Come

Common Merganser (Mergus merganser) (1)
- Reported Feb 03, 2025 22:23 by M Weinstein
- Green-Wood Cemetery--Sylvan Water, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6537472,-73.9986235&ll=40.6537472,-73.9986235
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S211906542
- Comments: "Very clearly seen."

"
The way a crow

Shook down on me

The dust of snow

From a hemlock tree


Has given my heart

A change of mood

And saved some part

Of a day I had rued."

"Dust of Snow",-Robert Frost






   

Prospect GoldenEye records

The 3 common Golden yesterday represents a new high for prospect park. It's the ninth record historically.

This species was last seen in mid December 2023

"
The way a crow

Shook down on me

The dust of snow

From a hemlock tree


Has given my heart

A change of mood

And saved some part

Of a day I had rued."

"Dust of Snow",-Robert Frost






   

Feb 2 surprising two Common Goldeneye on prospect lake

 Lily Shih,A devoted prospect photographer who takes photos of birds yet isn't an experienced birder nor connected to discord,took these close photos yesterday. I flipped when she showed them to me today at the feeders.

Just had to smile and shake my head when she didn't realized she took photos of rare Common Goldeneyes for prospect. Both are hens.

It turns out after a check of the prospect checklist there were actually 3 hens , reported by Howard Walfish

Check his report

ebird.org/checklist/S211705976

GWC COME continues

Common Merganser (Mergus merganser) (1)
- Reported Feb 03, 2025 11:50 by Angela Panetta
- Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6523083,-73.9904281&ll=40.6523083,-73.9904281
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S211845074
- Comments: "Hen continuing at sylvan water"

Common Merganser (Mergus merganser) (1)
- Reported Feb 03, 2025 10:45 by Matthew Wills
- Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6523083,-73.9904281&ll=40.6523083,-73.9904281
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S211850728
- Comments: "Female. Heavier bill, sharp white chin patch, & definitive cut off transition between rusty head and white. Pictures to come."

--

" Preserve and cherish the pale blue dot,the only home we've ever known"

                                                                            --Carl Sagan

Shadows across the landscape

Mr groundhog in Pennsylvania
I believed saw his shadow signaling a late spring. For late Birds of winter that doesn't help.With consistency, the usual still hang around.

Shadows at Greenwood Cemetery include those belonging to Red headed Woodpecker, Chipping Sparrow and Baltimore Oriole. Battle hill around Hemlock ave is the woodpeckers domain ; both Chipping Sparrow and Baltimore Oriole remain at Dellwater at the feeders and beehives respectively. One shadow cast by the hen Common Merganser  upon Sylvan water left by
ate morning when I arrived. But I see see companions pair drake Bufflehead and hen Hooded Merganser there.

Meanwhile Prospect offers its own shadows. The American Tree Sparrow now hangs out with Muncie by the dog beach ,behind the wood fence of the ballfield.On the Lake 13 Brant revisited touching down near Three Sisters Islands. There was a report of some seen yesterday on the ball fields ,with canada geese.

Happy groundhogs are doing their jobs right as pronosticators

--
Two roads diverged in a wood and I – I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference."

— Robert Frost

Happy Grounhog Day!

 

Brant on lake

 I have seen Brant hundreds of times a common winter species on our salt water coast,but it's very cool to see them on prospect lake.

Passing thru the park on an errand at 9th street, I happened by the lake to look for the early reported common merganser. That I didn't see but while checking out the canada geese, I realized that a small flock was smaller sized  ,floating birds that with my small bins I recognized were Brant . I counted 11 but my friend Rusty happened along and correctly counted 13. So it's an unusual occurrence to see Brant touch down as they are recorded most times as flyovers.

But unusual is the word today as Forrest reported a Killdeer near Parkside and Ocean Ave park entrance lawn and that's quite unusual along with the Brant.

"
The way a crow

Shook down on me

The dust of snow

From a hemlock tree


Has given my heart

A change of mood

And saved some part

Of a day I had rued."

"Dust of Snow",-Robert Frost






   

eBird Checklist - 1 Feb 2025 - Prospect Park - 46 species Wickman chklist

https://ebird.org/checklist/S211538506

Note cackling Goose,  common merganser, ring neck duck and unusual location for uncommon killdeer 

"
The way a crow

Shook down on me

The dust of snow

From a hemlock tree


Has given my heart

A change of mood

And saved some part

Of a day I had rued."

"Dust of Snow",-Robert Frost






   

Redhead sticks around and redder head

Red-headed Woodpecker (Melanerpes erythrocephalus) (1)
- Reported Feb 01, 2025 11:00 by Mitchell Baker
- Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6523083,-73.9904281&ll=40.6523083,-73.9904281
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S211517184
- Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "Juvenile, Continuing, Hemlock near Battle"

"
The way a crow

Shook down on me

The dust of snow

From a hemlock tree


Has given my heart

A change of mood

And saved some part

Of a day I had rued."

