[eBird Alert] Kings County Rare Bird Alert ybfc in bbg

Yellow-bellied Flycatcher (Empidonax flaviventris) (1)
- Reported Aug 29, 2026 10:00 by Ryan Treves
- Brooklyn Botanic Garden, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6680222,-73.96367&ll=40.6680222,-73.96367
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S387977795
- Media: 4 Photos
- Comments: "Surely the most exciting moment of the morning - an empid I’d hoped but not expected to find in the garden this fall! Seen for no more than 3-4 minutes flycatching shyly in the darkest back corner of the native flora garden, just near the mouth of the artificial stream. I quickly lost it after it crossed the fence. While it did not vocalize I feel confident in this ID, having a few run-ins with these little guys in prior years. My immediate first impression was that this empid was more compact than the multiple traill’s flycatchers I’ve seen in the past week, and exhibited a much stronger preference for deep shade. The eye ring also stuck out as clear and complete, and the wing bars very prominent. When it turned to face me I immediately noticed a bright yellowy-green color from the throat down to the belly. I tried to see this as a LEFL but just could not buy the degree of yellow and green I was seeing." 

"Learn from yesterday. Live for today. Look to tomorrow. Rest this afternoon." 

Snoopy, "Peanuts"

Thursday Battle of Brooklyn walk

https://bbcprevioustripreports.blogspot.com/ 

Bird List - Prospect Park, Kings, New York, United States - eBird Hotspot

https://ebird.org/hotspot/L109516/bird-list

Prospect for the week

Beauty is the only thing that time cannot harm. Philosophies fall away like sand, creeds follow one another, but what is beautiful is a joy for all seasons, a possession for all eternity.

--Oscar Wilde,author


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Bobolink in BTTP

Patch birder Nick Dawson had the fortune of finding a Bobolink in Bush Terminal Pier Park southern fields this morning.

A good bird for this park.

Beauty is the only thing that time cannot harm. Philosophies fall away like sand, creeds follow one another, but what is beautiful is a joy for all seasons, a possession for all eternity.

--Oscar Wilde,author


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Beauty is the only thing that time cannot harm. Philosophies fall away like sand, creeds follow one another, but what is beautiful is a joy for all seasons, a possession for all eternity.

--Oscar Wilde,author


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[eBird Alert] Kings County Rare Bird Alert prospect

Least Flycatcher (Empidonax minimus) (1)
- Reported Aug 27, 2026 07:36 by Forrest Wickman
- 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/S387476415
- Comments: "Flagged for Empidonax: Heard making the species’ distinctive “whit” calls (higher-pitched and dryer than Willow) on the peninsula. Plentiful audio available."

Yellow-rumped Warbler (Setophaga coronata) (1)
- Reported Aug 27, 2026 07:36 by Forrest Wickman
- 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/S387476415
- Comments: "Flagged for date: a little on the early side. Big warbler with black streaks on each side, white throat, and signature yellow armpits. Also made a few of their distinctive “chup” calls. South side of the lake, just east of Three Sisters." 

"Learn from yesterday. Live for today. Look to tomorrow. Rest this afternoon." 

Snoopy, "Peanuts"

[eBird Alert] Kings County Rare Bird Alert RSHA GWC

Red-shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus) (1)
- Reported Aug 26, 2026 09:18 by Ryan Mandelbaum
- 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/S387136897
- Media: 4 Photos
- Comments: "Spotted flying over pierrepont monument area. Immediately tipped off by translucent crescents and more compact vibes. Photo'd bird with barring, little dark on patagials, and five primaries. Initially gave me some pause that it looked slightly off (a little too stocky, a little too much belly band, a little too much dark on the patagials) but it seems within range based on other photos i looked at." 

"Learn from yesterday. Live for today. Look to tomorrow. Rest this afternoon." 

