Fwd: Don't miss this new event by The Green-Wood Historic Fund on Aug 8!

Fungi walk in GWC 

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Hey peter! The Green-Wood Historic Fund just announced a new event and we wanted to make sure you were the first to know! Summer Fungi Walk Sunday, August 8, 2021 at 10:00 AM 500 25th Street - Brooklyn, NY 11232 Get Tickets Here are other upcoming events from this organizer Wed, Jul 21 at 6:00 PM Pioneering Photographers of Green-Wood Online Thu, Jul 22 at 6:00 PM Mortality and Me: Green-Wood's Book Club Online Wed, Jul 28 at 6:00 PM Annie Tinker: Tireless Suffragist and Women's Rights Champion Online This email was sent to pdorosh@prospectpark.org You're receiving an email because you followed the organizer who published this event. To unsubscribe, you can unfollow the organizer in your user profile, go to your email preferences page or just click here. Eventbrite | 155 5th St, 7th Floor | San Francisco, CA 94103 Copyright © 2021 Eventbrite. All rights reserved.

Tweet from Charles Tang (@charlesbrooklyn). Hummer nest

Charles Tang (@charlesbrooklyn) tweeted at 10:57 AM on Tue, Jul 27, 2021:
Ruby-throated Hummingbird's nest. This single mother have to visit flowers over 50X a day to feed her 3 chicks and herself. They're born with short beaks. The largest one's beak have grown 2X! Mother is ferociously defending the nest, she even attacked the Cooper's fledgling! https://t.co/VJ1jZboM9c
(https://twitter.com/charlesbrooklyn/status/1420035529362530316?s=03)

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Tweet from Kathleen Toomey (@KingsKathy) northern waterthrush PP

Kathleen Toomey (@KingsKathy) tweeted at 10:00 AM on Mon, Jul 26, 2021:
NOWA peninsula thumb
(https://twitter.com/KingsKathy/status/1419658876752998408?s=03)

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Bald eagle flyover PP

Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) (1)
- Reported Jul 25, 2021 10:52 by Flynn Murray
- 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/S92279074
- Comments: "Flying over the Vale" 

Prospect saturday

 Note  spotted sandpaper,foster tern and yellow warbler, the latter one of earliest migrating warblers ( as well Louisiana water thrush, seen in GWC)

https://ebird.org/hotspot/L109516?yr=all&m=&rank=mrec

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Louisiana in GWC

 Louisiana Waterthrush (Parkesia motacilla) (1)

- Reported Jul 24, 2021 10:10 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/S92240364
- Comments: "Gleaming bright white supercilium, flared up at end; bright pink legs. Working edge of Crescent Water."

Louisiana in GWC

Louisiana Waterthrush (Parkesia motacilla) (1)
- Reported Jul 24, 2021 10:10 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/S92240364
- Comments: "Gleaming bright white supercilium, flared up at end; bright pink legs. Working edge of Crescent Water."

2nd Friday BBC Insect Walk

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=4319220714791093&id=532443593468843

Leader Matthew Wills

Hi Peter,

Thanks again to Matthew for our second insect walk. It was lots of fun and included Conor and Russell from NJ (with lots of experience with bugs) and two professors from Farleigh Dickinson: Harald and Elise, who are also running the chimney swift roosting site research (and would love to hear from anyone in the BBC about known roost sites.)

Matthew will send a list. In the meantime, attached are some photos I took along with a run at the IDs based on my best guesses based on iNaturalists suggestions.

The efferia was one of the strangest insects we've seen so far.

Note that the ladybug is eating some kind of prey.

Also very happy to learn that there is an Ogre in charge of Gnats...

I stand by for corrections.

Looking forward to the next one.

Best regards,

Tom

 Here's my list for yesterday's walk

Bug List 7/23

Great Blue Skimmer (Libellula vibrans)

Blue Dasher (Pachydiplax longipennis)

Carolina Saddlebags (Tramea carolina)

Pantala rainpool gliders (Spot-winged Glider and/or Wandering Glider)

Reddish-brown Stag Beetle (Lucanus capreolus)—all crushed dead, as last week

Bald-faced Hornet (Dolichovespula maculata)

Organ-pipe Mud-dauber (Trypoxylon politum) nest only

European Paper Wasp (Polistes dominula)

Philonix nigra oak gall wasp, no common name

Ichneumonidae wasp, possible tribe Atrophini

Bombus bumblebee species

Eastern Carpenter Bee (Xylocopa virginica)

