Thru the cracks

While reading thru reports, I notes some quality birds that slipped thru the cracks

In Greenwood Cemetery, a bright male Blue Grosbeak appeared at valley water near the Meadowlark spot 

On Prospect lake South shore between the Hammerhead and three sisters Islands, a White crowned Sparrow was noted.

And last, seen on the Peninsula thumb, Lincoln Sparrow is the good spot there 

"There is symbolic as well as actual beauty in the migration of the birds, the ebb and flow of the tides, the folded bud ready for spring." — Rachel Carson


"Everyone likes birds. What wild creature is more accessible to our eyes and ears, as close to us and everyone in the world, as universal as a bird?"

David Attenborough
100 years old May 8th










   

Forecast Maps – BirdCast

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

Heads up..good migration potential 🐦

"There is symbolic as well as actual beauty in the migration of the birds, the ebb and flow of the tides, the folded bud ready for spring." — Rachel Carson


"Everyone likes birds. What wild creature is more accessible to our eyes and ears, as close to us and everyone in the world, as universal as a bird?"

David Attenborough
100 years old May 8th










   

Eastern Meadowlark GWC update

Eastern Meadowlark (Sturnella magna) (1)
- Reported May 12, 2026 07:05 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/S337889353
- Comments: "kicked up from wildflower meadow late in the checklist, bold white tail sides, mottled yellow/brown body, pointy out front."

"There is symbolic as well as actual beauty in the migration of the birds, the ebb and flow of the tides, the folded bud ready for spring." — Rachel Carson


"Everyone likes birds. What wild creature is more accessible to our eyes and ears, as close to us and everyone in the world, as universal as a bird?"

David Attenborough
100 years old May 8th










   

Acadian FC Prospect

Acadian Flycatcher (Empidonax virescens) (1)
- Reported May 12, 2026 05:57 by Max Epstein
- 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/S337761678
- Comments: "empid flycatcher identified by voice. singing distinct song along West Drive near the picnic house. flagged rare, maybe slightly early but has bred in the park. managed audio recording of one call."

"There is symbolic as well as actual beauty in the migration of the birds, the ebb and flow of the tides, the folded bud ready for spring." — Rachel Carson


"Everyone likes birds. What wild creature is more accessible to our eyes and ears, as close to us and everyone in the world, as universal as a bird?"

David Attenborough
100 years old May 8th










   

Bird Guide | Princeton University Press

https://press.princeton.edu/news/bird-guide


Looks like a cool looking guide...
Coming out in March 2027 

"There is symbolic as well as actual beauty in the migration of the birds, the ebb and flow of the tides, the folded bud ready for spring." — Rachel Carson


"Everyone likes birds. What wild creature is more accessible to our eyes and ears, as close to us and everyone in the world, as universal as a bird?"

David Attenborough
100 years old May 8th










   

Eastern Meadowlark in GWC

 Reported on Central Ave close to Bay Ave originally

Eastern Meadowlark (Sturnella magna) (1)
- Reported May 12, 2026 07:47 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/S337912598
- Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Starling-like bird with yellow belly and flittering wing beats, bright white tail sides, yellow restricted to throat with none on malar. photos."

Eastern Meadowlark (Sturnella magna) (1)
- Reported May 12, 2026 11:23 by MCHL ____
- 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/S337951681
- Comments: "Flagged for date. Reported by Ryan M. in the area this morning. Flushed from wildflower meadow. Medium sized, brown speckled back, white on sides of trunk seen in flight. Two sighting. Counting as one individual."

Fwd: Tuesday BBC walk recap

Leader Ryan Goldberg

"There is symbolic as well as actual beauty in the migration of the birds, the ebb and flow of the tides, the folded bud ready for spring." — Rachel Carson


"Everyone likes birds. What wild creature is more accessible to our eyes and ears, as close to us and everyone in the world, as universal as a bird?"

David Attenborough
100 years old May 8th










   

---------- Forwarded message ---------
From: Ryan Goldberg <ryan.goldberg@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, May 12, 2026, 5:43 PM
Subject: Tuesday walk recap
To: Peter Dorosh <prosbird@gmail.com>

Hi Peter,

We had a fun outing today with the largest group I can remember for a Tuesday walk, over 60 people. The birds didn't disappoint. Black cherry trees were warbler magnets all over the park, including one near your recently-planted white oak; that tree alone had eight or 10 species, including several Bay-breasted and a Tennessee that came lower than any I can recall in spring. Thanks to Karen for the tip on that. 

