Fw: New article: Birds vs. wind turbines in the fight against climate change

Written by Adam Welz, formerly member of the Brooklyn Bird Club

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

 

Camille Pissarro,19th c. artist, father of

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From: Adam Welz <adamwelz@gmail.com>

Sent: Thursday, June 5, 2025 at 05:43:18 AM EDT

Subject: New article: Birds vs. wind turbines in the fight against climate change

Hi All,

My latest article is on the conflict between birds and proliferating wind turbines, more specifically on how to resolve this conflict.

You can read it here: https://e360.yale.edu/features/wind-turbine-bird-collision-solutions

Please share the link if you like it!

Best,

Adam

P.S. If you'd like to be removed from this informal email list, please drop me a line.

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writer, photographer, filmmaker

Cape Town, South Africa

Author of The End of Eden: Wild Nature in the Age of Climate Breakdown

www.adamwelz.net

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iNaturalist: @adamwelz

Ryan Goldberg Message on his new upcoming book "Bird City: Adventures in New York's Urban Wilds"

Hi folks,

I'm sorry for the mass email, but I wanted to share some good news.

As some of you already know, the book I've been working on for more than three years, 

Bird City: Adventures in New York's Urban Wilds, will be published by Algonquin on Nov. 4.

 It's available for pre-order at the website above, or from your local bookseller, or wherever 

else you buy books. (I recommend Bookshop over the corporate retailers.)

I got my first job in journalism over 25 years ago, at the Asbury Park Press. This is my first book, 

and it would mean a lot to me if you'd consider reading it. Bird City is many things—a portrait of 

a city shaped by its birds and birders, a travelogue of New York's wild places, a science-driven

 narrative of urban ecology, a profile of some fascinating New Yorkers, and a personal story of 

changing the way you see your neighborhood and all the wonderful creatures that live there. 

I look forward to hearing what you think come November and beyond.

I'm planning a number of events in NYC for its release, and I'll share more about those in the fall. 

In the meantime, if you know someone you think would like to read the book, or review it, or have 

me on their podcast to talk about it, or host an event around it, please pass this along! And if you 

received this email, that means you've helped me along the way to write this book, whether through 

your support or your interest or your stories. So from the bottom of my heart, thank you.

Ryan

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ryangoldberg.net

(908) 489-7220

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

                                                                            --Carl Sagan

Acadian FC GWC plus more....

Acadian Flycatcher (Empidonax virescens) (2)
- Reported Jun 17, 2025 07:20 by Sameer Ajmani
- 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/S251341124
- Comments: "Heard near Sylvan Water. Will add audio."

Northern Rough-winged Swallow (Stelgidopteryx serripennis) (1)
- Reported Jun 17, 2025 08:41 by B F
- 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/S251372909
- Comments: "Flagged for date.  Drab brown swallow with squared off tail, pale below, no chest band."

White-throated Sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis) (2)
- Reported Jun 17, 2025 08:15 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/S251373950
- Comments: "Heard on pier 3."

Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) (Setophaga coronata coronata) (1)
- Reported Jun 17, 2025 08:41 by B F
- 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/S251372909
- Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Flagged for date.  Continuing in the same tree as yesterday near West Island.  Photos."

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

                                                                            --Carl Sagan

Forrest's PP chklist

https://ebird.org/checklist/S249206834

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

                                                                            --Carl Sagan

PP ACFC

Acadian Flycatcher (Empidonax virescens) (1)
- Reported Jun 08, 2025 08:11 by Tyler Wallace
- 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/S248142140
- Comments: "Calling continuously in ravine. Seen multiple times."

"Birds chirping around you is a beautiful realization that life is incredibly good. Let this sound be a gentle break in your routine." ― Hiral Nagda

   

PP Acadian Flycatcher

Acadian Flycatcher (Empidonax virescens) (1)
- Reported Jun 07, 2025 06:10 by Doug McNamara
- 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/S247619725
- Comments: "Visible and calling from tree near Quaker cemetery"

"Birds chirping around you is a beautiful realization that life is incredibly good. Let this sound be a gentle break in your routine." ― Hiral Nagda

   

Happy Birthday BBC!

