"Autumn…the year's last, loveliest smile." ~ William Cullen Bryant
Prospect Park Bird Sightings & North Brooklyn Nature News
A newsboard for reporting bird sightings, happenings & announcements,miscellany in north Brooklyn and the 3 main central north Brooklyn green regions : historic Prospect Park, Brooklyn Botanic Garden & north half of Kings County, & Greenwood Cemetery.A service for Brooklyn birders and visitors. Also note: Conservation issues & miscellany posts.
Sunday, November 3, 2024
eBird Checklist - 3 Nov 2024 - Prospect Park - 58 species (+1 other taxa)
"Autumn…the year's last, loveliest smile." ~ William Cullen Bryant
Late Warblers
- Reported Nov 03, 2024 09:02 by Heather Wolf
- Brooklyn Bridge Park, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6996104,-73.9973745&ll=40.6996104,-73.9973745
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S201275143
- Comments: "Tail-bobbing front streaked warbler with sharp, loud chip."
Northern Parula (Setophaga americana) (1)
- Reported Nov 03, 2024 10:15 by Asher Fusco
- Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6523083,-73.9904281&ll=40.6523083,-73.9904281
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S201277208
- Comments: "Late, on the ridge north of Sylvan. Photos."
Northern Parula (Setophaga americana) (1)
- Reported Nov 03, 2024 10:15 by Tracey Chan
- Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6523083,-73.9904281&ll=40.6523083,-73.9904281
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S201277209
- Comments: "Late, on the ridge north of Sylvan. Photos."
Wilson's Warbler (Cardellina pusilla) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Nov 03, 2024 09:06 by Jacob Turetsky
- Prospect Park, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6602841,-73.9689534&ll=40.6602841,-73.9689534
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S201273784
- Comments: "Seen at the lookout over lily pool. Round little guy with yellow belly and olive back/wings, distinct black cap."
"Autumn…the year's last, loveliest smile." ~ William Cullen Bryant
CCSP long meadow west
- Reported Nov 03, 2024 07:39 by Linda Ewing
- Prospect Park, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6602841,-73.9689534&ll=40.6602841,-73.9689534
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S201261295
- Comments: "Small sparrow w pale lores and thin eye ring for a surprised look; gray nape, faintly buffy on breast/sides. In fenced-off grassy area along 9th st path, perched briefly on fence for good looks."
"Autumn…the year's last, loveliest smile." ~ William Cullen Bryant
Preliminary Bullock's Oriole in Prospect yesterday
The yellowy Oriole was spotted in the Sparrowbowl (dip between the tennis and picnic houses) perched during yesterday BBC walk in memory of Lenore. An Ash-throated flycatcher was seen and this Oriole that experience d group members calling it a Bullock's ( earlier another birder reported it) here below are photos .zoom in. Bullock's compares to Baltimore are yellow heads and faces, pale mandibles, light gray back and wings, yellow ending breast middle. The wingbars might be an issue on this bird but there could be variations with plumages.
Pending Bullock's ,photos taken by Kellie Q.
More good bird reports
It turns out Saturday had more to offer thanks to a good wind. Here's the brief summary of prospect birds plus the greenwood update
"Autumn…the year's last, loveliest smile." ~ William Cullen Bryant
Fwd: bird list from BBC memorial walk for Lenore
Pending list on off file ( not able to transfer) and Bullock's id
"Autumn…the year's last, loveliest smile." ~ William Cullen Bryant
From: Alice Deutsch
Date: Sat, Nov 2, 2024, 7:48 PM
Subject: bird list
To: <prosbird@gmail.com>
Thank you for leading a wonderful walk and tribute to Lenore's memory.
Here's my list. Let me know if you need any more info. I hope it is ok that I'm sending it as a pdf. That's how my software works. Note that I included the Merlin which only you and I saw before the start of the walk.
Not sure about the Bullock's vs Baltimore. Perhaps you can clarify. I saw the photos on eBird of the Bullock's at Stillwell and that one is a mature adult male.
BR
Alice
Saturday, November 2, 2024
Saturdays offerings in Prospect
"Autumn…the year's last, loveliest smile." ~ William Cullen Bryant
Myarchius flycatcher prospect
"Autumn…the year's last, loveliest smile." ~ William Cullen Bryant
Friday, November 1, 2024
From the Xmas count compiler Mark your calendars December 14th
Dear Brooklyn Bird Club member,
The annual Christmas Bird Count (CBC) is the nation's longest-running community science bird project, where birders across the continent conduct a bird census that helps Audubon and other organizations assess the health of bird populations and guide conservation actions. This year's count will be held Saturday, December 14th, 2024.
https://www.audubon.org/conservation/science/christmas-bird-count
The Brooklyn CBC count circle is made up from 12 different count sectors that includes parks, cemeteries, and significant coastline on the bay and the ocean, and there is a team for all skill and commitment levels. Grab your binoculars and come out and join us.