Megachile genus leaf-cutter bee

Western Honey Bee (Apis mellifera)

Sculptured Resin Bee (Megachile sculpturalis)

Margined Calligrapher (Toxomerus marginatus)

Common European Greenbottle Fly (Lucilia sericata)

Long-legged flies, including Condylostylus genus

Holcocephala giant ogre fly

Liriomyza leaf-miner (on white snakeroot)

Efferia aestuans robber fly, no common name

Papilio swallowtail, either P. polyxenes or P, troilus

Silver-spotted Skipper (Epargyreus clarus)

Red Admiral (Vanessa atalanta)

Summer Azure (Celastrina neglecta)

Cabbage White (Pieris rapae)

Green Cloverworm Moth (Hypena scabra)

Habilis Underwing (Catocala habilis)—awaiting confirmation on this ID

Swamp cicada (Neotibicen tibicen ssp. tibicen)

Hackberry Nipplegall Psyllid (Pachypsylla celtidismamma)

Hackberry Star Gall Psyllid (Pachypsylla celtidisasterisca)

Witch-hazel Cone Gall Aphid (Hormaphis hamamelidis)

Elm Sack Gall Aphid (Tetraneura ulmi)

Mediterranean Katydid (Phaneroptera nana)

Greenhouse millipede (Oxidus gracilis)

Green Lacewing (Family Chrysopidae) cocoon on underside of oak leaf

Unknown orb-weaving spider

Agelenidae family funnel-weaver

Pityohyphantes (?) sheetweb spider

Assorted tiny spiders, flies, wasps, true bugs, etc. 

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I'd like to order the assorted tiny spiders, flies, wasps and true bugs, please.

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Fwd: [eBird Alert] Kings County Rare Bird Alert

Fall migration begins.....

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- Louisiana Waterthrush (1 report)

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NOTE: all sightings are UNCONFIRMED unless indicated.

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Louisiana Waterthrush (Parkesia motacilla) (1)
- Reported Jul 23, 2021 08:11 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/S92172097
- Comments: "Over the Long pond at Pier 1.. very light colored breast, constant tail bobbing. Possibly two individuals."

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Tweet from Charles Tang (@charlesbrooklyn) solitary so in PP yesterday

Charles Tang (@charlesbrooklyn) tweeted at 6:31 PM on Thu, Jul 22, 2021:
Solitary sandpiper at Music island, Prospect Park. https://t.co/XUzSvtEUKM
(https://twitter.com/charlesbrooklyn/status/1418337826454740996?s=03)

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Tweet from Heather Wolf (@heatherwolf) BkBrPk walk

Heather Wolf (@heatherwolf) tweeted at 5:39 PM on Wed, Jul 21, 2021:
Join me for a free bird walk in #Brooklyn Bridge Park this Sunday, July 25! Space is limited—free tickets go on sale Friday at 10am: https://t.co/bMuzOZzgqx
(https://twitter.com/heatherwolf/status/1417962475551707137?s=03)

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Heron day in prospect

 Summer days are slow and lazy. So any news nowadays are newsworthy. Such is the case with some herons.

Green herons are one example. Radka reported 4 when I saw her as I was cribbing an illicit bike trail. She saw 3 at Music island, including juveniles: the 4th bird was in the Lull water.

Later,on tour of my zones with our department new supervisor,we ran in birder Vinny.Vinny reported a dispersed number of 6 Great Blue Herons in prospect park.That's a great summeting population!

Heroin day Wednesday

https://ebird.org/hotspot/L109516?yr=all&m=&rank=mrec

These summer days here are lazy and slow.So any news nowadays before fall migration is newsworthy.

First is about Green Herons. Radca reported  4 when I saw her while I was working cribbing a Illicit bike trail. 3 Greens including juveniles were at Music Island and one in Lull water.

Later ,on tour of my zone with my new supervisor,we ran into birder Vinny. Vinny reported a dispersed number of 6 Great Blue Heroin that is a pretty good summering population.

Enjoy summer birding ...

BBC Friday Insect walk

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=4301744756538689&id=532443593468843 

Location Prospect Park Vale Cashmere 

Hi Peter and Dennis.

Thanks to Matthew Wills, we had our first insect walk Friday. It was lots of fun with many interesting finds.

Matthew is going to send a day list, which I"ll forward once I have it. He's also going to send links to his blog and his iNaturalist pages, which should help with our studies for next time.

Here are a few photos from the trip by myself and Jay. I'm sure Rusty (also very versed in insect ID) and Janet have many more.