Other highlights include a calling Acadian Flycatcher in the woods north of the maintenance yard, several Canada Warblers seen up close, and a Scarlet Tanager bathing in the Picnic House creek. A few people from our group saw the Mourning Warbler by the Vanderbilt Playground before the walk started and after breaking off mid-morning.

Here's our list: https://ebird.org/checklist/S337869497. We observed 72 species on the day, among them 18 warbler species, not counting the Mourning.

Thanks to Angie, Megan, and the many other experienced birders who pitched in today. We have two more weeks left in the season!

Ryan

--

Ryan Goldberg (he/him)

ryangoldberg.net

(908) 489-7220

continuing Mourning Warbler at Vanderbilt PG area ( Oval median)

Mourning Warbler (Geothlypis philadelphia) (1)
- Reported May 12, 2026 12:31 by Rusty H
- 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/S337819903
- Comments: "Photo, singing"

Mourning Warbler (Geothlypis philadelphia) (1)
- Reported May 12, 2026 11:40 by Oliver Lieber
- 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/S337824999
- Comments: "Flying by the tree with white flowers near Vanderbilt playground"

Mourning Warbler (Geothlypis philadelphia) (1)
- Reported May 12, 2026 09:58 by E R
- 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/S337813558
- Comments: "Continuing by Vanderbilt playground. Heard it singing churree-churree song close by soon after I arrived, which it did five or six times. Several partially obscured views as it moved behind large leaves in nearby trees, bright yellow chunky warbler with bib visible to the naked eye"

--

" Preserve and cherish the pale blue dot,the only home we've ever known"

                                                                            --Carl Sagan

brewster photos

Brewster's Warbler (hybrid) (Vermivora chrysoptera x cyanoptera (F1 hybrid)) (1)
- Reported May 11, 2026 07:00 by Leo Traub
- 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/S337208093
- Media: 3 Photos
- Comments: "Warbler with black eyeline, yellow cap, gray cheek, grayish back, two whitish wingbars, whitish-yellow belly. On Lookout Hill, in the big tree at south end of Butterfly Meadow. Seen with a group of 5 other birders. Attaching photos."

"There is symbolic as well as actual beauty in the migration of the birds, the ebb and flow of the tides, the folded bud ready for spring." — Rachel Carson


"Everyone likes birds. What wild creature is more accessible to our eyes and ears, as close to us and everyone in the world, as universal as a bird?"

David Attenborough
100 years old May 8th










   

Second chat villa woods

Yellow-breasted Chat (Icteria virens) (1)
- Reported May 11, 2026 06:50 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/S337228568
- Comments: "Same location as yesterday, around Litchfield Mansion.  vocalizing - scolding call at around 7:15 AM. have recording."

"There is symbolic as well as actual beauty in the migration of the birds, the ebb and flow of the tides, the folded bud ready for spring." — Rachel Carson


"Everyone likes birds. What wild creature is more accessible to our eyes and ears, as close to us and everyone in the world, as universal as a bird?"

David Attenborough
100 years old May 8th










   

Four top warblers

Four quality warbler species topped the day_- a rare hybrid and Chat among the foursome along with  two Peninsula "residents" .

The morning started when I arrived atop Lookout Hills Butterfly Meadow where a number of birders gathered found a rare Brewster's Warbler in the northwest pin oak. I had the unlucky difficulty trying to find the obscure bird inside those full sized leaves. I was only lucky getting a Parula warbler. Soon after Anthony R spotted a Yellow breasted chat on a ash sapling in the meadow. It pays to be patient and lucky.

During the day, alerts went out for both Hooded and Prothonotary warblers on the Peninsula. The Hooded focused on the center area whereas the Prothonotary stuck to the water edge of the thumb towards peninsula point. I was fortunate  thanks to Kathy Toomeys tip on the Hooded I finally saw my seasons first after work ended at 4 pm..A hyperactive bird which I saw initially 2 seconds, after a half hour search, found the bird again for more fleeting looks. It stayed West of the path fork, these woods it's safe harbor .

Another 20 minutes later a fellow birder Max found the Prothonotary entering the Hooded's wooded domain.

