Another hot one today! But I hit the 5.3 mile mark on my #run, staying as much as possible on the tree-lined paths and trails. It was both more humid around the lake but also cooler temps so ๐คท๐ปโโ๏ธ. Lots of stairs, too, but still made reasonable time. #Running #RunnersOfMastodon #ProspectPark
#prospectpark #runnersofmastodon #running #run
Good Sunday morning #jog with Riley the #beagle and finally got her stubborn self to go a different route today. 3.6 miles ainโt bad for her these days. #BeaglesOfMastodon #BeaglesAreBest #Brooklyn #ProspectPark
#prospectpark #Brooklyn #beaglesarebest #beaglesofmastodon #beagle #jog
Itโs been a while since I posted about taking Riley the #beagle to the park, but squirrel tracking remains her occupation (and these 3-4 mile run/walks are my weekend warmups to longer #runs). Anyway, as you can see, recent weeks have had us in similar spots with lots of backing and forth-ing on a scent. #Brooklyn #ProspectPark #BeaglesAreBest
#beaglesarebest #prospectpark #Brooklyn #runs #beagle
Great #run today! 7 miles at a good pace; trying hard to keep my early speed slower and save energy for the second half of the run; seems to be working, but harder than it seems like it should be. #Running #RunnersOfMastodon #Brooklyn #ProspectPark Only drag is I keep forgetting that Saturdays are a terrible day to run the park perimeterโthe farmerโs market at Grand Army Plaza is always packed and impossible to run through.
#prospectpark #Brooklyn #runnersofmastodon #running #run
#onthisday in 1903, Frederick Law Olmsted died in #belmontma at the age of 81. With his partner Calvert Vaux, he designed #centralpark in #manhattan and #prospectpark in #brooklyn. The father of #landscape #architecture in the #usa he designed #parks and #gardens all over the country. He was also a #journalist and #publicadministrator. #newyorkcity #nyc #history #histodons #otd https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_Law_Olmsted
#onthisday #belmontma #centralpark #manhattan #prospectpark #brooklyn #landscape #architecture #usa #parks #gardens #journalist #publicadministrator #newyorkcity #nyc #history #histodons #otd
New Yorker: The Lure of Urban Fishing https://www.newyorker.com/news/our-local-correspondents/the-lure-of-urban-fishing #NewYorker #News/OurLocalCorrespondents #ProspectPark #NewYorkCity #StripedBass #Journalists #Fishermen #LocalNews #Fishing
#newyorker #news #prospectpark #newyorkcity #stripedbass #journalists #fishermen #localnews #Fishing
A day in Brooklyn from November, 2021, found on a roll of film just processed.
#film #leica #leicam2 #summicron #35mm #summicron35mm #color #kodak #portra #portra400 #brooklyn #friends #family #children #prospectpark
#film #leica #leicam2 #summicron #35mm #summicron35mm #color #kodak #portra #portra400 #brooklyn #friends #family #children #prospectpark
Taj Mahal has taken the stage. #celebratebrooklyn #bric #prospectpark
#celebratebrooklyn #bric #prospectpark
๐ #NowPlaying on BBCRadio1's #DancePresents
Mark Knight, Darius Syrossian & Prospect Park:
๐ต Get This Feeling
#nowplaying #dancepresents #bbcr1 #MarkKnight #dariussyrossian #prospectpark
I'll be back at Prospect Park this Saturday for City Nature Challenge! I've got other events in May, as well. You can check out my itinerary on my blog.
