This morning per Doug Gochfeld 3 female BOAT-TAILED GRACKLE southwest corner of park. seen flying off west shortly thereafter. extreme rare sighting for Prospect.
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Dougs checklist
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Followup on Boat tailed Grackles from Doug
*Very Rare at location. My first for Prospect Park, and one of very few documented records. Maybe as many as 5. Three females flew across Lake and landed in a tall tree near the SW corner of the Lake. Then, a short time later, after re-locating to a different tree, two males came by close and all the females lifted off, and all 5 birds headed SW, apparently departing the Park (though I didn't see them actually leave). I didn't get good looks at the males, though possibly the couple of bad photos of them going away will be enlightening. Diagnostic photos of the females. Observation lasted probably less than a minute, all told. Also seen by Steve Nanz and Heidi Steiner-Nanz.