Another dreary day but..

Good birds are the antidote for a dreary day and if the birder is patient they might find something good .

Let's give Greenwood Cemetery first crack. A Rusty Black bird might still highly prizes as one was found at Dell water. A Vesper Sparrow is worth pursuing  as one seen with Chipping Sparrows hung around the Summit Path. But a top prize occurred at Janet's Wildflowers meadow at Valley Water northwest border with a surprise Wilson's Snipe that flushed. If course if you like seeing the bird the Red Headed Woodpecker sticks to its abode at Hemlock Ave west of Battle Ave 

To our favorite park for locals Prospect pulls through with more Rusty Blackbirds and Louisiana Waterthrushes. 3 each of both species were recorded, with Rusty in the same spot at Upper Pool; the Waterthrushes were scattered: the Esdale Bridge, The Ravine farther down from the bridge and last in Lily Pool.

"Sunshine and spring bring out the best in everyone."

  -- Kenny Chesney ,country singer

photo of Amer Bittern from GWC Sunday

in checklist link

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American Bittern (Botaurus lentiginosus) (1)
- Reported Apr 06, 2025 16:34 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/S223577977
- Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Happened to pass by the cemetery entrance with DL (who'd never seen one) while doing non-bird stuff and figured this bird would probably be in the same place, and indeed it was. Snapped into the same vertical alert posture it was in when I saw it earlier, so we observed it briefly from a bit down the hill and used a tree and some brush as partial cover. Digibin photo."

American Bittern (Botaurus lentiginosus) (1)
- Reported Apr 06, 2025 14:10 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/S223564641
- Media: 5 Photos
- Comments: "**scarce migrant rarely seen in NYC but clearly moving through the region now with a flurry of reports in the last couple of days. Michael pointed out that they seem to appear "on the ground" in Brooklyn during this time on rainy, overcast mornings. (Though one must presume most of them are landing in the vast seas of phrags out in Gateway, Staten Island, etc - and are never found) As the bird was perched up in a tree in an alert posture we viewed it fairly briefly from behind a hill rise. (Not making intense eye contact and standing quartered to the bird instead of facing it dead on will also put a bird at ease - try it) photos"

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

                                                                            --Carl Sagan

locations of PP LOWA

Louisiana Waterthrush (Parkesia motacilla) (2)
- Reported Apr 06, 2025 12:35 by Kathleen Toomey
- 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/S223580551
- Comments: "Possibly three.   One seen near the Esdale Bridge, the second in the ravine (possibly the same one), a third seen on the peninsula.  Waterthrushes with bright white supercilia, red legs and clear throats.  Photos"

Louisiana Waterthrush (Parkesia motacilla) (3)
- Reported Apr 06, 2025 08:44 by Alison North
- 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/S223583513
- Comments: "Nice view of two together below waterfall, one at bottom of Lake"

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

                                                                            --Carl Sagan

Sunday's top birds locally

So many reports on this busy day under dreary skies that didn't stop birds coming through or present for awhile. Depending on your pursuits, here is my summary.

The top bird no doubt is American Bittern. First a report from Sylvan Water in Greenwood might be the same bird found high perched in a tree at Prospects Elephant Hill, the Ravines east flank. From the upward path at Three Arches Bridge ;the Bittern quite a way up.

Secondly, Wilson's Snipe is another good one . One was found along the sputh shore east of Prospect Lake 3 Sisters islands; then another found sitting in a muddy patch on the ballfields at West sector Long Meadow. 

Speaking of the south lake shore, Spotted Sandpiper landed here and dipped its way around. 

Meanwhile on the lake , a dozen or so Green winged Teals graced the lake.

Reports  came through of a number of Blue headed vireos in both Prospect and Greenwood. Prospect continues to harbor Orange crowned warbler in the woods between the Vale Cashmere and Rose Garden, a few Louisiana Water thrushes, I presumed at Lily pool and the Ravine. On the latter Louisiana also was found at Sylvan Water in Greenwood.

