eBird Checklist - 29 Dec 2023 - Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn - 21 species

https://ebird.org/checklist/S157397600

Colony of monk parakeets, pine siskin nd tufted titmouse ( latter usually common winter resident not around now)

eBird Checklist - 29 Dec 2023 - Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn - 12 species

https://ebird.org/checklist/S157428550

High fly bald eagle yesterday

Prospect Park, Kings County, NY, US - eBird Hotspot

https://ebird.org/hotspot/L109516

Prospect week included bufflehead,American tree sparrow,latter very uncommon.

"Blessed are they who see beautiful things in humble places where other people see nothing. "

Camille Pissarro,19th c artist, father of Impressionism

   

eBird Checklist - 26 Dec 2023 - Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn - 16 species (+1 other taxa)

https://ebird.org/checklist/S157174487

Late palm warbler

Day before on Christmas day 5 pine siskins reported hanging out with gold finches

Christmas Greetings

The Kingsboider wishes all Merry Christmas and festive joy . As the old scriptural passage says," Peace on Earth, good will to all men and women".

The wreath's circular shape and its evergreen make the wreath a representation of eternal life. It is also a representation of faith as Christians in Europe placed a candle in the wreath to symbolize the light of the world who has come ,Jesus.

 

eBird Checklist - 23 Dec 2023 - Prospect Park - 35 species

https://ebird.org/checklist/S157038888

Christmas BBC walk led by peter d.

A lovely walk with good cheer

List compiled by Lisa Curtiss.

Merry Christmas!

Happy Winter!

The first full day of the new season, starting last night at 1025 solstice. Now the days hence gain more daylight.

Enjoy.

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Aspenglow

See the sunlight through the pine
Taste the warm of winter wine
Dream of softly falling snow
Winter's gold
Aspenglow

As the winter days unfold
Hearts grow warmer with the cold
Peace of mind is all you know
Winter's gold
Aspenglow

Aspen is a life to live
See how much there is to give
See how strongly you believe
See how much you may receive

Smiling faces all around
Laughter is the only sound
Memories that can't grow old
Winter's gold
Aspenglow

Aspen is a life to live
See how much there is to give
See how strongly you believe
See how much you may receive

See the sunlight through the pine
Taste the warm of winter wine
Dream of softly falling snow
Winter's gold
Aspenglow
Winter's gold
Aspenglow

--John Denver

Aspenglow: sunrise and sunset upon the mountains

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"No bird soars too high if he soars with his own wings." -- William Blake, artist,author

Report Kings County Christmas Bird count December 16th

 Thanks to compiler Mike Yuan

Happy Holidays!

