Tweet from MI YU (@themeowking) chestnut sided bkbrpk

MI YU (@themeowking) tweeted at 7:53 AM on Sun, Aug 15, 2021:
Nice to see you, young guy or gal in my local birding hotspot. Best of luck on your first trip to your wintering grounds. You know how to get there, right? #chestnutsidedwarbler https://t.co/vAyOi2BLSx
(https://twitter.com/themeowking/status/1426874753290280963?s=03)

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Tweet from ko (@KarenOhearn) peninsula warblers

ko (@KarenOhearn) tweeted at 9:30 AM on Sun, Aug 15, 2021:
5 warbler species in as many minutes PP peninsula between the tip and point
(https://twitter.com/KarenOhearn/status/1426899101090726043?s=03)

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PP Olive sided flycatcher

Olive-sided Flycatcher (Contopus cooperi) (1)
- Reported Aug 14, 2021 09:25 by Kathleen Toomey
- 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/S93228108
- Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Large flycatcher on the top of a bare tree on Lookout. Dark overall with a strong vest and a white patch on its lower side.  Photo" 

PP Broadwinged details + photo

Broad-winged Hawk (Buteo platypterus) (1)
- Reported Aug 14, 2021 11:11 by Peter Paul
- 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/S93217008
- Comments: "Super ratty/heavy molt. Over Long Meadow near the picnic house about an hour after Kathy T reported one over Lookout. Dark throat, broad black and white tail bands, dark trailing edge to wings. Photos." 

Birdcast

 https://birdcast.info/

Handy tool to start off the fall season..not much yet but sporadic sightings here and there for now. Next week should see slight up tick 

BirdCast - Bird migration forecasts in real-time

https://birdcast.info/

Handy tool to start off the fall season..not much yet but sporadic sightings here and there for now. Next week should see slight up tick

Tweet from Kathleen Toomey (@KingsKathy) broadwing hawk PP

Kathleen Toomey (@KingsKathy) tweeted at 10:31 AM on Sat, Aug 14, 2021:
Broad-tailed Hawk over Lookout
(https://twitter.com/KingsKathy/status/1426552169562525696?s=03)

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Pp lowa

Louisiana Waterthrush (Parkesia motacilla) (1)
- Reported Aug 13, 2021 09:28 by Kathy Willens
- 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/S93167905
- Comments: "On Peninsula wood chip path. Pink legs strong streaking. Supercilium not flared. Yellow wash. Tail bobbing as it walked across path, then preening in fence." 

BBC fall Walks

 http://brooklynbirdclub.org/events/list/

Fall trips resumes including Prospect walks

Monarch study about decline

https://msutoday.msu.edu/news/2021/eastern-monarch-butterfly-disappearing?utm_campaign=FY22_MSU_AlumniPlus&utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=display&utm_content=AlumniAttributes_LPV_Monarchs&fbclid=IwAR2GE3xYJLPEq-xkuL855LClGl6XWgaHzb-9YLxfaYvpq83UHnUT_JlnoFM 

Ewing checklist, cuckoo,ovenbird...

https://ebird.org/checklist/S93125888 

Tweet from Linda Ewing (@lke313) PP YBCuckoo

Linda Ewing (@lke313) tweeted at 9:07 AM on Thu, Aug 12, 2021:
YB Cuckoo calling persistently in Prospect Park, btwn Rick's Place and broken stairs. Seems to have been granted the power of invisibility.
(https://twitter.com/lke313/status/1425806089162051585?s=03)

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Pp 7 warbler species Toomey checklist

https://ebird.org/checklist/S93093087 

Tweet from The Kingsboider (@BBCKingsbirds) prairie warbler

The Kingsboider (@BBCKingsbirds) tweeted at 10:52 AM on Wed, Aug 11, 2021:
Prairie Warbler west butterfly Meadow Prospect ,thx to friends.
(https://twitter.com/BBCKingsbirds/status/1425470067312111622?s=03)

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Also reported same general area yesterday BLUEWINGED WARBLER and AMERICAN REDSTART. along path junction west end.  Observer Radka Osickova

Pp chestnut first fall bird

Chestnut-sided Warbler (Setophaga pensylvanica) (1)
- Reported Aug 10, 2021 09:00 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/S93046377
- Comments: "bright olive top of head and back, bold white ring around the eye.  Lookout hill at the edge of dirt path from Butterfly meadow" 

LOWA PP Peninsula

Louisiana Waterthrush (Parkesia motacilla) (1)
- Reported Aug 10, 2021 10:00 by Barbara Thomascall
- Prospect Park--Peninsula, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6557649,-73.9669937&ll=40.6557649,-73.9669937
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S93038993
- Comments: "Seen and heard." 