Today is "Founding Day" the 116th Birthday of the Brooklyn Bird Club . 🥳🎂

"Birds chirping around you is a beautiful realization that life is incredibly good. Let this sound be a gentle break in your routine." ― Hiral Nagda

   

Fwd: [eBird Alert] Kings County Rare Bird Alert

Note especially Pied billed grebe which could breeding ( has before in PP)

"Birds chirping around you is a beautiful realization that life is incredibly good. Let this sound be a gentle break in your routine." ― Hiral Nagda

   

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From: <ebird-alert@birds.cornell.edu>
Date: Wed, Jun 4, 2025, 8:28 PM
Subject: [eBird Alert] Kings County Rare Bird Alert <hourly>
To: <prosbird@gmail.com>

*** Species Summary:

- Pied-billed Grebe (1 report)
- Acadian Flycatcher (1 report)
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow (1 report)
- Blackburnian Warbler (1 report)

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Thank you for subscribing to the <hourly> Kings County Rare Bird Alert.  The report below shows observations of rare birds in Kings County.  View or unsubscribe to this alert at https://ebird.org/alert/summary?sid=SN35645
NOTE: all sightings are UNCONFIRMED unless indicated.

eBird encourages our users to bird safely, responsibly, and mindfully. Please follow the recommendations of your local health authorities and respect any active travel restrictions in your area. For more information visit: https://ebird.org/news/please-bird-mindfully

Pied-billed Grebe (Podilymbus podiceps) (1)
- Reported Jun 04, 2025 17:35 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/S246781653
- Comments: "Random… super late. Weird little brown creature on the lake."

Acadian Flycatcher (Empidonax virescens) (2)
- Reported Jun 04, 2025 06:52 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/S246779472
- Comments: "Flagged as rare/late, though they've been known to stick through the summer before. Two singing males: One just east of the Boulder Bridge, then a second on the N side of the Lullwater, just east of the Terrace Bridge. Audio of both available."

Northern Rough-winged Swallow (Stelgidopteryx serripennis) (1)
- Reported Jun 04, 2025 06:52 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/S246779472
- Comments: "Flagged for date. Brown-backed swallow with smudgy throat. Photos available."

Blackburnian Warbler (Setophaga fusca) (1)
- Reported Jun 04, 2025 06:52 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/S246779472
- Comments: "Flagged for date: late. Just south of Nethermead Arches, high up, with a Blackpoll or two. Unmistakeable male with bright orange throat."

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Local June 4 sightings

Acadian Flycatcher (Empidonax virescens) (1)
- Reported Jun 04, 2025 07:45 by Ryan Mandelbaum
- 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/S246601711
- Comments: "possibly two. olive gray empid with notably long primaries singing "pee-tseet" above boulder bridge. another similarly sized bird barreled toward it while i was watching it but couldn't tell what the other bird was."

Northern Rough-winged Swallow (Stelgidopteryx serripennis) (1)
- Reported Jun 04, 2025 08:02 by Nick Dawson
- Bush Terminal Piers Park, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6541609,-74.0204451&ll=40.6541609,-74.0204451
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S246595714
- Comments: "Continuing."

 "

Northern Parula (Setophaga americana) (1)
- Reported Jun 04, 2025 08:50 by Ashley Meninelli
- McCarren Park, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.7198951,-73.9512669&ll=40.7198951,-73.9512669
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S246596976
- Comments: "Seen first at top of tree, white belly with yellow breast. Heard call and recorded on Merlin."

"Birds chirping around you is a beautiful realization that life is incredibly good. Let this sound be a gentle break in your routine." ― Hiral Nagda

   

Dawson BTPP chklist

Note olive Sided fc and Northern RW swallow 

https://ebird.org/checklist/S246315513

"Birds chirping around you is a beautiful realization that life is incredibly good. Let this sound be a gentle break in your routine." ― Hiral Nagda

   

PP Acadian

Acadian Flycatcher (Empidonax virescens) (1)
- Reported Jun 03, 2025 11:31 by Carl Biers
- 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/S246395836
- Media: 1 Audio
- Comments: "Singing near the Sparrow Bowl. Found by Ed C. Sings at :03 and :45."

