Harper Lee,author To Kill a Mockingbird
A newsboard for reporting bird sightings, happenings & announcements,miscellany in north Brooklyn and the 3 main central north Brooklyn green regions : historic Prospect Park, Brooklyn Botanic Garden & north half of Kings County, & Greenwood Cemetery.A service for Brooklyn birders and visitors. Also note: Conservation issues & miscellany posts.
Monday, August 4, 2025
Warblers on the move in Prospect
Harper Lee,author To Kill a Mockingbird
Saturday, August 2, 2025
Toomey prospect list
Harper Lee,author To Kill a Mockingbird
GWC BWWA
- Reported Aug 02, 2025 10:24 by Pooja Jayaraman
- 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/S264540355
- Comments: "Saw the black eye liner on the yellow, near the dell water"
Harper Lee,author To Kill a Mockingbird
Friday, August 1, 2025
Early scarlet tanager
- Reported Aug 01, 2025 13:33 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/S264288502
- Comments: "Flagged for date. Yellow tanager with black wings. Image."
Bonys at Vet Pier
- Reported Jul 31, 2025 16:20 by KZ F
- Veterans Memorial Pier, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6391393,-74.0369531&ll=40.6391393,-74.0369531
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S264074577
- Media: 6 Photos
- Comments: "*unexpected at this date 🔴 especially on the river, but good conditions for random knock-downs on the river with a fast-moving low pressure system dumping a ton of rain during a short period. Around 4:30 visibility began to improve, and small flocks of laughing gulls and common terns began to appear out over the water; one feeding flock off the water treatment plant that was slightly obscured from my position rather briefly contained this bird. Small tern-like gull with delicate, pincerlike vertical wingbeats, a partial dark hood, and bold white flashes on I the upper- outer- "wrist" of the wing. Primary unders fully white unlike rarer (and less ternlike) black-headed gull. Vanished after a minute or so. Distant digiscope photos"
Monday, July 28, 2025
early bird ( warbler)
- Reported Jul 28, 2025 07:17 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/S263370737
- Comments: "Flagged for date: early. Maryland Monument steps. Photos."
Wednesday, July 23, 2025
Northern Waterthrush in BBG
- Reported Jul 22, 2025 16:30 by Lisa Curtiss
- 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/S262020048
- Comments: "Small warbler with heavily-streaked yellow-tinted belly. Seen at lilypond in Native Flora area."
Sunday, July 20, 2025
Fwd: Moth night with Matthew
Harper Lee,author To Kill a Mockingbird
From: Matthew Wills <matthewwills@earthlink.net>
Date: Sun, Jul 20, 2025, 6:52 AM
Subject: Re: Moth night
To: Peter Dorosh <prosbird@gmail.com>
Peter,
About 25 people showed up for the BBC's National Moth Week Night Fliers event in Prospect Park on Friday, July 18th. A good time seems to have been had by all. Fireflies greeted our arrival and set up and katydids serenaded us as we left.
As of this writing, eleven attendees have put up a total of 105 observations on iNaturalist, representing some three dozen species.
These include moths, beetles, flies, lacewings, planthoppers, caddisflies, cricket, earwig, spider, roach, and cicada, all either drawn to our bug lights or found in the immediate area. This link lists them all: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?lat=40.66685269983176&lng=-73.97449963528965&on=2025-07-18&page=2&radius=0.0639678436419205&taxon_id=1. Many have not yet been identified identified to species level.
I've attached a live action picture.
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Harper Lee,author To Kill a Mockingbird
Friday, July 18, 2025
Greenwood birds
- Reported Jul 18, 2025 15:35 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/S260907352
- Comments: "*rare oversummer in NYC where it is not known to breed, but has been almost annual around this time in Greenwood - classically such an early arrival would be heralded as the harbinger of an irruption, but not every year they've made an early push has featured an irruption, so perhaps these are merely early dispersers? Maybe they're hitting the coast after fleeing a part of the boreal forest that's burning, as other boreal nesters have been found to do in recent years? - all speculation. Anyway, continued presence at this grove of trees (40.6500608, -73.9904365) audio recorded"
Red-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta canadensis) (1)
- Reported Jul 18, 2025 15:14 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/S260906112
- Comments: "Continuing."