Snoopy, "Peanuts"

Abrams PP chklist

https://ebird.org/checklist/S386948710

Note photos of YBCuckoo, yb chat, prairie warbler ,etc

Beauty is the only thing that time cannot harm. Philosophies fall away like sand, creeds follow one another, but what is beautiful is a joy for all seasons, a possession for all eternity.

--Oscar Wilde,author


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Good prospect birds

Olive-sided Flycatcher (Contopus cooperi) (1)
- Reported Aug 25, 2026 09:30 by Chris Miller
- 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/S386877181
- Comments: "Chunky head and beak, dark vest with clean white throat and breast and short tail. In a tall snag west of the zoo mulch piles approximately here: (40.6668164, -73.9664814) this seems to be a typical hangout spot when OSFL’s are in town."

Yellow-breasted Chat (Icteria virens) (1)
- Reported Aug 25, 2026 09:30 by Chris Miller
- 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/S386877181
- Comments: "At same pin *photos"


Yellow-breasted Chat (Icteria virens) (1)
- Reported Aug 25, 2026 07:33 by Forrest Wickman
- 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/S386904460
- Media: 1 Video
- Comments: "Flagged for rare/date: Lower end of the switchback trail, where Seth B reported it yesterday. I was there picking through warblers feeding up in the mulberry when I noticed it pop out just downhill from me, at which point it just kinda … perched there, unusually cooperatively for a chat on migration. Indeed it was there for long enough that I was able to just use my iPhone to take a little video of my new friend, which I will now share for your edification and enjoyment. Larger than a warbler, with bright yellow breast, neatly demarcated white belly beginning halfway down, olive back, heavy bill (really more like an oriole, to which they’re more closely related), big white spectacles."

Beauty is the only thing that time cannot harm. Philosophies fall away like sand, creeds follow one another, but what is beautiful is a joy for all seasons, a possession for all eternity.

--Oscar Wilde,author


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Salt marsh sparrow continues at BTPP

Saltmarsh Sparrow (Ammospiza caudacuta) (1)
- Reported Aug 25, 2026 07:01 by Joe Trezza
- Bush Terminal Piers Park, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6541609,-74.0204451&ll=40.6541609,-74.0204451
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S386754276
- Comments: "Continuing in the marsh, but extremely  skulky, providing only two fleeting glances. Occasionally teasing its presence with nearly imperceptible "tink" calls. When a nearby dog walloped, startling the piss out of me, and nothing in the spartina even almost flushed, I decided it was time to abandon the stakeout for a photo."

Beauty is the only thing that time cannot harm. Philosophies fall away like sand, creeds follow one another, but what is beautiful is a joy for all seasons, a possession for all eternity.

--Oscar Wilde,author


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Chat continues at Maryland Monument

Yellow-breasted Chat (Icteria virens) (1)
- Reported Aug 25, 2026 09:45 by Joe Trezza
- 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/S386816453
- Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Continuing near Maryland Monument. Thanks to several for keeping tabs on the spot and Chris for the actual spot. Put on a nice little show after a decent stakeout."

Beauty is the only thing that time cannot harm. Philosophies fall away like sand, creeds follow one another, but what is beautiful is a joy for all seasons, a possession for all eternity.

--Oscar Wilde,author


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Mourning Warbler at Brooklyn Bridge park

Mourning Warbler (Geothlypis philadelphia) (1)
- Reported Aug 25, 2026 07:29 by MI YU
- 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/S386800336
- Comments: "Male, seen briefly in the woods between the Bridge lawn and sumac path on Pier 1. Primary yellow from breast to undertail, dark blue/gray face and hood. It rustled some leaves when I had the camera ready but didn’t show itself again, nor on a search from the path side."

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"Learn from yesterday. Live for today. Look to tomorrow. Rest this afternoon." 

Snoopy, "Peanuts"

Forecast Maps – BirdCast

https://birdcast.org/migration-tools/migration-forecast-maps/

Quiet for the next few days but ....get out and enjoy it .  Anyway.  

