This Saturdays Prospect BBC walk

Just a reminder for friends who remembered Lenore, a birding walk for her memory.

https://brooklynbirdclub.org/event/friends-remembering-lenore-a-prospect-park-memorial-nature-walk/

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

                                                                            --Carl Sagan

Virgina Rail in again a odd place

Virginia Rail (Rallus limicola) (1)
- Reported Oct 27, 2024 15:46 by Angela Panetta
- Prospect Park W, New York US-NY 40.66102, -73.97963, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.661024,-73.979627&ll=40.661024,-73.979627

Photo by Angela

- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S200588409
- Comments: "Hopefully just a tail of one ending up in a weird place during migration.  Behind window bars and resting at a building.  Bird was checked that evening and the following morning and seems to have continued migration."

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

                                                                            --Carl Sagan

late wilsons warblet

Wilson's Warbler (Cardellina pusilla) (2)
- Reported Oct 28, 2024 07:49 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/S200598165
- Media: 11 Photos
- Comments: "Flagged for date: Late or wandering. At Lullwater Cove. First detected and tentatively identified by its distinctive chip, but it took a while to get it to come out for confirmation and photos, plus the Merlin update seems like it might mean that the app is more tentative about identifying rare birds. (In my experience Merlin normally has no problem with this chip, but refused to identify it this time, presumably because of the date.) Little flitting mostly yellow warbler with dark undertail and black cap. Bad photos."

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

                                                                            --Carl Sagan

GWC Clay colored sparrows

Clay-colored Sparrow (Spizella pallida) (1)
- Reported Oct 28, 2024 07:15 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/S200619725
- Comments: "in the flower meadow at sunrise ( possibly 2 )"

KB note likely Schumacher meadow west of the Chapel  along magnolia ave

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

                                                                            --Carl Sagan

notable weekend bird local reports

Yellow-billed Cuckoo (Coccyzus americanus) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Oct 27, 2024 08:23 by Johan Alexandersson
- 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/S200544504
- Comments: "Nice find and seems like the Sumacs by the peninsula is a favorite spot. Cuckoo with gray back and light chest. Two tone yellow and dark break."

Ovenbird (Seiurus aurocapilla) (1)
- Reported Oct 27, 2024 17:12 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/S200540648
- Comments: "Strutting warbler with olive brown upperparts and dark streaking on chest. Have photos. Pier 6."

Red-headed Woodpecker (Melanerpes erythrocephalus) (1)
- Reported Oct 27, 2024 16:12 by Andrea Trigueros
- 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/S200534134
- Comments: "Continuing by Hemlock & Battle"

Magnolia Warbler (Setophaga magnolia) (1)
- Reported Oct 27, 2024 13:35 by John Huggard
- 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/S200523698
- Comments: "Bright yellow breast some black streaking on sides.  Yellow rump.  Black and white tail."

Black-throated Green Warbler (Setophaga virens) (1)
- Reported Oct 27, 2024 10:16 by Radka Osickova
- 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/S200520550
- Comments: "In a group of sparrows and palm warblers"

Wilson's Warbler (Cardellina pusilla) (1)
- Reported Oct 27, 2024 15:56 by Alba A.
- Prospect Park, New York US-NY 40.66006, -73.96665, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.660057,-73.966655&ll=40.660057,-73.966655
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S200521687
- Comments: "No mistaking the black cap and bright yellow and beady black eye. On low overhang branches by lake."

Yellow-billed Cuckoo (Coccyzus americanus) (1)
- Reported Oct 27, 2024 08:45 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/S200514022
- Comments: "Flagged for date. Hanging in Sumacs eating moths and probably lanternflies. Yellow lower mandible, white belly, long tail with large white patches, reddish/rust primaries."

Wood Thrush (Hylocichla mustelina) (1)
- Reported Oct 27, 2024 14:33 by Alba A.
- Prospect Park, New York US-NY 40.66440, -73.97387, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.664395,-73.973871&ll=40.664395,-73.973871
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S200511719
- Comments: "Prominent black spots on white, no buffy coloring or fade."

Red-eyed Vireo (Vireo olivaceus) (1)
- Reported Oct 27, 2024 08:31 by Peter Paul
- 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/S200499569
- Comments: "Slightly late. Vireo with red eye, white eyebrow lined with a dark streak, green back."

Red-eyed Vireo (Vireo olivaceus) (1)
- Reported Oct 27, 2024 08:31 by Daisy Paul
- 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/S200499570
- Comments: "Slightly late. Vireo with red eye, white eyebrow lined with a dark streak, green back."

Black-throated Green Warbler (Setophaga virens) (1)
- Reported Oct 27, 2024 08:31 by Peter Paul
- 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/S200499569
- Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Warbler with green/yellow face, dark mask. Slightly late."

