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29°54′37″N 90°00′27″W / 29.91019°N 90.00755°W / 29.91019; -90.00755 Brechtel Park is a 120 acre urban park in the Algiers neighborhood of New Orleans.^[1]^[2] The park was founded in 1971 using funds from the Federal Land and Water Conservation Fund, and is maintained by the New Orleans Department of Parks and Parkways.^[2]^[3] Brechtel is a stop on the Barataria Loop of America’s Wetlands Birding Trail.^[2]^[4]

The Louisiana Department of Culture, Recreation & Tourism lists the birds living in or seasonally visiting the park as including: great blue, little blue, and green herons; great and snowy egrets; yellow-crowned night herons; white ibis; wood ducks; tree swallows; Mississippi kites; red-shouldered hawks; broad-winged hawks; mourning doves; yellow-billed cuckoos; barred owls; eastern screech owls; red-bellied, downy, hairy, and pileated woodpeckers; great crested flycatchers; white-eyed, yellow-throated, red-eyed, and blue-headed vireos; blue jays; barn swallows; Carolina wrens; Carolina chickadees; tufted titmice; summer tanagers; northern cardinals; sharp-shinned hawks; yellow-bellied sapsuckers; northern flickers; eastern phoebes; golden-crowned and ruby-crowned kinglets; hermit thrush; cedar waxwings; orange-crowned and yellow-rumped warblers; and white-throated sparrows.^[4]

References

^ Lin, C.J. (2009-03-07). "A Jewel of New Orleans". The Times-Picayune. Retrieved 2010-09-25.^{[permanent dead link‍]}
^ ^a ^b ^c "Friends of Brechtel Park". Archived from the original on 2011-05-01. Retrieved 2010-09-25.
^ "City of New Orleans - Department of Parks and Parkways". Retrieved 2010-09-25.
^ ^a ^b "Louisiana's birding trails". Louisiana Department of Culture, Recreation & Tourism. Retrieved 2010-09-25.

External links

[jewel-1] Lin, C.J. (2009-03-07). "A Jewel of New Orleans". The Times-Picayune. Retrieved 2010-09-25.^{[permanent dead link‍]}

[FoBP-2] "Friends of Brechtel Park". Archived from the original on 2011-05-01. Retrieved 2010-09-25.

[cityofNO-3] "City of New Orleans - Department of Parks and Parkways". Retrieved 2010-09-25.

[tourism-4] "Louisiana's birding trails". Louisiana Department of Culture, Recreation & Tourism. Retrieved 2010-09-25.

