Prospect Park Bird Sightings & North Brooklyn Nature News

Friday, September 25, 2026

continuing SORA south shore lake west of three sisters islands

Sora (Porzana carolina) (1)
- Reported Sep 25, 2026 10:30 by Pooja Jayaraman
- Prospect Park--Prospect Lake, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6553787,-73.9686421&ll=40.6553787,-73.9686421
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S396114056
- Comments: "By the reeds south of the lake"

Sora (Porzana carolina) (1)
- Reported Sep 25, 2026 09:31 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/S396147191
- Comments: "Flagged: Rare in Brooklyn, and rarely easy to see, though they’re more frequent not far away in Jamaica Bay. First reported by Nicky yesterday, and continuing at the same pin just south of the westernmost of the Three Sisters, briefly on the same log in the open before returning to the phragmites just north of there. Always smaller than I expect them to be: The proportions tend to make me mentally search for something the size of a chicken or a Clapper Rail, when really it’s the size of a robin, or in some ways even smaller. I kept it off the Discord at first at the suggestion of another birder—it would be easy to crowd a little too close to the bird so it never left the reeds—but seems like the cat is out of the bag on eBird, and it has its own island of grass to retreat to whenever it wants, so it could be a worse situation for this bird. Photos."

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

Snoopy, "Peanuts"

BBC Intro to Birding walk cancelled

Due to hazardous conditions from the northeasterner storm, Saturdays Prospect Intro to Birding walk is canceled .

"Delicious autumn! My very soul is wedded to it, and if I were a bird I would fly about the earth seeking the successive autumns."
— George Eliot

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Sora on east Hammerhead cove , south shore line Thursday

Sora (Porzana carolina) (1)
- Reported Sep 24, 2026 13:00 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/S395962537
- Media: 3 Photos
- Comments: "on a log in 'the nook' south of three sisters. LIFER"

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

Snoopy, "Peanuts"

Thursday, September 24, 2026

Fwd: BBC Thursday Fall Migration Walk 9/24/26

"Delicious autumn! My very soul is wedded to it, and if I were a bird I would fly about the earth seeking the successive autumns."
— George Eliot

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From: c miller <humbleson@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, Sep 24, 2026, 6:33 PM
Subject: Thursday Fall Migration Walk 9/24/26
To: prosbird@gmail.com <Prosbird@gmail.com>, Tom Stephenson <12toms@gmail.com>, Dennis Hrehowsik <deepseagangster@gmail.com>, Ryan Goldberg <ryan.goldberg@gmail.com>

Hi Peter,
We had a nice group of approximately 25 people with the day starting
out slow on the north side but picking up as we made our way to the
south side of the lake.
Highlights for the day were 5 Ravens, 5 Hummingbirds, a Merlin and 10
Warbler species. Great to have Tom back on the walk today!

Here's the list:

Mute Swan
Wood Duck
Northern Shoveler
Mallard
American Black Duck
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Chimney Swift
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Spotted Sandpiper
Ring-billed Gull
Double-crested Cormorant
Black-crowned Night Heron
Green Heron
Great Blue Heron
Osprey
Red-tailed Hawk
Belted Kingfisher
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Merlin
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Eastern Phoebe
Red-eyed Vireo
Blue Jay
American Crow
Common Raven
European Starling
Gray Catbird
Northern Mockingbird
American Robin
House Sparrow
Northern Waterthrush
Common Yellowthroat
American Redstart
Northern Parula
Magnolia Warbler
Northern Yellow Warbler
Blackpoll Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Palm Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Northern Cardinal

https://ebird.org/checklist/email?subID=S395867102

Best,
Chris Miller

Wednesday, September 23, 2026

Continuing PP olive sided fc

Olive-sided Flycatcher (Contopus cooperi) (1)
- Reported Sep 23, 2026 09:15 by Marleny Rafferty
- 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/S395603722
- Comments: "High on snag west of container on wellhouse dr. *photos to come"

"Delicious autumn! My very soul is wedded to it, and if I were a bird I would fly about the earth seeking the successive autumns."
— George Eliot

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reports

Connecticut Warbler (Oporornis agilis) (2)
- Reported Sep 23, 2026 08:27 by Barclay Sparrow
- 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/S395572821
- Comments: "Smooth grey-brown color with clear yellow breast. Thought it might be a prairie warbler but the yellow breast was much less textured and there was a clear cut line between the grey at the top of the breast and the yellow from mid-breast down. there were two of them hopping through low branches at the edge of the pond."