Rusty Blackbird stays put in the Lower Pool in prospect. A new first of year in Prospect is Wood thrush. And Vesper Sparrow was mentioned seen on the Peninsula meadow.

However Greenwood boasted a pretty decent day with Purple Finch, Red breasted Nuthatch and Eastern Bluebird at Valley and Central Avenues, and of course the constant Red Headed Woodpecker on Hemlock Ave, a gallery of colors to note!

Whew! 🐦

"Sunshine and spring bring out the best in everyone."

  -- Kenny Chesney ,country singer

PP LBBGull

Lesser Black-backed Gull (Larus fuscus) (1)
- Reported Apr 05, 2025 13:51 by Kathleen Toomey
- 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/S223256763
- Media: 4 Photos
- Comments: "Similar in size to nearby Herring gulls.  Dark gray back that contrasted with black wing-tips.   It disappeared among the Herring gulls because of its similar size,  which made me think it wasn't just a Great blacked back gull after all."

"Sunshine and spring bring out the best in everyone."

  -- Kenny Chesney ,country singer

Linnanean walk yesterday

Led by Tom Stephenson

Note orange crowned warbler, black white warbler, Louisiana Waterthrush, Rusty BB

https://ebird.org/checklist/S223272859

"Sunshine and spring bring out the best in everyone."

  -- Kenny Chesney ,country singer

Other Saturday local birds

Green Heron (Butorides virescens) (1)
- Reported Apr 05, 2025 09:11 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/S223172658
- Comments: "By sylvan"

Green Heron (Butorides virescens) (1)
- Reported Apr 05, 2025 13:37 by Maureen McDonnell
- 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/S223184405
- Comments: "Viewed with expert birders in appropriate habitat - under the rhododendron at the dog pond"

Green Heron (Butorides virescens) (1)
- Reported Apr 05, 2025 09:25 by Shira Ovide
- 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/S223186593
- Comments: "Back side of dog beach. On Linnean walk"


Northern House Wren (Troglodytes aedon) (1)
- Reported Apr 05, 2025 09:34 by Susie Dippel
- 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/S223190341
- Comments: "Small drab brown bird, weak eye line."


White-crowned Sparrow (Zonotrichia leucophrys) (5)
- Reported Apr 05, 2025 13:23 by Maureen McDonnell
- 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/S223181300
- Comments: "Clear whole striped head on sparrow. Scratching in the leaf litter. Have seen this bird many times in Chicago."

FOS
Black-and-white Warbler (Mniotilta varia) (1)
- Reported Apr 05, 2025 09:25 by Shira Ovide
- 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/S223186593
- Comments: "The vale. Spotted with a Linnean group walk"

Orange-crowned Warbler (Leiothlypis celata) (1)
- Reported Apr 05, 2025 09:25 by Shira Ovide
- 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/S223186593
- Comments: "Near Vale. Drab warbler, long tail, bright yellow under tail"

Orange-crowned Warbler (Leiothlypis celata) (1)
- Reported Apr 05, 2025 08:11 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/S223185349
- Comments: "Drab gray-yellow warbler. Yellow undertail coverts. Photo."


Red-headed Woodpecker (Melanerpes erythrocephalus) (1)
- Reported Apr 05, 2025 08:20 by Barbara S
- 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/S223203389
- Comments: "Long continuing bird. Woodpecker with meanwhile full red head.". Hemlock bet mulberry and Battle avenues
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"Sunshine and spring bring out the best in everyone."

  -- Kenny Chesney ,country singer

Red shouldered hawk in vale

On this heavy overcast day, a brave Red shouldered hawk flew over the Nethermead, a darker than usual bird that landed in The Vale of Cashmere. It was reported calling later there.

"Sunshine and spring bring out the best in everyone."

  -- Kenny Chesney ,country singer

Lowa

Louisiana Waterthrush (Parkesia motacilla) (2)
- Reported Apr 05, 2025 08:58 by Peter Paul
- Prospect Park, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6602841,-73.9689534&ll=40.6602841,-73.9689534
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S223160036
- Comments: "Esdale, lower Ravine. I walked directly from one to the other - definitely two individuals. Chest-heavy, cream colored waterthrushes, bright white eyebrow contrasting with buffy flanks."

