Week 1- Willowbrook Park

On February 3rd, 2023, at 11:30am, I visited Willbrook Park on Staten island. On this day, the weather was 11 degrees fahrenheit with a cloudy sky and winds about 10 mph. Around the pond area there was minimal disturbances, about 3 people in the park, but there was a high amount of construction and traffic noises that came from outside of the park, which is not far from the pond area. On this day, I was able to observe a Great Blue Heron, Ardea herodias, that was mainly hiding in the shallow parts of the pond and was near tall wheat grass on the side of the pond. In addition, there was a tree near the pond transect that I identified as a holly tree in the genus llex. The tree has spiny leaves and grows clusters of scarlet berries. Near the holly tree, I observed a Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus) that was sitting high on branches.

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