Fwd: Fwd: Fw: Please join Brooklyn Borough President Eric L. Adams as he invites all Brooklynites to meet and greet Sue Donoghue, the new President of the Prospect Park Alliance. Come out on Wednesday, January 28th, to hear Sue's vision for the park.

7 pm eve session

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Subject: Fw: Please join Brooklyn Borough President Eric L. Adams as he invites all Brooklynites to meet and greet Sue Donoghue, the new President of the Prospect Park Alliance. Come out on Wednesday, January 28th, to hear Sue’s vision for the park.
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To:
Sent: Thursday, January 22, 2015 5:56 PM
Subject: Please join Brooklyn Borough President Eric L. Adams as he invites all Brooklynites to meet and greet Sue Donoghue, the new President of the Prospect Park Alliance. Come out on Wednesday, January 28th, to hear Sue’s vision for the park.

Please join Brooklyn Borough President Eric L. Adams as he invites all Brooklynites to meet and greet Sue Donoghue, the new President of the Prospect Park Alliance. Come out on Wednesday, January 28^th, to hear Sue’s vision for the park and participate in a Q&A session with new President.

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Fwd: Prospect Park today

-----Original Message-----
From: kathleentoomey@
To: Peter Dorosh
Sent: Fri, Jan 23, 2015 12:56 pm
Subject: Prospect Park today

Canada Goose  25
Mute Swan  8
American Black Duck  3
Mallard  82
American Black Duck x Mallard (hybrid)  1
Northern Shoveler  140
Ruddy Duck  18
Red-tailed Hawk  1
Ring-billed Gull  300
Herring Gull  11
Mourning Dove  5
Red-bellied Woodpecker  1
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker  1
Downy Woodpecker  3
Hairy Woodpecker  1
Blue Jay  10
Fish Crow  1     Heard
Black-capped Chickadee  5
Tufted Titmouse  1
Red-breasted Nuthatch  1
White-breasted Nuthatch  4
Brown Creeper  1
American Robin  30
Northern Mockingbird  1
European Starling  17
Fox Sparrow  1
Song Sparrow  1
White-throated Sparrow  10
Dark-eyed Junco  1
Northern Cardinal  8
Red-winged Blackbird  8
House Finch  6
American Goldfinch  7
House Sparrow  52

Fwd: Prospect Park, Brooklyn, Jan 22, 2015

Sent from my MetroPCS 4G Wireless Phone

-------- Original message --------

From: Rafael Guillermo Campos-Ramírez <ticornis@>

Date:01/22/2015 5:58 PM (GMT-05:00)

To:

Cc:

Subject: Prospect Park, Brooklyn, Jan 22, 2015

Nice day for a walk in the Park.  The large flock of Canada Geese is the big thing around the ballfields, one of them has a neck band (orange, with the Y3T4 code in white)(see photo attached).  A lonely Merlin was spotted perched near the Lower Pool. The lake was semi frozen, and mostly Ring-billed Gulls, and the regular waterfowl. The feeder did not have any sps worth mentioning, the same folks feeding there.

On my way back, a large dark bird flew over the Nethermead, first I though it was a Hawk, but it landed on a tall tree in the Ravine, and started to vocalize:  1 Common Raven (my first for the Park).  I took some pictures (see them below) to probe its presence in the park. The sighting was ±12:25 pm.

Prospect Park, Brooklyn, Kings, US-NY
Jan 22, 2015 10:30 AM - 1:00 PM

Observer: Rafael G Campos R
Protocol: Traveling
2.0 kilometer(s)
33 species

Canada Goose (Branta canadensis)  67    Large flock at the ballfields, 1 of them with a orange neck band, letters in white (Y3T4) and a metal leg band.  At least 2 other geese, have leg metal bands. Photos.
Mute Swan (Cygnus olor)  10
Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)  5
Northern Shoveler (Anas clypeata)  X
Ruddy Duck (Oxyura jamaicensis)  3
Cooper's Hawk (Accipiter cooperii)  1
Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis)  2
American Coot (Fulica americana)  34
Ring-billed Gull (Larus delawarensis)  X
Herring Gull (American) (Larus argentatus smithsonianus)  4
Great Black-backed Gull (Larus marinus)  3
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) (Columba livia (Feral Pigeon))  4
Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura)  16
Red-bellied Woodpecker (Melanerpes carolinus)  1
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (Sphyrapicus varius)  1
Downy Woodpecker (Picoides pubescens)  4
Hairy Woodpecker (Picoides villosus)  1
Merlin (Falco columbarius)  1
Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata)  1
American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos)  1
Common Raven (Corvus corax)  1    A single bird flew over the Nethermead, and landed on a tree at the Ravine, were I heard it calling.  It vocalized several minutes, before it left in direction NW. Photos taken
Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus)  4
Tufted Titmouse (Baeolophus bicolor)  1
White-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta carolinensis)  3
American Robin (Turdus migratorius)  4
European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)  40
Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia)  1
White-throated Sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis)  8
Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis)  4
Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus)  2
House Finch (Haemorhous mexicanus)  6
American Goldfinch (Spinus tristis)  1
House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)  3

