Prospect Park Bird Sightings & North Brooklyn Nature News

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.

Tuesday, March 24, 2015

conservation from Brooklyn ecologist's perspective

http://www.metro.us/new-york/urban-ecologist-wants-new-york-to-experience-nature-in-times-square/zsJocw---68065bsPcRH6k/
Posted by Kingsboider at 10:50 PM
Email ThisBlogThis!Share to XShare to FacebookShare to Pinterest
Newer Post Older Post Home

BIRDCAST

  • Birdcast

About Me

My photo
Kingsboider
President Emeritus of the Brooklyn Bird Club. Also former newsletter editor and still active trips planner. http://www.overlookednewyork.com/birdwatchers/images/peter.html
View my complete profile

Prospect Park current checklist

  • Prospect Park Checklist

Migration Forecast

  • Birdcast
  • How to intepret Birdcast

Kings county rare Ebirds alert

  • Kings county rare birds alert

American Birds Code of Ethics/Reporting Sensitive Species/Migratory Bird Treaty Act

http://www.aba.org/about/ethics.html


http://ebird.org/content/ebird/news/sensitive_species


http://www.fws.gov/migratorybirds/RegulationsandPolicies.html


http://www.nemesisbird.com/photography/photographing-roosting-owls-how-to-know-youre-doing-it-right/

Bird violations: Enforcement/reporting

  • https://www.fws.gov/wildlife-crime-tips?fbclid=IwAR1yymPLTZ0I9QQfDs05xBEl-2XnXGPuCVOUnBNgTedBbSTybzxVtG818e4#:~:text=It%20is%20not%20a%20forum,%2D800%2D344%2D9453

Listserves & Checklists

  • NYC Ebird yahoo Group
  • NYS eBIRD Hotspots
  • NYSBirds Birding News
  • Prospect PRINTABLE checklist
  • SI Naturalist
  • The Kingsboider Twitter alert

Brooklyn Bird Club & Trips Reports

  • Brooklyn Bird Club
  • Brooklyn Bird Club Trips blog

Birders Interactive Checklists

  • Bird codes 4 letter
  • Cornell's Ebird

Brooklyn Birding

  • ABA Guide to Kings County
  • BBC Chatter Group
  • Brooklyn Bird Club
  • Brooklyn Botanic Garden
  • Brooklyn Bridge Park
  • Gateway Harbor Parks Alliance
  • Gateway National Park
  • Greenwood Cemetery
  • Marine Park
  • Save Ridgewood Reservoir

Maps, locations

  • Birding NYC by Subway
  • Floyd Bennett Google Map
  • Floyd Bennett USPS version
  • Gateway NPS maps
  • Greenwood Cemetery
  • Jam Bay Refuge East Pond map
  • Jamaica Bay Refuge Map
  • Jett GWCemetery Map
  • Kings County boundary
  • Natural Areas Conservancy Nature map
  • Prospect Park Google local names map
  • Prospect Park Map

Radar, Weather & Tides

  • Bird Migration forecast
  • BIRDCAST
  • Brooklyn weather
  • NE bird forecast
  • Nemesis Birdcast
  • NY Tide Chart #2
  • NY Tides Schedules#1

Bird ID Guides

  • Cornell's Beginner Skills
  • Crossley Raptor ID guide
  • Enature Wildlife Field Guides
  • Hawks by Silhouette
  • Hawks in flight ID
  • Hawks of North America
  • Mystery Bird ID help Frontiers Birding ID
  • PIF's Bird ID & Songs
  • Warbler song Id
  • Warblers ID
  • Warblers ID Guidebook

BIRD REHABBERS/RESCUERS

  • Find a Rehabber
  • PP Alliance Natural Resources(weekdays)
  • Sean Casey Animal Rescue
  • Urban Park Rangers-Fort Greene
  • Urban Park Rangers-Marine Park
  • Wild Bird Fund NYC

CONSERVATION

  • NY/METRO issues
  • Jamaica Bay Ecowatchers
  • Invasives ID reference
  • Deceased bird documentation

Nature and Conservation Resources

  • Bug Guide
  • Butterfly supersite
  • Butterflys & Moths
  • eBIRD Bird Forecast
  • Invasives to Habitats
  • Jamaica Bay Ecowatchers
  • Skippers ID
  • Sky & Telescope Astronomy
  • Wildflower ID guide

Online reporting form

  • Bird Bands
  • NYSARC Rare bird report form

Miscellaneous

  • Metro NYC/National Conservation issues

Local/Municipal Park info

  • NYC Parks regulations
  • NY State Parks

Nature Orgs/Blogs

  • American Birds Assn Blog
  • American Ornithology Union
  • Astronomy Skies
  • EarthSky
  • Hawk Migration Assn of North Amer
  • Long Island Birding
  • N.A . Bird ID photos
  • NYC Audubon
  • NYNJTC Go Hiking!
  • NYS Butterfly listerve forum
  • NYS Ornithological Assn
  • National Audubon Society
  • North American Butterfly Assn
  • Queens County Bird Club
  • SI Pine Oak Woods Protectors
  • Star Atlas current time
  • Staten Island Birds Yahoo

