Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) (1)
- Reported Dec 11, 2025 08:09 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/S288137691
- Comments: "Flagged for date, though they've been known to visit the Prospect Park Lake in the winter, especially when the lake is frozen and there are lots of gulls on the ice to terrorize, which is what this one was doing. Adult male, so huge raptor with all white head, all white tail, and dark brown body, first sitting on the ice and then flying off over the N side of the lake when I lost it."
"If we had not had a Christmas Bird Count in those early years, we would not have as strong an understanding of long term bird trends. Many of these changes take place gradually." - Chan Robbins, legendary biologist, retired USFWS employee, and creator of the North American Breeding Bird Survey
Robbins bio:
https://www.pwrc.usgs.gov/robbins/index.cfm
- Reported Dec 11, 2025 08:09 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/S288137691
- Comments: "Flagged for date, though they've been known to visit the Prospect Park Lake in the winter, especially when the lake is frozen and there are lots of gulls on the ice to terrorize, which is what this one was doing. Adult male, so huge raptor with all white head, all white tail, and dark brown body, first sitting on the ice and then flying off over the N side of the lake when I lost it."
"If we had not had a Christmas Bird Count in those early years, we would not have as strong an understanding of long term bird trends. Many of these changes take place gradually." - Chan Robbins, legendary biologist, retired USFWS employee, and creator of the North American Breeding Bird Survey
Robbins bio:
https://www.pwrc.usgs.gov/robbins/index.cfm