"Sunshine and spring bring out the best in everyone."

  -- Kenny Chesney ,country singer

Fwd: [eBird Alert] Kings County Rare Bird Alert

Good stuff in prospect
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*** Species Summary:

- Glaucous Gull (1 report)
- Vesper Sparrow (1 report)
- Louisiana Waterthrush (4 reports)
- Orange-crowned Warbler (1 report)

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Glaucous Gull (Larus hyperboreus) (1)
- Reported Apr 04, 2025 13:53 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/S222946863
- Comments: "!!! Stood out amongst herring gulls…Large cream colored gull with bi-colored bill, lacking dark wingtips. Entire group got flushed off the lake by red-tailed hawk. Image."

Vesper Sparrow (Pooecetes gramineus) (1)
- Reported Apr 04, 2025 13:33 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/S222948538
- Comments: "Rare spring migrant (definitely my first one outside of fall in the city), much more expected in the fall, but one of a few seen in the city within the last week or so. Chunky sparrow with bold eyering. Dwarfed the FISPs it was foraging with. Photos."

Louisiana Waterthrush (Parkesia motacilla) (1)
- Reported Apr 04, 2025 13:53 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/S222946863
- Comments: "Flagged for date. Singing loudly at lily pond. Widening eyebrow. Buffy underside."

Louisiana Waterthrush (Parkesia motacilla) (1)
- Reported Apr 04, 2025 13:33 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/S222948538
- Comments: "Still earlyish, Lily Pond (likely place for it to be). Bright white supercilium, pink legs.  More expected waterthrush species for this date. Photos."

Louisiana Waterthrush (Parkesia motacilla) (1)
- Reported Apr 04, 2025 12:59 by Trevor Williams
- Prospect Park, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6602841,-73.9689534&ll=40.6602841,-73.9689534
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S222938288
- Comments: "Distinct white eyebrow, found bobbing around near water."

Louisiana Waterthrush (Parkesia motacilla) (2)
- Reported Apr 04, 2025 09:50 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/S222925996
- Comments: "Binnen Bridge and Rose Garden"

Orange-crowned Warbler (Leiothlypis celata) (1)
- Reported Apr 04, 2025 09:50 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/S222925996
- Comments: "Continuing at the Vale"

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Two roads diverged in a wood and I – I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference."

— Robert Frost

Lowa

Also one reported in the Vale Cashmere and behind Music Pagoda by Lily Pool

Louisiana Waterthrush (Parkesia motacilla) (1)
- Reported Apr 04, 2025 18:26 by Radka Osickova
- 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/S222985190
- Comments: "By music pagoda, vocalizing, seen"

"Sunshine and spring bring out the best in everyone."

  -- Kenny Chesney ,country singer

Vesper Sparrow and orange crowned warbler

 Vesper Sparrow reported today on Prospects Nethermead see report below

Vesper Sparrow (Pooecetes gramineus) (1)
- Reported Apr 04, 2025 15:50 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/S222976499
- Comments: "Found by Ant on Nethermead with Junco, Savannah and Field Sparrows. Distant ID photo that shows the eye ring to come."

Orange crowned warbler continues between Vale cashmere and upper Rose Garden ,in that stretch of slope woods.

Go fly a kite ? Mega over Guv island plus other things

Today a report from Mary Beth drew up a SWALLOW TAILED KITE over Governors Island. Now that's a mega while also being lucky in the right place at the right time..,👍

Meanwhile at Prospect, Blue continues on Prospect Lake with a drake Blue winged Teal seen tucked in on Duck Islands east shore on southeast Prospect Lake. 

The Red throated loon continues on prospect lake.

Prospects neighbor Greenwood Cemetery top high light was an American Woodcock feeding,picking out worms inside the 4th avenue entrance:thats a bonus! A Black Vultures is another highlight ,a flyover. Flagged first of year Green Heron and Northern rough winged swallow at Sylvan Water and the long continuing red head woodpecker at Hemlock and Battle avenues are worth pursuits.

