Dickcissels

Dickcissel (Spiza americana) (1)
- Reported Oct 10, 2026 07:16 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/S400800492
- Comments: "Flyover nethermead 745am. Should have audio. Called thrice."

Dickcissel (Spiza americana) (1)
- Reported Oct 10, 2026 07:10 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/S400915905
- Comments: "Flagged as rare: uncommon migrant, and one I usually encounter only in this context, as a heard-only flyover—a little flying fart—on fall migration mornings. Today I was on the west side of the Nethermead puzzling over the photo of the yellow-bellied kingbird from Plumb around 7:50 when I heard some flatulence overhead. It then called four or five more times as it flew roughly N/NW over my head and over the Quaker Cemetery. It did not sound like it put down anywhere nearby. Audio."

Also

 One reports Bush Terminal park inside the fence field south end

"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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Saturday October 10 is World Migratory Day

[eBird Alert] Kings County Rare Bird Alert orange crowned warbler gwc wildflower meadow

Orange-crowned Warbler (Gray-headed) (Leiothlypis celata celata/orestera) (1)
- Reported Oct 09, 2026 09:19 by Jennifer Kalb
- 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/S400688120
- Comments: "small warbler yellow under, drab on top with grayish head, faint eye-line observed on flower heads lear beehives at  wildflower meadow"

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

Snoopy, "Peanuts"

Prospect orange crowned warblers

Orange-crowned Warbler (Leiothlypis celata) (2)
- Reported Oct 09, 2026 09:20 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/S400598031
- Comments: "one by the wellhouse, the other by dog beach"
 

"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: good birds in the brooklyn nabe

"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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---------- Forwarded message ---------
From: <ebird-alert@birds.cornell.edu>
Date: Fri, Oct 9, 2026, 1:00 PM
Subject: [eBird Alert] Kings County Rare Bird Alert <hourly>
To: <prosbird@gmail.com>

*** Species Summary:

- Olive-sided Flycatcher (1 report)
- Bay-breasted Warbler (1 report)
- Dickcissel (1 report)

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NOTE: all sightings are UNCONFIRMED unless indicated.

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Olive-sided Flycatcher (Contopus cooperi) (1)
- Reported Oct 09, 2026 09:40 by David Perry
- 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/S400558303
- Comments: "Seen in topmost dead twig over lookout monument. Flycatcher dark above, light below with dark side markings. Heard call note"

Bay-breasted Warbler (Setophaga castanea) (1)
- Reported Oct 09, 2026 09:05 by Laura Whitaker
- 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/S400558100
- Comments: "Viewed with NYC Bird Alliance walk. Gray feet."

Dickcissel (Spiza americana) (1)
- Reported Oct 06, 2026 09:19 by landry birds
- Bushwick Inlet Park (btwn Quay St.-N 9th St.), Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.7239903,-73.9602041&ll=40.7239903,-73.9602041
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S399757735
- Media: 1 Video
- Comments: "Fart noise"

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Connecticut warbler GWC wildflower meadow

Connecticut Warbler Greenwood Cemetery Wildflower Meadow ( valley water )

Public lot 4713

"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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New York City, NY 10-Day Weather Forecast | Weather Underground. Monday BBC hawkwatch cancellation

https://www.wunderground.com/forecast/us/ny/new-york-city 

Mondays BBC hawkwatch at Belvedere Castle Central Park is cancelled and won't be rescheduled ( again) due to rain and Isaiah passing thru .

Kb

"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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Costello BBG Chklist

https://ebird.org/checklist/S400422533?continue

Note late canada Warbler and Nighthawk,  yb cuckoo

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

Snoopy, "Peanuts"

Fwd: Thursday Fall Migration Bbc Walk 10/8/26

"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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---------- Forwarded message ---------
From: Chris Miller <cmnyc79@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, Oct 8, 2026, 5:04 PM
Subject: Thursday Fall Migration Walk 10/8/26
To: prosbird@gmail.com <Prosbird@gmail.com>, Tom Stephenson <12toms@gmail.com>, Dennis Hrehowsik <deepseagangster@gmail.com>, Ryan Goldberg <ryangoldberg@gmail.com>

Hi Peter,
We had beautiful weather today and a group of approximately 30 people.
The park was fairly birdy and we ended up with 53 species.
Highlights were 2 yellow-billed cuckoos, green-winged teal,
blue-headed vireo, Lincoln's sparrow and 8 warbler species.