"Dust of Snow",-Robert Frost






   

Rare COME IN GWC

Common Merganser (Mergus merganser) (1)
- Reported Feb 01, 2025 12:13 by Peter Paul
- Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6523083,-73.9904281&ll=40.6523083,-73.9904281
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S211524585
- Comments: "Very rare here :) Continuing on Sylvan. Large silver merganser with reddish head and white chin."

Common Merganser (Mergus merganser) (1)
- Reported Feb 01, 2025 11:02 by MCHL ____
- Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6523083,-73.9904281&ll=40.6523083,-73.9904281
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S211523993
- Comments: "Great find by Angela. Sitting on Sylvan. Cavorting with comparatively pint-sized hooded mergansers. Bright red-orange head, white under bill, gray back."

"
The way a crow

Shook down on me

The dust of snow

From a hemlock tree


Has given my heart

A change of mood

And saved some part

Of a day I had rued."

"Dust of Snow",-Robert Frost






   

A Cool looking sparrow

One of the handsomest sparrows around is the American Tree sparrow. With its yellow mani of and overall gray buffy ovetones,and red cap, its a rare opportunity to see one here locally.

Reported yesterday on Discord, one tree sparrow was reported at the Prospect park feeders.

--
Two roads diverged in a wood and I – I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference."

— Robert Frost

BBP Glaucous Gull additional detailsb

Glaucous Gull (Larus hyperboreus) (1)
- Reported Jan 29, 2025 17:03 by Doug Gochfeld
- Brooklyn Bridge Park, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6996104,-73.9973745&ll=40.6996104,-73.9973745
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S211210133
- Comments: "*very rare. Perhaps the first park record. Juvenile at the marina. Smallish GLGU, a bit smaller than the GBBGs, but towering over the surrounding RBGUs when it was perched on the docks. Milky/cappucino aspect with pale wingtips, smallish eye, and extensively pink-based bill with black tip (pink/black border not exactly vertical, but pretty close). First seen at 17:30, sitting on the water, where it looked mostly like a Glaucous Gull, except that it looked a bit rounder-headed, and seemed comparable in size to the RBGUs it was floating near, leading to initial confusion on the ID. Once it perched on the end of one of the long docks, in the company of the three common species of winter gull that occur here, that confusion vanished, as it was clearly a Glaucous. Digiscoped

"
The way a crow

Shook down on me

The dust of snow

From a hemlock tree


Has given my heart

A change of mood

And saved some part

Of a day I had rued."

"Dust of Snow",-Robert Frost






   

Matthews GWC chklist

https://ebird.org/checklist/S211267645

--

" Preserve and cherish the pale blue dot,the only home we've ever known"

                                                                            --Carl Sagan

rare gulls at Bklyn Br Park

Glaucous Gull (Larus hyperboreus) (1)
- Reported Jan 29, 2025 16:47 by R M
- Brooklyn Bridge Park, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6996104,-73.9973745&ll=40.6996104,-73.9973745
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S211186260
- Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "DG spotted this on the marina docks and was scoping it as we arrived. Dark juvenile mixed in with herrings and great-black backed gulls. Large and  latte-colored, with pale wing tips, bicolored pink/black bill, beady eye and low sloping head."

Lesser Black-backed Gull (Larus fuscus) (2)
- Reported Jan 29, 2025 16:47 by MI YU
- Brooklyn Bridge Park, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6996104,-73.9973745&ll=40.6996104,-73.9973745
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S211186140
- Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Usual adult at pier 1 pilings, and a second adult at marina"

--

" Preserve and cherish the pale blue dot,the only home we've ever known"

                                                                            --Carl Sagan

Gwc Dellwater

Baltimore Oriole (Icterus galbula) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jan 28, 2025 13:00 by Matthew Wills
- Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6523083,-73.9904281&ll=40.6523083,-73.9904281
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S211101878
- Media: 3 Photos
- Comments: "Eating Western Honey Bees at the hives."

"
The way a crow

Shook down on me

The dust of snow

From a hemlock tree


Has given my heart

A change of mood

And saved some part

Of a day I had rued."

"Dust of Snow",-Robert Frost






   

eBird Checklist - 28 Jan 2025 - Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn - 32 species (+1 other taxa)

https://ebird.org/checklist/S211054442

Note the three good birds redheaded wp,chipping Sparrow and balt Oriole

Rhwp is on hemlock Ave west of Battle Ave

"
The way a crow

Shook down on me

The dust of snow

From a hemlock tree


Has given my heart

A change of mood

And saved some part

Of a day I had rued."

"Dust of Snow",-Robert Frost






   

Feb 1st triple conjunction

Post sunset west low sky moon between Venus and saturn

"
The way a crow

Shook down on me

The dust of snow

From a hemlock tree


Has given my heart

A change of mood

And saved some part

Of a day I had rued."