Please contact the Teams Organizer, Bobbi Manian
Compilation Dinner: Pot-luck dinner and a live compilation of the day's sightings will be held for participants at the Prospect Park Boathouse.
Note: Some teams begin at 7:30 or earlier. Plan for 4-8 hours of birding. Rain or shine.
"Autumn…the year's last, loveliest smile." ~ William Cullen Bryant
GWC RHWP continues
- Reported Nov 01, 2024 09:44 by Sylvia Bernard
- Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6523083,-73.9904281&ll=40.6523083,-73.9904281
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S201001577
- Comments: "A juvenile spotted storing acorns in a tree"
Thursday, October 31, 2024
This Saturdays Prospect BBC walk
Monday, October 28, 2024
Virgina Rail in again a odd place
- Reported Oct 27, 2024 15:46 by Angela Panetta
- Prospect Park W, New York US-NY 40.66102, -73.97963, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.661024,-73.979627&ll=40.661024,-73.979627
Photo by Angela |
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S200588409
- Comments: "Hopefully just a tail of one ending up in a weird place during migration. Behind window bars and resting at a building. Bird was checked that evening and the following morning and seems to have continued migration."
late wilsons warblet
- Reported Oct 28, 2024 07:49 by Forrest Wickman
- Prospect Park, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6602841,-73.9689534&ll=40.6602841,-73.9689534
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S200598165
- Media: 11 Photos
- Comments: "Flagged for date: Late or wandering. At Lullwater Cove. First detected and tentatively identified by its distinctive chip, but it took a while to get it to come out for confirmation and photos, plus the Merlin update seems like it might mean that the app is more tentative about identifying rare birds. (In my experience Merlin normally has no problem with this chip, but refused to identify it this time, presumably because of the date.) Little flitting mostly yellow warbler with dark undertail and black cap. Bad photos."
GWC Clay colored sparrows
- Reported Oct 28, 2024 07:15 by matt bourke
- Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6523083,-73.9904281&ll=40.6523083,-73.9904281
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S200619725
- Comments: "in the flower meadow at sunrise ( possibly 2 )"
notable weekend bird local reports
- Reported Oct 27, 2024 08:23 by Johan Alexandersson
- Prospect Park, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6602841,-73.9689534&ll=40.6602841,-73.9689534
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S200544504
- Comments: "Nice find and seems like the Sumacs by the peninsula is a favorite spot. Cuckoo with gray back and light chest. Two tone yellow and dark break."
- Reported Oct 27, 2024 17:12 by Heather Wolf
- Brooklyn Bridge Park, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6996104,-73.9973745&ll=40.6996104,-73.9973745
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S200540648
- Comments: "Strutting warbler with olive brown upperparts and dark streaking on chest. Have photos. Pier 6."
- Reported Oct 27, 2024 16:12 by Andrea Trigueros
- Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6523083,-73.9904281&ll=40.6523083,-73.9904281
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S200534134
- Comments: "Continuing by Hemlock & Battle"
- Reported Oct 27, 2024 13:35 by John Huggard
- Prospect Park, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6602841,-73.9689534&ll=40.6602841,-73.9689534
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S200523698
- Comments: "Bright yellow breast some black streaking on sides. Yellow rump. Black and white tail."
Black-throated Green Warbler (Setophaga virens) (1)
- Reported Oct 27, 2024 10:16 by Radka Osickova
- Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6523083,-73.9904281&ll=40.6523083,-73.9904281
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S200520550
- Comments: "In a group of sparrows and palm warblers"
Wilson's Warbler (Cardellina pusilla) (1)
- Reported Oct 27, 2024 15:56 by Alba A.
- Prospect Park, New York US-NY 40.66006, -73.96665, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.660057,-73.966655&ll=40.660057,-73.966655
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S200521687
- Comments: "No mistaking the black cap and bright yellow and beady black eye. On low overhang branches by lake."
