Prospect Park Bird Sightings & North Brooklyn Nature News
A newsboard for reporting bird sightings, happenings & announcements,miscellany in north Brooklyn and the 3 main central north Brooklyn green regions : historic Prospect Park, Brooklyn Botanic Garden & north half of Kings County, & Greenwood Cemetery.A service for Brooklyn birders and visitors. Also note: Conservation issues & miscellany posts.
Saturday, September 30, 2023
Dickcissels in the nabe
Friday, September 29, 2023
Thursday, September 28, 2023
Fwd: BBC Thursday walk
From: Tom Stephenson <12toms@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, Sep 28, 2023, 4:13 PM
Subject: Thursday walk
To: Peter Dorosh <prosbird@gmail.com>
Cc: Dennis Hrehowsik <DeepSeaGangster@gmail.com>, Roberta Manian <roberta.manian@gmail.com>, Marisa Hernandez <shishi47@gmail.com>, Valerie Masten <valerie.masten@gmail.com>, Michele <truongmichele@gmail.com>, Megan Thornton <megankthornton@gmail.com>, Bob Curtis <bobolink@nyct.net>, Xinyi Zhang <xinyi.zhang.zxy@gmail.com>
Double-crested Cormorant |
Great Blue Heron |
Green Heron |
Canada Goose |
Mute Swan |
Wood Duck |
Mallard |
Sharp-shinned Hawk |
Cooper's Hawk |
Red-tailed Hawk |
American Kestrel |
Peregrine Falcon |
Spotted Sandpiper |
Ring-billed Gull |
Herring Gull |
Rock Dove |
Mourning Dove |
Chimney Swift |
Red-bellied Woodpecker |
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker |
Downy Woodpecker |
Eastern Wood-Pewee |
Eastern Phoebe |
Red-eyed Vireo |
Blue Jay |
American Crow |
White-breasted Nuthatch |
Carolina Wren |
Ruby-crowned Kinglet |
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher |
Veery |
Gray-cheeked Thrush |
Swainson's Thrush |
Wood Thrush |
American Robin |
Gray Catbird |
Brown Thrasher |
European Starling |
Northern Parula |
Chestnut-sided Warbler |
Cape May Warbler |
Black-throated Blue Warbler |
Pine Warbler |
Palm Warbler |
Black-and-white Warbler |
American Redstart |
Connecticut Warbler |
Common Yellowthroat |
Scarlet Tanager |
White-throated Sparrow |
Northern Cardinal |
Rose-breasted Grosbeak |
Common Grackle |
Baltimore Oriole |
House Finch |
House Sparrow |
Fw: Shirley Chisholm State Park Big Sit
"I'm so glad I live in a world where there are Octobers."
- L.M. Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables
Dear members,
Diana Beckenhaupt
Environmental Teaching Assistant
Shirley Chisholm State Park
Office: 718-277-2420, Cell: 347-578-5590
Thank you,
Dennis Hrekowsik
BBC President
Wednesday, September 27, 2023
Fwd: Migration Morning at Brooklyn Bridge Park, Sep 27, 2023
From: Michael Yuan <mjyuan@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, Sep 27, 2023 at 4:05 PM
Subject: Migration Morning at Brooklyn Bridge Park, Sep 27, 2023
To: Dennis Hrehowsik <deepseagangster@gmail.com>, Peter Dorosh <prosbird@gmail.com>
Brooklyn Bridge Park, Kings, New York, US
Sep 27, 2023 7:03 AM - 9:52 AM
Protocol: Traveling
2.645 mile(s)
Checklist Comments: Brooklyn Bird Club Wednesday Migration Morning
44 species (+2 other taxa)
Canada Goose 5
Mallard 2
American Black Duck 4
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 11
Mourning Dove 3
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 2
Laughing Gull 23
Ring-billed Gull 17
Herring Gull 5
Great Black-backed Gull 1
Double-crested Cormorant 15
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 16
Eastern Wood-Pewee 1
Eastern Phoebe 4
Red-eyed Vireo 1
American Crow 4
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1
European Starling 7
Gray Catbird 5
Northern Mockingbird 2
Swainson's Thrush 1
American Robin 6
Cedar Waxwing 14
House Sparrow 12
House Finch 2
American Goldfinch 4
Chipping Sparrow 1
Swamp Sparrow 2
Baltimore Oriole 1
Northern Waterthrush 1
Black-and-white Warbler 3
Tennessee Warbler 1
Common Yellowthroat 6
American Redstart 4
Northern Parula 5
Magnolia Warbler 1
Yellow Warbler 1
Chestnut-sided Warbler 1
Blackpoll Warbler 3
Bay-breasted/Blackpoll Warbler 1
Palm Warbler (Western) 2
Palm Warbler (Yellow) 9
Pine Warbler 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 1
Scarlet Tanager 1
Northern Cardinal 4
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S150883762
This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (https://ebird.org/home)
Tuesday, September 26, 2023
Monday, September 25, 2023
a plea....