Acadian Flycatcher (Empidonax virescens) (2)
- Reported Jun 03, 2025 07:48 by MCHL ____
- 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/S246307399
- Comments: "One calling behind sparrow bowl (Great find by Ed C.). Another near the Quaker cemetery off center drive (Found by Forrest!)(40.6599461, -73.9709707). Audio to be added."
"Birds chirping around you is a beautiful realization that life is incredibly good. Let this sound be a gentle break in your routine." ― Hiral Nagda

   

Fwd: [eBird Alert] Kings County Rare Bird Alert

Mourning Warbler continues in butterfly meadow today.

+ Acadian fc

"Birds chirping around you is a beautiful realization that life is incredibly good. Let this sound be a gentle break in your routine." ― Hiral Nagda

   

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From: <ebird-alert@birds.cornell.edu>
Date: Tue, Jun 3, 2025, 5:26 PM
Subject: [eBird Alert] Kings County Rare Bird Alert <hourly>
To: <prosbird@gmail.com>

*** Species Summary:

- Acadian Flycatcher (1 report)
- Mourning Warbler (2 reports)
- Northern Parula (1 report)
- Blackburnian Warbler (1 report)

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Thank you for subscribing to the <hourly> Kings County Rare Bird Alert.  The report below shows observations of rare birds in Kings County.  View or unsubscribe to this alert at https://ebird.org/alert/summary?sid=SN35645
NOTE: all sightings are UNCONFIRMED unless indicated.

eBird encourages our users to bird safely, responsibly, and mindfully. Please follow the recommendations of your local health authorities and respect any active travel restrictions in your area. For more information visit: https://ebird.org/news/please-bird-mindfully

Acadian Flycatcher (Empidonax virescens) (1)
- Reported Jun 03, 2025 14:13 by Owen Rodewald
- 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/S246402929
- Comments: "Olive back and head, yellowish white below, two pale wingbars, white eyering (hardly noticeable). Mid canopy. Singing its two-parted song."

Mourning Warbler (Geothlypis philadelphia) (2)
- Reported Jun 03, 2025 13:31 by Paul Merle
- 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/S246399829
- Comments: "Butterfly meadow. Female. Moving through the weeds. Not vocalizing. 2nd one at the Vale. Just south along the east side of the paved path. Vocalizing"

Mourning Warbler (Geothlypis philadelphia) (1)
- Reported Jun 03, 2025 09:30 by Chris Miller
- Prospect Park--Vale of Cashmere, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6690561,-73.9683616&ll=40.6690561,-73.9683616
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S246401955
- Comments: "Drab warbler with gray hood, no white eyering, black patch on breast and yellow underside. Male seen on SE side o the Vale skulking around in the wooded area behind some green benches."

Northern Parula (Setophaga americana) (1)
- Reported Jun 03, 2025 14:13 by Owen Rodewald
- 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/S246402929
- Comments: "Single male hanging around. Very chatty, constantly singing its classic rising trill."

Blackburnian Warbler (Setophaga fusca) (1)
- Reported Jun 03, 2025 13:31 by Paul Merle
- 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/S246399829
- Comments: "Lookout hill. Moving through the tree tops. Vocalizing"

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Prospect Park Bird Sightings & North Brooklyn Nature News: Happy 91st Birthday to Ron Bourque! A Brooklyn birding legend!

https://prospectsightings.blogspot.com/2024/06/happy-90th-birthday-to-ron-bourque.html?m=1

"Birds chirping around you is a beautiful realization that life is incredibly good. Let this sound be a gentle break in your routine." ― Hiral Nagda

   

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What's happening locally..

"Birds chirping around you is a beautiful realization that life is incredibly good. Let this sound be a gentle break in your routine." ― Hiral Nagda

   

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From: <ebird-alert@birds.cornell.edu>
Date: Mon, Jun 2, 2025, 5:52 PM
Subject: [eBird Alert] Kings County Rare Bird Alert <hourly>
To: <prosbird@gmail.com>

*** Species Summary:

- Yellow-bellied Flycatcher (1 report)
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow (1 report)
- Hermit Thrush (1 report)
- Mourning Warbler (3 reports)
- Blackburnian Warbler (2 reports)
- Black-throated Green Warbler (2 reports)