Here's the list:

Canada Goose
Mute Swan
Wood Duck
Northern Shoveler
Mallard
American Black Duck
Green-winged Teal
Ruddy Duck
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Laughing Gull
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Cooper's Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
American Kestrel
Eastern Phoebe
Blue-headed Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
Blue Jay
American Crow
Common Raven
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Northern House Wren
European Starling
Gray Catbird
Northern Mockingbird
Swainson's Thrush
American Robin
American Goldfinch
White-throated Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Lincoln's Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
Eastern Towhee
Red-winged Blackbird
Black-and-white Warbler
Northern Parula
Magnolia Warbler
Blackpoll Warbler
Palm Warbler
Pine Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Northern Cardinal
Rose-breasted Grosbeak

https://ebird.org/checklist/email?subID=S400362287

Best,
Chris Miller

Campos PP Chklist

https://ebird.org/checklist/S400312235?continue

Note late white eye vireo

"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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Redheaded wp ( juv) continues at BTPP

Red-headed Woodpecker (Melanerpes erythrocephalus) (1)
- Reported Oct 08, 2026 07:28 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/S400331316
- Comments: "Possibly the same juvenile as two days ago, though I’m not sure that’s likely. Flew into the woods and then maybe away? Photo 

"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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BTPP Connecticut warbler

Connecticut Warbler (Oporornis agilis) (1)
- Reported Oct 07, 2026 07:14 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/S400112816
- Media: 1 Audio
- Comments: "First winter bird, robust warbler with olive back, pale yellow undersides and a buffy rather than grey throat, seen briefly in the trees at the south end of the lower soccer pitch. Disappeared deeper into the trees as soon as I worked out what it was, and did not reappear, though I staked out the area for some time. I was lucky enough to record it chipping loudly, as Merlin was running at the time, so I have audio of the bird. In clip, the chip can be heard at 2:17. 

"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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Continuing orange crowned warbler GWC wildflower meadow valley water

Orange-crowned Warbler (Leiothlypis celata) (1)
- Reported Oct 07, 2026 07:00 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/S400076805
- Comments: "ok ok I'll pick this fight today. "early" drab gray/yellow nearly featureless plumaged, pointy billed warbler - subtle paler eye arcs. drab/yellow utc. wildflower meadow. Next to the tennessee, for good measure." 


Orange-crowned Warbler (Leiothlypis celata) (1)
- Reported Oct 07, 2026 16:30 by Joshua Lam
- 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/S400123505
- Comments: "wildflower meadow; first reported by Shayna Zed; great looks: light gray head, olive back, yellow undersides, barely perceptible blurry streaking below; broken eye ring with eyeline, wouldn't say faint but not nearly as bold as TEWA; keeping relatively secretive in tall grasses and consorting with swamp sparrows"

"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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RSHA Popup hawkwatch

Red-shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus) (1)
- Reported Oct 07, 2026 07:26 by Tonya Huynh
- 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/S400076495
- Comments: "*Early. Low flyover of the ballfields mid-morning. Juvenile with dark wingtips, dark throat and coarse dark streaking on the chest, banded tail." 


Red-shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus) (1)
- Reported Oct 07, 2026 09:30 by Laurel George
- 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/S400095667
- Comments: "Seen with Ryan G and other birders. Pale individual with streaky breast and light crescent at end of wings."

