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The Birds Of Armstrong Park
Enclosed is a list of birds that have been spotted In Armstrong Park by Barbara Bowen, an avid bird watcher and French Quarter resident.
The list includes:
- Brown Pelican (spotted last March)
- Double Crested Cormorant
- Great Blue Heron
- Green Heron
- Great Egret
- Rock Pigeon
- Monk Parakeet
- Least Tern
- Chimney Sweep
- Downy Woodpecker
- Yellow-Bellied Sapsucker
- Crow
- Blue Jay
- Ruby-Crowned Kinglet
- Starling
- Yellow-Rumped Warbler
- Blackburnian Warbler
- Magnolia Warbler
- Yellow Warbler
- Yellowthroat
- Worm-Eating Warbler
- Kentucky Warbler
- Redstart
- Orange-Crowned Warbler
- Tennessee Warbler
- Summer Tanager
- Cardinal
- House Sparrow
This list does not include the ducks (mallards, Blue Swedes, and 1 Muscovy) and 2 Chinese geese. There are also at least two black bantam chickens living in Congo Square. Also, a hawk was a frequent visitor this winter and spring.
The mother mallard and all 14 baby ducklings (born on Tuesday) are still doing fine. Two other ducks are nesting now.
Armstrong Park is our own little wildlife refuge right in the heart of New Orleans.
—The Friends of Armstrong Park
Jun 29 2005