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Thank you for subscribing to the <hourly> Kings County Rare Bird Alert.  The report below shows observations of rare birds in Kings County.  View or unsubscribe to this alert at https://ebird.org/alert/summary?sid=SN35645
NOTE: all sightings are UNCONFIRMED unless indicated.

eBird encourages our users to bird safely, responsibly, and mindfully. Please follow the recommendations of your local health authorities and respect any active travel restrictions in your area. For more information visit: https://ebird.org/news/please-bird-mindfully

Yellow-bellied Flycatcher (Empidonax flaviventris) (1)
- Reported Jun 02, 2025 15:38 by David S-
- Lincoln Terrace Park/Arthur S. Somers Park, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6669126,-73.9272044&ll=40.6669126,-73.9272044
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S246049377
- Media: 3 Photos
- Comments: "Very shy flycatcher, would appear briefly, dissappear for 15 minutes, then return. Feeding on bees/insects on the three blooming Washington Hawthorn trees on the Eastern Pky side of the park. Possibly two birds here. Yellow wash on front, olive upper parts, two bold white wingbars, white eye ring. Did eventually vocalize, but was mostly silent while feeding. Sketchy pics to follow"

Northern Rough-winged Swallow (Stelgidopteryx serripennis) (2)
- Reported Jun 02, 2025 13:07 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/S246052222
- Comments: "Flagged for date. Pair hunting hill o' graves. Gray/brown back and head. White chest/belly. Square tail."

Hermit Thrush (Catharus guttatus) (1)
- Reported Jun 02, 2025 11:00 by Chris Miller
- 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/S246065672
- Comments: "Flagged for date and location. Thrush with rufous tail seen with leo wexler-mann at Butterfly Meadow."

Mourning Warbler (Geothlypis philadelphia) (1)
- Reported Jun 02, 2025 13:16 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/S246039376
- Media: 7 Photos
- Comments: "*uncommon but expected as a sort of specialty later migrant. Spotted by MCHL as it sprung from the drip at Dell Water before diving into the brush; obscured views were diagnostic showing a bright yellow undertail and an indigo bunting-like tail swish, but it did eventually show itself near the bee boxes before going back into the tickseed pit. Photos"

Mourning Warbler (Geothlypis philadelphia) (1)
- Reported Jun 02, 2025 13:07 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/S246052222
- Comments: "Female type. Gray-headed warbler with bright yellow underside. No black bib. Not the individual recently seen here."

Mourning Warbler (Geothlypis philadelphia) (1)
- Reported Jun 02, 2025 11:00 by Chris Miller
- 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/S246065672
- Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Female foraging low in the fenced in area of Butterfly Meadow"

Blackburnian Warbler (Setophaga fusca) (1)
- Reported Jun 02, 2025 13:16 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/S246039376
- Media: 3 Photos
- Comments: "*getting late. Spotted by Michael here (40.6547515, -73.9922195) photos"

Blackburnian Warbler (Setophaga fusca) (1)
- Reported Jun 02, 2025 13:07 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/S246052222
- Comments: "Flagged for date. Orange throat. Somewhat dull for Blackburnian."

Black-throated Green Warbler (Setophaga virens) (2)
- Reported Jun 02, 2025 13:16 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/S246039376
- Media: 10 Photos
- Comments: "*late. Found by high, hard chip call. Foraging together in locust tres here (40.6553681, -73.9914088) with redstarts. We encountered another one a little bit down the road, then two back in the initial spot, so there may well have been three. Photos, maybe of both birds?"

Black-throated Green Warbler (Setophaga virens) (2)
- Reported Jun 02, 2025 13:07 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/S246052222
- Comments: "Flagged for date. Feeding in locust trees. Yellow head, black throat."

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From: <ebird-alert@birds.cornell.edu>
Date: Mon, Jun 2, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Subject: [eBird Alert] Kings County Rare Bird Alert <hourly>
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*** Species Summary:

- Olive-sided Flycatcher (1 report)
- Yellow-bellied Flycatcher (1 report)
- Hermit Thrush (1 report)

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Thank you for subscribing to the <hourly> Kings County Rare Bird Alert.  The report below shows observations of rare birds in Kings County.  View or unsubscribe to this alert at https://ebird.org/alert/summary?sid=SN35645
NOTE: all sightings are UNCONFIRMED unless indicated.