Northern Waterthrush (Parkesia noveboracensis) (1)
- Reported Oct 23, 2024 11:24 by Madeline Weinstein
- 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/S200436457
- Comments: "Joralemon lawn"

Red-eyed Vireo (Vireo olivaceus) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Oct 26, 2024 09:39 by Deb Van R
- 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/S200426655
- Comments: "Dark eyeline, grayish crown, pale breast. Have photos."

Clay-colored Sparrow (Spizella pallida) (1)
- Reported Oct 26, 2024 11:15 by Gabriel Kornbluh
- 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/S200389897
- Comments: "spent an hour at the largest fenced planter in middle of Nethermead, couldn't find. Walked over west to trio of planters, found immediately, low in planter with head-height thin tree with dark red leaves. Small, pale, light bill. Only on bins. Lifer."

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

                                                                            --Carl Sagan

Around the nabe

Eastern Bluebirds were reported yesterday in the brushy fence in area adjoining the Tennis House of Long Meadow.

A woodcock flushed from Prospects Lily pond north of the Boathouse.

Redheaded Woodpecker juvenile still resides at Greenwood cemetery at Battle and Hemlock avenues. Also at the cemetery Fox Sparrows are reported 

There's been observations of Black capped Chickadees in our area,possibly an irruption in progress.

"Autumn…the year's last, loveliest smile." ~ William Cullen Bryant



   

eBird Checklist - 25 Oct 2024 - Prospect Park - 56 species (+2 other taxa) Wickman chklist

https://ebird.org/checklist/S200185488

Note continuing clay colored sparrow in west nethermead enclosures and ballfields American pipits

"Autumn…the year's last, loveliest smile." ~ William Cullen Bryant



   

GWC specialties

Red-headed Woodpecker (Melanerpes erythrocephalus) (1)
- Reported Oct 24, 2024 14:23 by KZ F
- 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/S200119162
- Media: 3 Photos

Vesper Sparrow (Pooecetes gramineus) (1)
- Reported Oct 24, 2024 14:23 by KZ F
- 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/S200119162
- Media: 4 Photos

"Autumn…the year's last, loveliest smile." ~ William Cullen Bryant



   

Fwd: Migration Morning in BBP 10-23-2024

Final BBP wed walk

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Mike Yuan <mjyuan@gmail.com>
Date: Wednesday, October 23, 2024
Subject: Migration Morning in BBP 10-23-2024
To: Peter Dorosh 


Hi Peter-
We had a lovely final Migration Morning of the fall at Brooklyn Bridge Park.
Within a few minutes of stepping onto the Harbor Lawn, 15 of us had 4 species of warbler feeding on the ground with the sparrows- Palm, Blackpoll, Pine, and Yellow-rumped.
Surprisingly, no Black-Crowned Night Herons roosting on the Long Pond, where we've seen up to 19 this season. A continuing, late Northern Waterthrush made up for their absence. 
On Pier 3, a Tufted Titmouse greeted us, and we picked up one more warbler in the maze, a Nashville Warbler. On the lawn, we detected a Purple Finch by its gentle "pik" call and it gave brief views. 
Great turnout this season, and we'll pick it up again next Spring!
Mike

Brooklyn Bridge Park, Kings, New York, US
Oct 23, 2024 7:18 AM - 9:54 AM
Protocol: Traveling
2.131 mile(s)
Checklist Comments:     Brooklyn Bird Club Migration Morning. Pier 1 to 3 and back
37 species

Canada Goose  8
American Black Duck  5
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  6
Ring-billed Gull  7
American Herring Gull  3
Great Black-backed Gull  1
Double-crested Cormorant  8
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker  1
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)  1
Peregrine Falcon  1
Blue-headed Vireo  1
American Crow  2
Tufted Titmouse  1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet  1
Golden-crowned Kinglet  2
Carolina Wren  1
European Starling  6
Gray Catbird  9
Northern Mockingbird  3
Hermit Thrush  4
American Robin  7
Cedar Waxwing  1
House Sparrow  12
Purple Finch (Eastern)  1     Fem/imm male, pier 3 lawn
Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored)  6
White-throated Sparrow  21
Song Sparrow  5
Swamp Sparrow  3
Eastern Towhee  1
Common Grackle  6
Northern Waterthrush  1     Continuing on long pond
Nashville Warbler  1
Blackpoll Warbler  1
Palm Warbler (Yellow)  1
Pine Warbler  1
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)  28
Northern Cardinal  2

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S199994337



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"Life starts all over again when it gets crisp in the fall."
- F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby

GWC BBCU

Black-billed Cuckoo (Coccyzus erythropthalmus) (1)
- Reported Oct 22, 2024 08:00 by Maureen Matthews
- 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/S199887446
- Comments: "On the Hill of Graves, clear extended views of the cuckoo on several perches showing the uniformly brown back, white bottom, all black bill, smaller spots on tail."