Come again some other day
We want to go outside and play
Come again some other day
Come again some other day
We want to go outside and play
Come again some other day
Come again some other day
We want to go outside and play
Come again some other day
Sunday, September 24, 2023
Bald eagles residents in Staten. Island
Saturday, September 23, 2023
Happy Autumn!
Stay safe stay indoors
Friday, September 22, 2023
Janet's meadow still shines
Tweet from Brooklyn Bird Club (@BklynBirdClub) BBC Saturday walk cancelled
Tomorrow's 7:30 AM Saturday 9/23/23 Fall Migration walk led by Dennis Hrehowsik is cancelled due to forecasted heavy rains. See you all next week !
🐦🐦⬛🦩🦜🦃
(https://twitter.com/BklynBirdClub/status/1705296577353412745?t=B7ScIkqtZBuHSX6KjFkdjg&s=03)
Fwd: Thursday Walk
From: Tom Stephenson <12toms@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, Sep 22, 2023 at 10:29 AM
Subject: Thursday Walk
To: Peter Dorosh <prosbird@gmail.com>
Double-crested Cormorant |
Great Blue Heron |
Green Heron |
Black-crowned Night-Heron |
Canada Goose |
Mute Swan |
Wood Duck |
Mallard |
Osprey |
Sharp-shinned Hawk |
Cooper's Hawk |
Red-tailed Hawk |
Rock Dove |
Mourning Dove |
Chimney Swift |
Ruby-throated Hummingbird |
Belted Kingfisher |
Red-bellied Woodpecker |
Northern Flicker |
Eastern Wood-Pewee |
Eastern Phoebe |
Great Crested Flycatcher |
Philadelphia Vireo |
Red-eyed Vireo |
Blue Jay |
American Crow |
Carolina Wren |
House Wren |
Ruby-crowned Kinglet |
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher |
Veery |
Gray-cheeked Thrush |
Swainson's Thrush |
Wood Thrush |
American Robin |
Gray Catbird |
Northern Mockingbird |
European Starling |
Cedar Waxwing |
Tennessee Warbler |
Nashville Warbler |
Northern Parula |
Chestnut-sided Warbler |
Magnolia Warbler |
Cape May Warbler |
Black-throated Blue Warbler |
Yellow-rumped Warbler |
Black-throated Green Warbler |
Blackburnian Warbler |
Pine Warbler |
Bay-breasted Warbler |
Blackpoll Warbler |
Black-and-white Warbler |
American Redstart |
Ovenbird |
Northern Waterthrush |
Common Yellowthroat |
Wilson's Warbler |
Canada Warbler |
Scarlet Tanager |
Lincoln's Sparrow |
White-throated Sparrow |
Dark-eyed Junco |
Northern Cardinal |
Rose-breasted Grosbeak |
Common Grackle |
Baltimore Oriole |
American Goldfinch |
House Sparrow |
Thursday, September 21, 2023
Birds worth pursuing
In Prospect Park today, an uncommon Philadelphia Vireo surfaced in two locations. And as well Clay colored Sparrow is a handsome bird on anyone's fall list.
Wednesday, September 20, 2023
Fwd: Ridgewood Reservoir list
From: Ryan Goldberg
Date: Wed, Sep 20, 2023 at 3:03 PM
Subject: Ridgewood Reservoir list
To: Peter Dorosh <prosbird@gmail.com>
common nighthawks prospect
Note on the prospect checklist 19 were reported passing thru last evening
https://ebird.org/checklist/S150302379
https://ebird.org/hotspot/L109516
LATE SUMMER DRAGONFLIES OF PROSPECT PARK SEPTEMBER 17
From: Hugh Sansom
Date: Tue, Sep 19, 2023 at 11:35 AM
The walk went well, and I learned a few things that I could do if there are any more walks in the future. 7 people showed up. I gave some introduction to dragonflies and damselflies, identified the species we saw, gave some background when there was something of note (male vs. female, territoriality, reproduction, hunting, color characteristics, flight abilities, vision abilities, life cycle).
We observed the following:
Dragonflies
Autumn Meadowhawk 1 or 2 Lower Pool
Great Blue Skimmer between 4 & 8 Lower Pool, Boathouse Bridge
Twelve-spotted Skimmer 1 Boathouse bridge
Eastern Pondhawk 2 or 3 Boathouse bridge
Slaty Skimmer maybe 1 Boathouse bridge
Green Darner too many to count meadows
Black Saddlebags a few long meadow
Tuesday, September 19, 2023
Janet's meadow
The Greenwood Cemetery wildflower meadow in Janet ' s namesake turned up a Dickcissel this morning. This follows the Blue Grosbeak last Sunday. Birders now have a fall spot to check out now with all the seeds an attractive motive. Just wait till the sparrows come in.