Photos: (L-R) Merlin; the banded Canada Goose; Common Raven

Next Thursday Jan 29th BBC eve program

At the Prospect Park Audubon Center 

(BOATHOUSE)

 7 PM THURSDAY JAN 29th   

Bird Life in Brazil

Presenter: Paulo Boute

http://www.brooklynbirdclub.org/meetings.htm

https://www.facebook.com/events/410645132423723/410645135757056/?notif_t=like


nearest train line stop "Prospect Park"  "Q" and "B latter which should run weekdays. Enter Park at Lincoln Road

Fwd: GWCemetery

From: Orrin Tilevitz 

Date:01/22/2015 10:38 AM (GMT-05:00)

To: Peter Dorosh <prosbird@aol.com>

Cc:

Subject: GWC

Green-wood Cemetery this morning.  Water is frozen over and will likely remain so indefinitely.  Only remotely interesting bird was a carolina wren

Canada goose (40 overhead)

Ring-billed gull (half a dozen overhead)

Red-tailed hawk (1)

Downy woodpecker

Red-bellied woodpecker

White-breasted nuthatch

Black-capped chickadee

Tufted titmouse

Carolina wren (1)

Mourning dove

White-throated sparrow

Mourning dove

Blue jay (many)

European starling

Fwd: Redpoll

Today's bird seen by Rob Bate around 1230.well drive shipping container before taking off south over the Lake

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From: "Rob Bate" <
Date: Jan 20, 2015 4:33 PM
Subject: Redpoll
To: "Peter Dorosh" <prosbird@
Cc:

​

A Redpoll in town tops the Canada Geese observations (Prospect)

I was in the midst of writing the Canada Geese report on the ballfields during my lunch hour when Rob Bate's twitter tweet came thru: A COMMON REDPOLL  !  A single bird was spotted on the mugwort next to the Well House Drive shipping containers ( where two are present ) by a dirt mound ( used for the ballfields) . Hurrying down in my slow Toro, I parked my vehicle a ways on Well Drive to avoid spooking the Redpoll , and walked the rest of the 300 feet .But in vain, as I approached , the REDPOLL took off a mere 10 seconds away before I got there. It took off across the Lake to the south side  as Rob Bate observed it.Well ...drat to that.

With Redpolls reported in East end Long Island and Staten Island, its good bet they or the single bird  may stick around. The feeders is one very good spot for thistle is their favorite staple along with birch catkins and sweetgum trees. Check also the latter in the park, one site is the trio by West Island rustic shelter for example. Good luck and report to me if you can.

The ballfields are loaded with Canada Geese, at least 400 birds but among them some interesting observations.

One includes Karen O'Hearn's variant LESSER CANADA GOOSE with some intermediate types , the bird seen yesterday on Prospect Lake. Its smaller than the surrounding typical birds.It also from my vantage has a darker overall complexion especially on its back.There are variables regarding plumages with this subspecies.

Second, theres now a Canada Goose with a orange neck band. Y3T4 was the code and I sent this info in to Patuxent Bird Band Lab. 2-4 weeks before a reply comes back.

Kingsboider note:  The last Redpoll sighting In Prospect was 4/6/2013. Along the Zoo perimeter observer Keir Randall .Winter 2012/2013 was a very good season with over 25 reports in Prospect park beginning 12/3 peaked with 7 seen Jan 6th 2013

prospect short walk

Changing weather sunny first then a snowflurry squall and my lack of proper winter gear did get me seeingal lone hen AMERICAN WIGEON on ProspectLake west shoreline.Many Shovelers some American Black Duck was all I could find.Not a special bird day but getting out to enjoy winter climate except for that nasty squall with the very brisk wind sent me back home...