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

                                                                            --Carl Sagan

Prospect ccsp

Clay-colored Sparrow (Spizella pallida) (1)
- Reported Oct 21, 2024 12:32 by leo wexler-mann
- 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/S199791969
- Comments: "continuing in the nethermead. pale lores to distinguish from chipping, plus dark pair of malar stripes. photos"

"Autumn…the year's last, loveliest smile." ~ William Cullen Bryant



   

Fwd: [eBird Alert] Kings County Rare Bird Alert

around the nabe today

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Date: Mon, Oct 21, 2024 at 1:28 PM
Subject: [eBird Alert] Kings County Rare Bird Alert <hourly>
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*** Species Summary:

- Red-headed Woodpecker (2 reports)
- Clay-colored Sparrow (1 report)
- Fox Sparrow (1 report)
- Ovenbird (1 report)
- Northern Waterthrush (2 reports)
- American Redstart (1 report)

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Red-headed Woodpecker (Melanerpes erythrocephalus) (1)
- Reported Oct 21, 2024 08:34 by leo wexler-mann
- 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/S199767203
- Comments: "continuing gorgeous babe storing nuts in a dead tree just south of Battle x hemlock. this one has white fringing on the black back feathers still, so assuming it's the same one from last week. didn't see a second today"

Red-headed Woodpecker (Melanerpes erythrocephalus) (1)
- Reported Oct 21, 2024 06:46 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/S199768545
- Comments: "Continuing!"

Clay-colored Sparrow (Spizella pallida) (1)
- Reported Oct 17, 2024 17:00 by Zach Smart
- 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/S199768223
- Comments: "Found it! Second day going back to look, found the previously reported Clay-colored in one of the enclosures in the Nethermead, the one of the three in the southwestern corner that has the tall patch of mugwort weeds in it. Alongside several Song and White-throated Sparrows, and one Swamp, feasting on grass seeds, no Chipping alongside. Warm tan, especially in flight feathers, tan rump rather than gray, no black eyestripe (clear lores), gray on nape went all the way across, unbroken. Extremely cute, gave lovely long looks. Present until dark."

Fox Sparrow (Passerella iliaca) (1)
- Reported Oct 21, 2024 06:46 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/S199768545
- Comments: "Flagged for date. Expected. Round sparrow with heavy chest streaking. Scratching at ground under bush."

Ovenbird (Seiurus aurocapilla) (1)
- Reported Oct 21, 2024 07:35 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/S199766983
- Comments: "High-stepping on the edges of the Pier 2 uplands pathways. Perhaps continuing from a few days ago when seen at nearby condo path."

Northern Waterthrush (Parkesia noveboracensis) (1)
- Reported Oct 21, 2024 07:35 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/S199766983
- Comments: "Chipping rising hollow squeak around Pier 1 Long Pond. Seen briefly around shoreline vegetation- tail bobbing, streaky neck."

Northern Waterthrush (Parkesia noveboracensis) (1)
- Reported Oct 21, 2024 09:10 by Christine Cieslak
- 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/S199767416
- Comments: "Late. Photos tbd"

American Redstart (Setophaga ruticilla) (1)
- Reported Oct 21, 2024 09:10 by Christine Cieslak
- 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/S199767416
- Comments: "Late"

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

                                                                            --Carl Sagan

Sundays rhwp

Red-headed Woodpecker (Melanerpes erythrocephalus) (1)
- Reported Oct 20, 2024 07:59 by B F
- 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/S199614089
- Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Continuing.  Photo.  Only saw one.  There were two Merlins on the same tree so not sure is that's a bad sign for the second one."

"Autumn…the year's last, loveliest smile." ~ William Cullen Bryant



   

Gwc Rhwp Sat

Red-headed Woodpecker (Melanerpes erythrocephalus) (1)
- Reported Oct 19, 2024 11:00 by terry VP
- 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/S199550087
- Media: 2 Photos, 1 Audio
- Comments: "cont.  heard first. flycatching and poking around bare branches at hemlock. bit of red starting to show but mostly brown head.  light front, dark back w white secondaries"

"Autumn…the year's last, loveliest smile." ~ William Cullen Bryant



   

Gwc vesper

Vesper Sparrow (Pooecetes gramineus) (1)
- Reported Oct 19, 2024 15:33 by Rook Schucker Mallo
- 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/S199526393
- Comments: "Viewed through binoculars in sparrow mass on landscape Avenue. No photos acquired; medium-sized sparrow with rusty cap, and bold eyering."

Gwc ccsp

North side meadow Valley Water. Yesterday wildflower meadow harbored abundant sparrows

Clay-colored Sparrow (Spizella pallida) (1)
- Reported Oct 19, 2024 09:02 by Valerie Masten
- 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/S199491273
- Comments: "Wildflower Meadow. Small sparrow, long tail. Gray nape, white malar and pale supercilium, clean buff breast. Paler/more white supercilium and malar than chipping."