In other news , though brief on this slower day , a Mourning warbler popped up at the base of the Switchback trail in Prospect Park, just left of the Maryland Monument.
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"No bird soars too high if he soars with his own wings." -- William Blake, artist,author
Fwd: eBird Report - Prospect Park, Sep 19, 2023
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Roberta Manian <
Date: Tuesday, September 19, 2023
Subject: Fwd: eBird Report - Prospect Park, Sep 19, 2023
To: Peter Dorosh <prosbird@gmail.com>, Tom Stephenson <
Hi Peter,
today was my first walk leading Tues as i was away last week. we didn't have the fallout we were expecting, but a great group w/ sharp eyes made it all fun. our highlights were a Peregrine high up in a tree dissecting a pigeon along wellhouse and a super-active BTG warber chasing moths down to the ground and back up into the trees. he finally caught one and we all spent a good 5 minutes watching him beat it until the wings fell off, then gorging on the body. Here's a photo from Radka at the moment of the kill. so i guess today's theme was Circle of Life???
best,
Bobbi
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From: <do-not-reply@ebird.org>
Date: Tue, Sep 19, 2023 at 7:20 PM
Subject: eBird Report - Prospect Park, Sep 19, 2023
To: <
Prospect Park, Kings, New York, US
Sep 19, 2023 7:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Protocol: Traveling
4.0 mile(s)
Checklist Comments: BBC tues migration walk
45 species (+1 other taxa)
Canada Goose 5
Wood Duck 5
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) X
Mourning Dove 8
Chimney Swift 11
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 2
Laughing Gull 4
Ring-billed Gull 2
Herring Gull (American) 3
Double-crested Cormorant 1
Great Blue Heron 1
Sharp-shinned/Cooper's Hawk 1
Red-tailed Hawk (borealis) 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
Downy Woodpecker (Eastern) 1
Hairy Woodpecker (Eastern) 1 heard only
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 5
Merlin (Taiga) 1
Peregrine Falcon (North American) 1
Eastern Phoebe 1
White-eyed Vireo 1
Red-eyed Vireo 1
Blue Jay 4
American Crow 5
Winter Wren 1
Carolina Wren 1
European Starling X
Gray Catbird 5
American Robin 5
Cedar Waxwing 8
House Sparrow X
Northern Waterthrush 2
Black-and-white Warbler 3
Tennessee Warbler 1
Nashville Warbler 1
Common Yellowthroat 2
American Redstart 3
Northern Parula 3
Magnolia Warbler 3
Chestnut-sided Warbler 2
Black-throated Blue Warbler 1
Palm Warbler 1
Black-throated Green Warbler 2
Scarlet Tanager 1
Northern Cardinal 5
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 1
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S150300164
This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (https://ebird.org/home)
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"No bird soars too high if he soars with his own wings." -- William Blake, artist,author
Monday, September 18, 2023
BBC world migratory day scavenger hunt
Brooklyn Bird Club Birding Scavenger Hunt - World Migratory Bird Day, Oct 14, 2023
Celebrate World Migratory Bird Day with a slightly-competitive but just-for-fun event- the first-ever Brooklyn Birding Scavenger Hunt!
Participating is easy. Form a team of 6 or fewer birders (or do it solo) and bird any way you’d like - in your favorite park, all over Brooklyn, or through your window.
You’ll receive a list of birding goals with varying point values to complete during the day. The team who totals the most points will be crowned the champs and win fantastic bird apparel from the Brooklyn Bird Club and Bird Collective.
Examples of birding goals, which could cover bird identification, bird behavior, or “seen while birding” activity:
See a red-colored bird (2 points per species)
Watch birds mob a predator (5 points per observation)
See a “life bird” (for anyone on your team, 20 points, max 60 points)
We’ll have a compilation event at a to be determined bar or park location in the late afternoon.
Please email scavengerhunt@
preface excerpt " Living on the Wind", Scott Wiedensaul
Sunday, September 17, 2023
Continuing yb fly.
- Reported Sep 17, 2023 12:47 by Joe Weisbord
- 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/S150148013
- Comments: "Flycatcher w distinct eye ring, olive/yellowish back, yellow throat with olive tinged breast band, yellowish below. Sparrow bowl"
preface excerpt " Living on the Wind", Scott Wiedensaul
Rare Prospect warblers today
- Reported Sep 17, 2023 15:34 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/S150145324
- Comments: "Spotted on Central above large green shipping containers. Might have been two. Unique bright yellow on wings and yellow hat. Dark mask on face."
