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Coordinates: 29°54′37″N 90°00′27″W / 29.91019°N 90.00755°W / 29.91019; -90.00755
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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

  1. ^ Lin, C.J. (2009-03-07). "A Jewel of New Orleans". The Times-Picayune. Retrieved 2010-09-25.
  2. ^ a b c "Friends of Brechtel Park". Retrieved 2010-09-25.
  3. ^ "City of New Orleans - Department of Parks and Parkways". Retrieved 2010-09-25.
  4. ^ a b "Louisiana's birding trails". Louisiana Department of Culture, Recreation & Tourism. Retrieved 2010-09-25.
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