Took some time on Saturday to visit my favorite park, Prospect. And while nothing out of the ordinary was there, I loved seeing the usual faces in all my favorite spaces. I walked the Vale to the Ravine, then across the Neathermead to the feeders, and finishing up down around the lake.
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On my way to the vale, the compost piles were warm and steaming in the 30 degree cold. Which means a good feeding opportunity for overwintering insects, berries and other yummy organic matter that have made it into the mix of discarded shrubs, trees, and other random plant parts. |
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This American goldfinch was also cashing in on the compost piles, finding some delicious seeds in the mix, while its counterparts were way up high in a towering sweet gum tree. |
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While walking through the vale, caught a big shadow. It came from a big bird. A great blue heron probably shifting from the Brooklyn Botanic Garden and coming over to Prospect for a change in scenery, or food, or something completely different. |
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In the vale, someone set out safflower and sunflower seeds on the columns around the small pond that forms. Cardinals, woodpeckers (downy and red-bellied) were happy with this offering. Also caught a fox sparrow in the area, which I love seeing. |
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A powerful beak for seed crushing. I hear the bites from these birds are the worst, according to banders. |
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This guy was so attached to this feeding post, he even allowed me to pass with barely a flinch! |
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Finishing up at the lake with some hilarious little ruddy ducks. Small in statue, big in their personality- as most little birds are. This one came flying/running across the water, landed, did some flapping and bobbing display, and then a few other flew over and did the same. I suppose they needed to make a statement.
Next week is the Christmas Bird Count for Kings County. I am excited to join a new team, close to our new Brooklyn home. Excited to bird Floyd Bennett Field from a bright and early (before) sunrise to sunset! |
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