Gwc rhwp

Red-headed Woodpecker (Melanerpes erythrocephalus) (1)
- Reported Oct 19, 2024 08:26 by Asher Fusco
- 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/S199478925
- Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Young bird continuing near Battle Hill, in the same tree where we initially spotted a RHWO last weekend. Doc photo tba."

Red-headed Woodpecker (Melanerpes erythrocephalus) (1)

- Reported Oct 19, 2024 09:52 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/S199490441
- Comments: "Woodpecker with striking black and white underwings, vocalizing and flying around near 40.65709° N, 73.98894° W"

Red-headed Woodpecker (Melanerpes erythrocephalus) (2)

- Reported Oct 19, 2024 09:02 by Valerie Masten

- 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/S199491273
- Comments: "2 immature seen together, caching acorns in dead tree near Battle Hill. Distinct huge square white wing patches, clean white belly, brownish / dark head. Photos."

Fyi

Yellow-billed Cuckoo (Coccyzus americanus) (1)
- Reported Oct 18, 2024 10:08 by Daniel Smith
- 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/S199357549
- Comments: "Good views of bird in peninsula, large bird with long tail and curved beak."

Battle hill below

Red-headed Woodpecker (Melanerpes erythrocephalus) (1)
- Reported Oct 18, 2024 09:27 by Christine Cieslak
- 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/S199352008
- Comments: "Clear triangular white section on wing, confirmed by call"

Fox sparrows in gwc

Fox Sparrow (Passerella iliaca) (1)
- Reported Oct 18, 2024 07:57 by R M
- 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/S199321672
- Comments: "photos. big rust red sparrow with gray cap and chevron markings"

"Autumn…the year's last, loveliest smile." ~ William Cullen Bryant



   

pp ccsp continues

Clay-colored Sparrow (Spizella pallida) (1)
- Reported Oct 18, 2024 06:50 by Asher Fusco
- 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/S199318186
- Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Continuing in the same location as Ant's initial report and subsequent sightings this week. Popped out of the grass and perched in a tree in one of the Nethermead's small fenced areas. Small sparrow with pale lores, gray nape, and buffy sides and breast. Images tba."

"Autumn…the year's last, loveliest smile." ~ William Cullen Bryant



   

A cuckoo at bbp

Yellow-billed Cuckoo (Coccyzus americanus) (1)
- Reported Oct 17, 2024 07:47 by Jeremy Thorp
- 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/S199309368
- Comments: "Whooshed right in front of me and settled in a tree just a few meters away, making it a can't miss ID. Slender bird with a very long tail and a brilliant yellow lower half of the bill.

"Autumn…the year's last, loveliest smile." ~ William Cullen Bryant



   

GWC CCSP

Clay-colored Sparrow (Spizella pallida) (1)
- Reported Oct 17, 2024 16:01 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/S199270646
- Comments: "Eye ring, mustache, somewhat of a cheek patch, dark triangle behind eye that does not extend toward bill. Image. (40.6527446, -73.9970592)"

GWC redheaded woodpeckers

Today two reported on Garland Ave just south of Hemlock Ave in the Battle hill section

 40.656713,-73.987531

"Autumn…the year's last, loveliest smile." ~ William Cullen Bryant



   

Good prospect sparrows

Clay-colored Sparrow (Spizella pallida) (1)
- Reported Oct 17, 2024 12:00 by Maureen Matthews
- 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/S199256709
- Comments: "As reported, in the Nethermead tree enclosures. Super close up looks at small, gray buffy sparrow with white supercilium, plain lores, and gray nape."

Vesper Sparrow (Pooecetes gramineus) (1)
- Reported Oct 17, 2024 12:45 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/S199259764
- Comments: "Ballfields, on quaker cemetery side.  Superficially similar to a sosp. Had bold, white eyering, and slightly lighter and crisper looking.   Nice, close look for about 5 seconds until it flew into a tree and I was unable to relocate."

"Autumn…the year's last, loveliest smile." ~ William Cullen Bryant



   

Latest PP birds

Yellow-billed Cuckoo (Coccyzus americanus) (1)
- Reported Oct 17, 2024 08:45 by Catherine Quayle
- 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/S199225390
- Comments: "Pier 3. Clearly visible for a few minutes. Long tail, yellow mandible, ruddy patches on wings."

Clay-colored Sparrow (Spizella pallida) (1)
- Reported Oct 17, 2024 09:35 by K Burney
- 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/S199226277
- Comments: "In tree in the fenced in area. Found by Ant earlier.(40.6600310, -73.9704571)"

Clay-colored Sparrow (Spizella pallida) (1)
- Reported Oct 17, 2024 08:24 by Kevin Cabano
- 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/S199223022
- Comments: "paler front and overall lighter/buffy-er than nearby chipping sparrows, eyeline behind eyes only. guided by Ant's pin, refound with Kelly and Danielle"

Clay-colored Sparrow (Spizella pallida) (1)
- Reported Oct 17, 2024 07:03 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/S199225304
- Media: 3 Photos
- Comments: "Continuing on the Nethermead. Found by Ant a few days ago and refound by Ant today. Just a little guy. Photos."