Fwd: Prospect this afternoon

-----Original Message-----
From: joshuamalbin
To: Peter Dorosh
Sent: Mon, Jan 19, 2015 1:55 pm
Subject: Prospect this afternoon

Just around the lake, stopping at the feeders and the sweetgum trees on the south shore. The Red-tailed and the Cooper's were both perched near the Maryland Monument, ignoring each other.

http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S21420171

Fwd: maybe yes/maybe no: cackling goose?

Kingsboider opinion: this is likely a variant LESSER CANADA GOOSE subspecies..bill still too long not stubby for cackling as well as head shape too gradual here


-----Original Message-----
From: Karenohearn@
To: prosbird
Sent: Mon, Jan 19, 2015 6:16 am
Subject: maybe yes/maybe no: cackling goose?

hey Peter,

i was in Prospect around 8 AM and spotted this mini-goose.  i had just enough time to shoot off a few frames before it flew off to the north and then out of the park.  maybe a "least" but it was ultra small.

hope you're out birding.  i'm hoping to get out again later today!

best,

karen

Fwd: Canvasback pics

At Brooklyn Bridge Park per Matthew

-----Original Message-----
From: matthew
To: prosbird
Sent: Mon, Jan 19, 2015 12:05 pm
Subject: Canvasback pics

Hey, Peter

A day after the waterfowl count! Got some nice pictures of a male Canvasback on the rocks at the ruins of Pier 4 -- where the little beach is -- in BBP this afternoon. The bird was hanging out with Gadwall.

http://matthewwills.com/2015/01/19/duck-out-of-water/

Matthew

Fwd: Fw: eBird Report - Bush Terminal Piers Park, Jan 19, 2015

From Bobbi


-----Original Message-----
From: roberta.
To: Peter Dorosh
Cc: Tom Stephenson
Sent: Mon, Jan 19, 2015 10:01 am
Subject: Fw: eBird Report - Bush Terminal Piers Park, Jan 19, 2015

Hi Peter,

Tom S and I stopped by Bush Terminal today after spending the morning on the waterfowl count with Tom P along Gravesend and DO/CIC.  The EUWI and CORA did not put in appearances, but we did see two Purple Sandpipers, which are a new species for me at this site.

Best,

Bobbi

On Monday, January 19, 2015 2:58 PM, "ebird-checklist@cornell.edu" <ebird-checklist@cornell.edu> wrote:

Bush Terminal Piers Park, Kings, US-NY
Jan 19, 2015 1:25 PM - 2:30 PM
Protocol: Traveling
1.0 mile(s)
19 species

Brant  X
Canada Goose  16
Gadwall  7
American Wigeon  3
American Black Duck  X
Mallard  X
Lesser Scaup  22
Bufflehead  35
Red-breasted Merganser  2
Double-crested Cormorant  1
American Coot  1
Purple Sandpiper  2    my first at this site
Ring-billed Gull  45
Herring Gull  12
Great Black-backed Gull  15
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  X
Mourning Dove  X
American Crow  1
House Sparrow  X

View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S21419098

This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org)

Fwd: waterfowl count - north brooklyn team

Leader Mike Yuan



-----Original Message-----
From: mjyuan@
To: Peter Dorosh
Sent: Sat, Jan 17, 2015 4:06 pm
Subject: waterfowl count - north brooklyn

Hi Peter-

Pleasant weather but not so birdy today.  Nary a loon or grebe.  Great to have access to two new locations this year - Brooklyn Army Terminal 58th st Pier and the new Bush Terminal Piers Park.  

Birders: Bob Washburn, HJ Kim, Alie Ratay, and Heather Wolf 

Locations:

Brooklyn Bridge Park, Brooklyn Army Terminal, Bush Terminal Piers Park, various spots around Red Hook, Ikea/Erie Basin, and the Columbia Street Pier.  

Day totals:

Brant 169

Canada Goose 97

Gadwall 51

Eurasian Wigeon 1  Continuing at Bush Terminal Piers Park

American Wigeon 13

American Black Duck 22

Mallard 93

American Black Duck/Mallard 1

Northern Shoveler 1

Greater Scaup 81

Lesser Scaup 44

Bufflehead 115

Red-breasted Merganser 11

Ruddy Duck 34

Double-crested Cormorant 9

Great Cormorant 2 - Bush Terminal, Van Brunt St Pier,

Ring-billed Gull 349

Herring Gull 89

Great Black-backed Gull 11

Rock Pigeon 28

Peregrine Falcon 1  Brooklyn Bridge Park Pier 1

American Crow 1

Fish Crow 1

American Robin 1

Northern Mockingbird 1

European Starling 12

White-throated Sparrow 2

House Sparrow 21

Fwd: Brooklyn raptors

-----Original Message-----
From: matthew wills@
To: prosbird
Sent: Sat, Jan 17, 2015 1:04 pm
Subject: Brooklyn raptors