In other news , an Olive sided Flycatcher was reported on Prospects Hammerhead;look for snags for this bird to perch openly. A Gray cheeked Thrush at Upper Pool and a Worm eating Warbler at the Picnic House trickle pool (opposite Winners cafe, at the broken water fountain ) filled out noteworthy bird sightings .

I happen to see Swainsons thrush and a few Veeries around. Yes, not a big deal but for this busybody worker, I'll take them as part of my spring migration experience 

"There is symbolic as well as actual beauty in the migration of the birds, the ebb and flow of the tides, the folded bud ready for spring." — Rachel Carson


"Everyone likes birds. What wild creature is more accessible to our eyes and ears, as close to us and everyone in the world, as universal as a bird?"

David Attenborough
100 years old May 8th










   

butterfly meadow gems

Yellow-breasted Chat (Icteria virens) (1)
- Reported May 11, 2026 06:49 by Anthony Russo
- 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/S337298862
- Comments: "Robinish sized bird, white eyering, bright yellow throat and breast with a brown back and wings. Perched in lower branch of sapling within the butterfly meadow at lookout"

Brewster's Warbler (hybrid) (Vermivora chrysoptera x cyanoptera (F1 hybrid)) (1)
- Reported May 11, 2026 06:49 by Anthony Russo
- 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/S337298862
- Media: 3 Photos
- Comments: "Black eye stripe, Yellow crown, gray body. In large oak at butterfly meadow on lookout"

"There is symbolic as well as actual beauty in the migration of the birds, the ebb and flow of the tides, the folded bud ready for spring." — Rachel Carson


"Everyone likes birds. What wild creature is more accessible to our eyes and ears, as close to us and everyone in the world, as universal as a bird?"

David Attenborough
100 years old May 8th










   

Peninsula hooded warbler

Hooded Warbler continues in center area of prospects peninsula, between and before road fork 

"There is symbolic as well as actual beauty in the migration of the birds, the ebb and flow of the tides, the folded bud ready for spring." — Rachel Carson


"Everyone likes birds. What wild creature is more accessible to our eyes and ears, as close to us and everyone in the world, as universal as a bird?"

David Attenborough
100 years old May 8th










   

A bunch of stuff today

Too many reports today so I will summarize the best.

The Mourning warbler stuck overnight, near Vanderbilt Playground in Prospect.Wors I received from a friend it was in a oak tree east of the median strip opposite the playground where it hid in as well .

A Yellow breasted chat made an appearance at the Litchfield Villa , seen high up on a tree in Villa woods

Another Prothonotary Warbler showed up this time in the vicinity of Three Sisters Islands along prospect lake South shore.

Here are some warbler reports in Prospect: Wilson's behind the Well house and Picnic house area; worm eating in the Mid wood; Blackburnian on South Lookout Hill.

Over at Greenwood, Cypress Ave and vine Ave or in that general area at least 15 warbler species seen .

In Greenwood a Gray cheeked thrush came under scrutiny as a possible bicknella.Only singing voice will separate the two.

Flocks of Glossy Ibises flew over Greenwood and Prospect with 35 counted with latter.

A Summer Tanager continues at the Bklyn botanic garden native Flora section.

And last ,at Owls Head Park, blue Grosbeak was the main celebrity.Though a willow flycatcher there imitated an Acadian .

Whew!

"There is symbolic as well as actual beauty in the migration of the birds, the ebb and flow of the tides, the folded bud ready for spring." — Rachel Carson


"Everyone likes birds. What wild creature is more accessible to our eyes and ears, as close to us and everyone in the world, as universal as a bird?"

David Attenborough
100 years old May 8th










   

2026 Spring Birdathon - Brooklyn Bird Club | Brooklyn Bird Club

https://givebutter.com/brooklyn-bird-club-2026-spring-birdathon

Don't forget to support your team or even donating regardless.

10 grand raised already for salt marsh sparrow habitat on Atlantic coast!

"There is symbolic as well as actual beauty in the migration of the birds, the ebb and flow of the tides, the folded bud ready for spring." — Rachel Carson


"Everyone likes birds. What wild creature is more accessible to our eyes and ears, as close to us and everyone in the world, as universal as a bird?"

David Attenborough
100 years old May 8th










   

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

https://ebird.org/hotspot/L109516

Note 104 species inc Prothonotary,hooded,worm eating Warblers ..