Beauty is the only thing that time cannot harm. Philosophies fall away like sand, creeds follow one another, but what is beautiful is a joy for all seasons, a possession for all eternity.

--Oscar Wilde,author


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[eBird Alert] Kings County Rare Bird Alert a Chat at MARYLAND MONUMENT

Yellow-breasted Chat (Icteria virens) (1)
- Reported Aug 24, 2026 06:59 by Seth Barr
- 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/S386618999
- Comments: "Bright yellow breast, bold eye ring, eating red fruit from a tree." 

Reported in the likely poison ivy snag behind wall of the monument before dropping down into the ground brush where it did not reappeared as I looked for it.

"Learn from yesterday. Live for today. Look to tomorrow. Rest this afternoon." 

Snoopy, "Peanuts"

Good bird at BTPP Salt marsh sparrow

Saltmarsh Sparrow (Ammospiza caudacuta) (1)
- Reported Aug 24, 2026 07:20 by Nick Dawson
- Bush Terminal Piers Park, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6541609,-74.0204451&ll=40.6541609,-74.0204451
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S386561505
- Comments: "Juvenile in the grasses by the lagoon. Photos. New bird for the patch!"

Saltmarsh Sparrow (Ammospiza caudacuta) (1)
- Reported Aug 24, 2026 09:44 by Christine Gu
- Bush Terminal Piers Park, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6541609,-74.0204451&ll=40.6541609,-74.0204451
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S386546622
- Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Found by Nick earlier. Ammospiza with a buffy orange face contrasting with a white throat, finely streaked chest has just a hint of a brown wash, pale crown. Not a particularly colorful individual, suggesting a juvenile. Lifer for both of us and photos tba."

Beauty is the only thing that time cannot harm. Philosophies fall away like sand, creeds follow one another, but what is beautiful is a joy for all seasons, a possession for all eternity.

--Oscar Wilde,author


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Well drive olive sided fc

Olive-sided Flycatcher (Contopus cooperi) (1)
- Reported Aug 24, 2026 07:25 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/S386521972
- Comments: "Flagged for date? High in snag above BBQ southeast of wellhouse containers. Dull gray, very faint, thin, dull wingbars, vest, long primaries relative to tail

Beauty is the only thing that time cannot harm. Philosophies fall away like sand, creeds follow one another, but what is beautiful is a joy for all seasons, a possession for all eternity.

--Oscar Wilde,author


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[eBird Alert] Kings County Rare Bird Alert broadwinged hawk prospect

Broad-winged Hawk (Buteo platypterus) (1)
- Reported Aug 23, 2026 16:00 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/S386364716
- Comments: "*Flagged for date. Small, chunky buteo with stiff, choppy wingbeats, soaring low over the Nethermead. A very lightly marked juvenile with black wingtips." 

"Learn from yesterday. Live for today. Look to tomorrow. Rest this afternoon." 

Snoopy, "Peanuts"

Purple in prospect

Purple Martin (Progne subis) (2)
- Reported Aug 23, 2026 08:07 by Ant Taboada
- 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/S386177989
- Comments: "Large, dark, starling-like swallow really high over west end of lake, heading south. Had another one much later also heading south over Nethermead."

One also reported on Peninsula, perched high.

Beauty is the only thing that time cannot harm. Philosophies fall away like sand, creeds follow one another, but what is beautiful is a joy for all seasons, a possession for all eternity.

--Oscar Wilde,author


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Leseer yellowlegs lullwater

A very uncommon species LESSER YELLOWLEGS appeared in the Lullwater by music and teacup islands. When i heard about while I was on the peninsula, I went to look. There along with spotted sandpiper,  the yellow legs was walking on the marsh marigold aquatic plant surface.. a nice sight to see.

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"Learn from yesterday. Live for today. Look to tomorrow. Rest this afternoon." 

