Wednesday, September 10, 2025

great stuff in Greenwood Cemetery today

In vicinity of Landscape Avenue overlooking Sylvan Water

Lark Sparrow (Chondestes grammacus) (1)
- Reported Sep 10, 2025 10:53 by Benjamin Olsen
- 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/S272593522
- Comments: "Will upload photo shortly"

LARCH AVENUE Beeches ( off central avenue

Nelson's Sparrow (Ammospiza nelsoni) (1)
- Reported Sep 10, 2025 10:32 by Casey Michel
- 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/S272594578
- Comments: "Bright orange streaking, stubby tail, skulking under weeping willow where multiple others observed"

Nelson's Sparrow (Ammospiza nelsoni) (1)
- Reported Sep 10, 2025 06:37 by Susie Dippel
- 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/S272605548
- Comments: "Chunky with large head, big beak, stripey back, short-tailed, rufous wings. Found by Rob Jett, refound by Michael Silber."

Below reported at southeast section of the Hill of Graves ( west of the 20th street cemetery entrance, near Elm and Grove Avenue

Connecticut Warbler (Oporornis agilis) (1)
- Reported Sep 10, 2025 10:32 by Casey Michel
- 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/S272594578
- Comments: "Flushed from overgrown grass in location other observers spotted - lengthy tail, olive back, clearly more substantial than the nearby Yellowthroat"

Connecticut Warbler (Oporornis agilis) (1)
- Reported Sep 10, 2025 06:37 by Susie Dippel
- 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/S272605548
- Comments: "Large warbler, big eye ring, Grey hood,  brown back, yellow belly."

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