golden-crowned Kinglet 7
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 3
Hermit Thrush 7
Gray Catbird 1
European Starling 20
Palm Warbler 3
Chipping Sparrow 10
Savannah Sparrow 5
Song Sparrow 10
Swamp Sparrow 1
White-throated Sparrow 30
Dark-eyed Junco 20
Northern Cardinal 4
House Sparrow 10


Larry
http://birdsandwords-larryz.blogspot.com/

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Lake sightings

67 Canada Geese
42 Ruddy Duck
2 Pied Billed Grebe

after work 10/31 (340 pm) , I saw 2 VESPER SPARROWS together on the northwest snow fence baseball field enclosure. EASTERN PHOEBEs also present along with the gamut of juncos and sparrows.