"Dust of Snow",-Robert Frost






   

Pine warbler continuing at Prospect feeders

Pine Warbler (Setophaga pinus) (1)
- Reported Jan 26, 2025 12:25 by David Stavish
- Prospect Park, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6602841,-73.9689534&ll=40.6602841,-73.9689534
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S210809913
- Comments: "at feeders"

--

" Preserve and cherish the pale blue dot,the only home we've ever known"

                                                                            --Carl Sagan

Quick visit GWC dellwater

During a drive thru with family Saturday afternoon in greenwood Cemetery, I decided to make A quick stop at the dellwater to see some special birds. I got two of them.

Even if common in due season, the sight of two out of season birds in wintertime is a thing. First was two chipping sparrows at the second feeder, enjoying seed with a bunch of cardinals and some gold finches with nut hatch,chickadee and juncos. I figured the oriole was by the behives and I guessed right.

Seeing another birder already there, I took immediate looks at the beehives and there's a single Baltimore Oriole- likely a female on the ground, as it scour the ground. I said to myself " ok,cool winter bird and im happy". It was my first attempt of these long staying birds.

--
Two roads diverged in a wood and I – I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference."

— Robert Frost

Lbbg

Lesser Black-backed Gull (Larus fuscus) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jan 21, 2025 16:38 by MI YU
- Brooklyn Bridge Park, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6996104,-73.9973745&ll=40.6996104,-73.9973745
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S210213626
- Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Usual roost-fly."

"
The way a crow

Shook down on me

The dust of snow

From a hemlock tree


Has given my heart

A change of mood

And saved some part

Of a day I had rued."

"Dust of Snow",-Robert Frost






   

COME continues PP

Common Merganser (Mergus merganser) (5)
- Reported Jan 21, 2025 08:29 by Forrest Wickman
- Prospect Park, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6602841,-73.9689534&ll=40.6602841,-73.9689534
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S210192878
- Comments: "Flagged as rare. Three on the lake (two females, one male), and then I photographed a group of five horribly backlit flyovers. So really probably eight but I'll keep it at five in case of duplicates. Photos."

"
The way a crow

Shook down on me

The dust of snow

From a hemlock tree


Has given my heart

A change of mood

And saved some part

Of a day I had rued."

"Dust of Snow",-Robert Frost






   

latest Prospects

Common Merganser (Mergus merganser) (3)
- Reported Jan 21, 2025 08:36 by Tom Preston
- Prospect Park, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6602841,-73.9689534&ll=40.6602841,-73.9689534
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S210157848
- Comments: "One Drake. Two ducks. Continuing"

Pine Warbler (Setophaga pinus) (1)
- Reported Jan 21, 2025 08:36 by Tom Preston
- Prospect Park, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6602841,-73.9689534&ll=40.6602841,-73.9689534
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S210157848
- Comments: "Continuing at feeders"

--

" Preserve and cherish the pale blue dot,the only home we've ever known"

                                                                            --Carl Sagan

eBird Checklist - 20 Jan 2025 - Prospect Park - 41 species

https://ebird.org/checklist/S210077681

Note common mergansers 5 and pine warbler

"
The way a crow

Shook down on me

The dust of snow

From a hemlock tree


Has given my heart

A change of mood

And saved some part

Of a day I had rued."

"Dust of Snow",-Robert Frost






   

Come continues pplake

Common Merganser (Mergus merganser) (2)
- Reported Jan 20, 2025 11:29 by Radka Osickova
- Prospect Park, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6602841,-73.9689534&ll=40.6602841,-73.9689534
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S210064001
- Comments: "Middle of lake"

"
The way a crow

Shook down on me

The dust of snow

From a hemlock tree


Has given my heart

A change of mood

And saved some part

Of a day I had rued."

"Dust of Snow",-Robert Frost






   

A record breaker and quality sunday

The bird of the day is obviously Common Merganser. According to a source ,this species set the high count historically for prospect park besting the previous count of nine.

This morning Sameer spotted 15 Common mergansers in open water of a mostly frozen lake. Photos he took verified the number . When I finally got around after morning services and errands, I saw three-two hens and a Drake and that's enough for me adoring this beautiful duck. Nearby at Three Sisters islands a pair of wood ducks and a hen Hooded Merganser added some beauty as well.

Other scarce reports centered on the feeders and overhead. The Pine warbler continues to visit the feeders ,joined by a female purple finch. Another birder watched a flyover juvenile Bald Eagle.

If you're interested in Greenwood Cemetery birds, go to the Dellwater feeders . There you're find the continuing two Baltimore Orioles and Chipping Sparrow. Meanwhile the now more redder Redheaded Woodpeckers sticks to its abode at Hemlock Ave west of Battle Avenue in the  3 or 4th tree on the south edge of the road. That's its cavity roost.

Stay warm! And enjoy the snow ! 🎿❄️☃️

"
The way a crow

Shook down on me

The dust of snow

From a hemlock tree


Has given my heart

A change of mood

And saved some part

Of a day I had rued."