https://www.flatbushgardener.com/2023/04/25/upcoming-public-events/
#iNaturalist #CityNatureChallenge #CNC2023 #CNC2023NYC
#CNCNYC #BattleOfTheBoroughs #Brooklyn #GreenspaceRace #ProspectPark #NYC #NewYorkCity #MadisonSquarePark #Manhattan #NativePlants #HabitatGardening
#inaturalist #citynaturechallenge #cnc2023 #cnc2023nyc #cncnyc #battleoftheboroughs #brooklyn #greenspacerace #prospectpark #nyc #newyorkcity #madisonsquarepark #manhattan #nativeplants #habitatgardening
Went on a nice walk in the #prospectpark yesterday afternoon, just after the rain stopped. #nature #brooklyn
#prospectpark #nature #brooklyn
TODAY, Earth Day, 11am, join me at Brooklyn's Prospect Park Audubon Center (Lullwater Boathouse) for an iNaturalist workshop! With City Nature Challenge starting in less than a week, this is a chance to learn about iNaturalist, and how you can document the urban biodiversity around us.
https://www.prospectpark.org/news-events/events/earth-day-at-the-audubon-center/โ
#iNaturalist #CityNatureChallenge #CNC2023 #CNC2023NYCย ย #BattleOfTheBoroughs #Brooklyn #GreenspaceRace #ProspectPark #NYC #NewYorkCity #EarthDayโ #HappyEarthDay
#inaturalist #citynaturechallenge #cnc2023 #cnc2023nyc #battleoftheboroughs #brooklyn #greenspacerace #prospectpark #nyc #newyorkcity #EarthDay #happyearthday
TOMORROW, Earth Day, 11am, join me at Brooklyn's Prospect Park Audubon Center (Lullwater Boathouse) for an iNaturalist workshop! With City Nature Challenge starting in less than a week, this is a chance to learn about iNaturalist, and how you can document the urban biodiversity around us.
https://www.prospectpark.org/news-events/events/earth-day-at-the-audubon-center/
#iNaturalist #CityNatureChallenge #CNC2023 #CNC2023NYC #BattleOfTheBoroughs #Brooklyn #GreenspaceRace #ProspectPark #NYC #NewYorkCity #EarthDay
#inaturalist #citynaturechallenge #cnc2023 #cnc2023nyc #battleoftheboroughs #brooklyn #greenspacerace #prospectpark #nyc #newyorkcity #EarthDay
#nycbike #nypd Cops in Prospect Park on west drive ~7th St stopping e-bikes. The kindly gentleman let me go with a verbal warning as my kid was in the cargo box. #UrbanArrow #cargobike #prospectpark
#nycbike #nypd #UrbanArrow #cargobike #prospectpark
@inherentlee @peachfront
You gotta catch them at the right moment.
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/150359502
#Birds #Birbs #BirdPhotography #Anatidae #Duck #Ducks #ProspectPark #iNaturalist #Brooklyn #NYC #NYCParks
#birds #birbs #birdphotography #anatidae #duck #ducks #prospectpark #inaturalist #brooklyn #nyc #nycparks
My final bird tally from last Thursday's jaunt: 19 species, 16 of which I recorded on iNat:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?on=2023-03-02&order_by=observed_on&place_id=any&taxon_id=3&user_id=xris&verifiable=any&view=species
#Birds #BirdsOfMastodon #MastoBirds #ProspectPark #Brooklyn #NYC #iNaturalist #UrbanNature #MigratoryBirds #Waterfowl
#birds #birdsofmastodon #mastobirds #prospectpark #brooklyn #nyc #inaturalist #urbannature #migratorybirds #waterfowl
I was pleased to see them. They are not common birds to me. I've seen the merganser only three times, the other two only once before. It was nice they cooperated to give me a triple.
A bird I've never seen before, and about which local birders get excited, is this British goldfinch, an erratic that has no established population here.
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/150104493
#Birds #BirdsOfMastodon #MastoBirds #ProspectPark #Brooklyn #NYC
#birds #birdsofmastodon #mastobirds #prospectpark #brooklyn #nyc
Overcast, but some good birbs in #ProspectPark today. Here are three of them. Left to right:
1) American merganser (I don't like the use of "common" in common names.)
2) Ring-necked duck
3) Northern shoveler
These are all migratory water birds that breed in in northern/boreal aras, and are only commonly seen in my area, NYC, during the winter.
#prospectpark #birds #birdsofmastodon #mastobirds #brooklyn