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Olive-sided Flycatcher (Contopus cooperi) (1)
- Reported Jun 02, 2025 11:34 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/S246002918
- Comments: "continuing from Brian's am report at snag by the well house drive picnic area/green containers
large headed stately flycatcher with white patches visible on flanks. photos"

Yellow-bellied Flycatcher (Empidonax flaviventris) (1)
- Reported Jun 02, 2025 11:34 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/S246002918
- Comments: "following up on Forrests early AM report from the midwood. distinctive downwards piercing call note heard and also corroborated by Merlin. never got eyes on it as it went totally silent after a few calls"

Hermit Thrush (Catharus guttatus) (1)
- Reported Jun 02, 2025 11:34 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/S246002918
- Comments: "late. surprising rufous tailed fellow at butterfly meadow. photos"

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Fwd: First Sunday walk recap

"Birds chirping around you is a beautiful realization that life is incredibly good. Let this sound be a gentle break in your routine." ― Hiral Nagda

   

---------- Forwarded message ---------
From: Ryan Goldberg <ryan.goldberg@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, Jun 2, 2025, 10:21 AM
Subject: First Sunday walk recap
To: Peter Dorosh <prosbird@gmail.com>

Hi Peter,

I led the club's first Sunday walk from the Boathouse yesterday. We had a great group and a surprisingly good day given the date (June already!). We encountered seven warbler species, including several Magnolia and a singing but unseen Blackburnian, and quite a few migrants that had paired up and are likely going to breed in the park: Great-crested Flycatcher, Eastern Kingbird, and Baltimore Oriole. An Indigo Bunting was still singing at the Butterfly Meadow, which was also the site of a late-migrating Hermit Thrush, in Arleen's Pines. So there are still lots of birds around. We observed 51 species, and here is our list: https://ebird.org/checklist/S245529119.

The first Sunday walk will be on vacation in July and August, returning in September.

Ryan

Around the nabe sunday

Olive-sided Flycatcher (Contopus cooperi) (1)
- Reported Jun 01, 2025 10:03 by Sarah Roberts
- Prospect Park--Vale of Cashmere, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6690561,-73.9683616&ll=40.6690561,-73.9683616
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S245498050
- Comments: "40.66950° N, 73.96768° W— Seen with Tanya in 1st "Room"— profile was similar to flycatcher, with tuft of hair"

Chestnut-sided Warbler (Setophaga pensylvanica) (1)
- Reported Jun 01, 2025 06:17 by Irma Cardenas
- 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/S245482787
- Comments: "Singing in tree, spotted with 5 other birders"

Olive-sided Flycatcher (Contopus cooperi) (1)
- Reported Jun 01, 2025 10:16 by Tianying Lei
- Prospect Park--Vale of Cashmere, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6690561,-73.9683616&ll=40.6690561,-73.9683616
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S245518930
- Comments: "On a dead branch of a tall tree l. Dark head, lighter color on the neck and chest. Dark back. Crown shape:peaked/crested"

Northern Rough-winged Swallow (Stelgidopteryx serripennis)
- Reported Jun 01, 2025 08:44 by Birding Baddies
- 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/S245511845
- Comments: "Right shape and size, brown on top and white underneath, brown washed throat and chest with no clear dark chest band (which would potentially indicate Bank Swallow). Flying over water with Barn Swallows."

White-throated Sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis) (1)
- Reported Jun 01, 2025 07:37 by Paulina do Amaral
- Prospect Park, New York US-NY 40.66908, -73.96843, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.66908,-73.968426&ll=40.66908,-73.968426
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S245517641
- Comments: "Seen foraging on the ground and low bushes in the wood chipped area beyond the Vale.  Distinctive white throat patch and call. Audio to follow."

