Friday, March 28, 2025

rare Redhead Duck on Prospect Lake +OCWA

WE dont get t6hem too often


Redhead (Aythya americana) (1)
- Reported Mar 28, 2025 08:51 by Ant Tab
- 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/S221271435
- Comments: "Nice find by Stevie P. Handsome drake associating with a pair of Mallards. Took off heading west after getting spooked by commotion caused by an injured goose rescue attempt. Patch bird!"

Redhead (Aythya americana) (1)
- Reported Mar 28, 2025 07:19 by Linda Ewing
- 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/S221269573
- Comments: "Found by Stevie P, viewed from peninsula. Handsome drake w red head, black fore & aft, grayish body."

Redhead (Aythya americana) (1)
- Reported Mar 28, 2025 08:03 by Doug McNamara
- Prospect Park--Prospect Lake, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6553787,-73.9686421&ll=40.6553787,-73.9686421
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S221271722
- Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "Swimming close to shore of the Peninsula"

Plus

Orange-crowned Warbler (Leiothlypis celata) (1)
- Reported Mar 28, 2025 09:42 by Mat Smart
- Prospect Park--Vale of Cashmere, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6690561,-73.9683616&ll=40.6690561,-73.9683616
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S221277438
- Comments: "Drab warbler with yellowish underside and brightest yellow on under tail coverts.  Faint broken eye ring.  South end of Vale of Cashmere."
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