Prospect park day before the snow

Common Merganser (Mergus merganser) (4)
- Reported Jan 24, 2026 09:51 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/S296010115
- Comments: "3 males one female"

Rusty Blackbird (Euphagus carolinus) (2)
- Reported Jan 24, 2026 10:28 by Brett Graham
- 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/S296006527
- Comments: "Feeding together with cardinals and sparrows. Clear view of yellow eyes and overall distinctive streamlined shape.

"It is the life of the crystal, the architect of the flake, the fire of the frost, the soul of the sunbeam. This crisp winter air is full of it."

--John Burroughs, conservationist and author