"There is symbolic as well as actual beauty in the migration of the birds, the ebb and flow of the tides, the folded bud ready for spring." — Rachel Carson


"Everyone likes birds. What wild creature is more accessible to our eyes and ears, as close to us and everyone in the world, as universal as a bird?"

David Attenborough
100 years old May 8th










   

One of Staten Island 's Greenbelt founders passes away

What we as birders should also do : conserve habitats.

One of the many people who helped preserve our green spaces.

https://www.silive.com/news/2026/05/a-saver-of-the-greenbelt-staten-islander-dies-after-a-lifetime-of-teaching-protecting-nature.html

In the end, we will conserve only what we love; we will love only what we understand; and we will understand only what we are taught." 

-- Senegalese forestry engineer Baba Dioum in 1968.

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Early mourning warbler in prospect

Reported 537 pm , one Mourning warbler seen by the VANDERBILT PLAYGROUND, park entrance VANDERBILT STREET AND PROSPECT PARK SOUTHWEST AVE.

Mourning Warbler (Geothlypis philadelphia) (1)
- Reported May 09, 2026 15:39 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/S335819289
- Comments: "Last bird of the day, as we were leaving the park, singing quietly by Vanderbilt Playground - soft churee churee song heard, before it popped up into a small tree. Yellow warbler with gray hood, black bib."

Mourning Warbler (Geothlypis philadelphia) (1)
- Reported May 09, 2026 05:39 by Ant Tab
- 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/S335877070
- Comments: "Flagged infrequent: Heard churi-churi-churi song after bird flew into dense shrubbery btwn Wellhouse drive and the lake, just north of begging beach."

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" Preserve and cherish the pale blue dot,the only home we've ever known"

                                                                            --Carl Sagan

Mississippi Kite in GWC!

Mississippi Kite (Ictinia mississippiensis) (1)
- Reported May 09, 2026 07:20 by Julian Elman
- 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/S335667435
- Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "Adult westbound over hawkwatch. Long pointed wings, silver secondaries, long kite tail. Distant but decent scope views and (I think) diagnostic digiscope blobs. Nice payoff for today’s stakeout!! A year and 1 day since my lifer MIKI, also at Greenwood."

Mississippi Kite (Ictinia mississippiensis) (1)
- Reported May 09, 2026 11:12 by chel sea
- 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/S335652387
- Comments: "Spotted by Julian from the hawk watch. We hustled to the west and saw the bird distantly circling above a red-tailed hawk. Julian contemporaneously reported the bird over the harbor. Identified by shape/structure and elimination of other plausible species. Long straight tail, slender wings. “Like a glider plane” -Case"

"There is symbolic as well as actual beauty in the migration of the birds, the ebb and flow of the tides, the folded bud ready for spring." — Rachel Carson


"Everyone likes birds. What wild creature is more accessible to our eyes and ears, as close to us and everyone in the world, as universal as a bird?"

David Attenborough
100 years old May 8th










   

Migration in the parks

When you have a lot of birders birding in the parks especially on World Bird migratory day, do expect with the multitude of eyes, a lot of reports. 

Focusing mostly on Prospect park and greenwood cemetery, birders reported a good number of quality birds. Let's begin with the cemetery.

In Dell water for starters, 4 Solitary Sandpipers mingled about on the water edge closest to the beehive.

However it was songbirds that stole the limelight, particularly a hing over Cerulean Warbler from yesterday.

Cypress Ave continues to be a hotbed for Cerulean and a host of other songbirds warblers and their ilk staying active into mid-afternoon .The Cerulean provided great looks in Cypress Ave oaks , a report I read at the crossroads Vernal Ave.

Also reported in the cemetery were flyover Broad winged Hawk, Yellow Billed Cuckoo along Central Ave , Hooded Warbler and Redheaded Woodpecker whose locations were not provided.

Meanwhile over at Prospect, birding isn't too shabby despite overcast clouds.A Hooded Warbler was found in the Ravine; Yellow throated Vireos on Lookout Hills South slope and center drive margins; 2 adult White crowned sparrows on the Hammerhead; 2 Cape May Warblers on the mainland behind 3 Sisters Islands; A Caspian Term flyover pProspect Lake and a late Louisiana Waterthrush all pulled in the birders 

The Brooklyn Botanic Garden needed attention, so I alerting readers to a Yellow throated warbler reported there today.