- Reported Oct 27, 2024 08:45 by Valerie Masten
- Prospect Park, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6602841,-73.9689534&ll=40.6602841,-73.9689534
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S200514022
- Comments: "Flagged for date. Hanging in Sumacs eating moths and probably lanternflies. Yellow lower mandible, white belly, long tail with large white patches, reddish/rust primaries."
- Reported Oct 27, 2024 14:33 by Alba A.
- Prospect Park, New York US-NY 40.66440, -73.97387, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.664395,-73.973871&ll=40.664395,-73.973871
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S200511719
- Comments: "Prominent black spots on white, no buffy coloring or fade."
- Reported Oct 27, 2024 08:31 by Peter Paul
- Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6523083,-73.9904281&ll=40.6523083,-73.9904281
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S200499569
- Comments: "Slightly late. Vireo with red eye, white eyebrow lined with a dark streak, green back."
Red-eyed Vireo (Vireo olivaceus) (1)
- Reported Oct 27, 2024 08:31 by Daisy Paul
- Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6523083,-73.9904281&ll=40.6523083,-73.9904281
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S200499570
- Comments: "Slightly late. Vireo with red eye, white eyebrow lined with a dark streak, green back."
Black-throated Green Warbler (Setophaga virens) (1)
- Reported Oct 27, 2024 08:31 by Peter Paul
- Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6523083,-73.9904281&ll=40.6523083,-73.9904281
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S200499569
- Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Warbler with green/yellow face, dark mask. Slightly late."
- Reported Oct 23, 2024 11:24 by Madeline Weinstein
- Brooklyn Bridge Park, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6996104,-73.9973745&ll=40.6996104,-73.9973745
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S200436457
- Comments: "Joralemon lawn"
- Reported Oct 26, 2024 09:39 by Deb Van R
- Brooklyn Botanic Garden, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6680222,-73.96367&ll=40.6680222,-73.96367
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S200426655
- Comments: "Dark eyeline, grayish crown, pale breast. Have photos."
- Reported Oct 26, 2024 11:15 by Gabriel Kornbluh
- Prospect Park, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6602841,-73.9689534&ll=40.6602841,-73.9689534
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S200389897
- Comments: "spent an hour at the largest fenced planter in middle of Nethermead, couldn't find. Walked over west to trio of planters, found immediately, low in planter with head-height thin tree with dark red leaves. Small, pale, light bill. Only on bins. Lifer."
Saturday, October 26, 2024
Around the nabe
Eastern Bluebirds were reported yesterday in the brushy fence in area adjoining the Tennis House of Long Meadow.
"Autumn…the year's last, loveliest smile." ~ William Cullen Bryant
Friday, October 25, 2024
eBird Checklist - 25 Oct 2024 - Prospect Park - 56 species (+2 other taxa) Wickman chklist
"Autumn…the year's last, loveliest smile." ~ William Cullen Bryant
Thursday, October 24, 2024
GWC specialties
- Reported Oct 24, 2024 14:23 by KZ F
- Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6523083,-73.9904281&ll=40.6523083,-73.9904281
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S200119162
- Media: 3 Photos
Vesper Sparrow (Pooecetes gramineus) (1)
- Reported Oct 24, 2024 14:23 by KZ F
- Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6523083,-73.9904281&ll=40.6523083,-73.9904281
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S200119162
- Media: 4 Photos
"Autumn…the year's last, loveliest smile." ~ William Cullen Bryant
Fwd: Migration Morning in BBP 10-23-2024
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Mike Yuan <mjyuan@gmail.com>
Date: Wednesday, October 23, 2024
Subject: Migration Morning in BBP 10-23-2024
To: Peter Dorosh
Hi Peter-
We had a lovely final Migration Morning of the fall at Brooklyn Bridge Park.
Within a few minutes of stepping onto the Harbor Lawn, 15 of us had 4 species of warbler feeding on the ground with the sparrows- Palm, Blackpoll, Pine, and Yellow-rumped.
Surprisingly, no Black-Crowned Night Herons roosting on the Long Pond, where we've seen up to 19 this season. A continuing, late Northern Waterthrush made up for their absence.
On Pier 3, a Tufted Titmouse greeted us, and we picked up one more warbler in the maze, a Nashville Warbler. On the lawn, we detected a Purple Finch by its gentle "pik" call and it gave brief views.
Great turnout this season, and we'll pick it up again next Spring!
