Rusty Blackbird (Euphagus carolinus) (2)
- Reported Mar 08, 2025 08:45 by Forrest Wickman
- 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/S217272592
- Media: 5 Photos
- Comments: "Flagged for date: Still earlyish, though I already had one and the same area a week or two back. These two glossy breeding males landed high up in a tree on the N side of the Lullwater at the beginning of the Brooklyn Bird Club's Intro to Birdwatching Walk. They were too far for me to confidently ID before they flew off—possibly in the direction of the Lily Pond?—but I called them out as possible Rustys and snapped a couple of photos to assist with the ID. Sure enough: pale eyes, relatively slender bills (compared to similarly glossy Common Grackle), and the bird on the right has a little of its namesake rustiness around the head. Sorry I couldn't get more people on them! Though there will be more soon. Photos."
- Reported Mar 08, 2025 08:45 by Forrest Wickman
- 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/S217272592
- Media: 5 Photos
- Comments: "Flagged for date: Still earlyish, though I already had one and the same area a week or two back. These two glossy breeding males landed high up in a tree on the N side of the Lullwater at the beginning of the Brooklyn Bird Club's Intro to Birdwatching Walk. They were too far for me to confidently ID before they flew off—possibly in the direction of the Lily Pond?—but I called them out as possible Rustys and snapped a couple of photos to assist with the ID. Sure enough: pale eyes, relatively slender bills (compared to similarly glossy Common Grackle), and the bird on the right has a little of its namesake rustiness around the head. Sorry I couldn't get more people on them! Though there will be more soon. Photos."
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