"Dust of Snow",-Robert Frost






   

COME recordbreaker on prospect lake!

Common Merganser (Mergus merganser) (15)
- Reported Jan 19, 2025 07:38 by Sameer Ajmani
- Prospect Park--Prospect Lake, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6553787,-73.9686421&ll=40.6553787,-73.9686421
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S209878196
- Media: 3 Photos
- Comments: "Large flock flew in to lake. Photos. Estimate 20 total. Got 13 simultaneously in photos. Forrest Wickman later counted 15

"
The way a crow

Shook down on me

The dust of snow

From a hemlock tree


Has given my heart

A change of mood

And saved some part

Of a day I had rued."

"Dust of Snow",-Robert Frost






   

eBird Checklist - 17 Jan 2025 - Prospect Park - 35 species (+1 other taxa) Jacobs chklisst

https://ebird.org/checklist/S209646712

Note OC and pine Warblers

"
The way a crow

Shook down on me

The dust of snow

From a hemlock tree


Has given my heart

A change of mood

And saved some part

Of a day I had rued."

"Dust of Snow",-Robert Frost






   

COME on PP lake

Common Merganser (Mergus merganser) (1)
- Reported Jan 17, 2025 12:39 by Brad Wolchansky
- Prospect Park--Prospect Lake, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6553787,-73.9686421&ll=40.6553787,-73.9686421
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S209640577
- Comments: "Reddish head with crest, sharply contrasting white neck and breast."

--

" Preserve and cherish the pale blue dot,the only home we've ever known"

                                                                            --Carl Sagan

RHWP GWC

Red-headed Woodpecker (Melanerpes erythrocephalus) (1)
- Reported Jan 17, 2025 08:48 by Richard Payne
- Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6523083,-73.9904281&ll=40.6523083,-73.9904281
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S209604047
- Comments: "Continuing bird at Battle and Hemlock,  more red in the head now."

--

" Preserve and cherish the pale blue dot,the only home we've ever known"

                                                                            --Carl Sagan

greenwood quality sightings still..

Red-headed Woodpecker (Melanerpes erythrocephalus) (1)
- Reported Jan 16, 2025 07:50 by matt bourke
- Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6523083,-73.9904281&ll=40.6523083,-73.9904281
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S209553863
- Comments: "continuing at battle hill"

Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina) (2)
- Reported Jan 16, 2025 07:50 by matt bourke
- Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6523083,-73.9904281&ll=40.6523083,-73.9904281
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S209553863
- Comments: "continuing at dell water feeders"

Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina) (2)
- Reported Jan 13, 2025 14:00 by Lisa Curtiss
- Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6523083,-73.9904281&ll=40.6523083,-73.9904281
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S209198230
- Comments: "Seen at the Dell Water feeder.  Small sparrows rusty crown, no streaking on belly and dark eyeline"

Baltimore Oriole (Icterus galbula) (2)
- Reported Jan 16, 2025 07:50 by matt bourke
- Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6523083,-73.9904281&ll=40.6523083,-73.9904281
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S209553863
- Comments: "at the bee hives at dell water"

--

" Preserve and cherish the pale blue dot,the only home we've ever known"

                                                                            --Carl Sagan

around the nabe

Pine Warbler (Setophaga pinus) (1)
- Reported Jan 14, 2025 10:05 by Maureen Matthews
- Prospect Park, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6602841,-73.9689534&ll=40.6602841,-73.9689534
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S209295502
- Comments: "Continuing at the feeders"

Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) (1)
- Reported Jan 14, 2025 14:21 by Caroline Corwin
- Prospect Park, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6602841,-73.9689534&ll=40.6602841,-73.9689534
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S209307491
- Comments: "Seen briefly flying over Long Meadow ballfields, not really rare anymore!"

Baltimore Oriole (Icterus galbula) (1)
- Reported Jan 13, 2025 13:15 by Paul Cohen
- Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6523083,-73.9904281&ll=40.6523083,-73.9904281
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S209311763
- Comments: "At feeders at Dell water.  Photo attached."

Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jan 13, 2025 12:14 by leo wexler-mann
- Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6523083,-73.9904281&ll=40.6523083,-73.9904281
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S209325237
- Comments: "Dihedral vulture"

Red-headed Woodpecker (Melanerpes erythrocephalus) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jan 13, 2025 12:14 by leo wexler-mann
- Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6523083,-73.9904281&ll=40.6523083,-73.9904281
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S209325237
- Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Continuing near Battle & Hemlock"

Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jan 13, 2025 12:14 by leo wexler-mann
- Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6523083,-73.9904281&ll=40.6523083,-73.9904281
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S209325237
- Comments: "Feeder at Dell"

Baltimore Oriole (Icterus galbula) (2) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jan 13, 2025 12:14 by leo wexler-mann
- Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6523083,-73.9904281&ll=40.6523083,-73.9904281
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S209325237
- Comments: "At Dell foraging on ground"

Lesser Black-backed Gull (Larus fuscus) (1)
- Reported Jan 14, 2025 16:40 by MI YU
- Brooklyn Bridge Park, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6996104,-73.9973745&ll=40.6996104,-73.9973745
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S209330125
- Comments: "Usual adult, tonight among the roosting birds at the marina instead of the pier 1 pilings."