Snoopy, "Peanuts"

[eBird Alert] Kings County Rare Bird note Philly vireo and chat

Philadelphia Vireo (Vireo philadelphicus) (1)
- Reported Aug 22, 2026 08:52 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/S385931142
- Comments: "Head more contrasty than a warbling vireo and the throat is quite yellow with a yellow wash overall underneath"

Yellow-breasted Chat (Icteria virens) (1)
- Reported Aug 22, 2026 09:26 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/S385923324
- Comments: "Continuing on the Hammerhead peninsula, a long tailed bird with bright yellow throat and chest, white belly and undertail, and eye ring.   In the wild cherry tree with many robins"

Yellow-breasted Chat (Icteria virens) (1)
- Reported Aug 22, 2026 08:52 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/S385931142
- Comments: "Bright yellow breast and white belly. Heavy bill and white spectacles. Olive back" 

"Learn from yesterday. Live for today. Look to tomorrow. Rest this afternoon." 

Snoopy, "Peanuts"

[eBird Alert] Kings County Rare Bird Louisiana wt in pp

Louisiana Waterthrush (Parkesia motacilla) (1)
- Reported Aug 22, 2026 06:18 by Tim Hajda
- 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/S385914018
- Comments: "40.66393, -73.97054, photos." 

"Learn from yesterday. Live for today. Look to tomorrow. Rest this afternoon." 

Snoopy, "Peanuts"

[eBird Alert] Kings County Rare Bird Alert olive sided fc in gwc

Olive-sided Flycatcher (Contopus cooperi) (1)
- Reported Aug 22, 2026 06:55 by Z .
- 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/S385896699
- Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "continuing. photo" 

"Learn from yesterday. Live for today. Look to tomorrow. Rest this afternoon." 

Snoopy, "Peanuts"

Hammerhead by chat

Reported this morning at East hammerhead above cove 

Yellow-breasted Chat (Icteria virens) (1)
- Reported Aug 22, 2026 07:32 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/S385826871
- Comments: "Continuing on Hammerhead. Distinctive spectacled, olive-gray-backed bird with bright yellow upper chest, bright white lower belly and long tail. Feeding on wild cherries. Re-found by Radka, a highlight today!"



The three great elemental sounds in nature are the sound of rain, the sound of wind in a primeval wood, and the sound of outer ocean on a beach.

--Henry Beston

Psithurism (pronounced SITH-ur-iz-um) is a noun that means the sound of the wind rustling through trees and leaves. It describes a soft, whispering, or sighing noise. [1, 2, 3, 4]

Origin and Pronunciation

Pronunciation: The initial "p" is silent, so it sounds like "sithurism".

Word origin: It comes from the ancient Greek word psithurisma, which means "whispering" or "to whisper". [1, 2, 3, 4]


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Hammerhead Chat reported again

Today at 148 pm by Kathy T ,the Yellow breasted Chat seen in a cherry tree.

The Hammerhead is located at the southwest corner of Prospect PARK lake.between west and three sisters islands.

Yellow-breasted Chat (Icteria virens) (1)
- Reported Aug 21, 2026 15:10 by Nicky Abrams
- 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/S385601019
- Media: 4 Photos
- Comments: "Hammerhead. Nice find originally by Mark, then refound today by Kathleen. I tried psshhing and got the bugger to peek its head out from behind the leaves. Later I was looking at the tennessee in a bush at eye level and the chat popped out! Later seen eating a berry. Milling about the Hammerhead between center tree and west tree. About 2-3 times the size of a warbler"

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"Learn from yesterday. Live for today. Look to tomorrow. Rest this afternoon." 

Snoopy, "Peanuts"

McGoldrick park SUTA

Summer Tanager (Piranga rubra) (1)
- Reported Aug 21, 2026 06:30 by Parsley Steinweiss
- McGolrick Park, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.7245046,-73.9433616&ll=40.7245046,-73.9433616
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S385463079
- Media: 12 Photos
- Comments: "All yellow tanager. More orangey yellow than green yellow. Chunky beak. Pics"

The three great elemental sounds in nature are the sound of rain, the sound of wind in a primeval wood, and the sound of outer ocean on a beach.

