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The 119th Christmas Bird Count Comes to Brooklyn Tomorrow!

We know—it’s been Hot Duck this and Hot Duck that all winter, right? But plenty of local species have called Brooklyn home since time immemorial, long before flashy-feathered waterfowl transplants started gentrifying Central Park. And for more than a century, the Audubon Society in New York has been

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Gravesend Bay: 7,000 Gallons Of Spilled Oil Recovered. But What About The Other 20,000?

(Aerial photo submitted by reader)As of this week, 7,000 gallons of diesel oil — of the 27,000 spilled by a private fuel depot [/breaking-oil-spill-dumps-27000-gallons-toward-gravesend-bay/] — have been recovered from the Gravesend Bay using concentric booms, the State DEC told BKLYNER. However, about 20,000 gallons remain at large in

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It’s Migration Season And These Beautiful Birds Are In Our Area

Scarlet Tanager (Photo: Steve Nanz)This is a wonderful time for bird watching, but it won’t last forever. Birds of all types are returning from their winter stays to the south, and are traveling through our area now. They fly through the night, and then funnel into large, green

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BEWARE: Colorful Monk Parakeets Could Cause The Next Blackout On Your Block

Monk Parakeets. (Photo: Gary Leavens [https://www.flickr.com/photos/gary_leavens/21475923575/] / Flickr)Frequent power outages have frustrated southern Brooklyn residents during the last several years. And while blackouts and brownouts (a drop in voltage that causes lights to dim) are often attributed to a fallen tree [/almost-7000-people-lose-power-two-outages-strike-southern-brooklyn/] or

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Your Winter Guide To Birdwatching In Sheepshead Bay

Photo by Daniel FrazerYou’re walking down Emmons Avenue all bundled up, your cheeks are burning red and your breath is mushrooming in front of you. Then you see them, those smug waterfowl, just lounging in the frigid water! Have you ever stopped to see just how many species live

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Photo Of The Day: Winter Birds

Photo by pattttty_d [https://www.instagram.com/pattttty_d/]We love the birds that stick with us through the cold temperatures! Share photos with us at editor@ditmasparkcorner.com, in the Ditmas Park Corner Flickr group [http://www.flickr.com/groups/dpcorner], or tag them #ditmaspark on Instagram, and

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Photo Of The Day: A Painted Bunting Likes To Skate

Photo by Rob BateRob Bate, President of the Brooklyn Bird Club [http://www.brooklynbirdclub.org/] and expert on the varieties found in Prospect Park, provided a photo of the Painted Bunting. Bate describes the bird below: > There is a beautiful rare songbird in Prospect Park hanging out in, on, and

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Photo Of The Day: A Painted Bunting Likes To Skate

Photo by Rob BateRob Bate, President of the Brooklyn Bird Club [http://www.brooklynbirdclub.org/] and expert on the varieties found in Prospect Park, provided a photo of the Painted Bunting. Bate describes the bird below: > There is a beautiful rare songbird in Prospect Park hanging out in, on, and

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Red-Tailed Hawk/Illegal Drone Incident Highlights Concerns About Birds In Prospect Park

A Red-Tailed Hawk in the Prospect Park drone incident. (Photo by Rob Bate)The Brooklyn Bird Club [http://www.brooklynbirdclub.org/] was founded in 1909, with a mission to encourage and promote birdwatching and conservation in Brooklyn and beyond. The club is extremely active, with regularly scheduled walks in the

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Explore The Wonders Of Marine Park This Saturday With Sheepshead Bites’ Top Naturalist

A black-crowned night heron. (Photo: Daniel Frazer / Sheepshead Bites)Readers of this site are probably familiar with the work of Daniel Frazer, who recently published articles [/author/daniel/] about the wildlife in southern Brooklyn. He has also written stories related to history and architecture on our sister site, Bensonhurst Bean

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The Wilds Of Green-Wood Cemetery

Many who live in our area take Green-Wood Cemetery [http://www.green-wood.com/] for granted. But while Green-Wood is still an active cemetery, it has become something of a tourist attraction due to the rich history, lively events programming, and beautiful vistas at Brooklyn’s largest cemetery. But did you

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Five Places In Southern Brooklyn To See Exotic Wildlife [Photos]

By Daniel Frazer We’re all familiar with pigeons, starlings, and house sparrows, and we all still smile when we see a particularly cute squirrel, but did you know that Southern Brooklyn is home to a vast array of seemingly exotic wildlife? Right above our heads, hawks and falcons fly!