Mike
Brooklyn Bridge Park, Kings, New York, US
Oct 23, 2024 7:18 AM - 9:54 AM
Protocol: Traveling
2.131 mile(s)
Checklist Comments: Brooklyn Bird Club Migration Morning. Pier 1 to 3 and back
37 species
Canada Goose 8
American Black Duck 5
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 6
Ring-billed Gull 7
American Herring Gull 3
Great Black-backed Gull 1
Double-crested Cormorant 8
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 1
Peregrine Falcon 1
Blue-headed Vireo 1
American Crow 2
Tufted Titmouse 1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1
Golden-crowned Kinglet 2
Carolina Wren 1
European Starling 6
Gray Catbird 9
Northern Mockingbird 3
Hermit Thrush 4
American Robin 7
Cedar Waxwing 1
House Sparrow 12
Purple Finch (Eastern) 1 Fem/imm male, pier 3 lawn
Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored) 6
White-throated Sparrow 21
Song Sparrow 5
Swamp Sparrow 3
Eastern Towhee 1
Common Grackle 6
Northern Waterthrush 1 Continuing on long pond
Nashville Warbler 1
Blackpoll Warbler 1
Palm Warbler (Yellow) 1
Pine Warbler 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 28
Northern Cardinal 2
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S199994337
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"Life starts all over again when it gets crisp in the fall."
- F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby
Tuesday, October 22, 2024
GWC BBCU
- Reported Oct 22, 2024 08:00 by Maureen Matthews
- Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6523083,-73.9904281&ll=40.6523083,-73.9904281
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S199887446
- Comments: "On the Hill of Graves, clear extended views of the cuckoo on several perches showing the uniformly brown back, white bottom, all black bill, smaller spots on tail."
Monday, October 21, 2024
Prospect ccsp
- Reported Oct 21, 2024 12:32 by leo wexler-mann
- Prospect Park, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6602841,-73.9689534&ll=40.6602841,-73.9689534
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S199791969
- Comments: "continuing in the nethermead. pale lores to distinguish from chipping, plus dark pair of malar stripes. photos"
"Autumn…the year's last, loveliest smile." ~ William Cullen Bryant
Fwd: [eBird Alert] Kings County Rare Bird Alert
From: <ebird-alert@birds.cornell.edu>
Date: Mon, Oct 21, 2024 at 1:28 PM
Subject: [eBird Alert] Kings County Rare Bird Alert <hourly>
To: <prosbird@gmail.com>
*** Species Summary:
- Red-headed Woodpecker (2 reports)
- Clay-colored Sparrow (1 report)
- Fox Sparrow (1 report)
- Ovenbird (1 report)
- Northern Waterthrush (2 reports)
- American Redstart (1 report)
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Red-headed Woodpecker (Melanerpes erythrocephalus) (1)
- Reported Oct 21, 2024 08:34 by leo wexler-mann
- Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6523083,-73.9904281&ll=40.6523083,-73.9904281
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S199767203
- Comments: "continuing gorgeous babe storing nuts in a dead tree just south of Battle x hemlock. this one has white fringing on the black back feathers still, so assuming it's the same one from last week. didn't see a second today"
Red-headed Woodpecker (Melanerpes erythrocephalus) (1)
- Reported Oct 21, 2024 06:46 by MCHL ____
- Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6523083,-73.9904281&ll=40.6523083,-73.9904281
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S199768545
- Comments: "Continuing!"
Clay-colored Sparrow (Spizella pallida) (1)
- Reported Oct 17, 2024 17:00 by Zach Smart
- Prospect Park, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6602841,-73.9689534&ll=40.6602841,-73.9689534
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S199768223
- Comments: "Found it! Second day going back to look, found the previously reported Clay-colored in one of the enclosures in the Nethermead, the one of the three in the southwestern corner that has the tall patch of mugwort weeds in it. Alongside several Song and White-throated Sparrows, and one Swamp, feasting on grass seeds, no Chipping alongside. Warm tan, especially in flight feathers, tan rump rather than gray, no black eyestripe (clear lores), gray on nape went all the way across, unbroken. Extremely cute, gave lovely long looks. Present until dark."
Fox Sparrow (Passerella iliaca) (1)
- Reported Oct 21, 2024 06:46 by MCHL ____
- Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6523083,-73.9904281&ll=40.6523083,-73.9904281
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S199768545
- Comments: "Flagged for date. Expected. Round sparrow with heavy chest streaking. Scratching at ground under bush."
Ovenbird (Seiurus aurocapilla) (1)
- Reported Oct 21, 2024 07:35 by MI YU
- Brooklyn Bridge Park, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6996104,-73.9973745&ll=40.6996104,-73.9973745
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S199766983
- Comments: "High-stepping on the edges of the Pier 2 uplands pathways. Perhaps continuing from a few days ago when seen at nearby condo path."