--Henry Beston

Psithurism (pronounced SITH-ur-iz-um) is a noun that means the sound of the wind rustling through trees and leaves. It describes a soft, whispering, or sighing noise. [1, 2, 3, 4]

Origin and Pronunciation

Pronunciation: The initial "p" is silent, so it sounds like "sithurism".

Word origin: It comes from the ancient Greek word psithurisma, which means "whispering" or "to whisper". [1, 2, 3, 4]


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YB Chat at Hammerhead

Yellow-breasted Chat (Icteria virens) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Aug 20, 2026 07:51 by MCHL ____
- 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/S385203279
- Comments: "Great spot by Mark! Hefty warbler-like bird. Bright yellow throat and chest, white belly, spectacles. Seen on western edge of the hammerhead, uncharacteristically moving towards the top of a tree. Eventually seen flying towards West Island."

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"Learn from yesterday. Live for today. Look to tomorrow. Rest this afternoon." 

Snoopy, "Peanuts"

Mich GWC chklist

https://ebird.org/checklist/S384980983?continue

Note hooded warbler, olive sided fc

The three great elemental sounds in nature are the sound of rain, the sound of wind in a primeval wood, and the sound of outer ocean on a beach.

--Henry Beston

Psithurism (pronounced SITH-ur-iz-um) is a noun that means the sound of the wind rustling through trees and leaves. It describes a soft, whispering, or sighing noise. [1, 2, 3, 4]

Origin and Pronunciation

Pronunciation: The initial "p" is silent, so it sounds like "sithurism".

Word origin: It comes from the ancient Greek word psithurisma, which means "whispering" or "to whisper". [1, 2, 3, 4]


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Local shorebirds hotspots

 Thanks to Russ Comeau's ( South Shore Audubon ) Facebook posts,here are maps for the prominent shorebird hotspots

Jones Beach

Jamaica Bay watershed

Ybfc in bbp

Yellow-bellied Flycatcher (Empidonax flaviventris) (1)
- Reported Aug 12, 2026 17:48 by Doug Gochfeld
- 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/S384779989
- Comments: "Actively foraging at Pier 1, forest between the two ponds, viewed looking into forest from Bridge Lawn. Short-bodied, big-headed Empid with bold eye-ring, yellow cast to underparts (most vivid on throat), greenish-toned upperparts, and obvious black gap between wingbars and yellowish tertial edges. Two photos."

The three great elemental sounds in nature are the sound of rain, the sound of wind in a primeval wood, and the sound of outer ocean on a beach.

--Henry Beston

Psithurism (pronounced SITH-ur-iz-um) is a noun that means the sound of the wind rustling through trees and leaves. It describes a soft, whispering, or sighing noise. [1, 2, 3, 4]

Origin and Pronunciation

Pronunciation: The initial "p" is silent, so it sounds like "sithurism".

Word origin: It comes from the ancient Greek word psithurisma, which means "whispering" or "to whisper". [1, 2, 3, 4]


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GWC osfc

Olive-sided Flycatcher (Contopus cooperi) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Aug 18, 2026 13:04 by Ryan Mandelbaum
- 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/S384735451
- Comments: "Perched at the south edge of hill of graves. dark vested, large headed flycatcher."

The three great elemental sounds in nature are the sound of rain, the sound of wind in a primeval wood, and the sound of outer ocean on a beach.

--Henry Beston

Psithurism (pronounced SITH-ur-iz-um) is a noun that means the sound of the wind rustling through trees and leaves. It describes a soft, whispering, or sighing noise. [1, 2, 3, 4]

Origin and Pronunciation

Pronunciation: The initial "p" is silent, so it sounds like "sithurism".