Dickcissel (Spiza americana) (1)
- Reported Sep 23, 2026 07:15 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/S395583873
- Media: 3 Photos
- Comments: "yippee! 7:45 by chapel in the top of the cherry tree with a couple indigo buntings. not refound. photos."

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

Snoopy, "Peanuts"

Fwd: Tuesday walk recap

BBC walk led by Ryan

---------- Forwarded message ---------
From: Ryan Goldberg <ryan.goldberg@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, Sep 23, 2026 at 12:04 PM
Subject: Tuesday walk recap
To: Peter Dorosh <prosbird@gmail.com>

Hi Peter,

We had a great day yesterday on the Tuesday walk. It seemed like precipitation overnight grounded some migrants, because at the start of the walk we came across a fast-moving flock of warblers that had just entered the park. This would be repeated throughout the morning in several locations around the lake and along the Nethermead and Long Meadow. Fall was in the air, quite literally; the equinox was later in the day.

It was the best warbler showing of our season so far, with 16 species in all, including two Tennessee, two Bay-breasted, and a Blackburnian. Every flock seemed to have in it three or four Northern Parulas. Another highlight was a roosting Common Nighthawk above the jewelweed patch on the south side of the lake, where hummingbirds are currently ever-present; the nighthawk had stuck around a day. Thanks to Radka for pointing out the location for the group.

Here's our list of sightings: https://ebird.org/checklist/S395301834. We had 61 species overall.

Ryan

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

Snoopy, "Peanuts"

Fwd: Today's Chrysalis found by Genna...in Butterfly Meadow

During Brooklyn Bird Club volunteers event ...

"Delicious autumn! My very soul is wedded to it, and if I were a bird I would fly about the earth seeking the successive autumns."
— George Eliot

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From: Hal Drellich <haldrellich@hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, Sep 23, 2026, 1:29 PM
Subject: Today's Chrysalis found by Genna...
To: Peter Dorosh <prosbird@gmail.com>

Sunday's BBC hawkwatch rescheduled to Oct 12th

Due to northeaster storm

http://brooklynbirdclub.org/event/scanning-the-skies-from-atop-central-parks-belvedere-castle/

"Delicious autumn! My very soul is wedded to it, and if I were a bird I would fly about the earth seeking the successive autumns."
— George Eliot

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Throwing shade: Mamdani marks NYC’s biggest tree-planting year in a decade

https://www.amny.com/environment/mamdani-nycs-biggest-tree-planting/

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

Snoopy, "Peanuts"

Tuesday, September 22, 2026

Happy Fall !

Fall started this evening 8:04🍁🍂

[eBird Alert] Kings County Rare Bird Alert late olive sided fc

Olive-sided Flycatcher (Contopus cooperi) (1)
- Reported Sep 22, 2026 14:00 by terry VP
- 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/S395341398
- Comments: "perched in usual spot above wellhouse green containers. large headed flycatcher, will check photo"

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

Snoopy, "Peanuts"

Monday, September 21, 2026

Flyover pipit at BBP

American Pipit (Anthus rubescens) (1)
- Reported Sep 21, 2026 06:58 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/S394950431
- Comments: "Flyover, heading north over the western end of pier 3. White edges to longish tail. Calling two note flight call."

"Delicious autumn! My very soul is wedded to it, and if I were a bird I would fly about the earth seeking the successive autumns."
— George Eliot

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Sunday, September 20, 2026

Raptor id

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

Snoopy, "Peanuts"

Yellow throated vireo West of picnic house

Yellow-throated Vireo (Vireo flavifrons) (1)
- Reported Sep 20, 2026 12:42 by Julian Elman
- 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/S394717437
- Comments: "Sparrow bowl, made a harsh rattle call and then retreated into the trees. Vireo with yellow throat and spectacles."

"Delicious autumn! My very soul is wedded to it, and if I were a bird I would fly about the earth seeking the successive autumns."
— George Eliot

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[eBird Alert] Kings County Rare Bird Alert American Bittern prospect lake

American Bittern (Botaurus lentiginosus) (1)
- Reported Sep 19, 2026 18:35 by Victoria Liu
- Prospect Park--Prospect Lake, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6553787,-73.9686421&ll=40.6553787,-73.9686421
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S394394247
- Comments: "Standing in the reeds at the edge of the water, on a log. Golden colored with vertical streaks. Size of maybe a goose; slender with long neck/ intense eyes. Saw a face-on view with the beak upturned to the sky, and then saw a side profile of it as it skulked away into the thick reeds. It seemed to point its beak to the sky when it saw me, I put down my binoculars for a moment, and when I looked back, it was skulking away."