Harper Lee,author To Kill a Mockingbird
Wednesday, July 16, 2025
Solitary at GWC
- Reported Jul 16, 2025 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/S260355555
- Comments: "In the muck at Dell water, lil brown/white sandpiper, nice white spectacles. Would have taken pic if i knew it would be flagged. Ask RJ, he's got some pics ;P"
rare date for Blackpoll warbler in July Prospect
- Reported Jul 15, 2025 07:37 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/S260189573
- Media: 3 Photos
- Comments: "Flagged for date: Such an odd date that I'm not sure whether to put "late" or "early" or "dispersing," especially because it was a breeding male, and singing. According to eBird, only the second year this species has ever been recorded in Prospect Park in July, with the only previous reports being from "NYC Bird Report Data" in July 1998. Even more weirdly, it was a breeding male, and singing? On Hammerhead. Photos. Audio also available."
Tuesday, July 15, 2025
First fall Louie waterthrush
- Reported Jul 15, 2025 10:40 by Mike Wilper
- 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/S260109415
- Comments: "At the upper pool. Poor photo to come."
Sunday, July 13, 2025
Night life of bugs and moths event in prospect park July 18th. Brooklyn Bird club
Night-fliers! Join Matthew Wills in a celebration of National Moth Week by exploring the wild world of nocturnal insects in Prospect Park. We’ll set up both UV and incandescent lights to attract moths, beetles, flies, and other insects to sheets where we can examine them closely. Meet just to the right inside the 5th St./PPW entrance to the park at Litchfield Villa.
Friday, July 18, 8:30-10pm (more or less). Rain will cancel: rain date, Saturday July 19, 8:30pm
Harper Lee,author To Kill a Mockingbird
Thursday, July 10, 2025
Hoodie on the lake
- Reported Jul 10, 2025 10:45 by Chris Miller
- Prospect Park, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6602841,-73.9689534&ll=40.6602841,-73.9689534
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S258734854
- Comments: "Flagged for date and location. Juvenile or adult female. Alone between the peninsula and music island. *Photo to come"
Harper Lee,author To Kill a Mockingbird
BAEA GWC
- Reported Jul 09, 2025 11:00 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/S258442088
- Media: 4 Photos
- Comments: "Distant dark raptor. Long wings and flat posture. Difficult to discern in person, ID'd from photos."
This year's Fireflies abundant!
Harper Lee,author To Kill a Mockingbird
Monday, July 7, 2025
Tremendous find in prospect : Short-billed Dowitcher at duck island
- Reported Jul 07, 2025 10:42 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/S257834059
- Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "Flagged for date on the county level but extremely rare year-round at this location (fourth record on eBird). Found by Forrest near Duck Island."
Short-billed Dowitcher (Limnodromus griseus) (1)
- Reported Jul 07, 2025 10:37 by MCHL ____
- Prospect Park, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6602841,-73.9689534&ll=40.6602841,-73.9689534
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S257836599
- Comments: "Awesome find by Forrest. Medium shorebird with long bill. Line from eye to bill. Dark cap, dark brown speckled back and speckled rusty-tan underside. Dull yellow legs."
Short-billed Dowitcher (Limnodromus griseus) (1)
- Reported Jul 07, 2025 10:20 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/S257831893
- Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Awesome find by Forrest!!! i have sad little cellphone pix. Forrest & Tripper have actual pics."
Short-billed Dowitcher (Limnodromus griseus) (1)
- Reported Jul 07, 2025 09:18 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/S257829056
- Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Seen with Forrest, who found it. Photo"
Short-billed Dowitcher (Limnodromus griseus) (1)
- Reported Jul 07, 2025 08:22 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/S257840984
- Comments: "Patch bird! Extremely rare in the park (only the fourth record on eBird, per Ant), though common elsewhere in the county (if a little early—flagged for date), and even more unusually, it was just … on the ground. (The last report I'm aware of was last August, when Doug G reported some flyovers in the midst of Hurricane Debby.) Just W of the gazebo near Duck Island, on the SE corner of the lake, and it stayed put the whole time I was there, even as others walked within a few feet of it. (Presumably this was an early "fall" migrant and it's just resting—it didn't seem to have any obvious health issues.) Photos."
