While I was leading the Linnanean society on coastal Brooklyn, a lot of good reports were generated in our local parks and area .Here's the summary.
First an interesting empidonax at the Hammerhead in southwest Prospect Lake roused some excitement that possibly a Hammonds Flycatcher was spotted . Forrest W found this bird at the tip of the western Hammerhead. But after some debate the consensus on this bird is a late Least Flycatcher.
Meanwhile other stuff got birders busy .
The hen Eurasian wigeon reappeared at Bush Terminal pier Park this morning again.
Within the neighborhood 6 Eastern Bluebirds flew over Sunset Park. Meanwhile a Bald Eagle flew over this neighborhood as well; Bald Eagles also showed up over Bush Terminal Pier Park as well as nearby Cobble Hill , seen over Congress Street .
Nearby Greenwood Cemetery offered a nice bird. Specifically a Baltimore Oriole found just inside the east gate 20th Street, found on Border Ave and Jasmine path.
Prospect park though got it better today. 4 Rusty blackbirds at the Lower pool back gate, a Northern Pintail in the Lull water while 7 Green winged teals resided past the Terrace Bridge in south Lullwater.
Lastly a Red shouldered Hawk seen over the Upper Pool and Purple Finch in the Hammerhead keeps things interesting these days.
“I cannot endure to waste anything so precious as autumnal sunshine by staying in the house. So I have spent almost all the daylight hours in the open air.”
— Nathaniel Hawthorne, October 10, 1842
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