Mourning Warbler (Geothlypis philadelphia) (1)
- Reported Jun 01, 2025 11:28 by Anonymous eBirder
- Prospect Park, New York US-NY 40.66854, -73.96785, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.66854,-73.967849&ll=40.66854,-73.967849
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S245507633
- Comments: "In the lower vale on the woods sloping up towards the upper vale (off the wooded path)"

Northern Rough-winged Swallow (Stelgidopteryx serripennis) (2)
- Reported Jun 01, 2025 08:22 by Linda Ewing
- 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/S245542438
- Comments: "Flagged for date. Small brown swallows w 5 o'clock shadow over valley water w Barns"

Northern Rough-winged Swallow (Stelgidopteryx serripennis) (2)
- Reported Jun 01, 2025 08:10 by Anonymous eBirder
- 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/S245568441
- Comments: "Seen from bridge near boathouse"

Northern Rough-winged Swallow (Stelgidopteryx serripennis) (1)
- Reported Jun 01, 2025 07:45 by Diana Quick
- 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/S245535416
- Comments: "Late. Seen with several BARS flying around the Boathouse bridge. Brownish swallow with dirty gray-brown throat and chest.""

Hermit Thrush (Catharus guttatus) (1)
- Reported Jun 01, 2025 08:10 by Anonymous eBirder
- 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/S245568441
- Comments: "By the overlook - identified by group"

Hermit Thrush (Catharus guttatus) (1)
- Reported Jun 01, 2025 07:45 by Ryan Goldberg
- 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/S245529119
- Comments: "Very late migrant. Catharus thrush with bold spots on the chest and reddish back and tail, which it raised and lowered frequently. Seen up close in the pines of the Butterfly Meadow. Called several times too, a low "chup". Several people got photos."

Hermit Thrush (Catharus guttatus) (1)
- Reported Jun 01, 2025 07:45 by Laurel George
- 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/S245539232
- Comments: "Very late migrant. Catharus thrush with bold spots on the chest and reddish back and tail, which it raised and lowered frequently. Seen up close in the pines of the Butterfly Meadow. Called several times too, a low "chup". Several people got photos."

Northern Parula (Setophaga americana) (1)
- Reported Jun 01, 2025 08:19 by Radka Osickova
- 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/S245561876
- Comments: "Small warbler, blue gray back, yellow breast. Picnic tables by Wellhouse drive"

Black-throated Green Warbler (Setophaga virens) (1)
- Reported Jun 01, 2025 09:19 by Patrick Shure
- 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/S245563735
- Comments: "Adult female with partially black throat, yellow face, white underparts with streaking. White wingbars and undertail coverts.  Seen near below pin loosely associating with an American Redstart
40.65148° N, 73.98853° W"

Yellow-bellied Flycatcher (Empidonax flaviventris) (1)
- Reported Jun 01, 2025 08:05 by Z .
- 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/S245583091
- Media: 1 Audio
- Comments: "followed the ardent and repeated duhWEEP call and found a small flycatcher with a yellow belly, obvious eye ring, wingbars. Was just west of weeping beeches shuffling slowly east toward ocean hill @  9am. Have audio"

Northern Rough-winged Swallow (Stelgidopteryx serripennis) (2)
- Reported Jun 01, 2025 08:05 by Z .
- 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/S245583091
- Comments: "flagged for a few hours late. two working valley water - brown swallows, white bellies, grubby chins. short/flattish tail, similar size to accompanying barns."

Veery (Catharus fuscescens)
- Reported Jun 01, 2025 11:58 by Birding Baddies
- 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/S245593989
- Comments: "Light brown to rusty colored thrush with bright white chest and light brown throat and upper chest"

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Cape May Warbler (Setophaga tigrina) (1)
- Reported Jun 01, 2025 08:05 by Z .
- 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/S245583091
- Comments: "flagged. calling/singing in a way that stumped merlin ("blk+wht? nope. yup? nope. bay breasted? nope.") Saw it with my peepers: male, tiger striped yellow throat/chest, rusty cheeks, dark head-top, gray/white wings"

"Birds chirping around you is a beautiful realization that life is incredibly good. Let this sound be a gentle break in your routine." ― Hiral Nagda

   

Aurora alert tonight

AURORA FORECAST - A powerful G4 solar storm is expected to strike Earth Sunday night. It will be so strong that the northern lights could be visible on camera all the way down to the Gulf Coast!

Don't know here with light polluted sky but head to your nearest park and stand facing north just after dusk..

"Birds chirping around you is a beautiful realization that life is incredibly good. Let this sound be a gentle break in your routine." ― Hiral Nagda