- Reported Jul 07, 2025 10:34 by Sean Sime
- Prospect Park, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S2
- Media: 3 Photos
- Comments: "Park mega and great find by Forrest :) Flagged as rare/early by the filter, but only by a couple of days. Brown shorebird with orange chest, long bill, blackish back. It seemed fine/healthy, and was even feeding at times. But stayed in one spot for at least a few hours apparently."
Harper Lee,author To Kill a Mockingbird
Sunday, July 6, 2025
Fireflies life cycle
Harper Lee,author To Kill a Mockingbird
July 7th after sunset southeast sky
Harper Lee,author To Kill a Mockingbird
Flagged RBNU
- Reported Jul 06, 2025 06:05 by Ryan Mandelbaum
- Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6523083,-73.9904281&ll=40.6523083,-73.9904281
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S257458818
- Comments: "Heard "noot noot noot"ing, all three seen. Small, stub tailed, black and white face pattern."
Harper Lee,author To Kill a Mockingbird
Friday, July 4, 2025
Happy Birthday to Paul 🎂
Harper Lee,author To Kill a Mockingbird
Happy Birthday to Paul
Harper Lee,author To Kill a Mockingbird
Tuesday, July 1, 2025
A kite is back over Greenwood
- Reported Jul 01, 2025 12:16 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/S256022102
- Comments: "Unexpected! Between rain showers, caught it from a distance heading Southeast, seen roughly from The Greeter (George Catlin) statue. Lanky raptor with distinctive short front wingtips and striped wedged tail. Images."
Harper Lee,author To Kill a Mockingbird
PUMA in Bush Terminal Park
- Reported Jul 01, 2025 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/S255943967
- Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "Poor photos of female. New patch bird."
Monday, June 30, 2025
Bats are feasting on invasive spotted lanternflies, Rutgers researcher says
Harper Lee,author To Kill a Mockingbird
Monday, June 23, 2025
BBC Member’s Night Picnic and Bug Expo! June 21 @ 6:30 pm - 10:00 pm Prospect NW Nethermead
Insect expert : Matthew Wills
BBC offers gratitude to Karen O'Hearn for organizing the event
BBC Bug Night
Nethermead Prospect Park June 21, 2025
(Thanks to iNaturalist observers kenelma & elharo.)
Large Lace-border Moth/Scopula limboundata
Green Cloverworm Moth/Hypena scabra
Larentiinae carpet moth
Oriental Beetle/Exomala orientalis
Asian Lady Beetle/Harmonia axyridis (larva)
Maladera or Diplotaxis genus beetle
Ptilodactyla genus beetle
Phyllophaga crenulata beetle
2 other unknown Scarabaeidae beetle species (“June Bugs”)
(beetle IDs tentative)
Band-winged Crane Fly/Epiphragma fasciapenne (first iNat observation in Brooklyn)
Psectrotanypus dyari (midge: first iNat observation in Brooklyn)
At least 2 Adedes genus mosquitos
Several Chironomidae family non-biting midge species
Long-palped Ant-mimic Sac Spider/Castianeira longipalpus
Harvestman (Leiobunum vittatum?)
Lime Leaf Aphid/Eucallipterus tiliae
Subfamily Hydropsychinae caddisfly (first iNat observation in Brooklyn)
Rhododendron Leafhopper/Graphocephala fennahi
A bunch of other tiny Cicadellidae family leafhoppers
Assorted tiny wasps…
Photos by Janet Zinn
Friday, June 20, 2025
Happy Summer!