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

Snoopy, "Peanuts"

Saturday, September 19, 2026

Details photos GWC Philly vireo

Philadelphia Vireo (Vireo philadelphicus) (1)
- Reported Sep 19, 2026 09:49 by Richard Fleming
- Green-Wood Cemetery--Sylvan Water, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6537472,-73.9986235&ll=40.6537472,-73.9986235
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S394329204
- Media: 6 Photos
- Comments: "Whatever that so-called "effect" is when you go looking for a rarity and by virtue of careful observation and multiple sets of eyeballs suddenly find another, that's what happened here. After Ed Crowne and I had satisfactorily gorged on extended views of the Connecticut warbler as it wandered unconcerned in the shady grasses, we stood around for awhile discussing our respective recent trips to Bahia. When I idly put my glasses up on some avian object in the adjacent cherry tree, I was able to say "hey Ed, not to interrupt, but we have a Philly Vireo up here." We quickly got the remaining Connecticut-viewers on the bird, which was a small, brightish yellow vireo with a bold white eyestripe and dark lores, a not-at-all confusing example of its taxon."

"Delicious autumn! My very soul is wedded to it, and if I were a bird I would fly about the earth seeking the successive autumns."
— George Eliot

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Ytvi prospect

Yellow-throated Vireo (Vireo flavifrons) (1)
- Reported Sep 19, 2026 07:33 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/S394335928
- Comments: "Uncommon fall migrant, but somehow did not have any of these this past spring. Really frustrating encounter, as is often the case with these during migration, at least for me. Seen very briefly near carousel, and I stuck around for a while to try to refind it with no luck. Small but stocky passerine with bright yellow head and spectacles, bold wingbars, and white undertail. Photos are complete garbage but *might* be diagnostic."

"Delicious autumn! My very soul is wedded to it, and if I were a bird I would fly about the earth seeking the successive autumns."
— George Eliot

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Rarities in Greenwood Cemetery

Check links for Connecticut warbler , Philly vireo and Blue Grosbeak

https://ebird.org/checklist/S394302854

Blue grosbeak reported in wildflower grass meadow West of Valley Water

https://ebird.org/checklist/S394311188

"Delicious autumn! My very soul is wedded to it, and if I were a bird I would fly about the earth seeking the successive autumns."
— George Eliot

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BBC walk in Greenwood Cemetery

Leader Ryan Mandlebaum

https://ebird.org/checklist/S394308140?continue

"Delicious autumn! My very soul is wedded to it, and if I were a bird I would fly about the earth seeking the successive autumns."
— George Eliot

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Fwd: [eBird Alert] Kings County Rare Bird Alert

More Saturday reports

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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---------- Forwarded message ---------
From: <ebird-alert@birds.cornell.edu>
Date: Sat, Sep 19, 2026, 1:23 PM
Subject: [eBird Alert] Kings County Rare Bird Alert <hourly>
To: <prosbird@gmail.com>

*** Species Summary:

- Willow Flycatcher (2 reports)
- Least Flycatcher (4 reports)
- Philadelphia Vireo (1 report)
- Clay-colored Sparrow (1 report)

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Thank you for subscribing to the <hourly> Kings County Rare Bird Alert. The report below shows observations of rare birds in Kings County. View or unsubscribe to this alert at https://ebird.org/alert/summary?sid=SN35645
NOTE: all sightings are UNCONFIRMED unless indicated.

eBird encourages safe, responsible birding. Some reports may be from private property. Respect access restrictions and follow the rules wherever you bird. For more information, visit the eBird and Merlin Community Guidelines: https://ebird.org/community-guidelines. Stay connected to the global birding community with eBird Updates: https://mailchi.mp/cornell/ebird-updates-sign-up-page.

Willow Flycatcher (Empidonax traillii) (1)
- Reported Sep 19, 2026 07:35 by Briggan Krauss
- Green-Wood Cemetery, New York US-NY 40.65231, -73.99557, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.652306,-73.99557&ll=40.652306,-73.99557
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S394291067
- Comments: "Identified confirmed by Ryan who lead the Brooklyn Bird Club walk this morning in Greenwood Cemetery."