Fellow Bloggers, websites

  • BBC Facebook Webpage
  • Backyard & beyond; Matthew Wills
  • BirdingDude Andrew Baksh
  • Janet Zinn Photography
  • Jennifer Kepler Snapshot Nature
  • Long Island Birding-Diane Taggart
  • Old Prospect Sightings Blog
  • Peter Colen Photography
  • Rick Wright NJ Birding
  • Steve Nanz
  • The Citybirder Rob Jett
  • The Mulberry Wing
  • The Warbler Guide

Blog Archive

  • ►  2025 (134)
    • ►  March (13)
    • ►  February (70)
    • ►  January (51)
  • ►  2024 (779)
    • ►  December (89)
    • ►  November (65)
    • ►  October (73)
    • ►  September (77)
    • ►  August (48)
    • ►  July (25)
    • ►  June (26)
    • ►  May (84)
    • ►  April (122)
    • ►  March (53)
    • ►  February (75)
    • ►  January (42)
  • ►  2023 (740)
    • ►  December (20)
    • ►  November (25)
    • ►  October (36)
    • ►  September (82)
    • ►  August (63)
    • ►  July (31)
    • ►  June (35)
    • ►  May (119)
    • ►  April (101)
    • ►  March (88)
    • ►  February (89)
    • ►  January (51)
  • ►  2022 (924)
    • ►  December (57)
    • ►  November (70)
    • ►  October (65)
    • ►  September (101)
    • ►  August (46)
    • ►  July (24)
    • ►  June (43)
    • ►  May (141)
    • ►  April (108)
    • ►  March (92)
    • ►  February (87)
    • ►  January (90)
  • ►  2021 (1281)
    • ►  December (129)
    • ►  November (132)
    • ►  October (90)
    • ►  September (141)
    • ►  August (66)
    • ►  July (34)
    • ►  June (63)
    • ►  May (150)
    • ►  April (157)
    • ►  March (139)
    • ►  February (98)
    • ►  January (82)
  • ►  2020 (1021)
    • ►  December (86)
    • ►  November (101)
    • ►  October (110)
    • ►  September (102)
    • ►  August (63)
    • ►  July (32)
    • ►  June (59)
    • ►  May (151)
    • ►  April (105)
    • ►  March (79)
    • ►  February (67)
    • ►  January (66)
  • ►  2019 (769)
    • ►  December (69)
    • ►  November (47)
    • ►  October (81)
    • ►  September (90)
    • ►  August (46)
    • ►  July (13)
    • ►  June (22)
    • ►  May (105)
    • ►  April (115)
    • ►  March (79)
    • ►  February (42)
    • ►  January (60)
  • ►  2018 (1031)
    • ►  December (53)
    • ►  November (75)
    • ►  October (161)
    • ►  September (98)
    • ►  August (46)
    • ►  July (19)
    • ►  June (19)
    • ►  May (122)
    • ►  April (172)
    • ►  March (95)
    • ►  February (90)
    • ►  January (81)
  • ►  2017 (1205)
    • ►  December (76)
    • ►  November (144)
    • ►  October (97)
    • ►  September (132)
    • ►  August (62)
    • ►  July (64)
    • ►  June (62)
    • ►  May (171)
    • ►  April (94)
    • ►  March (162)
    • ►  February (71)
    • ►  January (70)
  • ►  2016 (850)
    • ►  December (62)
    • ►  November (88)
    • ►  October (90)
    • ►  September (121)
    • ►  August (58)
    • ►  July (21)
    • ►  June (31)
    • ►  May (98)
    • ►  April (96)
    • ►  March (71)
    • ►  February (50)
    • ►  January (64)
  • ▼  2015 (1333)
    • ►  December (137)
    • ►  November (76)
    • ►  October (121)
    • ►  September (105)
    • ►  August (72)
    • ►  July (35)
    • ►  June (34)
    • ►  May (201)
    • ►  April (212)
    • ▼  March (169)
      • ---------- Forwarded message ----------From: "Pete...
      • yesterday at Bush Terminal park
      • Fwd: Banded Canada Geese at Prospect Park, NYC: Th...
      • More firsts GREG and EABL
      • EAST BLUEBIRD trees along long...
      • Fwd: Eastern Bluebird by Tennis House
      • Fos Great egret back shore Duc...
      • Fwd: eBird Report - Prospect Park, Mar 30, 2015
      • Fwd: eBird Report - Prospect Park, Mar 30, 2015
      • Fwd: Prospect Park, Brooklyn, Mar 30, 2015
      • Fwd: eBird Report - Prospect Park, Mar 30, 2015
      • the walk home
      • Common loon in lull water near...
      • Pair GREENWINGED TEAL east sho...
      • COMMON LOON in Prospect Lake
      • Breeding plumage COMMON LOON P...
      • Vulture recs
      • Black Vulture Prospect
      • Fwd: eBird Report - Prospect Park, Mar 29, 2015
      • Fwd: Prospect Park Sunday
