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, February 1, 2022

Lesser BB & Nelsons gull at BBP

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Lesser Black-backed Gull (Larus fuscus) (1) - Reported Jan 31, 2022 16:13 by MI YU - Brooklyn Bridge Park, Kings, New York - Map: http://map...
Monday, January 31, 2022

Fwd: [eBird Alert] Kings County Rare Bird Alert BTPP EUWI hen & GWC EAPH

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---------- Forwarded message --------- From: < ebird-alert@birds.cornell.edu > Date: Mon, Jan 31, 2022, 5:29 PM Subject: [eBird Alert]...
Sunday, January 30, 2022

Prospect Park, Kings County, NY, US - eBird Hotspot

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https://ebird.org/hotspot/L109516?yr=all&m=&sortBy=spp Given the weekend blizzard conditions its not bad to see 49 bird species repo...

Prospect feeders note

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About six more weeks remain for the winter feeders. And it has been a successful one. I just bought more seed today with $40 of a donation  ...

Catch it in the early morning...

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Common Merganser (Mergus merganser) (1) - Reported Jan 30, 2022 08:17 by null - Prospect Park, Kings, New York - Map: http://maps.google.com...
Saturday, January 29, 2022

Fwd: [eBird Alert] Kings County Rare Bird Alert

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Photos of 1/27 PP Lake LBBG in checklist link ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: < ebird-alert@birds.cornell.edu > Date: Sat...
Friday, January 28, 2022

BAT Pier Nelson's gull ( hybrid)

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Herring x Glaucous Gull (hybrid) (Larus argentatus x hyperboreus) (1) - Reported Jan 28, 2022 09:12 by Jeff Gramm - Brooklyn Army Terminal P...

GWC BAOR suet

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Baltimore Oriole (Icterus galbula) (1) - Reported Jan 28, 2022 12:10 by Kimberly Lightbody - Green-Wood Cemetery--Dell Water, Kings, New Yor...

Hen EUWI still at BTPP

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Eurasian Wigeon (Mareca penelope) (1) - Reported Jan 28, 2022 08:24 by Carl Biers - Bush Terminal Piers Park, Kings, New York - Map: http://...

Tweet from Kathleen Toomey (@KingsKathy) LBBGull prospect lake

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Kathleen Toomey (@KingsKathy) tweeted at 3:49 PM on Fri, Jan 28, 2022: Lesser black-backed gull east side of lake. Adult ( https://twitter.c...

Glaucous Gull (imm) at BAT Pier 4

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Glaucous Gull (Larus hyperboreus) (1) - Reported Jan 28, 2022 08:05 by The Wildlab - Brooklyn Army Terminal Pier 4, Kings, New York - Map: h...
Thursday, January 27, 2022

Hen COME Reported this morning in PP Lake

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No sign at noontime but possibly around .lots of gulls on the ice 1000+ Common Merganser (Mergus merganser) (1) - Reported Jan 27, 2022 08:5...
Wednesday, January 26, 2022

Tweet from Kathleen Toomey (@KingsKathy) PP COME again

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Kathleen Toomey (@KingsKathy) tweeted at 2:12 PM on Wed, Jan 26, 2022: Common merganser Prospect Lake ( https://twitter.com/KingsKathy/statu...

Tweet from Linda Ewing (@lke313) fish crows convention in red hook

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Linda Ewing (@lke313) tweeted at 11:24 AM on Wed, Jan 26, 2022: Wow - there's a mass Fish Crow incident in Red Hook right now…100+ just ...