It was a good day for raptors in Brooklyn. This morning I saw a Peregrine over Pier One at Brooklyn Bridge Park and Brooklyn Heights and a Cooper's Hawk over the BQE and Congress St., a block from my apartment, scaring up local flocks of pigeons. In the afternoon on Terrace Bridge in Prospect, we watched a Merlin harried from tree to tree by one to half a dozen Blue Jays, finally chased away from area of the bird feeders. This was the third weekend in a row I've seen a Merlin in Prospect. A Red-tailed Hawk was noted over Quaker Ridge and a Peregrine was perched on the FDNY tower on Washington Ave. Walking across the Gowanus, I saw a Red-tailed hawk perched on the top of St. Agnes Church in Carroll Gardens. Last weekend also had a RTH up there as well.

From raptor country,

Matthew

http://matthewwills.com

Prospect Park Waterfowl count ( of several in Brooklyn)

From Dennis Hrehowsik conducting Prospect

-----Original Message-----
From: deepseagangster@
To: prosbird
Sent: Sat, Jan 17, 2015 12:30 pm
Subject: Re: Waterfowl count

Lots of ice and Canada Geese on a cold bright morning. Five birders 33 species during waterfowl count. Highlight was two peregrines over park circle.

http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S21381070

Fwd: Common Goldeneye at Bush Terminal Pier

-----Original Message-----
From: Karenohearn@
To: prosbird
Sent: Wed, Jan 14, 2015 2:55 pm
Subject: Common Goldeneye at Bush Terminal Pier

hey Peter,

went looking for a Canvasback at bush terminal pier and found a Goldeneye instead. 

best,

karen

Fwd: Fwd: eBird Report - Prospect Park, Jan 14, 2015

-----Original Message-----
From: kathleentoomey@
To: Peter Dorosh
Sent: Wed, Jan 14, 2015 3:42 pm
Subject: Fwd: eBird Report - Prospect Park, Jan 14, 2015

Prospect park today

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From: <ebird-checklist@cornell.edu>
Date: Wed, Jan 14, 2015 at 8:37 PM
Subject: eBird Report - Prospect Park, Jan 14, 2015

Prospect Park, Kings, US-NY
Jan 14, 2015 2:30 PM - 6:45 PM
Protocol: Traveling
2.0 mile(s)
29 species (+1 other taxa)

Canada Goose  210
Mute Swan  10
American Black Duck  1
Mallard  88
Northern Shoveler  30
Ruddy Duck  1
Red-tailed Hawk  1
American Coot  30
gull sp.  3
Mourning Dove  6
Red-bellied Woodpecker  1
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker  1
Downy Woodpecker  1
Blue Jay  4
Black-capped Chickadee  4
Tufted Titmouse  2
White-breasted Nuthatch  2
American Robin  20
European Starling  80
Fox Sparrow  1
Song Sparrow  1
Swamp Sparrow  1
White-throated Sparrow  20
Dark-eyed Junco  2
Northern Cardinal  9
Red-winged Blackbird  6
Common Grackle  1
House Finch  1
American Goldfinch  1
House Sparrow  28

View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S21349101

This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org)

Rescue Strategy Hatching for Dwindling Monarch Butterflies

https://www.organicconsumers.org/news/rescue-strategy-hatching-dwindling-monarch-butterflies

In the news. Future Brooklyn continuous coastal greenway

http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/brooklyn/brooklyn-greenway-designers-pitch-bike-path-storm-barrier-article-1.2076667

( hmmm i see a future bird club winter walk someday...14 miles ? piece of cake)  

raptor coolness

The walk home from work these days are very much quiet with winter in control.So, a fun walk it was today with three raptors out.

I passed by the pines at the southwest corner of the Nethermead. It did have a Redtailed hawk last week well hidden close to the trunk . Today, i didn't see anything from below and walked on but decided to look back from a distance. And in that pine there was a hawk. It stared at me suddenly wary of me and took off from its close conifer confines. Off towards a tree in the lullwater, i noted it was a juvenile COOPERS HAWK.

And later now I'm past the frozen lake with only an opening at the south end. Viewing that opening full of Northern Shovelers,i turn towards home,passing under the trio sweetgum trees where sparrows gathered to feed upon the ground seeds. While watching the birds ,suddenly a flash and all the birds flew into the phragmites including one over sized bird perching in the phrags as well.I was curious and after a moment realized it was an immature SHARPSHINNED HAWK!
It obviously failed catching a sparrow and then flew off after towards the Horse Tamers park circle entrance.

