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Sand Shrimp (Crangon septemspinosa)Observer
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NOID Shrimp (Caridea), Bush Terminal Piers Park, Sunset Park, Brooklyn, NYC, April 2024
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Green Crabs (Genus Carcinus)Observer
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NOID Crab (Brachyura), Bush Terminal Piers Park, Sunset Park, Brooklyn, NYC, April 2024
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Eastern Mudsnail (Ilyanassa obsoleta)Observer
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Eastern Mudsnail (Ilyanassa obsoleta), Bush Terminal Piers Park, Sunset Park, Brooklyn, NYC, April 2024
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Red Beard Sponge (Clathria prolifera)Observer
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Red Beard Sponge (Clathria prolifera), Bush Terminal Piers Park, Sunset Park, Brooklyn, NYC, April 2024
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Ghost and Fiddler Crabs (Family Ocypodidae)Observer
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NOID Fiddler Crab (Ocypodidae)?, Bush Terminal Piers Park, Sunset Park, Brooklyn, NYC, April 2024
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True Crabs (Infraorder Brachyura)Observer
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NOID Crab (Brachyura), Bush Terminal Piers Park, Sunset Park, Brooklyn, NYC, April 2024
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Ray-finned Fishes (Class Actinopterygii)Observer
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NOID small (juvenile?) Fish (Actinopterygii), Bush Terminal Piers Park, Sunset Park, Brooklyn, NYC, April 2024
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Carrot Family (Family Apiaceae)Observer
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NOID prostrate forb (Apiaceae)? growing in sand amongst rocks at edge of walkway atop a stone jetty, Bush Terminal Piers Park, Sunset Park, Brooklyn, NYC, April 2024
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Sand Shrimp (Crangon septemspinosa)Observer
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NOID Shrimp (Caridea), Bush Terminal Piers Park, Sunset Park, Brooklyn, NYC, April 2024
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Tunicates (Subphylum Tunicata)Observer
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Orange Tunicate (Tunicata)?, Bush Terminal Piers Park, Sunset Park, Brooklyn, NYC, April 2024
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Tunicates (Subphylum Tunicata)Observer
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Tunicate (Tunicata)?, Bush Terminal Piers Park, Sunset Park, Brooklyn, NYC, April 2024
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Northern Acorn Barnacle (Semibalanus balanoides)Observer
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Northern Acorn Barnacle (Semibalanus balanoides), Bush Terminal Piers Park, Sunset Park, Brooklyn, NYC, April 2024
Small black dots seem to be some kind of mollusc burrowing or drilling into the barnacle shells.
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Northern Acorn Barnacle (Semibalanus balanoides)Observer
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Northern Acorn Barnacle (Semibalanus balanoides), Bush Terminal Piers Park, Sunset Park, Brooklyn, NYC, April 2024
Observer
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Intertidal Midge (Telmatogeton japonicus), Bush Terminal Piers Park, Sunset Park, Brooklyn, NYC, April 2024
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Rockweed (Fucus distichus)Observer
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Rockweed (Fucus distichus), Bush Terminal Piers Park, Sunset Park, Brooklyn, NYC, April 2024
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Bladder Snails (Family Physidae)Observer
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NOID small dark shells (Mollusca)? semming to burrow/drill into barnacles, Bush Terminal Piers Park, Sunset Park, Brooklyn, NYC, April 2024
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Willow Beaked-gall Midge (Rabdophaga rigidae)Observer
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NOID Galls on Salix, Ecology Park, Canarsie, Brooklyn, NYC, April 2024
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Willow Beaked-gall Midge (Rabdophaga rigidae)Observer
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NOID Galls on Salix, Ecology Park, Canarsie, Brooklyn, NYC, April 2024
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Willow Beaked-gall Midge (Rabdophaga rigidae)Observer
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NOID Galls on Salix, Ecology Park, Canarsie, Brooklyn, NYC, April 2024
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Willow Beaked-gall Midge (Rabdophaga rigidae)Observer
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NOID Galls on Salix, Ecology Park, Canarsie, Brooklyn, NYC, April 2024
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Willow Beaked-gall Midge (Rabdophaga rigidae)Observer
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NOID Galls on Salix, Ecology Park, Canarsie, Brooklyn, NYC, April 2024
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Willow Beaked-gall Midge (Rabdophaga rigidae)Observer
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NOID Galls on Salix, Ecology Park, Canarsie, Brooklyn, NYC, April 2024
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European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)Observer
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Starling (Sturnus vulgaris), Ecology Park, Canarsie, Brooklyn, NYC, April 2024
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Willows (Genus Salix)Observer
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Willow (Salix), Ecology Park, Canarsie, Brooklyn, NYC, April 2024
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Southern Arrowwood (Viburnum dentatum)Observer
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Arrowwood (Viburnum dentatum), Ecology Park, Canarsie, Brooklyn, NYC, April 2024
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Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus)Observer
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Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus), Ecology Park, Canarsie, Brooklyn, NYC, April 2024
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Eastern Tent Caterpillar Moth (Malacosoma americana)Observer
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Eastern Tent Caterpillar Moth caterpillars (Malacosoma americana) on Cherry, Prunus, Ecology Park, Canarsie, Brooklyn, NYC, April 2024
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Brown-lipped Snail (Cepaea nemoralis)Observer
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Cepaea snagged by a Boat-tailed Grackle.
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Boat-tailed Grackle (Quiscalus major)Observer
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Boat-tailed Grackle (Quiscalus major) grabbing a snail snack, Cepaea, Ecology Park, Canarsie, Brooklyn, NYC, April 2024
First saw it in first tree/bush. He picked up the snail in its beak; not sure what it did with it, possibly dropped. Then flew to second tree/bus, where only the tail was visible.
There were multiple in the area. This is the only one I could get shots of. Most were too far off for the macro lens I had at the ready.