Fwd: [eBird Alert] Kings County Rare Bird Alert

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EUWI hen and PUFI Plus more in GWC ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: < ebird-alert@birds.cornell.edu > Date: Wed, Jan 26, 2...
Monday, January 24, 2022

COME on PPLake

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Common Merganser (Mergus merganser) (1) - Reported Jan 24, 2022 07:49 by Emily Clark - Prospect Park--Prospect Lake, Kings, New York - Map: ...
Sunday, January 23, 2022

eBird Checklist - 22 Jan 2022 - Prospect Park - 23 species

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https://ebird.org/checklist/S101262588 Part of the BBC Walk Duckathon..note Iceland gull wood duck and raven on the grpund

BBG BAEA and GWC BAOR today

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Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) (2) - Reported Jan 23, 2022 13:48 by Xinyi Z - Brooklyn Botanic Garden, Kings, New York - Map: http://...
Saturday, January 22, 2022

Danielle's chklist Inc ICGU & WODU

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https://ebird.org/checklist/S101192667  
Thursday, January 20, 2022

LBBG at BBP

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Lesser Black-backed Gull (Larus fuscus) (1) - Reported Jan 20, 2022 16:23 by MI YU - Brooklyn Bridge Park, Kings, New York - Map: http://map...

Silber GWC chklist

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https://ebird.org/checklist/S101097304   Note bald eagle and Baltimore Oriole, eastern phoebe

bald eagles all over the place

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  Now over the Botanic garden and Mt Prospect Park. Its major bald eagle migration of the Northern population (southern population went to f...
Wednesday, January 19, 2022

Tweet from JJ (@JJ_bkny)

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JJ (@JJ_bkny) tweeted at 1:28 PM on Wed, Jan 19, 2022: Another shot of one of the bald eagles in the park today @prospect_park https://t.co/...

Tweet from JJ (@JJ_bkny) 2 PP Eagles today

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JJ (@JJ_bkny) tweeted at 0:59 PM on Wed, Jan 19, 2022: Bald eagle and crow! - There were 2 eagles in the park this morning 🤯. An adult and ...

"The eagle has landed!"

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 Like the famous Apollo 12 phrase  when astronauts landed on the moon prospect park has its own eagle landing.  In perhaps the second fantas...

wednesday's bald eagle plus GWC winter hardies

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  Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) (1) - Reported Jan 19, 2022 12:07 by Caleb Crain - Prospect Park, Kings, New York - Map:  http://map...
Tuesday, January 18, 2022

Tuesdays Bald eagle

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  Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) (1) - Reported Jan 18, 2022 12:16 by Angela Panetta - Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, Kings, New York...
Monday, January 17, 2022

Toomey Prospect chklist Inc ICGU

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https://ebird.org/checklist/S100948399  

How Do Birds Survive the Winter? | All About Birds All About Birds

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https://www.allaboutbirds.org/news/how-do-birds-survive-the-winter/  

Waterfowl count observation in prospect

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 During today's brief waterfowl count in Prospect, the persistent Iceland Gull just loves the ice. Thanks to KathyToomey,assisting in th...

Rare winter broadwing hawk ( ID changed from Red shouldered). Read "comments"

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Broad-winged Hawk (Buteo platypterus) (1) - Reported Jan 16, 2022 11:45 by Ryan Goldberg - Prospect Park, Kings, New York - Map: http://maps...
Sunday, January 16, 2022

Red shouldered hawk in prospect

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- Red-shouldered Hawk (1 report) Red-shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus) (1) - Reported Jan 16, 2022 14:15 by Nathan Lynch - Prospect Park, Kin...

Nelson's gull at BBP

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Herring x Glaucous Gull (hybrid) (Larus argentatus x hyperboreus) (1) - Reported Jan 16, 2022 09:14 by MI YU - Brooklyn Bridge Park, Kings, ...

BTPP EUWI

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Eurasian Wigeon (Mareca penelope) (1) - Reported Jan 16, 2022 14:04 by MI YU - Bush Terminal Piers Park, Kings, New York - Map: http://maps....

Hot Ducks To Watch For In The Cold NYC Winter - Gothamist

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https://gothamist.com/arts-entertainment/hot-ducks-watch-cold-nyc-winter   Courtesy of Ryan G forwarding the article
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