Total 136 species

IRR=Irregular 7x last ten years

RARE= 3X last ten years

cw=count week,3 days before and after count day Dec 16th

Brooklyn Xmas Count Annual Report: 2023

Total 

Species Seen

Snow Goose 1801

Brant 11606

Cackling Goose 4 RARE

Canada Goose 4025

Mute Swan 51

Wood Duck 9

Northern Shoveler 305

Gadwall 169

American Wigeon 188

Mallard 405

American Black Duck 766

Northern Pintail 16

Green-winged Teal 110

Redhead 5 RARE

Ring-necked Duck 28 IRR

Greater Scaup 1089

Lesser Scaup 288

Common Eider 15 IRR

Surf Scoter 70

White-winged Scoter 28

Black Scoter 1229

Scoter (sp.) 714

Long-tailed Duck 371

Bufflehead 1863

Common Goldeneye 33

Hooded Merganser 61

Red-breasted Merganser 1390

Ruddy Duck 1088

Wild Turkey 1 RARE

Ring-necked Pheasant 1 IRR

Pied-billed Grebe 7

Horned Grebe 137

Rock Pigeon 1971

Mourning Dove 490

Clapper Rail 2 IRR

Virginia Rail 2 RARE

American Coot 32

American Oystercatcher 35 IRR

Black-bellied Plover 17

Killdeer 8

Ruddy Turnstone 15 IRR

Sanderling 50

Dunlin 121

Purple Sandpiper 33

Long-billed Dowitcher 5 RARE

American Woodcock 6

  Total 

Species Seen

Wilson's Snipe cw IRR

Lesser Yellowlegs 1 RARE

Greater Yellowlegs 4

Razorbill 9 RARE

Bonaparte's Gull 911 IRR

Laughing Gull 1 IRR

Ring-billed Gull 4658

Herring Gull 3263

Iceland Gull cw IRR

Lesser Black-backed Gull 3 IRR

Great Black-backed Gull 352

Red-throated Loon 299

Common Loon 194

Northern Gannet 345

Great Cormorant 32

Double-crested Cormorant 281

Great Blue Heron 40

Great Egret 1 RARE

Black-crowned Night-Heron 10 IRR

Turkey Vulture 4 IRR

Bald Eagle 5 IRR

Northern Harrier 15

Sharp-shinned Hawk 9

Cooper's Hawk 31

Red-shouldered Hawk 2 IRR

Red-tailed Hawk 34

Barn Owl 2 IRR

Great Horned Owl 2

Short-eared Owl 1 RARE

Belted Kingfisher 9

Red-bellied Woodpecker 48

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 23

Downy Woodpecker 62

Hairy Woodpecker 2

Northern Flicker 67

American Kestrel 21

Merlin 5

Peregrine Falcon 18

Monk Parakeet 49

Ash-throated Flycatcher 3 RARE

Blue Jay 96

American Crow 165

Fish Crow 683

Common Raven 11

Horned Lark 71

Black-capped Chickadee 13

Tufted Titmouse cw

Tree Swallow 22 IRR

Ruby-crowned Kinglet 27

  Total 

Species Seen

Golden-crowned Kinglet 32

Cedar Waxwing 169

Red-breasted Nuthatch 1 IRR

White-breasted Nuthatch 2

Brown Creeper 5

Carolina Wren 81

House Wren 1 RARE

Winter Wren 15

Marsh Wren 1 IRR

Gray Catbird 43

Brown Thrasher 2 IRR

Northern Mockingbird 188

European Starling 1676

Hermit Thrush 21

American Robin 508

House Sparrow 1162

American Pipit 9

House Finch 248

Purple Finch 1 IRR

European Goldfinch 2 RARE

Pine Siskin 1 IRR

American Goldfinch 138

Snow Bunting 41

Lark Sparrow 1 RARE

Chipping Sparrow 12

Field Sparrow 4

Fox Sparrow 12

American Tree Sparrow 14

Dark-eyed Junco 107

White-throated Sparrow 736

Saltmarsh Sparrow cw RARE

Savannah Sparrow 29

Song Sparrow 294

Lincoln's Sparrow cw RARE

Swamp Sparrow 61

Eastern Towhee 7

Eastern Meadowlark 14 IRR

Red-winged Blackbird 93

Brown-headed Cowbird cw

Common Grackle 11

Boat-tailed Grackle 932 IRR

Orange-crowned Warbler 16

Common Yellowthroat 5 IRR

Palm Warbler 3

Pine Warbler 1 IRR

Yellow-rumped Warbler 678

Black-throated Green Warbler 1 RARE

Northern Cardinal 209

  Total 

Species Seen

Species Count: 136

Number Seen: 49,437

NOTE:  "cw" = Count Week only

Fwd: cbc report

How did it get so late so soon? Its night before its afternoon. December is here before its June. My goodness how the time has flewn. How did it get so late so soon?

Dr. Seuss

   

---------- Forwarded message ---------
From: Michael Yuan <mjyuan@
Date: Thu, Dec 21, 2023, 5:20 PM
Subject: cbc report
To: Peter Dorosh <prosbird@gmail.com>

Peter-

Thanks for your patience. Here's the report for the blog.

Thanks,

Mike

Oragne crowed warbler and "chippies"

 Wickman report 

https://ebird.org/checklist/S156750854

Prospect rare duck continues

Common Goldeneye continues this day..Prospect Lake southwest usually near West Island  but reported also at Three Sisters islands..Best views from the "Hammerhead"

https://ebird.org/atlasmddc/checklist/S156751287

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" Preserve and cherish the pale blue dot,the only home we've ever known"

                                                                            --Carl Sagan

Lefrak ocwa

An Orange crowned warbler is still being reported on top of the Lefrak rink greenroof,at the south end where three Holly trees are together. Ed C saw it yesterday late morn.

the three hollies is to the right of the path coming from the rinks south lawn. 

How did it get so late so soon? Its night before its afternoon. December is here before its June. My goodness how the time has flewn. How did it get so late so soon?

Dr. Seuss

   

Prospect lake Common GoldenEye today..great find by Terry Kim.

At west island,photo by Terry Kim

It's been a long while since the last one. I found one here years ago.

update:

The Common goldeneye was found yesterday by  

2023-12-18	1	Elody Gyekis
2023-12-18	1	Joe Gyekis

This is the 9th record for Prospect Park according to Ebird recs.

How did it get so late so soon? Its night before its afternoon. December is here before its June. My goodness how the time has flewn. How did it get so late so soon?

Dr. Seuss

   

Post from The Kingsboider (@BBCKingsbirds) west island COMMON GOLDENEYE Drake

The Kingsboider (@BBCKingsbirds) posted at 2:50 PM on Tue, Dec 19, 2023:
Drake Common GoldenEye at Prospect Park lake west island in front of benches pink area ,found byTerry Kim .unusual location here.
(https://x.com/BBCKingsbirds/status/1737198833015087156?s=03)

How did it get so late so soon? Its night before its afternoon. December is here before its June. My goodness how the time has flewn. How did it get so late so soon?

