Saturday, January 31, 2015


@deepseagangster: 2 drake euwi at bush. m.twitter.com/deepseagangster
 

@tpreston87: Red-necked Grebe and a Drake Redhead at Veteran's Pier m.twitter.com/tpreston87
 

Friday, January 30, 2015

Fwd: Rescheduling of Borough President Adam's Meet & Greet




Sent from my MetroPCS 4G Wireless Phone


-------- Original message --------
From: Grace McCreight <gmccreight@prospectpark.org>
Date:01/30/2015 2:18 PM (GMT-05:00)
To:
Cc:
Subject: Rescheduling of Borough President Adam's Meet & Greet

Hello all,

 

Brooklyn Borough President Eric L. Adam's Meet & Greet at Prospect Park – previously postponed from January 28 – has been rescheduled to Wednesday, February 18. The rescheduled meeting will take place at 7:00 PM in the Prospect Park Picnic House. Again, we would appreciate your assistance in sharing this news with the community.  

 

Many thanks, and have a good weekend,

--

Grace McCreight

Conservation Corps Fellow

 

NYC Parks | Prospect Park Alliance

95 Prospect Park West

Brooklyn, NY 11215

T 718.965.8954

gmccreight@prospectpark.org

Website | Twitter | Facebook

 

Ridgewood Reservoir bird walk leaders request

I was approached by NYC parks queens for weekend events bird walks at the Reservoir in spring ,between mid April & mid May.if interested, email me for details.some dates open

P.

Fwd: First Sunday of February bird Walk - this Sunday 10 am




Subject: First Sunday of February bird Walk - this Sunday 10 am

First Sunday Bird Walk in Prospect Park is this Sunday, February 1 at 10 am.  Lets dress warm and enjoy the morning. We will be stopping by the lake.   Bring your binoculars.

Hope to see you then!

Michele, Eni, Vinnie and Neil

Wednesday, January 28, 2015

Brooklyn Bird Club Meetings

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

Reminder tonite Thursday eve club program.see link above

Note venue location

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Fwd: Cancellation of Borough President Adam's 1/28 Meet & Greet




Sent from my MetroPCS 4G Wireless Phone


-------- Original message --------
From: Grace McCreight <gmccreight@prospectpark.org>
Date:01/28/2015 9:24 AM (GMT-05:00)
To:
Cc:
Subject: Cancellation of Borough President Adam's 1/28 Meet & Greet

Hello all,

 

Thank you for helping to spread the word on your site about Brooklyn Borough President Eric L. Adam's Meet & Greet in Prospect Park, which was scheduled to take place at 7:00 PM today. Unfortunately, the event has been postponed due to the weather, and we would appreciate your assistance in informing the community of that fact.

 

The Meet & Greet will be rescheduled to a later date, and I hope to alert you to this new meeting date by the end of this week. If you have any further questions, feel free to contact me.

 

Many thanks,

--

Grace McCreight

Conservation Corps Fellow

 

NYC Parks | Prospect Park Alliance

95 Prospect Park West

Brooklyn, NY 11215

T 718.965.8954

gmccreight@prospectpark.org

Website | Twitter | Facebook

 

Tuesday, January 27, 2015

Fwd: Prospect Park today




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-------- Original message --------
From: Joshua Malbin <joshuamalbin@gmail.com>
Date:01/27/2015 3:40 PM (GMT-05:00)
To: Peter Dorosh <prosbird@aol.com>
Cc:
Subject: Prospect Park today

Good mix of winter birds around the park today. The feeders were active, including two Purple Finches, two Fox Sparrows, a Red-breasted Nuthatch. Very high numbers of Cardinals were active today. Most unusual bird, though, was a Rusty Blackbird at the seed piles in the Vale.

http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S21567810

@JoshMalbinBirds: Rusty blackbird vale m.twitter.com/JoshMalbinBirds
 
On vacation in central Florida.. (perfect timing)


Sunday, January 25, 2015

Fwd: possible fish crow




-----Original Message-----
From: Orrin Tilevitz 
To: Peter Dorosh <prosbird@aol.com>
Sent: Sun, Jan 25, 2015 1:28 pm
Subject: possible fish crow

This fellow was making fish crow-like noises this morning at the corner of 36th Street and 12th Avenue.  He also looked pretty small; compare him to the size of the pole he's on.


BALD EAGLE perched in pine above Crescent Water. GRNWOOD CEMETERY per Matthew Wills
 

Adult Bald Eagle flying low over SW corner Green-Wood in NW direction per Matthew Wills
 

Tweet from Michael Yuan (@themeowking)

Michael Yuan (@themeowking) tweeted at 10:35 AM on Sun, Jan 25, 2015:
1st year Iceland Gull north of Veterans Memorial Pier. Looks like the doughnut burglar at Caesar's bay this morning.
(https://twitter.com/themeowking/status/559374107750727680?s=03)

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@deepseagangster: Drake Red Head bush terminal m.twitter.com/deepseagangster
 

@deepseagangster: Juv Lesser black back at bush also. m.twitter.com/deepseagangster
 

@deepseagangster: Glaucous Gull bush terminal park m.twitter.com/deepseagangster
 

Saturday, January 24, 2015

Prospect snows brings in good birds

A second hand report of two BALD EAGLES duck hunting at Prospect Lake hilights the early morning news whereas in the afternoon three COMMON MERGANSERS flying over the Lake made this the hot spot today.

Some dogwalkers mentioned to park employee Martin in a text they watched two Bald Eagles perched initially at Well Drive or flying over there went after the ducks.It must have been a frenzied scene as snows and rain mix fell.Details are sketchy .

I ventured out later in the day and enjoyed the winter stroll. Other than a bunch of Northern Shovelers and Canada Geese some small lesser types ,it was quiet. The feeders were active with FOX SPARROW top bird. Another look at the Lake for the hope of a quality gull,instead had mesipotting three slim ducks f!ying due west over the lake, COMMON MERGANSERS that never descended,kept going over Vanderbilt St.

List http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S21525949

http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S21525666

Fwd:


3 Common Mergansers flyover Prospect Lake.no land,due west
 

Friday, January 23, 2015

Fwd: eBird Report - Prospect Park--Prospect Lake, Jan 23, 2015

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: <ebird-checklist@cornell.edu>
Date: Jan 23, 2015 10:49 PM
Subject: eBird Report - Prospect Park--Prospect Lake, Jan 23, 2015
To: <prosbird@gmail.com>
Cc:

Prospect Park--Prospect Lake, Kings, US-NY
Jan 23, 2015 3:48 PM - 3:58 PM
Protocol: Stationary
11 species

Canada Goose  X
Mute Swan  X
Gadwall  1
American Black Duck  2
Mallard  X
Northern Shoveler  200
Ruddy Duck  6
American Coot  X
Ring-billed Gull  X
Herring Gull  X
Great Black-backed Gull  1

View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S21511599

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

Fwd: A couple of pictures from Bush Terminal Park

Paul Chung photos



-----Original Message-----
From: guava1950@yahoo.com
To: prosbird
Sent: Fri, Jan 23, 2015 4:41 pm
Subject: A couple of pictures from Bush Terminal Park


Hi Peter,
  I took these pictures today at Bush Terminal Park.
Kestrel eating a mouse.


Female Red Breasted Merganse

Paul Chung