Willow Flycatcher (Empidonax traillii) (1)
- Reported Sep 19, 2026 07:34 by Susan Axelrod
- Green-Wood Cemetery, New York US-NY 40.65574, -73.99749, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.655743,-73.997488&ll=40.655743,-73.997488
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S394276704
- Comments: "Leader if’s by sound"

Least Flycatcher (Empidonax minimus) (2)
- Reported Sep 19, 2026 09:25 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/S394272739
- Comments: "Duo very actively flycatching and tussling at the Wilson overlook. Pronounced white eyering, small stature, wing bars, repeated insistent “whit” calls. Photos."

Least Flycatcher (Empidonax minimus) (1)
- Reported Sep 19, 2026 09:51 by Greg Thornberg
- 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/S394275160
- Comments: "Heard and recording"

Least Flycatcher (Empidonax minimus) (1)
- Reported Sep 19, 2026 09:51 by Kristen Bellomo
- 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/S394275162
- Comments: "Heard and recording"

Least Flycatcher (Empidonax minimus) (1)
- Reported Sep 19, 2026 07:34 by Susan Axelrod
- Green-Wood Cemetery, New York US-NY 40.65574, -73.99749, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.655743,-73.997488&ll=40.655743,-73.997488
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S394276704
- Comments: "Leader id’s it by small beak"

Philadelphia Vireo (Vireo philadelphicus) (1)
- Reported Sep 19, 2026 10:16 by Martin Bernstein
- 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/S394273055
- Comments: "Observed as part of a large group of"

Clay-colored Sparrow (Spizella pallida) (1)
- Reported Sep 19, 2026 10:50 by Heather Wolf
- 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/S394281428
- Comments: "Light-colored sparrow with line in back of eye, pale gray collar. Pier 3 outpost."

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Ariola Calls For Federal Action To Protect Local Menhaden and Local Wildlife - The Wave

Ariola Calls For Federal Action To Protect Local Menhaden and Local Wildlife - The Wave https://share.google/ckY0bQrQ4Crbvzw34

Serious stuff .overfishing affecting ospreys and fish predator consumption cycles ..chain reaction in the food chain.

Fwd: [eBird Alert] Kings County Rare Bird Alert more Saturday reports

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From: <ebird-alert@birds.cornell.edu>
Date: Sat, Sep 19, 2026, 12:21 PM
Subject: [eBird Alert] Kings County Rare Bird Alert <hourly>
To: <prosbird@gmail.com>

*** Species Summary:

- American Golden-Plover (1 report)
- Great Cormorant (1 report)
- Philadelphia Vireo (3 reports)
- Hermit Thrush (1 report)
- Boat-tailed Grackle (1 report)
- Connecticut Warbler (1 report)

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Thank you for subscribing to the <hourly> Kings County Rare Bird Alert. The report below shows observations of rare birds in Kings County. View or unsubscribe to this alert at https://ebird.org/alert/summary?sid=SN35645
NOTE: all sightings are UNCONFIRMED unless indicated.

eBird encourages safe, responsible birding. Some reports may be from private property. Respect access restrictions and follow the rules wherever you bird. For more information, visit the eBird and Merlin Community Guidelines: https://ebird.org/community-guidelines. Stay connected to the global birding community with eBird Updates: https://mailchi.mp/cornell/ebird-updates-sign-up-page.

Great Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo) (1)
- Reported Sep 19, 2026 06:37 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/S394255890
- Comments: "Still a little early. Photo."

Philadelphia Vireo (Vireo philadelphicus) (1)
- Reported Sep 19, 2026 09:15 by Brita Ahmann
- Parade Ground - Field 8, New York US-NY 40.65307, -73.96645, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.653074,-73.966451&ll=40.653074,-73.966451
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S394269353
- Comments: "Noticeable by the white eyebrow, pale yellow belly, and smaller size than red eye vireo."