Harper Lee,author To Kill a Mockingbird
Thursday, June 19, 2025
Events for June 2025 – Brooklyn Bird Club. Saturday June 21 picnic evening
"Birds chirping around you is a beautiful realization that life is incredibly good. Let this sound be a gentle break in your routine." ― Hiral Nagda
Tuesday, June 17, 2025
Fw: New article: Birds vs. wind turbines in the fight against climate change
"Blessed are they who see beautiful things in humble places where other people see nothing. "
Camille Pissarro,19th c. artist, father of
Ryan Goldberg Message on his new upcoming book "Bird City: Adventures in New York's Urban Wilds"
Acadian FC GWC plus more....
- Reported Jun 17, 2025 07:20 by Sameer Ajmani
- 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/S251341124
- Comments: "Heard near Sylvan Water. Will add audio."
- Reported Jun 17, 2025 08:41 by B F
- Prospect Park, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S2
- Comments: "Flagged for date. Drab brown swallow with squared off tail, pale below, no chest band."
White-throated Sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis) (2)
- Reported Jun 17, 2025 08:15 by Catherine Quayle
- Brooklyn Bridge Park, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S2
- Comments: "Heard on pier 3."
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) (Setophaga coronata coronata) (1)
- Reported Jun 17, 2025 08:41 by B F
- Prospect Park, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S2
- Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Flagged for date. Continuing in the same tree as yesterday near West Island. Photos."
Wednesday, June 11, 2025
Forrest's PP chklist
Sunday, June 8, 2025
PP ACFC
- Reported Jun 08, 2025 08:11 by Tyler Wallace
- 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/S248142140
- Comments: "Calling continuously in ravine. Seen multiple times."
"Birds chirping around you is a beautiful realization that life is incredibly good. Let this sound be a gentle break in your routine." ― Hiral Nagda
Saturday, June 7, 2025
PP Acadian Flycatcher
- Reported Jun 07, 2025 06:10 by Doug McNamara
- 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/S247619725
- Comments: "Visible and calling from tree near Quaker cemetery"
"Birds chirping around you is a beautiful realization that life is incredibly good. Let this sound be a gentle break in your routine." ― Hiral Nagda
Thursday, June 5, 2025
Happy Birthday BBC!
"Birds chirping around you is a beautiful realization that life is incredibly good. Let this sound be a gentle break in your routine." ― Hiral Nagda
Wednesday, June 4, 2025
Fwd: [eBird Alert] Kings County Rare Bird Alert
"Birds chirping around you is a beautiful realization that life is incredibly good. Let this sound be a gentle break in your routine." ― Hiral Nagda
From: <ebird-alert@birds.cornell.edu>
Date: Wed, Jun 4, 2025, 8:28 PM
Subject: [eBird Alert] Kings County Rare Bird Alert <hourly>
To: <prosbird@gmail.com>
*** Species Summary:
- Pied-billed Grebe (1 report)
- Acadian Flycatcher (1 report)
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow (1 report)
- Blackburnian Warbler (1 report)
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NOTE: all sightings are UNCONFIRMED unless indicated.
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Pied-billed Grebe (Podilymbus podiceps) (1)
- Reported Jun 04, 2025 17:35 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/S246781653
- Comments: "Random… super late. Weird little brown creature on the lake."
Acadian Flycatcher (Empidonax virescens) (2)
- Reported Jun 04, 2025 06:52 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/S246779472
- Comments: "Flagged as rare/late, though they've been known to stick through the summer before. Two singing males: One just east of the Boulder Bridge, then a second on the N side of the Lullwater, just east of the Terrace Bridge. Audio of both available."
Northern Rough-winged Swallow (Stelgidopteryx serripennis) (1)
- Reported Jun 04, 2025 06:52 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/S246779472
- Comments: "Flagged for date. Brown-backed swallow with smudgy throat. Photos available."
Blackburnian Warbler (Setophaga fusca) (1)
- Reported Jun 04, 2025 06:52 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/S246779472
- Comments: "Flagged for date: late. Just south of Nethermead Arches, high up, with a Blackpoll or two. Unmistakeable male with bright orange throat."