Clay-colored Sparrow (Spizella pallida) (1)
- Reported Oct 17, 2024 06:42 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/S199222269
- Comments: "Continuing precious little baby, SW Nethermead."

Vesper Sparrow (Pooecetes gramineus) (1)
- Reported Oct 17, 2024 09:35 by K Burney
- 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/S199226277
- Comments: "Foraging on the ground under big tree with distinct brown square cheek patch and thin white eye ring

"Autumn…the year's last, loveliest smile." ~ William Cullen Bryant



   

Gwc Rhwp

Battle Hill area,but also reported at Janet's wildflower meadow southwest of Chapel

Red-headed Woodpecker (Melanerpes erythrocephalus) (2)
- Reported Oct 16, 2024 14:55 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/S199163659
- Comments: "Two individuals seen at once- medium sized woodpeckers with striking black and white under and upper parts, grey heads. Reported by others earlier"

"Autumn…the year's last, loveliest smile." ~ William Cullen Bryant



   

My post work walk

Kind of jealous to see all the good birds seen lately while I went leaf peeping upstate for 6 days , my only free time nowadays is after work to get some of those birds.

So this afternoon sounded like a good plan

First a stop at the sparrow bowl which is a very short distance from my office. And it's a straight route for home. As expected it's a sparrow haven in there! Despite tall grasses, some birds perches in the mugwort and surrounding flora.Those I found were Field ,abundant Song, white throated and a junco. But I didnt waste too much time in angst for the nethermead birds.

Enroute I ran into Eleanor Ray who mentioned that the Vesper Sparrow was hanging around the big Walnut tree. But getting there I saw birder Maddie who gestured to the donor white oak inside the fence enclosure closest to the path. Edging closer and with Maddie's help saying where it was,  I was able to see the Clay colored sparrow perched close to the trunk. A great bird for me not having seen one in years ( of course they're rare here though)

Rusty tweeted the bittern during this time,so after a futile look for the vesper, I took off for the bittern for a better opportunity..

By now ,I'm stationed at the peninsula pink beach and after a scan,I see a brownish bulge within the phragmites left side. It never stood up,but I'll take the sighting for a good 2nd great bird. I can't get greedy. Tomorrow will be a new day and new opportunities.

Kb

"Autumn…the year's last, loveliest smile." ~ William Cullen Bryant



   

Bittern

American Bittern (Botaurus lentiginosus) (1)
- Reported Oct 16, 2024 09:15 by Barbara S
- 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/S199145629
- Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Continuing. Brown striped bittern, skulky and hunched, hidden in phragmites across pink beach. Photo

"Autumn…the year's last, loveliest smile." ~ William Cullen Bryant



   

Fwd: [eBird Alert] Kings County Rare Bird Alert

"Autumn…the year's last, loveliest smile." ~ William Cullen Bryant



   

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From: <ebird-alert@birds.cornell.edu>
Date: Wed, Oct 16, 2024, 1:50 PM
Subject: [eBird Alert] Kings County Rare Bird Alert <hourly>
To: <prosbird@gmail.com>

*** Species Summary:

- Yellow-billed Cuckoo (1 report)
- American Bittern (1 report)
- Wood Thrush (1 report)
- Clay-colored Sparrow (1 report)
- Vesper Sparrow (1 report)

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Yellow-billed Cuckoo (Coccyzus americanus) (1)
- Reported Oct 16, 2024 10:30 by Zach Smart
- 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/S199137876
- Comments: "Cuckoo seen in the ailanthus trees by the sumac thicket above the peninsula, casually feasting on lanternflies for at least ten minutes. Prominently yellow lower mandible, warm cast in flight feathers. Had been reported yesterday as well I believe. In the rightmost ailanthus."

American Bittern (Botaurus lentiginosus) (1)
- Reported Oct 15, 2024 08:36 by Zohara Nguyen
- 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/S199136942
- Comments: "Hiding in the phragmites along the lake edge. Long, pointed bill and bold stripes down chest."

Wood Thrush (Hylocichla mustelina) (1)
- Reported Oct 16, 2024 10:48 by Alex Tey
- 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/S199135704
- Comments: "medium large thrush with exceptionally large, perceptive-seeming eye. rounder and bigger than Catharus spp. uniformly rufous-brown above, white below with black spotting"

Clay-colored Sparrow (Spizella pallida) (1)
- Reported Oct 16, 2024 10:19 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/S199135100
- Comments: "Close-up look while it purched on the fence.  Similar to chipping sparrow, but overall very "blond" looking with ultra buffy, blond breast and clean lores."

Vesper Sparrow (Pooecetes gramineus) (1)
- Reported Oct 16, 2024 10:30 by Zach Smart
- 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/S199137876
- Comments: "At least one of the birds reported yesterday, seen as soon as I walked up, around 10:50-11am in the "delta" enclosure where trails meet towards the center of nethermead. Exact match for the individuals photographed yesterday, dark streaky chest, prominent white eye ring. Perched up in one of the saplings briefly, not re-found."

