Larry Zirlin informed me that Brooklyn Bridge Park --under a strange quirky location listing in New York County's side--has been corrected by the Cornell Ebird folks into Kings County per his correspondence to them. So , anytime you visit and see birds at Brooklyn Bridge Park, if you input into Ebirds , the sightings are now under "Kings County", right where they should be....
Brooklyn Bridge Park, despite its very young creation and small native plantings, nevertheless has been getting nice birds..Just shows you: when new habitat and green space is created, birds will come ....
for more info go to ----> https://ebird.org/content/ebird
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A late usual walk along south Lakeside after work revealed RUSTY BLACKBIRD and PURPLE FINCH female in the same ash tree behind the West Island phragmite cove. Also farther east , nearer Duck Island, Brown Creeper and offshore late Laughing Gull
All south lake unless noted
Location: Prospect Park
Observation date: 11/3/10
Number of species: 26 within 45 minutes 3:40-4:25
Canada Goose X
Mute Swan 6
Mallard X
Northern Shoveler X
Ruddy Duck X
Pied-billed Grebe 1 Lake
Double-crested Cormorant 1 Lake
Great Blue Heron 1 at Three Sisters
American Coot X
Laughing Gull 1 Lake
Herring Gull X
Rock Pigeon X
Mourning Dove X
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
Downy Woodpecker 1
Eastern Phoebe 1
Black-capped Chickadee 1
Brown Creeper 1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 2
Fox Sparrow (Red) 1
Swamp Sparrow 1
White-throated Sparrow 12
Dark-eyed Junco X
Northern Cardinal 1
Rusty Blackbird 1 by West Island , phragmite cove, into ash tree
Purple Finch 1 see Rusty BB
This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org)