Mourning Warbler (Geothlypis philadelphia) (1)
- Reported Sep 17, 2023 07:52 by Nancy Shamban
- Prospect Park, New York US-NY 40.67225, -73.96939, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.67225,-73.969386&ll=40.67225,-73.969386
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S150148222
- Comments: "Seen by 10 people including Tom Stevenson"
preface excerpt " Living on the Wind", Scott Wiedensaul
Redhead wp flyover Nellie's Lawn
- Reported Sep 17, 2023 07:47 by Joe Schiavone
- 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/S150135651
- Comments: "Complete red hood, black wings, white belly. Seen in flight moving west over Nellie's lawn. Spotted by Eric Miller and Nelson Pascuzzi."
preface excerpt " Living on the Wind", Scott Wiedensaul
PHVI ,CCSP&MOWA
- Reported Sep 17, 2023 07:19 by Valerie Masten
- 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/S150132798
- Comments: "Maryland Monument. Small dull-backed vireo with yellow throat, diffuse yellow belly and yellow underail. This individual was quite yellow."
Clay-colored Sparrow (Spizella pallida) (1)
- Reported Sep 17, 2023 09:58 by Owen MacDonnell
- 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/S150130821
- Comments: "Sound ID + photo"
- Reported Sep 17, 2023 12:10 by Zach Ludolph
- Lookout, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S1
- Comments: "Big thanks to Tom’s group for confirming. I stalked it while walking up to the mulberry stand behind Maryland. It looked like a geothylpis type bird. Caught the slight eye ring. Acid green in the sun with grayish head. Yellow persisted from throat to under tail coverts. Short tail with coverts leading to the back. I caught a slight gray band on the chest area in good light but only for less than a second multiple times. Hoping like a common yellow throat but not walking."
preface excerpt " Living on the Wind", Scott Wiedensaul
Blue Grosbeak in Schumacher meadow GWC
- Reported Sep 17, 2023 10:20 by Rusty H
- 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/S150113595
- Comments: "Photo"
preface excerpt " Living on the Wind", Scott Wiedensaul
Pipit in prospect Sunday flight
- Reported Sep 17, 2023 06:45 by Cole Winstanley
- Prospect Park--Long Meadow Ballfields, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6612202,-73.9757073&ll=40.6612202,-73.9757073
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S150106534
- Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "*early: morning flight"
preface excerpt " Living on the Wind", Scott Wiedensaul
Best fall day in prospect
Best,
Dennis W Hrehowsik
President Brooklyn Bird Club
preface excerpt " Living on the Wind", Scott Wiedensaul
Tweet from eBird (@Team_eBird) 10/14 Big Day
#OctoberBigDay is coming! What birds are you hoping to find on 14 Oct? eBird Bar Charts are a great way to see which species are frequently spotted in October. Pick a location or region to get started: https://t.co/V79H208qbQ
#birds #birding #BirdTwitter #birdwatching #nature https://t.co/nwcFyWJCYw
(https://twitter.com/Team_eBird/status/1703393566305706220?t=aHqmaUmYTbd0Dw81DengGQ&s=03)
preface excerpt " Living on the Wind", Scott Wiedensaul
Tweet from The Kingsboider (@BBCKingsbirds) little blue heron GWC
Dragonfly lovers fyi BBC walk https://t.co/yFU8B38NGb
(https://twitter.com/BBCKingsbirds/status/1702719948009701604?t=hWnLsRVkXght4SpvtTWd9g&s=03)
preface excerpt " Living on the Wind", Scott Wiedensaul
Spotted lantenflies squishing futility
preface excerpt " Living on the Wind", Scott Wiedensaul
eBird Checklist - 16 Sep 2023 - Holy Cross Cemetery, Brooklyn - 35 species
preface excerpt " Living on the Wind", Scott Wiedensaul
Saturday, September 16, 2023
Reminder BBC Dragonfly walk Sunday 11 am
preface excerpt " Living on the Wind", Scott Wiedensaul
Rarities
- Reported Sep 16, 2023 13:48 by E R
- 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/S150057317
- Comments: "In the wildflower meadow, moving with chipping sparrows and palm warblers. Reported earlier in the same location by MI YU. Like a chipping but the eye line only behind the eye. Will add distant photo"
Connecticut Warbler (Oporornis agilis) (1)
- Reported Sep 16, 2023 07:50 by D K
- 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/S150058247
- Comments: "Originally found by R M - skulky warbler walking in jewelweed at north end of nethermead by stream. Very prominent bold white eye ring"
preface excerpt " Living on the Wind", Scott Wiedensaul