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-'''Brechtel Park''' is a 120 acre [[urban park]] in the [[Algiers, New Orleans|Algiers]] neighborhood of New Orleans.<ref name="jewel">{{cite news | first = C.J. | last = Lin | title = A Jewel of New Orleans | date = 2009-03-07 | url = http://www.nola.com/news/t-p/westbank/index.ssf?/base/news-5/1236406938277260.xml&coll=1 | work = [[The Times-Picayune]] | accessdate = 2010-09-25}}</ref><ref name="FoBP">{{cite web | url = http://www.brechtelpark.org/ | title = Friends of Brechtel Park | accessdate = 2010-09-25}}</ref> The park was founded in 1971 using funds from the Federal [[Land and Water Conservation Fund]], and is maintained by the [[New Orleans Department of Parks and Parkways]].<ref name="FoBP" /><ref name="cityofNO">{{cite web | url = http://www.cityofno.com/pg-124-1-parks--parkways-home.aspx | title = City of New Orleans - Department of Parks and Parkways | accessdate = 2010-09-25}}</ref> Brechtel is a stop on the Barataria Loop of [[America’s Wetlands Birding Trail]].<ref name="FoBP" /><ref name="tourism">{{cite web | url = http://www.louisianatravel.com/louisiana-birding-trails | title = Louisiana's birding trails | accessdate = 2010-09-25 | publisher = Louisiana Department of Culture, Recreation & Tourism}}</ref> The Louisiana Department of Culture, Recreation & Tourism lists the birds living in or seasonally visiting the park as including: [[Great Blue Heron|Great Blue]], [[Little Blue Heron|Little Blue]], and [[Green Heron|Green]] herons; [[Great Egret|Great]] and [[Snowy Egret|Snowy]] egrets; [[Yellow-crowned Night Heron]]s; [[American White Ibis|White Ibis]]; [[Wood Duck]]s; [[Tree Swallow]]s; [[Mississippi Kite]]s; [[Red-shouldered Hawk]]s; [[Broad-winged Hawk]]s; [[Mourning Dove]]s; [[Yellow-billed Cuckoo]]s; [[Barred Owl]]s; [[Eastern Screech Owl]]s; [[Red-bellied Woodpecker|Red-bellied]], [[Downy Woodpecker|Downy]], [[Hairy Woodpecker|Hairy]], and [[Pileated Woodpecker|Pileated]] woodpeckers; [[Great Crested Flycatcher]]s; [[White-eyed Vireo|White-eyed]], [[Yellow-throated Vireo|Yellow-throated]], [[Red-eyed Vireo|Red-eyed]], and [[Blue-headed Vireo|Blue-headed]] vireos; [[Blue Jay]]s; [[Barn Swallow]]s; [[Carolina Wren]]s; [[Carolina Chickadee]]s; [[Tufted Titmouse|Tufted Titmice]]; [[Summer Tanager]]s; [[Northern Cardinal]]s; [[Sharp-shinned Hawk]]s; [[Yellow-bellied Sapsucker]]s; [[Northern Flicker]]s; [[Eastern Phoebe]]s; [[Golden-crowned Kinglet|Golden-crowned]] and [[Ruby-crowned Kinglet|Ruby-crowned]] kinglets; [[Hermit Thrush]]; [[Cedar Waxwing]]s; [[Orange-crowned Warbler|Orange-crowned]] and [[Yellow-rumped Warbler|Yellow-rumped]] warblers; and [[White-throated Sparrow]]s.<ref name="tourism" />
+'''Brechtel Park''' is a 120 acre [[urban park]] in the [[Algiers, New Orleans|Algiers]] neighborhood of New Orleans.<ref name="jewel">{{cite news | first = C.J. | last = Lin | title = A Jewel of New Orleans | date = 2009-03-07 | url = http://www.nola.com/news/t-p/westbank/index.ssf?/base/news-5/1236406938277260.xml&coll=1 | work = [[The Times-Picayune]] | accessdate = 2010-09-25 }}{{Dead link|date=June 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref name="FoBP">{{cite web | url = http://www.brechtelpark.org/ | title = Friends of Brechtel Park | accessdate = 2010-09-25 | url-status = dead | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20110501155005/http://www.brechtelpark.org/ | archivedate = 2011-05-01 }}</ref> The park was founded in 1971 using funds from the Federal [[Land and Water Conservation Fund]], and is maintained by the New Orleans Department of Parks and Parkways.<ref name="FoBP" /><ref name="cityofNO">{{cite web | url = http://www.nola.gov/parks-and-parkways/ | title = City of New Orleans - Department of Parks and Parkways | accessdate = 2010-09-25}}</ref> Brechtel is a stop on the [[Barataria Bay|Barataria]] Loop of America’s Wetlands Birding Trail.<ref name="FoBP" /><ref name="tourism">{{cite web | url = http://www.louisianatravel.com/louisiana-birding-trails | title = Louisiana's birding trails | accessdate = 2010-09-25 | publisher = Louisiana Department of Culture, Recreation & Tourism}}</ref>
