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A Hooded Warbler (aka "Monjita") in Prospect Park, yesterday (4/27), a seasonal migrant, like most wood warblers, but not a common bird in our area. Like most songbirds, this ground foraging warbler is in a decades-long decline, but is not considered endangered. This little guy didn't make it easy to get a clear shot, but, hey, you take what you can get. He was one of my relatively few observations for this weekend's City Nature Challenge. The Challenge ends today, but so far, in NYC, 12,701 observations were made, comprising 1,399 species, by 665 observers. For Brooklyn, there were 2,512 observations of 670 species by 166 observers. And I am proud to say that one of our students was top dog in Brooklyn and one of the leaders for NYC, with 508 uploads and 175 species. #birds #birding #birdphotography #wildlifephotography #birdsofmastodon #biodiversity #iNaturalist #CityNatureChallenge