The third raptor was the Redtailed Hawk over the ballfields where hordes of canada geese don't care what's above.

canvasback twitter post

1 FAVORITE

Reply to @BobbiInBrooklyn

CANVASBACK still at veterans memorial pier (owls head park 65th st ) content in corner by wtp. Also re Shane last week 59th st ferry still closed today

2:32pm - 13 Jan 15

BobbiInBrooklyn BobbiInBrooklyn @

Twitter post

Reply to @chebirds

Juvenile Bald Eagle over Prospect Heights, Brooklyn 2PM. Circling then glided northwest towards Brooklyn Heights and Lower Manhattan.

2:12pm - 13 Jan 15

Chris Eliot chebirds @

Fwd: Prospect Park, Brooklyn, Jan 13, 2015

-----Original Message-----
From: ticornis@yahoo.com
Sent: Tue, Jan 13, 2015 12:21 pm
Subject: Prospect Park, Brooklyn, Jan 13, 2015

Another chilly day in the park, and no much to see around except for the feeders at Breezy Hill.

Most of the open water is frozen.

Prospect Park, Brooklyn, Kings, US-NY
Jan 13, 2015 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Protocol: Traveling
2.0 kilometer(s)
25 species

Canada Goose (Branta canadensis)  X
Mute Swan (Cygnus olor)  9
Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)  X
Northern Shoveler (Anas clypeata)  X
Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis)  1
American Coot (Fulica americana)  1    Upper Pool
Ring-billed Gull (Larus delawarensis)  X
Herring Gull (American) (Larus argentatus smithsonianus)  2
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) (Columba livia (Feral Pigeon))  5
Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura)  11
Red-bellied Woodpecker (Melanerpes carolinus)  3
Downy Woodpecker (Picoides pubescens)  2
Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata)  4
Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus)  4
White-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta carolinensis)  2
American Robin (Turdus migratorius)  10
European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)  3
Fox Sparrow (Red) (Passerella iliaca iliaca/zaboria)  3
Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia)  4
White-throated Sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis)  13
Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored) (Junco hyemalis hyemalis/carolinensis)  1
Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis)  7
Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus)  8
House Finch (Haemorhous mexicanus)  5
House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)  5

Brooklyn is great birding!!!

Fwd: Ridgewood Reservoir 1-13

-----Original Message-----
From: deartinsleyperky@gmail.com
To: Peter Dorosh
Sent: Tue, Jan 13, 2015 12:00 pm
Subject: Ridgewood Reservoir 1-13

Brief report:

Basin 2 is frozen, no ducks. quiet but for the usuals including a red tail hawk overhead and a coopers hawk perched  low in the birches of basin 3. A trio of sparrows feeding near the path, a white throat, a song and an Am tree sparrow. (photo)

Stay warm

T

Fwd: Paulagics Adds a New Port & New Sailing Dates for 2015-16

If anyone likes to go pelagic, two spring Brooklyn based pelagics.

-----Original Message-----
From: See Life Paulagics LLC <info@paulagics.com>
To: prosbird <prosbird@aol.com>
Sent: Tue, Jan 13, 2015 1:21 pm
Subject: Paulagics Adds a New Port & New Sailing Dates for 2015-16

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Fwd: Prospect Park, Brooklyn, Jan 11, 2015

-----Original Message-----
From: ticornis@
To: Peter Dorosh
Sent: Sun, Jan 11, 2015 11:46 am
Subject: Prospect Park, Brooklyn, Jan 11, 2015

Finally, the weather and temperatures were a little better, and a walk to the park was a good way to see the changes in the park.  First, most the open waters were frozen, with small areas open in the lake, and also at the upper pool.

The best site  with a lot activity was the feeders of Breezy Hill.

My best bird for the walk, a lonely Red-breasted Nuthatch visiting the feeders.