"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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Orange crowned Warbler at GWC Schumacher wildflower meadow Tuesday

Orange-crowned Warbler (Leiothlypis celata) (1)
- Reported Oct 06, 2026 14:52 by Aidan Griffiths
- 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/S399870347
- Comments: "Slightly early. Feeding in wildflower meadow with PAWAs, etc. Small, olive-backed warbler with gray head, white eye  arcs, dark eye line, and yellowish underparts."

Orange-crowned Warbler (Leiothlypis celata) (1)
- Reported Oct 06, 2026 14:52 by Jade Murphy
- 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/S399870348
- Comments: "Slightly early. Feeding in wildflower meadow with PAWAs, etc. Small, olive-backed warbler with gray head, white eye  arcs, dark eye line, and yellowish underparts."

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

Snoopy, "Peanuts"

Around the nabe

Red-shouldered Hawk (lineatus Group) (Buteo lineatus [lineatus Group]) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Oct 06, 2026 14:53 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/S399854044
- Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Beautiful bright reddish-orange adult northbound over Nethermead. Photos."

Veery (Catharus fuscescens) (1)
- Reported Oct 06, 2026 11:30 by Al A.
- Owl's Head Park, New York US-NY (40.6398,-74.0332), Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.639823,-74.033188&ll=40.639823,-74.033188
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S399864310
- Media: 2 Videos
- Comments: "Definitely a thrush, cleaner chest with some marks toward top of chest"

Blue-winged Warbler (Vermivora cyanoptera) (1)
- Reported Oct 06, 2026 08:31 by Gabriel Sehringer
- Prospect Park — Butterfly Meadow, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.658232,-73.97117&ll=40.658232,-73.97117
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S399725402
- Media: 2 Photos 

"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: Tuesday BBC walk recap

Led by Ryan and co...

"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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---------- Forwarded message ---------
From: Ryan Goldberg <ryan.goldberg@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, Oct 6, 2026, 4:48 PM
Subject: Tuesday walk recap
To: Peter Dorosh <prosbird@gmail.com>

Hi Peter,

Another good Tuesday walk with a great group of people; the species diversity has dropped a little since last week, with 56 in total, but it was enjoyable seeing all the newly-arrived kinglets, White-throated Sparrows, and Ruddy Ducks since last week. We still saw 11 species of warblers, plus a Yellow-billed Cuckoo, Lincoln's Sparrow, and growing numbers of Blue Jays. They appear to be on the move now.

Here's our list: https://ebird.org/checklist/S399834510.

We have two more weeks in the season. Hopefully we'll get to see some hawk migration next week.

Ryan

Ewing PP Chklist

https://ebird.org/checklist/S399780671?continue

Note clay colored sparrow and late blue winged warbler

"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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GWC Schumacher meadow clay colored sparrow ( valley water northwest)

Clay-colored Sparrow (Spizella pallida) (1)
- Reported Oct 06, 2026 08:10 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/S399819797
- Comments: "one in the flower meadow early. small warm beige sparrow, cap and back eyeline, but no eyeline eye to beak. paler malar, but not intensely so."

Clay-colored Sparrow (Spizella pallida) (1)
- Reported Oct 06, 2026 08:00 by matt bourke
- 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/S399823428
- Comments: "in the wild flower meadow , increasingly not so rare this season ." 

"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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Red headed woodpecker today at BTPP

Red-headed Woodpecker (Melanerpes erythrocephalus) (1)
- Reported Oct 06, 2026 07:25 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/S399832176
- Comments: "Juvenile in undulating flight over the park. Grey head, dark wings with those unmistakable white wing patches. Tried to land halfway up a (metal!) light pole, failed immediately and then headed on eastward. Interestingly, the light pole — standing alone in an otherwise open area — would have been perfect for the bird, except that it wasn’t actually a tree. I wonder if such confused behavior from juveniles has been documented elsewhere. Sadly was not quick enough to get photos." 

