That one's been there in Brooklyn Bridge Park for awhile. Historically, they were abundant in Prospect Park...another man-made water feature. The Park's Department hardened the edge of the lake in part to deter muskrats back in the 1920's.
-Glenn Glenn Phillips Executive Director New York City Audubon 71 West 23rd Street, Room 1523 New York, NY 10010 Phone: (212) 691-7483 Fax: (212) 924-3870 Cell:(917) 806-7814 [email protected] www.nycaudubon.org On Sun, Mar 13, 2011 at 6:13 PM, Paul Sweet <[email protected]> wrote: > Not a bird posting but possibly of interest to Brooklyn naturalists. This > afternoon I observed a muskrat in the artificial habitat pools at the > Brooklyn Bridge Park. Never seen one in the borough before, has anyone? > > Paul Sweet > Collection Manager > Department of Ornithology > American Museum of Natural History > Central Park West & 79th St > New York, NY 10024 > > Tel: 212 769 5780 > Fax: 212 769 5759 > > > -- > > NYSbirds-L List Info: > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES > > ARCHIVES: > 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html > 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html > 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L > > Please submit your observations to eBird: > http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ > > -- > -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