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Local June 4 sightings
- Reported Jun 04, 2025 07:45 by Ryan Mandelbaum
- 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/S246601711
- Comments: "possibly two. olive gray empid with notably long primaries singing "pee-tseet" above boulder bridge. another similarly sized bird barreled toward it while i was watching it but couldn't tell what the other bird was."
Northern Rough-winged Swallow (Stelgidopteryx serripennis) (1)
- Reported Jun 04, 2025 08:02 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/S246595714
- Comments: "Continuing."
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Northern Parula (Setophaga americana) (1)
- Reported Jun 04, 2025 08:50 by Ashley Meninelli
- 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/S246596976
- Comments: "Seen first at top of tree, white belly with yellow breast. Heard call and recorded on Merlin."
"Birds chirping around you is a beautiful realization that life is incredibly good. Let this sound be a gentle break in your routine." ― Hiral Nagda
Tuesday, June 3, 2025
Dawson BTPP chklist
"Birds chirping around you is a beautiful realization that life is incredibly good. Let this sound be a gentle break in your routine." ― Hiral Nagda
PP Acadian
- Reported Jun 03, 2025 11:31 by Carl Biers
- 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/S246395836
- Media: 1 Audio
- Comments: "Singing near the Sparrow Bowl. Found by Ed C. Sings at :03 and :45."
Acadian Flycatcher (Empidonax virescens) (2)
- Reported Jun 03, 2025 07:48 by MCHL ____
- Prospect Park, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S2
- Comments: "One calling behind sparrow bowl (Great find by Ed C.). Another near the Quaker cemetery off center drive (Found by Forrest!)(40.6599461, -73.9709707). Audio to be added."
"Birds chirping around you is a beautiful realization that life is incredibly good. Let this sound be a gentle break in your routine." ― Hiral Nagda
Fwd: [eBird Alert] Kings County Rare Bird Alert
"Birds chirping around you is a beautiful realization that life is incredibly good. Let this sound be a gentle break in your routine." ― Hiral Nagda
From: <ebird-alert@birds.cornell.edu>
Date: Tue, Jun 3, 2025, 5:26 PM
Subject: [eBird Alert] Kings County Rare Bird Alert <hourly>
To: <prosbird@gmail.com>
*** Species Summary:
- Acadian Flycatcher (1 report)
- Mourning Warbler (2 reports)
- Northern Parula (1 report)
- Blackburnian 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.
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Acadian Flycatcher (Empidonax virescens) (1)
- Reported Jun 03, 2025 14:13 by Owen Rodewald
- 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/S246402929
- Comments: "Olive back and head, yellowish white below, two pale wingbars, white eyering (hardly noticeable). Mid canopy. Singing its two-parted song."
Mourning Warbler (Geothlypis philadelphia) (2)
- Reported Jun 03, 2025 13:31 by Paul Merle
- Prospect Park, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6602841,-73.9689534&ll=40.6602841,-73.9689534
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S246399829
- Comments: "Butterfly meadow. Female. Moving through the weeds. Not vocalizing. 2nd one at the Vale. Just south along the east side of the paved path. Vocalizing"
Mourning Warbler (Geothlypis philadelphia) (1)
- Reported Jun 03, 2025 09:30 by Chris Miller
- Prospect Park--Vale of Cashmere, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6690561,-73.9683616&ll=40.6690561,-73.9683616
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S246401955
- Comments: "Drab warbler with gray hood, no white eyering, black patch on breast and yellow underside. Male seen on SE side o the Vale skulking around in the wooded area behind some green benches."
Northern Parula (Setophaga americana) (1)
- Reported Jun 03, 2025 14:13 by Owen Rodewald
- 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/S246402929
- Comments: "Single male hanging around. Very chatty, constantly singing its classic rising trill."