Philadelphia Vireo (Vireo philadelphicus)
- Reported Sep 19, 2026 07:41 by Conor Costelloe
- Prospect Park, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.65717,-73.965269&ll=40.65717,-73.965269
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S394257335
- Comments: "Yellowest at the breast, multiple other birders concurred"

Philadelphia Vireo (Vireo philadelphicus) (1)
- Reported Sep 19, 2026 08:00 by Carolyn Monastra
- Prospect Park--Prospect Lake, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6553787,-73.9686421&ll=40.6553787,-73.9686421
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S394250533
- Comments: "Was with the Brooklyn Bird club and there were several “expert” birders helping ID it: noting it’s more yellow (than REVI) chest"

Hermit Thrush (Catharus guttatus) (1)
- Reported Sep 19, 2026 08:26 by Gab C
- 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/S394263323
- Comments: "Early — seen in a bush near dell water, it had a faint eyeing but lacked the prominent spectacles of a Swainson’s, had darker and more diffuse breast spots than Veery, and it appeared to have a rufous tail, though its location in the dark bush made it difficult to see clearly"

Connecticut Warbler (Oporornis agilis) (1)
- Reported Sep 19, 2026 09:29 by Tara Craig
- 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/S394268602
- Comments: "Chunky warbler with a white eye ring, yellow below, olive-brown above. Foraging on the ground under dawn redwood at Valley Water"

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Reported todaay

Philadelphia Vireo (Vireo philadelphicus) (1)
- Reported Sep 19, 2026 07:40 by Sameer Ajmani
- Prospect Park--Prospect Lake, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6553787,-73.9686421&ll=40.6553787,-73.9686421
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S394240918
- Comments: "Yellowest in throat, dark eyeline. ID by Dennis on BBC walk."

White-crowned Sparrow (Zonotrichia leucophrys) (1)
- Reported Sep 19, 2026 07:54 by Ayaan Shah
- Green-Wood Cemetery--Dell Water, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6492286,-73.9952976&ll=40.6492286,-73.9952976
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S394238574
- Comments: "On a tree at Dell Water. Merlin picked it up then I saw it

[eBird Alert] Kings County Rare Bird Alert - prosbird@gmail.com - Gmail. Clay colored and bald eagle

Clay-colored Sparrow (Spizella pallida) (1)
- Reported Sep 18, 2026 16:08 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/S394079345
- Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "See photo"

Note also bald eagle touchdown and water action

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

Snoopy, "Peanuts"

Friday, September 18, 2026

Nethermead Clay colored sparrow

Location 40.6603034, -73.9691073

Or inside middle triangle West end enclosure

Clay-colored Sparrow (Spizella pallida) (1)
- Reported Sep 18, 2026 16:13 by Ethan Greenberg
- 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/S394042202
- Comments: "https://maps.app.goo.gl/io9e21qXJRmbbxj77?g_st=ic"

Clay-colored Sparrow (Spizella pallida) (1)
- Reported Sep 18, 2026 16:05 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/S394045186
- Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Continuing in same Nethermead enclosure I found it in a couple days ago. Photos."

Lights Out Bill in session

From Mike Yuan of NYC Bird Alliance

Context
- NYC Bird Alliance is working with the City Council on legislation to make NYC safer for migrating birds.
- Intro 0998 would reduce unnecessary nighttime lighting in commercial and office buildings.
The problem
- Artificial light at night can disorient migrating birds and draw them toward buildings.
- Birds can then collide with windows and other structures.
- Nearly 250,000 birds die from building collisions in NYC each year.
Why it matters
- Migration is happening all around us, including right here in NYC.
- Reducing unnecessary nighttime lighting is a simple way to reduce a major threat to migrating birds.
- Less unnecessary lighting also means less wasted energy and light pollution.
The ask

Contact your City Council Member and ask them to support Intro 0998.
It takes about 30 seconds using NYC Bird Alliance's online action site - https://ujoin.co/campaigns/4317/actions/public?action_id=7220
Encourage other birders to take action too.

Thanks!
Mike

More details will be communicated in upcoming prospect bird walks

Bright Philly Vireo at Sparrow Bowl ( picnic house West )

Philadelphia Vireo (Vireo philadelphicus) (1)
- Reported Sep 18, 2026 11:59 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/S394005164
- Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "Stunning individual at the sparrow bowl. Bright like a beacon. Required patience, then was very confiding. At once both glamorous and docile, plus dark lore."

Fwd: [eBird Alert] Kings County Rare Bird Alert

2nd GWWA of the fall season in Prospect

---------- Forwarded message ---------
From: <ebird-alert@birds.cornell.edu>
Date: Fri, Sep 18, 2026 at 12:29 PM
Subject: [eBird Alert] Kings County Rare Bird Alert <hourly>
To: <prosbird@gmail.com>

*** Species Summary:

- Golden-winged Warbler (2 reports)

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NOTE: all sightings are UNCONFIRMED unless indicated.