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eBird Checklist - 15 Oct 2024 - Prospect Park - 32 species

https://ebird.org/checklist/S199098398

Ewing chklist note continuing Amer bittern and vesper sparrow

"Autumn…the year's last, loveliest smile." ~ William Cullen Bryant



   

Chris Miller's photo of great Nethermead sparrows Tuesday 10/15

Vesper with the Claycolored sparrow at western Nethermead

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Fwd: [eBird Alert] Kings County Rare Bird Alert

"Autumn…the year's last, loveliest smile." ~ William Cullen Bryant



   

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Date: Tue, Oct 15, 2024, 9:36 PM
Subject: [eBird Alert] Kings County Rare Bird Alert <hourly>
To: <prosbird@gmail.com>

*** Species Summary:

- American Bittern (1 report)
- White-eyed Vireo (1 report)
- Clay-colored Sparrow (1 report)
- Vesper Sparrow (1 report)
- Orange-crowned Warbler (1 report)
- Bay-breasted Warbler (1 report)

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American Bittern (Botaurus lentiginosus) (1)
- Reported Oct 15, 2024 07:30 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/S199075269
- Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Continuing in phragmites across from the pink beach on the peninsula.   Spotted by Sheila.  Streaky brown heron with a long pointy bill"

White-eyed Vireo (Vireo griseus) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Oct 12, 2024 07:48 by Kerri McDonald
- 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/S199077766
- Comments: "Seen on BBC outing. Vireo with yellow glasses, yellow bottom touching brown."

Clay-colored Sparrow (Spizella pallida) (1)
- Reported Oct 15, 2024 07:30 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/S199075269
- Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Continuing in one of the fenced in areas of the Nethermeade.  Paler than nearby Chipping Sparrows, with a all gray collar and clear lores"

Vesper Sparrow (Pooecetes gramineus) (2)
- Reported Oct 15, 2024 07:30 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/S199075269
- Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Two seen together in a fenced in area of the Nethermeade.  Largish sparrows with pronounced eyerings and white outer tail feathers"

Orange-crowned Warbler (Leiothlypis celata) (1)
- Reported Oct 12, 2024 07:48 by Kerri McDonald
- 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/S199077766
- Comments: "X"

Bay-breasted Warbler (Setophaga castanea) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Oct 12, 2024 07:48 by Kerri McDonald
- 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/S199077766
- Comments: "Late migrating rufous wash on flanks, wing bars."

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Good sparrows in nethermead

At the enclosed areas with donor trees at west section near center drive, a clay colored sparrow is hanging out with a pair of vesper sparrows. Lots of sparrows reported There

"Autumn…the year's last, loveliest smile." ~ William Cullen Bryant



   

Fwd: eBird Report - Prospect Park, Oct 15, 2024

bbc Led by Megan

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Kathleen Toomey
Date: Tuesday, October 15, 2024
Subject: Fwd: eBird Report - Prospect Park, Oct 15, 2024
To: Peter Dorosh <prosbird@gmail.com>,



Hi Peter,
Here's our list for today's BBC walk led by Megan. 

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Subject: eBird Report - Prospect Park, Oct 15, 2024
To:


Prospect Park, Kings, New York, US
Oct 15, 2024 7:30 AM - 2:50 PM
Protocol: Traveling
2.0 mile(s)
Checklist Comments:     Tuesday BBC walk led by Megan
53 species

Canada Goose  40
Mute Swan  2
Wood Duck  2
Northern Shoveler  13
Mallard  10
American Black Duck  1
Ruddy Duck  7
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  7
Mourning Dove  4
Herring Gull  1
American Bittern  1     Continuing in phragmites across from the pink beach on the peninsula.   Spotted by Sheila.  Streaky brown heron with a long pointy bill
Black Vulture  1     Pointed out to us by Ant.    Very high over the Nethermeade, a vulture with silvery wingtips
Cooper's Hawk  1
Red-tailed Hawk  3
Belted Kingfisher  1
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker  2
Red-bellied Woodpecker  3
Downy Woodpecker  2
Northern Flicker  2
Eastern Phoebe  10
Blue-headed Vireo  2
Blue Jay  6
American Crow  2
Tufted Titmouse  1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet  20
Golden-crowned Kinglet  2
White-breasted Nuthatch  3
Brown Creeper  1
House Wren  1
Winter Wren  2
Carolina Wren  1
European Starling  10
Gray Catbird  3
Hermit Thrush  2
American Robin  8
House Sparrow  40
American Goldfinch  2
Chipping Sparrow  25
Clay-colored Sparrow  1     Continuing in one of the fenced in areas of the Nethermeade.  Paler than nearby Chipping Sparrows, with a all gray collar and clear lores
Field Sparrow  3
Dark-eyed Junco  20
White-throated Sparrow  50
Vesper Sparrow  2     Two seen together in a fenced in area of the Nethermeade.  Largish sparrows with pronounced eyerings and white outer tail feathers
Savannah Sparrow  3
Song Sparrow  20
Swamp Sparrow  2
Eastern Towhee  1
Red-winged Blackbird  6
Common Yellowthroat  2
Blackpoll Warbler  1
Palm Warbler  6
Yellow-rumped Warbler  8
Northern Cardinal  3