GWC LOWA

Louisiana Waterthrush (Parkesia motacilla) (2)
- Reported Aug 09, 2021 11:09 by Benjamin Forbes
- 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/S93004251
- Comments: "Close sighting by one of the ponds。 Pink legs" 

Louisiana Waterthrush (Parkesia motacilla) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Aug 09, 2021 16:30 by Daisy Paul

- 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/S93014129
- Media: 3 Photos
- Comments: "*Early fall migrant. Chunky warbler bobbing around Dell water. Broad white eyebrow contrasting with the buffier wash on underparts, clean throat, bright pink legs. Photos"

Fwd: [eBird Alert] Kings County Rare Bird Alert Prospect

Note Philadelphia Vireo and Louisiana Waterthrush

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*** Species Summary:

- Philadelphia Vireo (1 report)
- Louisiana Waterthrush (2 reports)

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NOTE: all sightings are UNCONFIRMED unless indicated.

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Philadelphia Vireo (Vireo philadelphicus) (1)
- Reported Aug 08, 2021 15:45 by Jonathan Andrew Perez
- 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/S92976782
- Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "Yellow above and below- diagnostic photos attached - was with warbling vireos"

Louisiana Waterthrush (Parkesia motacilla) (1)
- Reported Aug 07, 2021 09:29 by Randy Bumbury
- Canarsie Beach Park, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6258911,-73.8972616&ll=40.6258911,-73.8972616
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S92935973
- Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "accompanying picture"

Louisiana Waterthrush (Parkesia motacilla) (1)
- Reported Aug 08, 2021 21:38 by Kathy Willens
- Prospect Park--Lullwater, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6596106,-73.9663553&ll=40.6596106,-73.9663553
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S92976153
- Comments: "Spotted at dusk during a rainstorm. Bird was tiny, bobbing it's tail while foraging through puddles along a path adjacent to the Lullwater. Seen with no bins (aargh!) in fading light, I was unable to spot pink legs.  GISS… less streaking and a broader supercilium, overall whiter breast and flanks, hence LOWA and not Northern."

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Details from last Thursday sighting NYC harbor Brooklyn side

Brown Booby (Sula leucogaster) (1)
- Reported Aug 05, 2021 09:01 by Ryan Zucker
- Upper New York Bay, New York US-NY (40.6583,-74.0487), Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.658338,-74.048682&ll=40.658338,-74.048682
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S92964844
- Comments: "**rare, especially in the 5 boroughs, but increasing - probably the bird that's been hanging around Newark Bay since last Oct. Slender Sulid, appearing smaller than a gannet. Long, thin, very pointed wings, fairly long, tapered tail, large projecting head with long, pale, pointed bill. Solid dark brown upperparts, head, and breast with sharply demarcated white belly. Moving quickly toward Brooklyn waterfront, heading vaguely NE. Flap-and-glide flight style, wingbeats deep but quick, almost jaeger-like. Seen from Staten Island Ferry. Photos tba" 

Hoodie in PP

Hooded Merganser (Lophodytes cucullatus) (1)
- Reported Aug 08, 2021 08:57 by Linda Ewing
- 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/S92946171
- Comments: "With wood ducks by West Island. Female type, dun-drab overall w warmer brown in head; thin, sharp merganser bill, dull yellow-orange; same size as wood ducks." 

Nyc harbor Brown Booby

Yes you read that right.

This afternoon an observer from the Staten Island Ferry reported seeing an adult BROWN BOOBY flying east towards Brooklyn in the general area of Bush Terminal park..

If confirmed,its a mega rarity. Staking out Bay ridge pier towards Red hook might be the best strategy.. Good luck

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                                                                            --Carl Sagan

Audubon article on birding

https://www.audubon.org/news/its-time-redefine-birding

eButterfly for observers

https://www.e-butterfly.org/ 

Like Ebird,there's one for butterfly's...

