A newsboard for reporting bird sightings, happenings & announcements,miscellany in north Brooklyn and the 3 main central north Brooklyn green regions : historic Prospect Park, Brooklyn Botanic Garden & north half of Kings County, & Greenwood Cemetery.A service for Brooklyn birders and visitors. Also note: Conservation issues & miscellany posts.
Thursday, March 12, 2015
Can you guess what these are?
Found on the ground in Prospect Park. Answer tomorrow
ANSWER :
Peter DoroshOK here's the answer : seed husks of the American Chestnut.. Yes i know " what about the blight?" the species ( over 45 feet tall now ,three in that spot I picked up the seed husks, is modified genetically with Chinese chestnut to develops the immunit...See More
Peter DoroshOh,one more thing. local environmentalist Bart Chezar who planted those trees given him as tiny saplings from the American Chestnut foundation, successfully over the winter germinated 6 chestnut s from this spot trees , and being the first germination of this species naturally in Brooklyn in over a century according to Bart.