+The Louisiana Department of Culture, Recreation & Tourism lists the birds living in or seasonally visiting the park as including: [[Great blue heron|great blue]], [[Little blue heron|little blue]], and [[Green heron|green]] herons; [[Great egret|great]] and [[Snowy egret|snowy]] egrets; [[yellow-crowned night heron]]s; [[American white ibis|white ibis]]; [[wood duck]]s; [[tree swallow]]s; [[Mississippi kite]]s; [[red-shouldered hawk]]s; [[broad-winged hawk]]s; [[mourning dove]]s; [[yellow-billed cuckoo]]s; [[barred owl]]s; [[eastern screech owl]]s; [[Red-bellied woodpecker|red-bellied]], [[Downy woodpecker|downy]], [[Hairy woodpecker|hairy]], and [[Pileated woodpecker|pileated]] woodpeckers; [[great crested flycatcher]]s; [[White-eyed vireo|white-eyed]], [[Yellow-throated vireo|yellow-throated]], [[Red-eyed vireo|red-eyed]], and [[Blue-headed vireo|blue-headed]] vireos; [[blue jay]]s; [[barn swallow]]s; [[Carolina wren]]s; [[Carolina chickadee]]s; [[Tufted titmouse|tufted titmice]]; [[summer tanager]]s; [[northern cardinal]]s; [[sharp-shinned hawk]]s; [[yellow-bellied sapsucker]]s; [[northern flicker]]s; [[eastern phoebe]]s; [[Golden-crowned kinglet|golden-crowned]] and [[Ruby-crowned kinglet|ruby-crowned]] kinglets; [[hermit thrush]]; [[cedar waxwing]]s; [[Orange-crowned warbler|orange-crowned]] and [[Yellow-rumped warbler|yellow-rumped]] warblers; and [[white-throated sparrow]]s.<ref name="tourism" />
 == References ==
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 == External links ==
-*[http://www.brechtelpark.org./ Brechtel Park]
+*[http://www.friendsofbrechtelpark.org./ Friends of Brechtel Park]
 *[http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=9307312470&v=info Friends of Brechtel Park's facebook page]
-*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9znfU-CFTzA&feature=channel_page Brechtel Park youtube video]
+*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9znfU-CFTzA&feature=channel_page Brechtel Park youtube video]
 *[http://nutrias.org/photos/citycouncil/troycarter/troyphoto.htm Councilmember Troy Carter Photographs of Brechtel Park]
-*[http://nola.live.advance.net/picayunes/t-p/wbpicayunes/index.ssf?/base/news-16/1235025524316200.xml&coll=1 Brechtel Park's slow recovery blasted: Residents want action at Algiers landmark]
+*[http://nola.live.advance.net/picayunes/t-p/wbpicayunes/index.ssf?/base/news-16/1235025524316200.xml&coll=1 Brechtel Park's slow recovery blasted: Residents want action at Algiers landmark]{{Dead link|date=June 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
-*[http://www.nola.com/news/t-p/westbank/index.ssf?/base/news-5/1236406938277260.xml&coll=1 'A JEWEL OF NEW ORLEANS': Hurricane-battered park returning to full flower]
+*[http://www.nola.com/news/t-p/westbank/index.ssf?/base/news-5/1236406938277260.xml&coll=1 'A JEWEL OF NEW ORLEANS': Hurricane-battered park returning to full flower]{{Dead link|date=June 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
 *[http://www.nola.com/music/index.ssf/2010/03/post_6.html Brechtel Park to host free concert with Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra on Sunday]
 *[http://www.nola.com/living/index.ssf/2010/09/post_37.html Brechtel Park sculpture of American Indian undergoing repairs]
 *[http://www.nola.com/entertainment/index.ssf/2010/06/post_17.html Brechtel Park sculpture needs a little TLC]
-*[http://www.nola.com/picayunes/t-p/wbpicayunes/index.ssf?/base/news-19/127035852595010.xml&coll=1 Brechtel Park is a jewel on the West Bank]
+*[http://www.nola.com/picayunes/t-p/wbpicayunes/index.ssf?/base/news-19/127035852595010.xml&coll=1 Brechtel Park is a jewel on the West Bank]{{Dead link|date=June 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
-[[Category:Parks in New Orleans, Louisiana]]
+[[Category:Parks in New Orleans]]