Tuesday, October 13, 2026

Vesper sparrow and dickcissel at prospect ballfields

Vesper Sparrow (Pooecetes gramineus) (1)
- Reported Oct 13, 2026 10:33 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/S402059310
- Comments: "Ball field 2. Credit Chris"

Vesper Sparrow (Pooecetes gramineus) (1)
- Reported Oct 13, 2026 07:30 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/S402053489
- Comments: "*Low-density fall migrant. Large, long-tailed, grayish sparrow with a very bold white eyering and white outer tail feathers. Found by Chris L at ballfield 2."

Vesper Sparrow (Pooecetes gramineus) (1)
- Reported Oct 13, 2026 07:30 by Angie Co
- 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/S402056959
- Comments: "*Low-density fall migrant. Large, long-tailed, grayish sparrow with a very bold white eyering and white outer tail feathers. Found by Chris L at ballfield 2."

Vesper Sparrow (Pooecetes gramineus) (1)
- Reported Oct 13, 2026 07:30 by Birgitta Rubin
- 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/S402061534
- Comments: "*Low-density fall migrant. Large, long-tailed, grayish sparrow with a very bold white eyering and white outer tail feathers. Found by Chris L at ballfield 2."

Dickcissel (Spiza americana) (1)
- Reported Oct 13, 2026 07:30 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/S402053489
- Comments: "*Rare but expected in fall. Calling flyover at the southwest side of the lake, a low, buzzy, flatulent-sounding call."

Dickcissel (Spiza americana) (1)
- Reported Oct 13, 2026 07:30 by Angie Co
- 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/S402056959
- Comments: "*Rare but expected in fall. Calling flyover at the southwest side of the lake, a low, buzzy, flatulent-sounding call." 


"Delicious autumn! My very soul is wedded to it, and if I were a bird I would fly about the earth seeking the successive autumns."
— George Eliot

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