Northern Waterthrush (Parkesia noveboracensis) (1)
- Reported Oct 21, 2024 07:35 by MI YU
- Brooklyn Bridge Park, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6996104,-73.9973745&ll=40.6996104,-73.9973745
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S199766983
- Comments: "Chipping rising hollow squeak around Pier 1 Long Pond. Seen briefly around shoreline vegetation- tail bobbing, streaky neck."
Northern Waterthrush (Parkesia noveboracensis) (1)
- Reported Oct 21, 2024 09:10 by Christine Cieslak
- Prospect Park--Prospect Lake, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6553787,-73.9686421&ll=40.6553787,-73.9686421
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S199767416
- Comments: "Late. Photos tbd"
American Redstart (Setophaga ruticilla) (1)
- Reported Oct 21, 2024 09:10 by Christine Cieslak
- Prospect Park--Prospect Lake, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6553787,-73.9686421&ll=40.6553787,-73.9686421
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S199767416
- Comments: "Late"
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Sunday, October 20, 2024
Sundays rhwp
- Reported Oct 20, 2024 07:59 by B F
- Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6523083,-73.9904281&ll=40.6523083,-73.9904281
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S199614089
- Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Continuing. Photo. Only saw one. There were two Merlins on the same tree so not sure is that's a bad sign for the second one."
"Autumn…the year's last, loveliest smile." ~ William Cullen Bryant
Gwc Rhwp Sat
- Reported Oct 19, 2024 11:00 by terry VP
- Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6523083,-73.9904281&ll=40.6523083,-73.9904281
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S199550087
- Media: 2 Photos, 1 Audio
- Comments: "cont. heard first. flycatching and poking around bare branches at hemlock. bit of red starting to show but mostly brown head. light front, dark back w white secondaries"
"Autumn…the year's last, loveliest smile." ~ William Cullen Bryant
Saturday, October 19, 2024
Gwc vesper
- Reported Oct 19, 2024 15:33 by Rook Schucker Mallo
- Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6523083,-73.9904281&ll=40.6523083,-73.9904281
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S199526393
- Comments: "Viewed through binoculars in sparrow mass on landscape Avenue. No photos acquired; medium-sized sparrow with rusty cap, and bold eyering."
Gwc ccsp
- Reported Oct 19, 2024 09:02 by Valerie Masten
- Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6523083,-73.9904281&ll=40.6523083,-73.9904281
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S199491273
- Comments: "Wildflower Meadow. Small sparrow, long tail. Gray nape, white malar and pale supercilium, clean buff breast. Paler/more white supercilium and malar than chipping."
Gwc rhwp
- Reported Oct 19, 2024 08:26 by Asher Fusco
- Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6523083,-73.9904281&ll=40.6523083,-73.9904281
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S199478925
- Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Young bird continuing near Battle Hill, in the same tree where we initially spotted a RHWO last weekend. Doc photo tba."
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=
- Comments: "Woodpecker with striking black and white underwings, vocalizing and flying around near 40.65709° N, 73.98894° W"
Red-headed Woodpecker (Melanerpes erythrocephalus) (2)
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=
- Comments: "2 immature seen together, caching acorns in dead tree near Battle Hill. Distinct huge square white wing patches, clean white belly, brownish / dark head. Photos."
Friday, October 18, 2024
Fyi
- Reported Oct 18, 2024 10:08 by Daniel Smith
- Prospect Park, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6602841,-73.9689534&ll=40.6602841,-73.9689534
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S199357549
- Comments: "Good views of bird in peninsula, large bird with long tail and curved beak."
Battle hill below
Red-headed Woodpecker (Melanerpes erythrocephalus) (1)
- Reported Oct 18, 2024 09:27 by Christine Cieslak
- Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6523083,-73.9904281&ll=40.6523083,-73.9904281
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S199352008
- Comments: "Clear triangular white section on wing, confirmed by call"
Fox sparrows in gwc
- Reported Oct 18, 2024 07:57 by R M
- Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6523083,-73.9904281&ll=40.6523083,-73.9904281
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S199321672
- Comments: "photos. big rust red sparrow with gray cap and chevron markings"
"Autumn…the year's last, loveliest smile." ~ William Cullen Bryant
pp ccsp continues
- Reported Oct 18, 2024 06:50 by Asher Fusco
- Prospect Park, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6602841,-73.9689534&ll=40.6602841,-73.9689534
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S199318186
- Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Continuing in the same location as Ant's initial report and subsequent sightings this week. Popped out of the grass and perched in a tree in one of the Nethermead's small fenced areas. Small sparrow with pale lores, gray nape, and buffy sides and breast. Images tba."