Blackburnian Warbler (Setophaga fusca) (1)
- Reported Jun 03, 2025 13:31 by Paul Merle
- Prospect Park, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6602841,-73.9689534&ll=40.6602841,-73.9689534
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S246399829
- Comments: "Lookout hill. Moving through the tree tops. Vocalizing"
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From: <ebird-alert@birds.cornell.edu>
Date: Mon, Jun 2, 2025, 5:52 PM
Subject: [eBird Alert] Kings County Rare Bird Alert <hourly>
To: <prosbird@gmail.com>
*** Species Summary:
- Yellow-bellied Flycatcher (1 report)
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow (1 report)
- Hermit Thrush (1 report)
- Mourning Warbler (3 reports)
- Blackburnian Warbler (2 reports)
- Black-throated Green Warbler (2 reports)
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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 our users to bird safely, responsibly, and mindfully. Please follow the recommendations of your local health authorities and respect any active travel restrictions in your area. For more information visit: https://ebird.org/news/please-bird-mindfully
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher (Empidonax flaviventris) (1)
- Reported Jun 02, 2025 15:38 by David S-
- Lincoln Terrace Park/Arthur S. Somers Park, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6669126,-73.9272044&ll=40.6669126,-73.9272044
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S246049377
- Media: 3 Photos
- Comments: "Very shy flycatcher, would appear briefly, dissappear for 15 minutes, then return. Feeding on bees/insects on the three blooming Washington Hawthorn trees on the Eastern Pky side of the park. Possibly two birds here. Yellow wash on front, olive upper parts, two bold white wingbars, white eye ring. Did eventually vocalize, but was mostly silent while feeding. Sketchy pics to follow"
Northern Rough-winged Swallow (Stelgidopteryx serripennis) (2)
- Reported Jun 02, 2025 13:07 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/S246052222
- Comments: "Flagged for date. Pair hunting hill o' graves. Gray/brown back and head. White chest/belly. Square tail."
Hermit Thrush (Catharus guttatus) (1)
- Reported Jun 02, 2025 11:00 by Chris Miller
- Prospect Park, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6602841,-73.9689534&ll=40.6602841,-73.9689534
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S246065672
- Comments: "Flagged for date and location. Thrush with rufous tail seen with leo wexler-mann at Butterfly Meadow."
Mourning Warbler (Geothlypis philadelphia) (1)
- Reported Jun 02, 2025 13:16 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/S246039376
- Media: 7 Photos
- Comments: "*uncommon but expected as a sort of specialty later migrant. Spotted by MCHL as it sprung from the drip at Dell Water before diving into the brush; obscured views were diagnostic showing a bright yellow undertail and an indigo bunting-like tail swish, but it did eventually show itself near the bee boxes before going back into the tickseed pit. Photos"
Mourning Warbler (Geothlypis philadelphia) (1)
- Reported Jun 02, 2025 13:07 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/S246052222
- Comments: "Female type. Gray-headed warbler with bright yellow underside. No black bib. Not the individual recently seen here."
Mourning Warbler (Geothlypis philadelphia) (1)
- Reported Jun 02, 2025 11:00 by Chris Miller
- Prospect Park, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6602841,-73.9689534&ll=40.6602841,-73.9689534
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S246065672
- Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Female foraging low in the fenced in area of Butterfly Meadow"
Blackburnian Warbler (Setophaga fusca) (1)
- Reported Jun 02, 2025 13:16 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/S246039376
- Media: 3 Photos
- Comments: "*getting late. Spotted by Michael here (40.6547515, -73.9922195) photos"
Blackburnian Warbler (Setophaga fusca) (1)
- Reported Jun 02, 2025 13:07 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/S246052222
- Comments: "Flagged for date. Orange throat. Somewhat dull for Blackburnian."
Black-throated Green Warbler (Setophaga virens) (2)
- Reported Jun 02, 2025 13:16 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/S246039376
- Media: 10 Photos
- Comments: "*late. Found by high, hard chip call. Foraging together in locust tres here (40.6553681, -73.9914088) with redstarts. We encountered another one a little bit down the road, then two back in the initial spot, so there may well have been three. Photos, maybe of both birds?"
Black-throated Green Warbler (Setophaga virens) (2)
- Reported Jun 02, 2025 13:07 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/S246052222
- Comments: "Flagged for date. Feeding in locust trees. Yellow head, black throat."
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