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" Preserve and cherish the pale blue dot,the only home we've ever known"

                                                                            --Carl Sagan

Gull opportunities

Lesser Black-backed Gull (Larus fuscus) (1)
- Reported Jan 12, 2025 12:29 by Susie Dippel
- Prospect Park, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6602841,-73.9689534&ll=40.6602841,-73.9689534
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S209065255
- Comments: "Juvenile, black bill, dark back plumage, on the Lake"

Lesser Black-backed Gull (Larus fuscus) (1)
- Reported Jan 11, 2025 10:14 by Andrew Tegeler
- Prospect Park, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6602841,-73.9689534&ll=40.6602841,-73.9689534
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S208859049
- Comments: "on the lake"

Iceland Gull (Larus glaucoides) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jan 12, 2025 12:09 by R M
- Veterans Memorial Pier, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6391393,-74.0369531&ll=40.6391393,-74.0369531
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S209025683
- Comments: "mid sized pale gull with white wing tips"

"Feed the birds in winter; in return, they will feed your soul with the look of gratitude!"

--Mehmet Murat ildan





   

eBird Checklist - 13 Jan 2025 - Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn - 34 species Chelsea chklist

https://ebird.org/checklist/S209176763

Note Oriole, rhwoodpecker, vulture...

"Feed the birds in winter; in return, they will feed your soul with the look of gratitude!"

--Mehmet Murat ildan





   

Two glaucous gulls around

Glaucous Gull (Larus hyperboreus) (1)
- Reported Jan 13, 2025 08:23 by Forrest Wickman
- Veterans Memorial Pier, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6391393,-74.0369531&ll=40.6391393,-74.0369531
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S209147690
- Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Rare, and a real surprise as we were ready to leave empty-handed. A paler bird than the one seen by many around Brooklyn Army Terminal earlier this month: If Richard described the color of the other individual as "cafe con leche," this one was just … leche. First seen perched on the railing on our way back to the car and last seen through the scope, flying west somewhere over the northern end of Staten Island, where we finally lost it. Photos.

"Feed the birds in winter; in return, they will feed your soul with the look of gratitude!"

--Mehmet Murat ildan





   

Latest reports

Glaucous Gull (Larus hyperboreus) (1)
- Reported Jan 13, 2025 08:23 by Xinyi Z
- Veterans Memorial Pier, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6391393,-74.0369531&ll=40.6391393,-74.0369531
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S209153656
- Media: 3 Photos
- Comments: "Rare, and a real surprise as we were ready to leave empty-handed. A paler bird than the one seen by many around Brooklyn Army Terminal earlier this month: If Richard described the color of the other individual as "cafe con leche," this one was just … leche. First seen perched on the railing on our way back to the car and last seen through the scope, flying west somewhere over the northern end of Staten Island, where we finally lost it. Photos."

Pine Warbler (Setophaga pinus) (1)
- Reported Jan 12, 2025 14:34 by Xinyi Z
- Prospect Park, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6602841,-73.9689534&ll=40.6602841,-73.9689534
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S209154169
- Comments: "Drab individual continuing at feeders"

"Feed the birds in winter; in return, they will feed your soul with the look of gratitude!"

--Mehmet Murat ildan





   

Photo Snow goose

On prospect lake this late afternoon , zoom photo by Donna E.

"Feed the birds in winter; in return, they will feed your soul with the look of gratitude!"

--Mehmet Murat ildan





   

around da nabe....

Red-headed Woodpecker (Melanerpes erythrocephalus) (1)

- Reported Jan 10, 2025 11:29 by Anonymous eBirder
- Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6523083,-73.9904281&ll=40.6523083,-73.9904281
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S208736509
- Comments: "Usual spot"

Baltimore Oriole (Icterus galbula) (1)
- Reported Jan 10, 2025 10:45 by Matthew Wills
- Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6523083,-73.9904281&ll=40.6523083,-73.9904281
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S208737678
- Comments: "Bogarting suet feeder at Dell Water. Continuing. Pictures to come."

Pine Warbler (Setophaga pinus) (1)
- Reported Jan 10, 2025 12:26 by Michael Pedron
- Prospect Park, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6602841,-73.9689534&ll=40.6602841,-73.9689534
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S208736819
- Comments: "At feeder. Distinct wing bars."