Dr. Seuss

   

Fwd: Save Community Composting!

---------- Forwarded message ---------
From: Green-Wood <contactus@info.green-wood.com>
Date: Mon, Dec 18, 2023 at 4:29 PM
Subject: Save Community Composting!
To: Peter Dorosh <pdorosh@prospectpark.org>

Sign the GrowNYC petition today

Dear Peter,  The environmental benefits of recycling food scraps and plant waste into nutrient-rich soil are undeniable. Composting contributes substantially to the health of our urban environment; it simultaneously mitigates food waste from landfills and significantly reduces the greenhouse gasses waste emits, like methane. In New York City, community composting programs—programs funded by the NYC Community Compost Project, run by GrowNYC and Green-Wood partners Big Reuse and Earth Matter—are what makes this process possible. They collect food scraps (more than 8 million pounds annually!), operate large composting sites, distribute compost, and provide public education. But the resources composting programs rely on are in the crosshairs. It was announced in Mayor Adams' latest budget for 2024 that funding for NYC Community Composting is slated to be slashed.  Green-Wood not only supports these composting programs but depends on them to sustainably manage wood waste that is produced from our annual tree maintenance. We produce over 1 million pounds of wood chips each year. This carbon-rich material is necessary in the composting process to balance the nitrogen-rich food scraps and speed up the process of decomposition. We know firsthand how devastating the loss of these programs will be to the community.  That's why we're signing GrowNYC's petition to support continued funding for NYC community composting—and we urge you to do the same. Please click here to add your support! Thank you, Sara Evans Senior Manager and Curator of Living Collections   Green-Wood 500 25th Street Brooklyn, NY 11232 green-wood.com Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list

Fwd: Prospect Park South CBC team good bird

Barbara spotted this Red shouldered Hawk in south prospect Christmas count. Its a rarity also spotted in Greenwood. Likely the same bird.

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Barbara Schelkle <>
Date: Sunday, December 17, 2023
Subject: Prospect Park South CBC team meetup info
To: Peter Dorosh <prosbird@gmail.com>
Cc: 

Hi Peter and fellow CBC Prospect Park South birders,
I went through some more of my photos from yesterday and found this very blurry shot.
It' a terrible picture, but it looks to me like a red shouldered hawk? 
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https://circc.smugmug.com/Birds
https://mastodon.social/@barbarabrooklyn



How did it get so late so soon? Its night before its afternoon. December is here before its June. My goodness how the time has flewn. How did it get so late so soon?

Dr. Seuss

   

Today's CBC short news

Today's kings County Christmas count had a very good number of 136 species.

Prospect had 57 species at orange crowned Warbler and red shouldered hawk the top birds;neighboring Greenwood cemetery despite having only 42 species boasted 6 saves including a very late black throated green warbler.

I should be getting the numbers maybe early next week from the compiler.

Posted on Facebook

The Brooklyn Christmas Bird Count happened today and unofficially set a record species count of 135! Highlights are as followed:

-THREE separate Ash-Throated Flycatchers

-First Wild Turkey on the count

-Black-throated Green Warbler

-Short-eared Owl

-Lark Sparrow

-About a dozen Orange-crowned Warblers (record high)

-Unknown flock of dowitchers

-Virginia and Clapper Rails

Misses on the count included Tufted Titmouse (first ever I believe) and Brown-headed Cowbird. Gulling also was worse this year due to the warm weather. Thanks for everyone who participated!

Kb

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"No bird soars too high if he soars with his own wings." -- William Blake, artist,author

Today is the Christmas Bird count 124 years young

Kings County participates in the 124th  count. Of many teams I'm covering for so many years south Prospect Park.

This great event as described online borne to protest the side hunts before 1900

" The CBC began on Christmas Day, 1900. Previously, many families would have Christmas hunting competitions — known as side hunts — to see who could kill the most birds. Frank Chapman, an early Audubon officer, wanted to offer an alternative."

Chapman wound up becoming the curator directir of the American museum natural history bird exhibitions.

For more read on:

https://www.fws.gov/story/tis-season-christmas-bird-count

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--
"No bird soars too high if he soars with his own wings." -- William Blake, artist,author

Christmas bird count period begins

Wednesday is the first day of the count period for Saturday's kings Christmas bird count- three days before,three days after.

If a species not seen Saturdays count but within the three days,tell your team leader; Of course if you are participating ( you should,its fun!)

--
"No bird soars too high if he soars with his own wings." -- William Blake, artist,author

Ash throated FC owls head

An ash throated fly catcher continues its long stay at isle head park.

It was reported at the base of the slope facing the belt parkway highway,around a pine.

Hopefully it'll stick around for this Saturday's Christmas bird count

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"No bird soars too high if he soars with his own wings." -- William Blake, artist,author