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S199069542

This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (https://ebird.org/home)



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"Life starts all over again when it gets crisp in the fall."
- F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby

New dragonfly field guide received

After a patient wait, got today my dragonfly field guide by Ed Lam . A masterpiece work of art! Thanks to Ed for sticking to his dream.

"Autumn…the year's last, loveliest smile." ~ William Cullen Bryant



   

Saving birds from your home

"Autumn…the year's last, loveliest smile." ~ William Cullen Bryant



   

Pp ccsp

Clay-colored Sparrow (Spizella pallida) (1)
- Reported Oct 14, 2024 11:52 by Asher Fusco
- 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/S198900620
- Media: 3 Photos
- Comments: "Spotted briefly in the same location as Ant's prior report (west edge of Nethermead). Puzzled over this one in real time, as I only got a quick and distant look. Upon further photo review, the individual looks good for Clay-colored based on the pale lores, dark submoustachial stripe, gray nape, and buffy flanks and breast. Images

 Clay-colored Sparrow (Spizella pallida) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Oct 14, 2024 07:20 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/S198908161
- Comments: "Cute pale sparrow with plain lores and gray nape hopping between fenced-in patches of trees at SW end of Nethermead with a bunch of CHSP."

"Autumn…the year's last, loveliest smile." ~ William Cullen Bryant



   

Mondays bittern

American Bittern (Botaurus lentiginosus) (1)
- Reported Oct 14, 2024 12:22 by leo wexler-mann
- 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/S198899705
- Comments: "amazingly the bittern found by Tom Stephenson last week was seen again yesterday (Sunday) by Omar Alui on discord in the same area across from the Pink Bench so I went and staked it out. Did not see it at first so walked the peninsula, came back and found it on far left side of the phrags. Incredibly camouflage, super long yellow beak and eye. dark cap and dope camo streaking on the neck.it did all the classic poses: smushed up in a small ball borb; extending neck up as far as possible to look like a reed, and then eventually a low, ducking creep walk that got too exciting so he took a short flight hop.
year bird

"Autumn…the year's last, loveliest smile." ~ William Cullen Bryant



   

Gwc conw

Connecticut Warbler (Oporornis agilis) (1)
- Reported Oct 13, 2024 08:39 by Leo Traub
- 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/S198817745
- Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Seen just NW of Pierrepont Monument. Attaching photos"

"Autumn…the year's last, loveliest smile." ~ William Cullen Bryant



   

Gwc vesper sparrow

Vesper Sparrow (Pooecetes gramineus) (1)
- Reported Oct 13, 2024 12:25 by LotusWinnie Lee
- 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/S198807278
- Comments: "Found by someone else up the hill by Sylvan Water. Seen by other observers"

"Autumn…the year's last, loveliest smile." ~ William Cullen Bryant



   

eBird Checklist - 13 Oct 2024 - Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn - 42 species

https://ebird.org/checklist/S198798629

Note late scarlet tanager

"Autumn…the year's last, loveliest smile." ~ William Cullen Bryant



   

Pp ambi

Vantage from The peninsula north shore

American Bittern (Botaurus lentiginosus) (1)
- Reported Oct 13, 2024 12:57 by Mike Z
- 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/S198794075
- Comments: "Long necked streaked bittern pointing bill upwards continuing in the reeds across from Pink Beach"

"Autumn…the year's last, loveliest smile." ~ William Cullen Bryant



   

Gwc ocwa

Orange-crowned Warbler (Leiothlypis celata) (1)
- Reported Oct 13, 2024 07:56 by P W
- 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/S198787877
- Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Above Chapel on hillside. Feeding on goldenrod.  Strongly hooded type, so closest to dullest 1st year Nashville in color.  But  some supercillium, ring on eye broken in back.   I think continuing? Photos.

"Autumn…the year's last, loveliest smile." ~ William Cullen Bryant



   

Gwc rhwp

Red-headed Woodpecker (Melanerpes erythrocephalus) (1)
- Reported Oct 13, 2024 14:45 by Austin Johnson
- 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/S198789356
- Comments: "juvenile bird with grayish head and body with large white patches on the innermost wing. flycatching happily on top of battle hill, only saw one."

Red-headed Woodpecker (Melanerpes erythrocephalus) (1)
- Reported Oct 13, 2024 15:33 by Asher Fusco
- 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/S198798629
- Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Juvenile, likely continuing. Observed exhibiting surprising and very cool — but apparently routine for the species — flycatching behavior from tree to tree at Battle Hill just before closing time. Image tba."