Of course identifying insects is very difficult, since there are so many species. I put some guesses in the file names including:

Eastern Calligrapher Fly

Oblique Streaktail (by Jay)

Robberfly (by Jay) that had captured possibly one of the above species

Snout Butterfly ovipositing eggs on the underside of a leaf

Eastern Common Bumbleebee (2 pictures)

Japanese Beetle (2 photos)

Lightning bug sp (by Jay)

Reddish Brown Stag Beetle (by Jay)

A leaf and a stem gall

Best regarThis is roughly what I got:

https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?on=2021-07-16&place_id=any&subview=table&user_id=elharo&verifiable=any

Favorites:

White-haired Robber Fly: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/87317874
Cerceris clypeata: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/87317862

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elharo@macfaq.com

Thanks for sharing, Rusty.

Sorry I missed that Orchesella villosa

Best regards

Tom

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Hello, All!

A list is on it's way, but in the meantime I'm putting in links to:

all the insect observations for Kings Co. on iNaturalist https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?place_id=2275&taxon_id=47158

and breaking out all mine https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?place_id=2275&taxon_id=47158&user_id=matthew_wills&verifiable=any

I didn't take many pictures during the walk, but these sets will give you a good idea of the variety of insects seen recently in Brooklyn.

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Please consider joining iNaturalist for all your natural history observations.

Stay hot and buggy,

Matthew

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Excellent. Thanks, Matthew. See you next week.

Chimney swift citizen science project opportunity

https://m.facebook.com/BrooklynBirdClub/photos/a.536485489731320/4290607704319061/?type=3&sfnsn=mo 

BkBrPk BWWA( early bird?)

Black-and-white Warbler (Mniotilta varia) (1)
- Reported Jul 13, 2021 13:17 by Mickey Ryan
- 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/S91705396
- Media: 7 Photos
- Comments: "Preening in shrub along Pier 3 greenway." 

Fwd: Precautionary Measures to Combat Songbird Epidemic

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From: Janet Schumacher <janets33@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, Jul 13, 2021, 9:08 AM
Subject: Fwd: Precautionary Measures to Combat Songbird Epidemic
To: Peter Dorosh <prosbird@gmail.com>

Hi Peter

You likely received this information too. 

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Subject: Precautionary Measures to Combat Songbird Epidemic

Date: July 13, 2021 at 8:45:55 AM EDT

To: "Janet Schumacher" <janets33@gmail.com>

Reply-To: audubonny@audubon.org

Precautionary Measures to Combat Songbird Epidemic Experts recommend taking down feeders until the source of the disease is identified. Reports of sick and dying birds with vision problems, eye swelling (often with a crusty discharge), and neurological symptoms have been rippling across parts of the Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern United States. This illness is different from the conjunctivitis condition known as "finch eye disease," but the exact cause is currently unknown. While many songbirds have been impacted, the illness seems to be most common in juvenile Common Grackles, Blue Jays, European Starlings, and American Robins.  While the unknown disease affecting birds has not yet been reported in New York, it has been reported in neighboring Pennsylvania. We are taking a cue from wildlife agencies and suggesting the following five steps, for now: 1. Cease feeding birds and providing water in bird baths until this wildlife mortality event has concluded. This may be infectious. 2. Remove all feeders and bird baths and clean with a 10% bleach solution. 3. Avoid handling dead or injured wild birds. Wear disposable gloves if it is necessary to handle a bird. 4. Keep pets away from sick or dead birds as a standard precaution. 5. To dispose of dead birds, place them in a sealable plastic bag and discard with household trash. This will prevent disease transmission to other birds and wildlife. Won't it cause additional harm to remove birdfeeders that are familiar food sources for backyard birds? Many of you may have concerns about ensuring birds have access to familiar food sources, including birdfeeders. We understand and want to provide a bit of reassurance that the impacts of these temporary precautions will have minimal impacts on the birds you love. Fortunately, it's the summer breeding season and most bird species are relying on caterpillars and other insects to feed their young, natural food sources that are readily available in nature. Additionally, birds are resilient and crafty creatures who will adapt to changes in food supplies with relative ease, finding new opportunities when familiar options are no longer available. We hope this issue is identified and resolved as soon as possible and you can resume the use of feeders. In the meantime, for the safety of the birds, we encourage everyone to work together and err on the side of caution. For NY specifically, residents should contact their Regional DEC Wildlife office if they find any birds with eye lesions or exhibiting neurologic signs. Click here for more information on reporting dead or sick animals.

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