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Golden-winged Warbler (Vermivora chrysoptera) (1)
- Reported Sep 18, 2026 10:37 by Logan Williams
- 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/S393956038
- Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Male, black and white face pattern, yellow cap and golden stripe on wing. Found by Prospect Park Wellhouse picnic area, slowly moved up Lookout Hill in mixed flock with redstarts, Magnolia and Black-throated blue"

Golden-winged Warbler (Vermivora chrysoptera) (1)
- Reported Sep 18, 2026 08:55 by B F
- 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/S393954961
- Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Photos. Thanks to Logan for reporting. I was just barely able to run over and get a few shots before my 11 am conference call."

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

Snoopy, "Peanuts"

Thursday, September 17, 2026

Connecticut warbler in Gwc unspecified location

Connecticut Warbler (Oporornis agilis) (1)
- Reported Sep 17, 2026 07:50 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/S393729434
- Comments: "Muddy drab gray/yellowish immature flew low over winterwalk, looking closer to ovenbird size. seen bipedal-ing in the undergrowth until it disappeared into the denseness. (Homer backing into a hedge dot gif) Complete eyering, extravagantly long UTCs. (yes, this guy had a tail) Additionally: RJ says so. Seen around 11am. Put in a while to see if we could get second looks: nope. Wouldn’t twist your ankle rushing over as that area was being actively and repeatedly encroached upon by work vehicles and laborers."

Fwd: Thursday BBC Fall Migration Walk 9/17/26

Led by Chris Miller and Michelle.

From: Chris Miller
Date: Thu, Sep 17, 2026, 4:07 PM
Subject: Thursday Fall Migration Walk 9/17/26

Hi Peter,
Nice group of roughly 40 today with several new people. I was
fortunate to have Michele co-lead the walk today!
Highlights were Scarlet Tanager, Yellow-billed Cuckoo, Rose-breasted
Grosbeak and 12 Warbler species.

Here's the list:

Mute Swan
Wood Duck
Mallard
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Chimney Swift
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Double-crested Cormorant
Green Heron
Cooper's Hawk
Belted Kingfisher
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
American Kestrel
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Red-eyed Vireo
Blue Jay
American Crow
Barn Swallow
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Carolina Wren
European Starling
Gray Catbird
Veery
American Robin
Cedar Waxwing
House Sparrow
House Finch
American Goldfinch
Red-winged Blackbird
Northern Waterthrush
Black-and-white Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
American Redstart
Northern Parula
Magnolia Warbler
Bay-breasted Warbler
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Blackpoll Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Pine Warbler
Prairie Warbler
Scarlet Tanager
Northern Cardinal
Rose-breasted Grosbeak

https://ebird.org/checklist/S393734328

Best,
Chris Miller

Wednesday, September 16, 2026

Philly vireo Prospect

Philadelphia Vireo (Vireo philadelphicus) (1)
- Reported Sep 15, 2026 07:20 by karen o'hearn
- 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/S393429465
- Comments: "vireo with contrasty, dark cap, black eyeline going through the lores to the base of the bill, & yellow throat. Found by Matt Beck and seen with him - he has pics."

McCarren park Philly vireo

Philadelphia Vireo (Vireo philadelphicus) (1)
- Reported Sep 16, 2026 07:14 by landry birds
- McCarren Park, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.7198951,-73.9512669&ll=40.7198951,-73.9512669
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S393394061
- Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "Vireo with yellow concentrated at the throat and underside instead of flanks. Will post photo."

Dickcissel prospect

Dickcissel (Spiza americana) (1)
- Reported Sep 15, 2026 06:45 by Doug Gochfeld
- 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/S393364291
- Comments: "*scarce low density migrant, more often heard as an active migrant than seen on the ground. Unseen flying fart calls (3) over the western end of Long Meadow before 7 AM."

Fwd: Tuesday BBC walk recap

Leader Ryan Goldberg

---------- Forwarded message ---------
From: Ryan Goldberg <ryan.goldberg@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, Sep 15, 2026, 8:42 PM
Subject: Tuesday walk recap
To: Peter Dorosh <prosbird@gmail.com>

Hi Peter,

Here is our list from today's Tuesday walk, the second of the season: https://ebird.org/checklist/S393184001.

We had a great day. An overnight cold front definitely led to greater diversity and numbers than last week. We saw 15 species of warblers, including Tennessee, Canada, and Wilson's, and there was some decent hawk migration underway, with a high-flying Bald Eagle over Lookout Hill being the standout. One Least Sandpiper is still sticking around the Lefrak splash pad. Our total was 64 species.

Ryan