"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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Mich GWC chklisst

https://ebird.org/checklist/S399563340?continue

Note BB CUCKOO

"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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Clay colored Sparrow Dellwater yesterday

Clay-colored Sparrow (Spizella pallida) (1)
- Reported Oct 04, 2026 08:00 by matt bourke
- 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/S399390713
- Comments: "at Dell water . amongst song sparrows . more than 1.  pale mustache and grey collar"
 

"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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Photo in chklist BTPP Boattailed grackle

https://ebird.org/checklist/S399263563?continue

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

Snoopy, "Peanuts"

Unusual boat tailed grackle at BTPP

Boat-tailed Grackle (Quiscalus major) (1)
- Reported Oct 04, 2026 07:05 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/S399120457
- Comments: "Extremely unexpected visitor to the broken pier! Photos." 

"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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Continuing GWC clay colored sparrow

Clay-colored Sparrow (Spizella pallida) (1)
- Reported Oct 04, 2026 08:37 by K B
- 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/S399128429
- Comments: "Light beak, light chest, patterned back. On trail between sylvan and valley water."
 
Clay-colored Sparrow (Spizella pallida) (1)
- Reported Oct 04, 2026 08:00 by Joe Trezza
- 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/S399140507
- Comments: "Continuing from at least yesterday, maybe earlier. Refound atop the slope to Sylvan on Landscape Ave feeding in flock of Chipping Sparrows. Stood out among the dingy brown chipping. Paler overall -- which in the gray overcast  came off as brighter overall -- with whiteish eyebrow and throat, Buffy tones and light lores. My camera is in the shop, but I did direct three people towards the bird so hopefully someone got photos

"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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Bird List - Prospect Park, Kings, New York, United States - eBird Hotspot 95species today!

https://ebird.org/hotspot/L109516/bird-list
 A very productive fall birding day....

"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 MOWA PP

Mourning Warbler (Geothlypis philadelphia) (1)
- Reported Oct 03, 2026 08:12 by Amanda Bielskas
- 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/S398850425
- Comments: "3 folks in the group saw it at the very end of the day. Seen south of Boulder Bridge, east of the Ravine , north of Center Dr.
broken breastband & yellowish throat. Uncommon, but not unexpected this time of year." 

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

Snoopy, "Peanuts"

Around the nabe

Black-billed Cuckoo (Coccyzus erythropthalmus) (1)
- Reported Oct 03, 2026 07:55 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/S398753872
- Comments: "seen briefly btwn weepers and pine hill - cuckoo: brown top, white belly, long tail. underside of tail and its complete lack of white checkers seen - juv, seems like"


Olive-sided Flycatcher (Contopus cooperi) (1)
- Reported Oct 03, 2026 08:40 by Kenny B
- 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/S398767370
- Comments: "Super dark vest, covered most of birds chest"

Olive-sided Flycatcher (Contopus cooperi) (1)
- Reported Oct 03, 2026 08:40 by Mia Borchlewicz
- 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/S398767371
- Comments: "Super dark vest, covered most of birds chest"

Hooded Warbler (Setophaga citrina) (1)
- Reported Oct 03, 2026 13:38 by Joe Trezza
- Naval Cemetery Landscape, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6993478,-73.9630913&ll=40.6993478,-73.9630913
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S398772652
- Media: 2 Photos, 1 Audio
- Comments: "Stunning fully hooded male along the shaded back rim of the garden. Managed photo and audio."

Bay-breasted Warbler (Setophaga castanea) (2)
- Reported Oct 03, 2026 07:55 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/S398753872
- Comments: "wine washed flanks - seen together - btwn weepers and pine hill, today"

Bay-breasted Warbler (Setophaga castanea) (1)
- Reported Oct 03, 2026 13:38 by Joe Trezza
- Naval Cemetery Landscape, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6993478,-73.9630913&ll=40.6993478,-73.9630913
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S398772652
- Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "Beautiful bright fall first-year bird. Bright green sides of neck and Buffy flanks. Flagged for date, "late" by a day or two."