The birds are tough to see sometimes in the sense leafed out foliage but what is a rewarded sighting without a challenge .

Hopefully all the birdathon teams did well today and raised funding for a noteworthy cause.

"There is symbolic as well as actual beauty in the migration of the birds, the ebb and flow of the tides, the folded bud ready for spring." — Rachel Carson


"Everyone likes birds. What wild creature is more accessible to our eyes and ears, as close to us and everyone in the world, as universal as a bird?"

David Attenborough
100 years old May 8th










   

Forecast Maps – BirdCast

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

"There is symbolic as well as actual beauty in the migration of the birds, the ebb and flow of the tides, the folded bud ready for spring." — Rachel Carson


"Everyone likes birds. What wild creature is more accessible to our eyes and ears, as close to us and everyone in the world, as universal as a bird?"

David Attenborough
100 years old May 8th










   

Forecast Maps – BirdCast

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

The latest..today should be good as bad weather forces down migrating birds...

" Preserve and cherish the pale blue dot,the only home we've ever known"

                                                                            --Carl Sagan

World Migratory Bird Day

https://www.migratorybirdday.org/ 

Today is Kings County birdathon.. support their cause for Atlantic Coast Sharp tailed sparrows details In next link

https://brooklynbirdclub.org/announcing-the-2026-brooklyn-bird-club-birdathon/

" Preserve and cherish the pale blue dot,the only home we've ever known"

                                                                            --Carl Sagan

GWC cerulean

It isn't so often to get a top canopy warbler low enough for great looks. That was the highlight this morning gleaned from multiple reports.

Elizabeth P found a Cerulean Warbler along Cypress Ave in  Greenwood cemetery southern flats region. Most of the great looks birders got occurred at intersection on Cypress and Grape Avenue where oaks line this lane. If you want to find warblers ,go to the oaks! ( That's where you'll find the bugs!)

In another hilight good bird ,head over to the Brooklyn botanic garden native Flora section. Here at the wooden door entrance a Summer Tanager was spotted today. The native Flora section has gotten hot in consecutive days with yesterday's Kentucky Warbler as well.

"There is symbolic as well as actual beauty in the migration of the birds, the ebb and flow of the tides, the folded bud ready for spring." — Rachel Carson


"Everyone likes birds. What wild creature is more accessible to our eyes and ears, as close to us and everyone in the world, as universal as a bird?"

David Attenborough
100 years old May 8th










   

Happy 100th birthday

David Attenborough is 100 today 

The great animal guy who also champions birds had reached the centennial mark.

Happy Birthday to the legend. 🎂🐦🐧🐅🐊🐆🐒🐂🐍🐪🐅

"There is symbolic as well as actual beauty in the migration of the birds, the ebb and flow of the tides, the folded bud ready for spring." — Rachel Carson


"Everyone likes birds. What wild creature is more accessible to our eyes and ears, as close to us and everyone in the world, as universal as a bird?"

David Attenborough
100 years old May 8th










   

[eBird Alert] Kings County Rare Bird Alert BBG now a bluegrass state

Kentucky Warbler (Geothlypis formosa) (1)
- Reported May 07, 2026 14:50 by kristin costello
- 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/S334284068
- Comments: "Brief but clean looks. Popped up on a low branch just above ground cover in native flora garden near the pond. Bright yellow underside, olive top. Black crown & “side burns” w yellow spectacles. Popped up again about 100yds away. Sang 2 notes & disappeared into the understory." 

" Preserve and cherish the pale blue dot,the only home we've ever known"

                                                                            --Carl Sagan

A typical migration day

Observation today was that it was  more birdier than yesterday with scattered good birds to report . Not everyday is going to be great but you take it as it comes.

Most likely the best bird was a male Blue Grosbeak at Greenwood Cemetery South of the intersection of Lawn and Landscape Avenues. An adult bird always gets your attention!

In GWC  Dell water , a Yellow Billed cuckoo is a great find.

In Prospect , nothing spectacular but a few quality birds worth looking for. A Cerulean warbler singing high up was hard to find in the now dense canopy.It can be frustrating finding small warblers- tell me about it.

At Prospect Lake , 3 Bank Swallows mean a good number while on Lower Pool a pair of Blue winged Teal is fine as well .Most odd: a very palish Barn swallow perhaps leucistic or maybe something new flying over the lake.

