Friday, March 14, 2025

around the nabe


Red-headed Woodpecker (Melanerpes erythrocephalus) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Mar 14, 2025 08:17 by Mary Beth Kooper
- Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6523083,-73.9904281&ll=40.6523083,-73.9904281
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S218442403
- Comments: "Continuing. Bright red head, black back with white wing patches, white belly. Photos"

Purple Finch (Haemorhous purpureus) (1)
- Reported Mar 14, 2025 10:44 by Susie Dippel
- Prospect Park, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6602841,-73.9689534&ll=40.6602841,-73.9689534
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S218446533
- Comments: "Reddish head, breast and streaky wings. Path across Ballfields"

ommon Merganser (Mergus merganser) (1)
- Reported Mar 14, 2025 13:26 by Sean Henwood
- Gowanus Waterfront Park, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.677723,-73.9894833&ll=40.677723,-73.9894833
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S218469626
- Comments: "Male paddling on the gownaus canal (ew gross!) north of the union street bridge. Green head, vibrant red-orange beak and  feet, white sides & dark greenish "triangle" shape on back"

Common Merganser (Mergus merganser) (1)
- Reported Mar 14, 2025 12:45 by Radka Osickova
- Prospect Park, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6602841,-73.9689534&ll=40.6602841,-73.9689534
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S218471964
- Comments: "One mile by Peninsula"
--
" Preserve and cherish the pale blue dot,the only home we've ever known"

                                                                            --Carl Sagan