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After Century-Long Absence, Bald Eagles Nest In NYC

Photo by Jason Mrachina [https://www.flickr.com/photos/w4nd3rl0st/5454846141/in/photolist-6SkKma-5ZDzpS-dVMxrC-btK6u8-jfL6qE-frypZ5-fvo4hj-eaFKG6-67rHYE-nwEEnY-7m7QWs-h2H2s6-9kXvzc-9j2vHp-itdqH8-ccvwHs-7hkRgg-ecuBQu-oHXncJ-m3QseZ-awV12C-pUcpAB-obUWgQ-24PZEi-6WAgUT-5pG8mo-rmUcFJ-fC4ZDn-8vHeBG-qGxkwt-o8G959-h7KDtk-357Qfs-64qagi-cSAMJy-51aA4U-4ye2MX-4q7ZYM-4ZRsgk-7hkRzr-4nuGLa-RZPoo-pjqwnt-bo5vAD-nvo62W-6MgJ3K-djoqq7-hDXQP8-inXiFp-5Nub3M] It seems no one is impervious to the constant buzz around NY

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Laidback Seagull In Gravesend Bay Not Cowed By Winter Storm Juno

Iceland Gull 20150127 Caesars Bay Bazar Gravesend Bay Brooklyn IMG 0826 [http://vimeo.com/117978963] from Klemens Gasser [http://vimeo.com/user34909363] on Vimeo [https://vimeo.com]. While most of the city was freaking out over Winter Storm Juno, the “potentially historic” blizzard that wasn’t [/blizzard-watch-new-york-city-roads-reopen-subway-buses-resume-sunday-schedule/] , some of our

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Join WILD For Prospect Park’s Lakeside Cleanup Tomorrow

[https://www.facebook.com/WILDforProspectPark/photos/pb.312075042174629.-2207520000.1411132816./659968527385277/?type=3&theater] Fall migration is upon us – and neighbors are going to be gathering Saturday morning to create a clean, safe haven for Prospect Park’s avian residents (as well as those passing through). Members of WILD for

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What To Do If You Find A Baby Bird: A South Slope Neighbor Explains

As she was out walking her dogs on Saturday night, neighbor Jessica Ventura stopped when they got to 15th Street between 4th and 5th Avenues as the dogs began barking, and she heard an incredibly loud bird chirping. Looking into the bushes next to a building, she saw the tiniest

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Anybody Missing A Parakeet?

Neighbor Kathy Jones sent in this photo of a parakeet near Westminster and Cortelyou Roads yesterday evening. She says when she came across it around 7pm, the owner of the thrift shop next to Cinco de Mayo was giving it some water–so if your bird accidentally got out recently,

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Learn About Birds & Make A Feeder From A Pine Cone This Weekend At Compost For Brooklyn

Bring the kids to Compost for Brooklyn [http://compostforbrooklyn.org/] this Saturday, February 22 from 11am-1pm to have some crafty fun — and to learn a little something about our feathered neighbors. Families will get to make your own pine cone bird feeders [http://compostforbrooklyn.org/events/] at this free, outdoor

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Photos Of The Day: Hungry Hawk

Neighbor John Casson captured these photos of a hawk enjoying a snack on Friday in a Berkeley Place backyard. Anyone know what kind of hawk it is? Take any photos in Park Slope recently? Send them to editor@bklyner.com, add them to the Park Slope Stoop Flickr group [http:

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Photos: Resident Gets Close-Up Look At Red Tailed Hawk Hanging On His Balcony

Update (6:16 p.m.): Reader Christina “Know-it-all” K. wrote in to correct me: it’s a red tailed hawk. A juvenile, which is why its tail isn’t red yet. And maybe this guy is a relative of Pale Male [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pale_Male], the first

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Bird of Prey

Spotted [http://instagram.com/p/XcMxNwn_l2/] in the neighborhood this morning by Nelson Ryland [http://instagram.com/flatbushnelson]. Can anyone identify it? UPDATE 12pm: Woah, so neighbor Liz wonders if this is the same bird she saw a few weeks ago on Argyle, a Cooper’s Hawk [http://www.

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Hawk Spotted Above Marlborough Road

We spotted a hawk soaring above Marlborough Road between Dorchester and Ditmas this afternoon, but only caught a little snippet of video before it flew out of sight. “He’s always around here,” said the mailman working the block. “Cool, right?” It’s not the first bird of prey [http:

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The Christmas Bird Count Returns to Prospect Park

Take advantage of mostly clear, warm weather this weekend by heading to Prospect Park and help the Christmas Bird Count [http://www.prospectpark.org/calendar/event/christmas-bird-count], a nationwide bird census aimed at helping conservation researchers track the health of bird populations. The Bird Count is taking place this weekend

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Culled Geese Meat Sent To Food Pantries, But Is It Safe For Consumption?

Source: Brocken Inaglory via Wikimedia CommonsOn July 9, more than 700 Canada Geese [/751-geese-gassed-in-jamaica-bay/] were rounded up and killed at the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge. Instead of dumping the dead geese into landfills, the meat from the birds was donated to food pantries and soup kitchens in New York. Normally,

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Peppy

When two young neighbors saw a cockatiel in a tree in their front yard on Rugby Road, they brought their own bird, Peppy, outside to try to help lure the cockatiel down to them. They told me the cockatiel seemed reluctant to come down, but had been hanging out near