Pine Warbler (Setophaga pinus) (1)
- Reported Jan 10, 2025 12:00 by John Huggard
- Prospect Park, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6602841,-73.9689534&ll=40.6602841,-73.9689534
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S208737035
- Comments: "Continuing at feeders

Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus) (1)
- Reported Jan 10, 2025 11:36 by Richard Payne
- Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6523083,-73.9904281&ll=40.6523083,-73.9904281
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S208747359
- Comments: "Flagged, seen soaring overhead and into the city right after I found the oc warbler. All blaxk with white primaries, short tail. Possible photo"

Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina) (2)
- Reported Jan 10, 2025 11:36 by Richard Payne
- Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6523083,-73.9904281&ll=40.6523083,-73.9904281
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S208747359
- Comments: "Flagged, together on the path north side of Dell water, photos"

Baltimore Oriole (Icterus galbula) (1)
- Reported Jan 10, 2025 11:36 by Richard Payne
- Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6523083,-73.9904281&ll=40.6523083,-73.9904281
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S208747359
- Comments: "Continuing bird at Dell water, photos"

Orange-crowned Warbler (Leiothlypis celata) (1)
- Reported Jan 10, 2025 11:36 by Richard Payne
- Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6523083,-73.9904281&ll=40.6523083,-73.9904281
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S208747359
- Comments: "Flagged, warbler with yellow breast and vent, light streaking on breast, white eye arcs. Seen off the Hazel Path past the Munson tomb. Possible photos"

Pine Warbler (Setophaga pinus) (1)
- Reported Jan 10, 2025 12:02 by Daniel Smith
- Prospect Park, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6602841,-73.9689534&ll=40.6602841,-73.9689534
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S208748342
- Comments: "Continuing at feeders"

also noted as I refilled the prospect feeders today, two Carolina wrens popped up upon the suet...

Prospect Lake had the continuing Snow Goose and a visiting immature Lesser black backed Gull.

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" Preserve and cherish the pale blue dot,the only home we've ever known"

                                                                            --Carl Sagan

eBird Checklist - 9 Jan 2025 - Prospect Park - 33 species brawer chklist

https://ebird.org/checklist/S208636989

Note perched eagle. Also purple finches,pine warbler 

On a separate note another birder reported single snow goose on the lake today.

"Feed the birds in winter; in return, they will feed your soul with the look of gratitude!"

--Mehmet Murat ildan





   

Lbbg in bbp pier 1 roost

Lesser Black-backed Gull (Larus fuscus) (1)
- Reported Jan 08, 2025 16:32 by E R
- Brooklyn Bridge Park, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6996104,-73.9973745&ll=40.6996104,-73.9973745
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S208543531
- Media: 5 Photos
- Comments: "Annual bird in winter for years now- third winter I've seen it. Present when I arrived at pier 1 pilings around 4:58"

"Feed the birds in winter; in return, they will feed your soul with the look of gratitude!"

--Mehmet Murat ildan





   

GLGU continues

Glaucous Gull (Larus hyperboreus) (1)
- Reported Jan 07, 2025 12:52 by Grant Price
- Brooklyn Army Terminal Pier 4, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.646519,-74.026074&ll=40.646519,-74.026074
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S208414614
- Comments: "Continuing large "white" gull, two tone bi, pink with black tip. Photos. Sitting on parking lot."

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" Preserve and cherish the pale blue dot,the only home we've ever known"

                                                                            --Carl Sagan

continuing feeders PIWA

Pine Warbler (Setophaga pinus) (1)
- Reported Jan 06, 2025 15:00 by Kathleen Toomey
- Prospect Park, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6602841,-73.9689534&ll=40.6602841,-73.9689534
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S208346040
- Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Continuing at the feeders.  Drab individual with wingbars, broken eyering, a long tail, and a little yellow showing on its breast"

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" Preserve and cherish the pale blue dot,the only home we've ever known"

                                                                            --Carl Sagan

BBP LBBGull

KB note: usually west side Pier 1 Jetty /posts

Lesser Black-backed Gull (Larus fuscus) (1)
- Reported Jan 06, 2025 16:25 by MI YU
- Brooklyn Bridge Park, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6996104,-73.9973745&ll=40.6996104,-73.9973745
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S208337864
- Comments: "Potentially returning adult who roosted most nights here last winter."

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" Preserve and cherish the pale blue dot,the only home we've ever known"

                                                                            --Carl Sagan

Windy Sunday local gems

Sunday with sunny weather still windy kept some birders local. Continuity is the word with a number of birds that seem comfortable here.

In Greenwood Cemetery, a few hilights of continuing species. Long staying Red headed Woodpecker likes it's comfort zone at the Hemlock Ave trees west of Battle Ave. Both Baltimore Oriole and Chipping Sparrow stuck close to the feeders and suet at Dellwater.

Speaking of feeders, the Pine warbler continues there at Prospect. A second Pine Warbler  was reported in a Pine conifer near the Well Dr and west lake drive junction. 

Last good bird to report ? A Cackling Goose on the Lake by the Peninsula, within the Canada Geese flock.