      • Flyover BLACK VULTURE over 16t...
      • Fwd: Prospect Park, Brooklyn, Mar 29, 2015
      • Objective : Pine warbler
      • Yb sapsucker following pine wa...
      • Pine warbler east wood buildin...
      • @aredstart2: Pine warbler atbi...
      • Fwd: spring birds
      • eBird Checklist – Prospect Park, New York – Fri Ma...
      • eBird Checklist – Prospect Park, New York – Sat Ma...
      • eBird Checklist – Prospect Park, New York – Sat Ma...
      • Fwd: Around the lake yesterday
      • Fwd: Fwd: eBird Report - Prospect Park, Mar 27, 2015
      • Duck total Friday in prospect
      • Prospect friday afternoon
      • Fwd: golden-crowned kinglets
      • Terrifc Prospect Lake, spring migration signs, tar...
      • Pine Warbler FOS reported in R...
      • 10 species duck prospect lake....
      • Skittish 12 Comm Mergs flew ou...
      • Prospect lake 15 Comm mergs,15...
      • Prospect redpoll
      • Merganser Corner, Robin fields
      • Wood ducks
      • Fwd: Fwd: eBird Report - Prospect Park, Mar 25, 2015
      • BBP
      • Fwd: Fwd: eBird Report - Prospect Park, Mar 24, 2015
      • conservation from Brooklyn ecologist's perspective
      • Music Island visitor
      • Fwd: Ridgewood yesterday
      • Am Tree Sparrow Well dr picni...
      • 10 Ringnecked ducks,6 Common M...
      • Prospect Feeders
      • Fwd: Ridgewood reservoir list
      • Fwd: Prospect Park, Brooklyn, Mar 23, 2015
      • Possible Eurasian Tree Sparrow in Kensington by Im...
      • Opposite ends
      • Eastren Phoebe
      • Ebird yahoo listserve
      • @chebirds: Woodcock heard twic...
      • Fwd: American Woodcock in Greenwood
      • GWC BBC walk
      • the purpose of this blog
      • post snow sightings
      • Make that 2 AWoodcock west end...
      • First season Osprey over prosp...
      • @themeowking: Common Redpoll s...
      • 10 Plants for a Bird-Friendly Yard | Audubon
      • Donna evans repted likely Wood...
      • Summer bird on wintry equinox
      • 26 KILLDEER sitting in snow be...
      • Fwd: Ridgewood Reservoir brief
      • Fwd: Prospect Park, Brooklyn, Mar 20, 2015
      • GWC
      • Fwd: Instructors needed for a school birding progr...
      • Prospect Lake
      • 1st day of Spring !
      • The middle of the lake
      • Fwd: Fwd: eBird Report - Prospect Park, Mar 19, 2015
      • Fwd: Ring-necked Ducks
      • yesterday,today ..different stories
      • Ringnecked dUcks(4) Prospect l...
      • In the news , the bad side of duck feeding
      • Fwd: Highland Park Neighborhood Greening Projects
      • Fwd: Prospect Park this morning
      • some quick notes
      • Fwd: Fwd: eBird Report - Prospect Park, Mar 17, 2015
      • Fwd: Bush Terminal (43rd St access) Park, Mar 16, ...
      • Greenwood cemetery rept Rafael Campos
      • Early spring blossoms abit in Prospect"
      • Adjsted # 15 Killdeer on Ballf...
      • 17 flying Killdeer spooked by ...
      • Continuing Common Redpoll eati...
      • @KarenOhearn: Numbers growing....
      • @JoshMalbinBirds: On the way t...
      • So far,now 21 Hooded Merganser...
      • 19 Hooded mergansers,pair Ring...
      • Fwd: Prospect Park Today
      • Grackles
      • Monday's good side
      • Marielle Anzelone Botanist and NYC wildlflower act...
    • ►  February (94)
    • ►  January (77)
  • ►  2014 (1424)
    • ►  December (82)
    • ►  November (101)
    • ►  October (146)
    • ►  September (158)
    • ►  August (98)
    • ►  July (44)
    • ►  June (46)
    • ►  May (252)
    • ►  April (237)
    • ►  March (124)
    • ►  February (74)
    • ►  January (62)
  • ►  2013 (1028)
    • ►  December (84)
    • ►  November (92)
    • ►  October (107)
    • ►  September (108)
    • ►  August (117)
    • ►  July (69)
    • ►  June (35)
    • ►  May (85)
    • ►  April (111)
    • ►  March (108)
    • ►  February (40)
    • ►  January (72)
  • ►  2012 (313)
    • ►  December (50)
    • ►  November (102)
    • ►  October (80)
    • ►  September (77)
    • ►  August (4)
Awesome Inc. theme. Theme images by Maliketh. Powered by Blogger.