2010 BGBY List
This is all walking from my home, no bike or public transit; and certainly not a car.
Prospect Heights, January 1, 2010
First three birds just walking to Tom’s for breakfast on New Year’s Day:
- House Sparrow
- Rock Pigeon
- European Starling
Yes, I’m back in the city.
Prospect Park, January 2, 2010
- Canada Goose
- Mute Swan
- American Black Duck
- Mallard
- American Coot
- Ring-billed Gull
- Mourning Dove
- Red-bellied Woodpecker
- Downy Woodpecker
- Blue Jay
- Black-capped Chickadee
- Tufted Titmouse
- White-breasted Nuthatch
- Hermit Thrush
- American Robin
- White-throated Sparrow
- Dark-eyed Junco
- Northern Cardinal
- Red-winged Blackbird
- Common Grackle
- House Finch
- American Goldfinch
Prospect Park, January 3, 2010
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
- Rusty Blackbird
- Fox Sparrow
- Wood Duck
- Red-tailed Hawk
- Northern Mockingbird
Prospect Park, January 9, 2010
- Ruddy Duck
- Red-breasted Nuthatch
- American Crow
- Northern Shoveler
- Herring Gull
- Great Black-backed Gull
- Bufflehead
Prospect Park, January 17, 2010
- Great Blue Heron
- Golden-crowned Kinglet
- Hairy Woodpecker
Brooklyn Botanic Gardens, January 18, 2010
- Cooper’s Hawk
Prospect Park, February 14, 2010
- Swamp Sparrow
- Song Sparrow
Prospect Park, February 21, 2010
- American Pipit
Had to go to the park a second time today to get the pipit. After I got back from my first trip, I got a tweet from Peter Dorosh telling me the pipit had returned. I’d tried for it 4 or 5 times before without success, and I was sure it had left since no one had reported it for a few weeks, but it returned today. the same bird or a different bird I don’t know.
Prospect Park, March 7, 2010
Missed this yesterday because I didn’t look in the Pools, only on the Lake:
- Ring-necked Duck
Obvious Misses
What should be on my list but isn’t (mostly birds seen in Prospect Park on days I was there):
- American Wigeon
- Hooded Merganser
- Sharp-shinned Hawk