Me? I'm too tired today after yesterday's BBC windstorm trip to pursue these birds.

"Feed the birds in winter; in return, they will feed your soul with the look of gratitude!"

--Mehmet Murat ildan





   

Fwd: BBC New Year's Day Walk 2025

BBC First day walk tally ,led by Karen OHearn

"Feed the birds in winter; in return, they will feed your soul with the look of gratitude!"

--Mehmet Murat ildan





   

---------- Forwarded message ---------
From: karenohearn@aol.com <karenohearn@aol.com>
Date: Sat, Jan 4, 2025, 8:07 PM
Subject: BBC New Year's Day Walk 2025
To: Peter Dorosh <prosbird@gmail.com>

https://ebird.org/checklist/S207478532

Redtailed hawk author passes away

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/03/nyregion/marie-winn-dead.html?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR29RUZXn0WHly8Ob8CPORnXqDxPzDTBwjMr_eth0Ofjll8iH1CQuEOWShY_aem_KCtj2YtqPfuHa0GzRl-Hww

"Feed the birds in winter; in return, they will feed your soul with the look of gratitude!"

--Mehmet Murat ildan





   

Waterfowl counter needed

This is a long shot but I'm looking for experienced waterfowl counter for the north Brooklyn section covering the Brooklyn navy yard, Greenpoint and Williamsburg sections. The count is any day between Jan 18-26

Email me at prosbird@gmail.com

"Feed the birds in winter; in return, they will feed your soul with the look of gratitude!"

--Mehmet Murat ildan





   

GLGU back at BAT pier4

Glaucous Gull (Larus hyperboreus) (1)
- Reported Jan 03, 2025 11:46 by Kathleen Toomey
- Brooklyn Army Terminal Pier 4, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.646519,-74.026074&ll=40.646519,-74.026074
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S207896735
- Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Continuing at the far end of the pier with a group of loafing gulls.  Large all white gull, with dark tipped pink bill."

"Feed the birds in winter; in return, they will feed your soul with the look of gratitude!"

--Mehmet Murat ildan





   

Prospect feeders

Purple Finch (Haemorhous purpureus) (2)
- Reported Jan 03, 2025 14:03 by Susie Dippel
- Prospect Park, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6602841,-73.9689534&ll=40.6602841,-73.9689534
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S207881035
- Comments: "Continuing"

Pine Warbler (Setophaga pinus) (1)
- Reported Jan 03, 2025 15:20 by Ryan Treves
- Prospect Park, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6602841,-73.9689534&ll=40.6602841,-73.9689534
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S207877497
- Comments: "At feeders, good looks over multiple visits. Pale yellow underneath, two wingbars, light brown above. No yellow rump."

"Feed the birds in winter; in return, they will feed your soul with the look of gratitude!"

--Mehmet Murat ildan





   

Great birds in the nabe

Common Merganser (Mergus merganser) (1)
- Reported Jan 03, 2025 08:05 by Ant Tab
- Prospect Park, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6602841,-73.9689534&ll=40.6602841,-73.9689534
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S207820876
- Comments: "Hen with red head and white chin patch, presumably continuing since the other day."

Glaucous Gull (Larus hyperboreus) (1)
- Reported Jan 03, 2025 09:55 by E R
- Brooklyn Army Terminal Pier 4, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.646519,-74.026074&ll=40.646519,-74.026074
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S207826513
- Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "Returning bird- pink bill with black tip, beautifully patterned plumage"

Lesser Black-backed Gull (Larus fuscus) (1)
- Reported Jan 03, 2025 08:05 by Ant Tab
- Prospect Park, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6602841,-73.9689534&ll=40.6602841,-73.9689534
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S207820876
- Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "First-winter bird intermediate in size compared to RBGU/AHGU with relatively slim black bill, rounded head, dusky eye, and dark wings contrasting with lighter underside."

Red-headed Woodpecker (Melanerpes erythrocephalus) (1)
- Reported Jan 03, 2025 09:25 by Clayton Raithel
- Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6523083,-73.9904281&ll=40.6523083,-73.9904281
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S207820654
- Comments: "Continuing at Hemlock"

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" Preserve and cherish the pale blue dot,the only home we've ever known"

                                                                            --Carl Sagan

Pine warb

Pine Warbler (Setophaga pinus) (1)
- Reported Jan 02, 2025 13:24 by Kathleen Toomey
- Prospect Park, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6602841,-73.9689534&ll=40.6602841,-73.9689534
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S207745743
- Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Continuing on the suet at the feeders.  Pale warbler, with broken eye ring, wing bars.   Photo"

"Feed the birds in winter; in return, they will feed your soul with the look of gratitude!"

--Mehmet Murat ildan





   

eBird Checklist - 2 Jan 2025 - Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn - 31 species (+2 other taxa)

https://ebird.org/checklist/S207735701

Note redheaded wp,chipping Sparrow and balt oriole

"Feed the birds in winter; in return, they will feed your soul with the look of gratitude!"