Bush terminal LBBGull

 Larus fuscus) (1)

- Reported Aug 03, 2021 19:10 by Anthony Ferino
- South Brooklyn Ferry, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6574643,-74.0278235&ll=40.6574643,-74.0278235
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S92730785
- Comments: "Adult, on the water just offshore from Bush Terminal in Brooklyn waters. Observed for several minutes while the boat was at rest, also seen in flight. Medium sized Larus, not impressive in stature compared to the surrounding laughing and ring billed gulls. Black wings, dusky head."

Lesser Black-backed Gull (Larus fuscus) (1)
- Reported Aug 03, 2021 19:10 by Anthony Ferino
- South Brooklyn Ferry, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6574643,-74.0278235&ll=40.6574643,-74.0278235
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S92730785
- Comments: "Adult, on the water just offshore from Bush Terminal in Brooklyn waters. Observed for several minutes while the boat was at rest, also seen in flight. Medium sized Larus, not impressive in stature compared to the surrounding laughing and ring billed gulls. Black wings, dusky head."

Gallinule photo from yesterday

 Photo by Terry. Bird is a no show Sunday, one day wonder

Prospect chklist 8/1

https://ebird.org/checklist/S92606629 

Note both species waterthrushes and wood duck number

Photo in checklist PP Common Gallinule

Common Gallinule (Gallinula galeata) (1)
- Reported Jul 31, 2021 15:15 by Carl Biers
- Prospect Park--Lullwater, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6596106,-73.9663553&ll=40.6596106,-73.9663553
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S92565527
- Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Dark slate gray bird. Red orange bill with yellow tip. Picking slows through lilly pads. Found earlier by other birders." 

Fwd: [eBird Alert] Kings County Rare Bird Alert

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*** Species Summary:

- Common Gallinule (1 report)

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Common Gallinule (Gallinula galeata) (1)
- Reported Jul 31, 2021 13:30 by Linda Ewing
- 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/S92563508
- Comments: "Adult. Coot-shaped bird w bright red shield/bill w yellow tip. Dark slate gray head shading toward brownish gray stern. Thin white edge barely visible on folded wing. Feeding in lily pads in lullwater, close to rustic arbor shelter. (Reported earlier on ebird by another observer.)"

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Yes on Common Gallinule in Prospect

Sources confirmed a Common Gallinule is / was seen anywhere from either side of the Lullwater ( boathouse bridge ) often in the waters in front of the boathouse . Check the overlook there or if not as far as the Lullwater cove area. Good luck.

Reported gallinule at PPBoathouse

 Common Gallinule (Gallinula galeata) (1)

- Reported Jul 31, 2021 12:33 by Matt Erdosy
- 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/S92554023
- Comments: "Near Audubon center. Unmistakable."

Reported fallible at boat house

Common Gallinule (Gallinula galeata) (1)
- Reported Jul 31, 2021 12:33 by Matt Erdosy
- 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/S92554023
- Comments: "Near Audubon center. Unmistakable."

Tweet from Charles Tang (@charlesbrooklyn) fledged RT hummingbirds in PP

Charles Tang (@charlesbrooklyn) tweeted at 3:45 PM on Fri, Jul 30, 2021:
Good news! The Ruby-throated Hummingbirds have fledgled! The last 2 days, the 2 bigger chicks have been sitting high on the nest and also started to exercise their wings. I know it will be flying soon. It was amazing and sad to see the biggest one flew away from the nest! https://t.co/vEJ25mCzTx
(https://twitter.com/charlesbrooklyn/status/1421195375717888000?s=03)

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Fwd: [eBird Alert] Kings County Rare Bird Alert GWC LOWA

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*** Species Summary:

- Louisiana Waterthrush (1 report)

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Louisiana Waterthrush (Parkesia motacilla) (1)
- Reported Jul 29, 2021 11:00 by Jason  Bailey
- 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/S92493641
- Comments: "Dell. Bold white  supercilium, buffy flanks.  Breast streaking not as bold as Norther, no yellow wash."

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Small Native Shrubs to Replace Commonly Used Exotics - Ecological Landscape Alliance

https://www.ecolandscaping.org/11/designing-ecological-landscapes/native-plants/small-native-shrubs-to-replace-commonly-used-exotics/

Really good read and critical saving our birds that thrive in native plants for millennia.. Buy native not exotic crap!