There a been a variety of songbirds now throughout the park, especially birds battling out their breeding territory.This was the case when Chris M now leading Tom's group in early afternoon spotted a pair of Great Crested Flycatchers chasing each other at Center Drive .

A last notable mention is the White Crowned Sparrow at my old youth park Fort Greene Park, the sparrow hanging out by the maintenance shed .

Get out birding when you can as May winds down quickly!

"There is symbolic as well as actual beauty in the migration of the birds, the ebb and flow of the tides, the folded bud ready for spring." — Rachel Carson


"Everyone likes birds. What wild creature is more accessible to our eyes and ears, as close to us and everyone in the world, as universal as a bird?"

David Attenborough
100 years old May 8th










   

Fwd: Thursday BBC Walk

BBC walk led by Tom Stephenson 

"There is symbolic as well as actual beauty in the migration of the birds, the ebb and flow of the tides, the folded bud ready for spring." — Rachel Carson


"Everyone likes birds. What wild creature is more accessible to our eyes and ears, as close to us and everyone in the world, as universal as a bird?"

David Attenborough
100 years old May 8th










 

---------- Forwarded message ---------
From: Tom Stephenson <12toms@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, May 7, 2026, 5:43 PM
Subject: Thursday
To: Peter Dorosh <prosbird@gmail.com>
Cc: 

Hi Peter,

Given that yesterday was birdless, today was actually really great. It was a really large group, well over 50 people, all enthusiastic...

We had 52 species. Nothing was unusual, but all well seen.  Here's the list.

Best regards,

Tom

Great Blue Heron

Green Heron

Canada Goose

Mute Swan

Wood Duck

Mallard

Cooper's Hawk

Red-tailed Hawk

Spotted Sandpiper

Herring Gull

Rock Dove

Mourning Dove

Chimney Swift

Red-bellied Woodpecker

Downy Woodpecker

Hairy Woodpecker

Great Crested Flycatcher

Eastern Kingbird

Warbling Vireo

Red-eyed Vireo

Blue Jay

Northern Rough-winged Swallow

Barn Swallow

Tufted Titmouse

House Wren

Veery

Wood Thrush

American Robin

Gray Catbird

European Starling

Nashville Warbler

Northern Parula

Chestnut-sided Warbler

Cape May Warbler

Black-throated Blue Warbler

Yellow-rumped Warbler

Black-throated Green Warbler

Black-and-white Warbler

American Redstart

Ovenbird

Northern Waterthrush

Common Yellowthroat

Scarlet Tanager

White-throated Sparrow

Northern Cardinal

Rose-breasted Grosbeak

Indigo Bunting

Red-winged Blackbird

Common Grackle

Baltimore Oriole

American Goldfinch

House Sparrow

Other good stuff in prospect

The hilight today of Prospects White ibis had some backup making it an exciting time in the park.

This morning on Lookout Hill ,two very notable species popped up. One was an adult Red headed Woodpecker seen on the West side of Lookout Hill, the slope facing Quaker Cemetery. In the same general area of that slope a calling Acadian Flycatcher was reported as well .

And another flyover report from Anthony T who found the white ibis also spotted a Little Blue Heron which is rare for Prospect, the heron flying over the Lake somewhere over the East sector 

"There is symbolic as well as actual beauty in the migration of the birds, the ebb and flow of the tides, the folded bud ready for spring." — Rachel Carson


"Everyone likes birds. What wild creature is more accessible to our eyes and ears, as close to us and everyone in the world, as universal as a bird?"

David Attenborough
100 years old May 8th










   

PUMA over Prospect

Purple Martin (Progne subis) (2) CONFIRMED
- Reported May 06, 2026 10:47 by Sean Sime
- 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/S333606806
- Comments: "Male and female over the pools briefly. Photos TBA."

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Clapper Rail at BBP Pier 2

A really great find at that hotspot...

Clapper Rail in the patch! Great find by @butts.of.a.feather!

Brooklyn Bridge Park, Pier 2.

"There is symbolic as well as actual beauty in the migration of the birds, the ebb and flow of the tides, the folded bud ready for spring." — Rachel Carson


"Everyone likes birds. What wild creature is more accessible to our eyes and ears, as close to us and everyone in the world, as universal as a bird?"