Prospect Park, Brooklyn, Kings, US-NY
Jan 11, 2015 9:45 AM - 12:30 PM

Observer: Rafael G Campos R
Protocol: Traveling
2.0 kilometer(s)
28 species

Canada Goose (Branta canadensis)  X
Mute Swan (Cygnus olor)  8
Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)  X
American Coot (Fulica americana)  5
Ring-billed Gull (Larus delawarensis)  X
Herring Gull (American) (Larus argentatus smithsonianus)  X
Great Black-backed Gull (Larus marinus)  1
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) (Columba livia (Feral Pigeon))  9
Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura)  7
Red-bellied Woodpecker (Melanerpes carolinus)  2
Downy Woodpecker (Picoides pubescens)  2
Hairy Woodpecker (Picoides villosus)  1
Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata)  5
Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus)  2
Tufted Titmouse (Baeolophus bicolor)  2
Red-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta canadensis)  1
White-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta carolinensis)  3
American Robin (Turdus migratorius)  9
Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos)  1
European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)  6
Fox Sparrow (Red) (Passerella iliaca iliaca/zaboria)  5
White-throated Sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis)  8
Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored) (Junco hyemalis hyemalis/carolinensis)  1
Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis)  9
Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus)  4
House Finch (Haemorhous mexicanus)  5
American Goldfinch (Spinus tristis)  4
House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)  9

Brooklyn is great birding!!

a Facebook post

Facebook posting by Tiffany Adams reported a Rusty Blackbird in Prospect Park today,whereabouts unknown.

About the Statue where bird club meets for migration walks

 At  Grand Army Plaza's Prospect entrance.

Most people think of Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux as chiefly responsible for the existence of Prospect Park, but in 1891 the Brooklyn community recognized the paramount role of James S.T. Stranahan, who as president of the Brooklyn Park Commission persuaded Vaux to submit a design, hired Olmsted & Vaux Company as designers and construction supervisors, protected them from political pressures, and provided the ultimately over budget funds to create the Park. At left is a photograph of the monument to Stranahan just inside the Grand Army Plaza entrance before it was cleaned by the Parks Department’s Monuments Conservation Program.   The inscription on the 124-year-old pedestal is quite worn away. Within the wreath Stranahan is called “a citizen of Brooklyn, honored for many noble services.”  But this monument serves a double, almost contradictory duty. While the visitor gazes at the full-size bronze figure and reads of this “chief founder of Prospect Park,” the curling “ribbons” at the four corners instruct the visitor to do something else (in Latin, however):                         LECTOR SI                               MONUMENTUM REQUIRS CIRCUMSPICE The translation is “Reader, if you seek his monument, look around you.”  Prospect Park, in other words, is declared to be Stranahan’s true monument.

Monument to J.S.T. Stranahan, date unknown.

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last Northern Pintail in Prospect

According to my internal office records, the last Northern Pintail ( before Tuesday's sighting ) was seen 9/15/2010 by Alex Wilson , 2 hen/Juveniles on the Lake..4.3 years ago.

from Cornell ebird

http://ebird.org/ebird/map/norpin?bmo=&emo=&byr=&eyr=&env.minX=-74.029&env.minY=40.604&env.maxX=-73.909&env.maxY=40.724&gp=true

Fwd: Thursday: First Look at New Greenpoint Park

From: Christopher Eliot 
To: Peter Dorosh <ProsBird@aol.com>
Sent: Thu, Jan 8, 2015 11:17 am
Subject: Fwd: Thursday: First Look at New Greenpoint Park

Peter, I think you stay much more informed about this than I do, so you've likely seen this, but just in case not … New parks are always good, of whatever size/scale! Happy new year! Chris

See the Proposed Design for Greenpoint's Newest Waterfront Park. View this email in your browser Learn About Greenpoint's Newest Park, This Thursday! See the Proposed Design for Greenpoint's Newest Waterfront Park NYC Parks and NYC Economic Development Corporation (EDC) will be presenting a new design for Newtown Barge Park to the Community Board 1 Parks & Waterfront Committee at 6:30 p.m. this Thursday, January 8th. The meeting will be held at the Mary D'Angelis Housing conference room (a.k.a Dupont Street Senior Citizen Housing) at 80 Dupont Street in Greenpoint. The official meeting notice can be found here. At the meeting, the Parks Department and EDC will present the new park design, followed by a public discussion of plans for the park. The meeting is expected to conclude with board members from the CB1 Parks & Waterfront Committee formulating a resolution to be voted upon at the upcoming meeting of the full Community Board on January 13th. Help Us Keep North Brooklyn Green  Every contribution helps to maintain and preserve our beautiful parks. To make a contribution, please click the link below. We thank you for your support! Make A Donation Copyright © 2015 Open Space Alliance for North Brooklyn (OSA), All rights reserved.  You are receiving this email because you opted in at our website.  Our mailing address is:  Open Space Alliance for North Brooklyn (OSA) 79 North 11th Street Brooklyn, NY  11249 Add us to your address book