Word origin: It comes from the ancient Greek word psithurisma, which means "whispering" or "to whisper". [1, 2, 3, 4]


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Eagle over Acadian in prospect

Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) (1)
- Reported Aug 17, 2026 14:35 by Greer Jackson
- 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/S384496992
- Comments: "Photo"

Acadian Flycatcher (Empidonax virescens) (1)
- Reported Aug 17, 2026 11:30 by Nicky Abrams
- 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/S384504583
- Media: 1 Video, 4 Photos
- Comments: "sumac trees edge of grass on peninsula. same spot i had 2 the other day"

The three great elemental sounds in nature are the sound of rain, the sound of wind in a primeval wood, and the sound of outer ocean on a beach.

--Henry Beston

Psithurism (pronounced SITH-ur-iz-um) is a noun that means the sound of the wind rustling through trees and leaves. It describes a soft, whispering, or sighing noise. [1, 2, 3, 4]

Origin and Pronunciation

Pronunciation: The initial "p" is silent, so it sounds like "sithurism".

Word origin: It comes from the ancient Greek word psithurisma, which means "whispering" or "to whisper". [1, 2, 3, 4]


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Parasol mushroom

A beauty..along Center Drive 

Mushrooms are popping out here and there on lawns in Prospect park , like this cool one a Parasol species.. iNaturalist Id it ..






The three great elemental sounds in nature are the sound of rain, the sound of wind in a primeval wood, and the sound of outer ocean on a beach.

--Henry Beston

Psithurism (pronounced SITH-ur-iz-um) is a noun that means the sound of the wind rustling through trees and leaves. It describes a soft, whispering, or sighing noise. [1, 2, 3, 4]

Origin and Pronunciation

Pronunciation: The initial "p" is silent, so it sounds like "sithurism".

Word origin: It comes from the ancient Greek word psithurisma, which means "whispering" or "to whisper". [1, 2, 3, 4]


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[eBird Alert] Kings County Rare Bird Alert BBG WEWA

Worm-eating Warbler (Helmitheros vermivorum) (1)
- Reported Aug 16, 2026 10:52 by Chris Miller
- Brooklyn Botanic Garden, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6680222,-73.96367&ll=40.6680222,-73.96367
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S384120489
- Comments: "Large caramel-olive warbler with long, pale bill and dark stripes on head. NFG (40.6696646, -73.9663885)" 

Update

2 in prospect 

Worm-eating Warbler (Helmitheros vermivorum) (2)
- Reported Aug 16, 2026 13:47 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/S384217159
- Comments: "One in Ambergill section of the Ravine, the second in the SE corner of the fenced in area around the Upper Pool.   Small buffy warblers with black stripes on their heads.  Both checking out dried leaves"

"Learn from yesterday. Live for today. Look to tomorrow. Rest this afternoon." 

Snoopy, "Peanuts"

Midnight Aug 27th peak

Lunar eclipse starts Aug 26th

The three great elemental sounds in nature are the sound of rain, the sound of wind in a primeval wood, and the sound of outer ocean on a beach.

--Henry Beston

Psithurism (pronounced SITH-ur-iz-um) is a noun that means the sound of the wind rustling through trees and leaves. It describes a soft, whispering, or sighing noise. [1, 2, 3, 4]

Origin and Pronunciation

Pronunciation: The initial "p" is silent, so it sounds like "sithurism".

Word origin: It comes from the ancient Greek word psithurisma, which means "whispering" or "to whisper". [1, 2, 3, 4]


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[eBird Alert] Kings County Rare Bird Alert TEWA GWC dellwater

Tennessee Warbler (Leiothlypis peregrina) (1)
- Reported Aug 15, 2026 08:19 by Adam Subel
- 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/S383635371
- Comments: "At dell still in breeding plumage.got enough of a look to note some stark features. Greenish yellow back, white undertail coverts and greyish head with strong eyeline. Didn't manage a photo. Seems like everything is early this year" 

"Learn from yesterday. Live for today. Look to tomorrow. Rest this afternoon." 

Snoopy, "Peanuts"