"Autumn…the year's last, loveliest smile." ~ William Cullen Bryant
A cuckoo at bbp
- Reported Oct 17, 2024 07:47 by Jeremy Thorp
- Brooklyn Bridge Park, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6996104,-73.9973745&ll=40.6996104,-73.9973745
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S199309368
- Comments: "Whooshed right in front of me and settled in a tree just a few meters away, making it a can't miss ID. Slender bird with a very long tail and a brilliant yellow lower half of the bill.
"Autumn…the year's last, loveliest smile." ~ William Cullen Bryant
Thursday, October 17, 2024
GWC CCSP
- Reported Oct 17, 2024 16:01 by MCHL ____
- Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6523083,-73.9904281&ll=40.6523083,-73.9904281
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S199270646
- Comments: "Eye ring, mustache, somewhat of a cheek patch, dark triangle behind eye that does not extend toward bill. Image. (40.6527446, -73.9970592)"
GWC redheaded woodpeckers
"Autumn…the year's last, loveliest smile." ~ William Cullen Bryant
Good prospect sparrows
- Reported Oct 17, 2024 12:00 by Maureen Matthews
- Prospect Park, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6602841,-73.9689534&ll=40.6602841,-73.9689534
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S199256709
- Comments: "As reported, in the Nethermead tree enclosures. Super close up looks at small, gray buffy sparrow with white supercilium, plain lores, and gray nape."
Vesper Sparrow (Pooecetes gramineus) (1)
- Reported Oct 17, 2024 12:45 by karen o'hearn
- Prospect Park, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6602841,-73.9689534&ll=40.6602841,-73.9689534
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S199259764
- Comments: "Ballfields, on quaker cemetery side. Superficially similar to a sosp. Had bold, white eyering, and slightly lighter and crisper looking. Nice, close look for about 5 seconds until it flew into a tree and I was unable to relocate."
"Autumn…the year's last, loveliest smile." ~ William Cullen Bryant
Latest PP birds
- Reported Oct 17, 2024 08:45 by Catherine Quayle
- Brooklyn Bridge Park, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6996104,-73.9973745&ll=40.6996104,-73.9973745
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S199225390
- Comments: "Pier 3. Clearly visible for a few minutes. Long tail, yellow mandible, ruddy patches on wings."
Clay-colored Sparrow (Spizella pallida) (1)
- Reported Oct 17, 2024 09:35 by K Burney
- Prospect Park, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6602841,-73.9689534&ll=40.6602841,-73.9689534
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S199226277
- Comments: "In tree in the fenced in area. Found by Ant earlier.(40.6600310, -73.9704571)"
Clay-colored Sparrow (Spizella pallida) (1)
- Reported Oct 17, 2024 08:24 by Kevin Cabano
- Prospect Park, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6602841,-73.9689534&ll=40.6602841,-73.9689534
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S199223022
- Comments: "paler front and overall lighter/buffy-er than nearby chipping sparrows, eyeline behind eyes only. guided by Ant's pin, refound with Kelly and Danielle"
Clay-colored Sparrow (Spizella pallida) (1)
- Reported Oct 17, 2024 07:03 by Forrest Wickman
- Prospect Park, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6602841,-73.9689534&ll=40.6602841,-73.9689534
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S199225304
- Media: 3 Photos
- Comments: "Continuing on the Nethermead. Found by Ant a few days ago and refound by Ant today. Just a little guy. Photos."
Clay-colored Sparrow (Spizella pallida) (1)
- Reported Oct 17, 2024 06:42 by Ant Tab
- Prospect Park, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6602841,-73.9689534&ll=40.6602841,-73.9689534
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S199222269
- Comments: "Continuing precious little baby, SW Nethermead."
Vesper Sparrow (Pooecetes gramineus) (1)
- Reported Oct 17, 2024 09:35 by K Burney
- Prospect Park, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6602841,-73.9689534&ll=40.6602841,-73.9689534
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S199226277
- Comments: "Foraging on the ground under big tree with distinct brown square cheek patch and thin white eye ring
"Autumn…the year's last, loveliest smile." ~ William Cullen Bryant