Bay-breasted Warbler (Setophaga castanea) (2)
- Reported Oct 03, 2026 07:58 by David Spawn
- 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/S398752195
- Comments: "Strong buffy-red at top of legs"

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Bay-breasted Warbler (Setophaga castanea) (7)
- Reported Oct 03, 2026 08:12 by Dominic Ricci
- 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/S398888398
- Comments: "Two bold white wingbars. Duller fall birds showing some chestnut/peach coloring on sides. Many seen throughout the park over the course of the day."

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

Snoopy, "Peanuts"

Quality day in our local birding hot spots

Quite an active day for birds based on reports I read for today. The following is a summary of the good stuff.

In Greenwood Cemetery , the active areas were the Schumacher wildflower meadow at North Valley Water and the Dellwater . Reports focused on a Blue Grosbeak still hanging out in the meadow and Clay colored Sparrow in Dellwater. Possible a second Clay colored was seen at Sylvan Water as well .

Interestingly, last evening over Valley Water ,30-35 Common Nighthawks were counted as this species is still coming through.Please note the cemetery now closes at 6 pm with the fall winter schedule in effect.

Over at Prospect, early birds were in playoffs. A Yellow billed Cuckoo appeared in the Hammerhead with the Brooklyn Bird club enlightened by it as well on the mainland just West of three sisters islands. Over at Well Drive , above the 3 green containers a perched Olive sided Flycatcher was seen ; in the same area so was an uncommon Hairy Woodpecker. Two Common Ravens were reported as flyovers westbound 

"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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Philly vireo at GWC Dellwater

Philadelphia Vireo (Vireo philadelphicus) (1)
- Reported Oct 03, 2026 09:50 by Connor Tepfer
- 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/S398695681
- Comments: "Spotted in the trees overhanging the northwest edge of Dell Water. Light yellow throat and underbelly, dark streak through eye. 

"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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Clay colored sparrow

One reported at Dellwater greenwood cemetery this morning plus one yesterday below

Clay-colored Sparrow (Spizella pallida) (1)
- Reported Oct 02, 2026 09:30 by Nicky Abrams
- 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/S398439743
- Media: 4 Photos
- Comments: "very small. thought it was a chipping sparrow at first, but this bird did not have the fully dark eye line in front. Between 3 sisters and duck island" 

"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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GWC Dickcissel valley water

Dickcissel (Spiza americana) (1)
- Reported Oct 02, 2026 15:46 by Matthew Eisenson
- 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/S398406468
- Media: 1 Video
- Comments: "Immature female at Valley Water. See video below." 


Note also in chklist link. Yellow billed Cuckoo and yellow breasted chat

"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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Friday's tweets

A pair of blue grosbeak continued their stay in Greenwood Cemetery s wildflower meadow presumably the one northwest of Valley Water. if not check the slope on the east side of the great chapel 

There were reports of common nighthawks over prospects concert Grove ,4 the number seen

And at Bush Terminal park an early Great Cormorant put in its  appearance.

Here's Prospects weekly a decent 72 species today .

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

"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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Late warblers

Blue-winged Warbler (Vermivora cyanoptera) (1)
- Reported Oct 02, 2026 08:02 by Joe Weisbord
- 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/S398302758
- Comments: "Flagged late - adult male seen in Green Dome pollinator garden. Mostly yellow warbler w black eye line, blue/gray wings w white wing bars, olive back"

Bay-breasted Warbler (Setophaga castanea) (1)
- Reported Oct 02, 2026 07:16 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/S398299433
- Comments: "Flagged for date: starting to get on the later side, I guess, and certainly not as common as the similar-looking fall Blackpoll Warblers, though I think this species wasn’t flagged just a couple of days ago. Weirdly one of the first warblers I saw today, before a few Blackpolls and at least one Pine later, but this chunky individual had a handy bay streak on its flanks. I raised my camera to attempt to document in the low light—this was Duck Island as the light first hit there in the morning—and it flew. Photo of a bare, just-vacated branch available." 

"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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GWC dickcissel

Dickcissel (Spiza americana) (1)
- Reported Oct 01, 2026 10:05 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/S398115567
- Comments: "!Heard Zrt call. Audio for review." 

"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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