"Autumn…the year's last, loveliest smile." ~ William Cullen Bryant



   

Details

Connecticut Warbler (Oporornis agilis) (1)
- Reported Oct 13, 2024 09:04 by Patrick Shure
- 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/S198769823
- Comments: "Found by Leo T near Pierrepont monument. ID photo"

Scarlet Tanager (Piranga olivacea) (1)
- Reported Oct 13, 2024 09:04 by Patrick Shure
- 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/S198769823
- Comments: "Nonbreeding male near Dewitt Clinton monument"

"Autumn…the year's last, loveliest smile." ~ William Cullen Bryant



   

Fwd: [eBird Alert] Kings County Rare Bird Alert

Redhead woodpecker plus more

"Autumn…the year's last, loveliest smile." ~ William Cullen Bryant



   

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From: <ebird-alert@birds.cornell.edu>
Date: Sun, Oct 13, 2024, 3:16 PM
Subject: [eBird Alert] Kings County Rare Bird Alert <hourly>
To: <prosbird@gmail.com>

*** Species Summary:

- Red-headed Woodpecker (1 report)
- Fox Sparrow (1 report)
- Orange-crowned Warbler (1 report)
- Connecticut Warbler (1 report)
- Bay-breasted Warbler (3 reports)
- Scarlet Tanager (2 reports)

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Red-headed Woodpecker (Melanerpes erythrocephalus) (1)
- Reported Oct 13, 2024 08:57 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/S198756369
- Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "Continuing juvenile south of battle hill."

Fox Sparrow (Passerella iliaca) (1)
- Reported Oct 13, 2024 08:57 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/S198756369
- Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Early, above the freshly paved path by Sylvan. Photos."

Orange-crowned Warbler (Leiothlypis celata) (1)
- Reported Oct 13, 2024 10:18 by Radka Osickova
- 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/S198764169
- Comments: "Slope by sylvan towards main entrance"

Connecticut Warbler (Oporornis agilis) (1)
- Reported Oct 13, 2024 10:18 by Radka Osickova
- 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/S198764169
- Comments: "Central Ave near Pine hill. Walking in the ground, bigger warbler, eye ring"

Bay-breasted Warbler (Setophaga castanea) (1)
- Reported Oct 13, 2024 08:48 by Elizabeth Ishii
- 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/S198763014
- Comments: "Back definitely striped also striping on breast, particularly sides of breast. All striping subtle. Wing bars, no orange feet."

Bay-breasted Warbler (Setophaga castanea) (1)
- Reported Oct 13, 2024 08:48 by Anonymous eBirder
- 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/S198762005
- Comments: "Back definitely striped also striping on breast, particularly sides of breast. All striping subtle. Wing bars, no orange feet."

Bay-breasted Warbler (Setophaga castanea) (1)
- Reported Oct 13, 2024 08:48 by liz Velikonja
- 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/S198759942
- Comments: "Back definitely striped also striping on breast, particularly sides of breast. All striping subtle. Wing bars, no orange feet."

Scarlet Tanager (Piranga olivacea) (1)
- Reported Oct 13, 2024 08:15 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/S198751056
- Comments: "druid/cedar - flagged for slightly late, yellow/green dark wings no bars, appropriate beak"

Scarlet Tanager (Piranga olivacea) (1)
- Reported Oct 13, 2024 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/S198761199
- Comments: "behind valley water"

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eBird Checklist - 13 Oct 2024 - Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn - 52 species

https://ebird.org/checklist/S198744173
Note orange crowned and connecticut Warblers,winter wren 8 and. Gray cheeked thrush

"Autumn…the year's last, loveliest smile." ~ William Cullen Bryant



   

Vesper sparrow gwc

Vesper Sparrow (Pooecetes gramineus) (1)
- Reported Oct 13, 2024 09:55 by Linda Ewing
- 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/S198738100
- Comments: "By Sylvan, east side of road (with mausoleums built into slope). Sparrow with streaked breast, distinct eye ring, white tail edges."

"Autumn…the year's last, loveliest smile." ~ William Cullen Bryant



   

Various observation s

White-eyed Vireo (Vireo griseus) (1)
- Reported Oct 12, 2024 07:42 by Sameer Ajmani
- 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/S198537714
- Comments: "Yellow spectacles, wing bars, yellow wash on flanks. ID by Dennis"

Clay-colored Sparrow (Spizella pallida) (1)
- Reported Oct 12, 2024 08:50 by Richard Payne
- 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/S198529128
- Comments: "At Dell water,photos"

Orange-crowned Warbler (Leiothlypis celata) (1)
- Reported Oct 12, 2024 10:06 by Maren Prophit
- 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/S198539548
- Comments: "Confirmed by others"

"Autumn…the year's last, loveliest smile." ~ William Cullen Bryant