Date: May 11, 2014 Taking a break from our regular birding spots my wife and I went to the Marine Park Salt Marsh Nature Center off of Ave. U in Brooklyn. The birding was good as we saw some 30 species. The highlights were: Clapper Rail, Solitary Sandpiper ,Killdeer, Oystercatcher, Greater Yellowlegs, Eastern Kingbird, and Warbling Vireo. For warblers we only saw two, the Yellow and Common Yellowthroat. The park is greatly improved since the last time I was there a few years ago. There were benches along a well defined trail and overlooks at some spots. A bridge over the mudflats made for good walking and good viewing. I also believe that a lot of invasive non-native plants were removed and replaced by native species.It seems that some new plantings were recently put in. I wish that some other parks in the NYC area would be like this. Best, Joe Giunta --
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