David Attenborough
100 years old May 8th










   

Prospect Mega bird WHITE IBIS

2025-07-17	4	chel sea
2025-07-17	4	MCHL ____
2015-10-11	1	Klemens Gasser

Prospects 3rd record WHITE IBIS luckily spotted this morning flying over Prospect Lake is a really good one.

Anthony T spotted the fast flying bird eastbound maybe northerly abit, adding to Prospects amazing history for birds, making it a magnet for birders during migration.

You just have to have the time; the more time one puts in ,the increased likelihood for rewards.

Kudos to Anthony ! 

White Ibis (Eudocimus albus) (1)
- Reported May 06, 2026 07:02 by Ant Tab
- 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/S333515332
- Comments: "YEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSS!!! An absolute dream bird of mine for NY state, and even more of a dream to see one at my beloved patch (after two failed attempts in Long Island and at Calvert Vaux). One of the very few birds I remember from childhood in Miami, where they would often wander in the driveway or backyard of my parents’ house. After a slow passerine day through the Midwood and Ravine, I posted up on the lake from peninsula around 7:45ish. Southwestern winds seemed optimal today, and I was immediately greeted by two flyover FOTE. However, things were pretty quiet until 8:18, when I noticed a white heron-like thing flying east over the lake, pretty high and fast. As with all fast-moving flyovers, I reached for my camera instead of bins, and the second my camera focused on the bird, I saw the black wingtips and freaked out. A beautiful adult White Ibis!! Surely an increasing visitor to the region."

"There is symbolic as well as actual beauty in the migration of the birds, the ebb and flow of the tides, the folded bud ready for spring." — Rachel Carson


"Everyone likes birds. What wild creature is more accessible to our eyes and ears, as close to us and everyone in the world, as universal as a bird?"

David Attenborough
100 years old May 8th










   

Fwd: Tuesday BBC walk recap

"There is symbolic as well as actual beauty in the migration of the birds, the ebb and flow of the tides, the folded bud ready for spring." — Rachel Carson


"Everyone likes birds. What wild creature is more accessible to our eyes and ears, as close to us and everyone in the world, as universal as a bird?"

David Attenborough
100 years old May 8th










   

---------- Forwarded message ---------
From: Ryan Goldberg <ryan.goldberg@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, May 5, 2026, 6:13 PM
Subject: Tuesday walk recap
To: Peter Dorosh <prosbird@gmail.com>

Hi Peter,

We had a great turnout on today's walk—you included!—and I don't think those who joined were disappointed. There was a good diversity and total number of warblers, especially in the oaks at the top of the Maryland Monument steps and in the oaks between the maintenance yard and 3rd Street, which tend to be good this time of year. Hard to pick the best sightings, but I know everyone who was there loved seeing a group of birds—a Black-and-white Warbler, several Black-throated Green Warblers, lots of catbirds—feeding on termites at a hatchout in those perimeter woods.

We had 69 species, including 19 of warblers: https://ebird.org/checklist/S333162950. Thanks to Angie for co-leading and all the other experienced hands who pitched in today with a large group.

Ryan

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Redheaded wp picnic

Red-headed Woodpecker (Melanerpes erythrocephalus) (1)
- Reported May 05, 2026 06:53 by Max Epstein
- 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/S332993760
- Comments: "bright adult perched briefly near picnic house then took off towards the pools. woodpecker with fully red head, big white wing patches."

"There is symbolic as well as actual beauty in the migration of the birds, the ebb and flow of the tides, the folded bud ready for spring." — Rachel Carson


"Everyone likes birds. What wild creature is more accessible to our eyes and ears, as close to us and everyone in the world, as universal as a bird?"

David Attenborough
100 years old May 4th










   

Olive sided FC McGolrick Park,

Olive-sided Flycatcher (Contopus cooperi) (1)
- Reported May 05, 2026 08:31 by Michael  Lombardo
- 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/S332972197
- Comments: "Large charcoal vested/backed flycatcher. No wing bars. White breast and white rump tufts."

"There is symbolic as well as actual beauty in the migration of the birds, the ebb and flow of the tides, the folded bud ready for spring." — Rachel Carson


"Everyone likes birds. What wild creature is more accessible to our eyes and ears, as close to us and everyone in the world, as universal as a bird?"

David Attenborough
100 years old May 4th