--Mehmet Murat ildan





   

Breezy OCWA

Orange-crowned Warbler (Leiothlypis celata) (1)
- Reported Jan 02, 2025 12:39 by Sawyer Smith
- Prospect Park--Prospect Lake, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6553787,-73.9686421&ll=40.6553787,-73.9686421
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S207726404
- Comments: "Seen at a bird feeder several meters up from the lake"

"Feed the birds in winter; in return, they will feed your soul with the look of gratitude!"

--Mehmet Murat ildan





   

Yesterday's COME

Common Merganser (Mergus merganser)
- Reported Jan 01, 2025 08:55 by Radka Osickova
- Prospect Park, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6602841,-73.9689534&ll=40.6602841,-73.9689534
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S207487048
- Media: 1 Photo

"Feed the birds in winter; in return, they will feed your soul with the look of gratitude!"

--Mehmet Murat ildan





   

Fwd: [eBird Alert] Kings County Rare Bird Alert

Note Common Merganser on Prospect Lake

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Date: Thu, Jan 2, 2025 at 6:56 AM
Subject: [eBird Alert] Kings County Rare Bird Alert <hourly>
To: <prosbird@gmail.com>

*** Species Summary:

- Common Merganser (1 report)
- Red-headed Woodpecker (1 report)
- Chipping Sparrow (1 report)
- Baltimore Oriole (1 report)

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Common Merganser (Mergus merganser) (1)
- Reported Jan 01, 2025 08:33 by John Huggard
- Prospect Park, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6602841,-73.9689534&ll=40.6602841,-73.9689534
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S207515975
- Comments: "On lake.  Photo taken by fellow birder"

Red-headed Woodpecker (Melanerpes erythrocephalus) (1)
- Reported Jan 01, 2025 08:00 by matt bourke
- Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6523083,-73.9904281&ll=40.6523083,-73.9904281
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S207619849
- Comments: "contuning"

Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina) (1)
- Reported Jan 01, 2025 08:00 by matt bourke
- Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6523083,-73.9904281&ll=40.6523083,-73.9904281
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S207619849
- Comments: "on the ground at the feeders at dell water"

Baltimore Oriole (Icterus galbula) (2)
- Reported Jan 01, 2025 08:00 by matt bourke
- Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6523083,-73.9904281&ll=40.6523083,-73.9904281
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S207619849
- Comments: "at the feeders around Dell Water and at Crescent water"

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" Preserve and cherish the pale blue dot,the only home we've ever known"

                                                                            --Carl Sagan

New years day in the nabe

A mixed bag of sightings on this first day of the year,but a good start mentally to enjoy life; A good way to love life all over again.

In lieu of reports online here's the summary of the best observations.

In Greenwood Cemetery starting in the Dellwater area, both Chipping Sparrow and Baltimore Oriole showed up. They may be common in migration and breeding season ,but in winter they're worthy chasing. The Chipping was seen at the feeder in Dell whereas both Orioles hung out in brush there.

In Prospect Park,feeder birds is the prize. Pine Warbler and 2 Purple Finches are notables. 

Sticking to Prospect ,an Orange crowned Warbler was spotted sipping slippery elm sap Northwest of Lullwater ( boathouse) Bridge..

Lastly, for a little mentioned place, the Cemetery of the Evergreens host a Red headed Woodpecker, our second bird along with the one in Greenwood Cemetery that has been recently reported .

Happy New Year! 🎉

"Feed the birds in winter; in return, they will feed your soul with the look of gratitude!"

--Mehmet Murat ildan





   

My golden year in 2025

Photo by Steve Nanz

Dear readers

Its hard to fanthom that fifty years birding have finally arrived. From my first spring in 1975 at age 14, A spectacular male Scarlet Tanager became my spark bird in the shadow of the Brooklyn Queens Expressway in the Wallabout section of Brooklyn.

I remembered that Scarlet Tanager vividly. My mother - still with us- always fetched me to go to the backyard window to look at the bright bird. Most times it was a noisy Blue Jay. But on this particular mid May day, my eyes were mesmerized by the sight of the tanager on the ground. It was no doubt a divine gift a year after my fathers passing in 1974.

Through a lifetime of 50 years birding, I've met many great people and share and heard great stories,experienced tremendous moments ,primarily through the Brooklyn Bird Club that soon became my godsend, eventually becoming its president in the late 1990s,honored in leading the 2009 centennial celebration.

Time flew fast and we only have this moment. So it is with deep gratitude to all who met me and stopped for a conversation and talk about birds. I'll be grateful at my pace to appreciate all the wonderful moments,done multiple bird counts and countless field trips ,remembering past friends as well as current and new ones. But most of all I'll remember my very special bird my Scarlet Tanager setting me on my life's path.

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Two roads diverged in a wood and I – I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference."

— Robert Frost