"Sunshine and spring bring out the best in everyone."

  -- Kenny Chesney ,country singer

Good birds in prospect

Vesper Sparrow (Pooecetes gramineus) (1)
- Reported Apr 04, 2025 16:21 by Rusty H
- Prospect Park, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6602841,-73.9689534&ll=40.6602841,-73.9689534
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S222956282
- Comments: "Photo"

Vesper Sparrow (Pooecetes gramineus) (1)
- Reported Apr 04, 2025 16:20 by Linda Ewing
- 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/S222955523
- Comments: "Spiffy individual w crisp streaking on breast; strong facial pattern w gray cheek set off by white; distinct eye ring. Saw on ground, never in flight, so missed white outer tail feathers. Seen with MOB who got photos. Thanks, Ant!"

Louisiana Waterthrush (Parkesia motacilla) (1)
- Reported Apr 04, 2025 14:15 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/S222960437
- Comments: "Waterthrush with unspotted white throat, bright pink legs and broad white eyebrow. Foraging around the edge of the water near the Nethermead bridge. *Photos to come"

Orange-crowned Warbler (Leiothlypis celata) (1)
- Reported Apr 04, 2025 11:30 by Autumn L
- 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/S222950677
- Comments: "caught on merlin, bouncing around on a tree next to the lake with some palm warblers and a pine. slate/olive head & back yellow front/belly"

"Sunshine and spring bring out the best in everyone."

  -- Kenny Chesney ,country singer

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Photo of little blue heroin yesterday prospect lake

Little Blue Heron (Egretta caerulea) (1)
- Reported Apr 03, 2025 16:48 by Seth Barr
- Prospect Park, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6602841,-73.9689534&ll=40.6602841,-73.9689534
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S222748298
- Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "As reported by Chris at 3 sisters"

3 sisters island in south middle

Little Blue Heron (Egretta caerulea) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Apr 03, 2025 16:38 by Sean Krepski

- 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/S222753004
- Comments: "Small heron with dark blue feathers on north side of Three Sisters Islands, tucked in the bushes at first and later out in the open by the water’s edge."

Little Blue Heron (Egretta caerulea) (1)

- Reported Apr 03, 2025 14:00 by terry VP

- Prospect Park, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6602841,-73.9689534&ll=40.6602841,-73.9689534

- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S222758578
- Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "nice find by Jo & Chris at three sisters"

Average migration dates

"Sunshine and spring bring out the best in everyone."

  -- Kenny Chesney ,country singer

Another great local rare find

Typically a salt marsh bird,this species is rare inland. Yellow crowned  night heron , cattle Egret now little blue heron ,what the heck is going on? 😆

Little Blue Heron (Egretta caerulea) (1)
- Reported Apr 03, 2025 15:15 by Linda Ewing
- 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/S222717132
- Comments: "Great find by Jo & Chris. Cross-lake views of heron w an entirely slate-colored body, lacking the facial pattern of its Great cousin."

Little Blue Heron (Egretta caerulea) (1)
- Reported Apr 03, 2025 15:14 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/S222715130
- Comments: "A bit early, and generally rare for the park. Thank you Chris M for the find & alert, and thank you to this nice adult Little Blue Heron for staying in the same spot so could I run into the park and get my patch bird extremely quick."


Little Blue Heron (Egretta caerulea) (1)
- Reported Apr 03, 2025 16:23 by Peter Paul
- Prospect Park, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6602841,-73.9689534&ll=40.6602841,-73.9689534
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S222736456
- Comments: "Uncommon in the park, and a patch bird for me :)  Reported this afternoon by Chris M. Small blue heron with dark blue head and down-curved blue bill with dark tip. Was on the north side of three sisters, seen from a distance across the lake, and then a bit better from behind the island."

"Sunshine and spring bring out the best in everyone."

  -- Kenny Chesney ,country singer

Thursday pursuits

Red-headed Woodpecker (Melanerpes erythrocephalus) (1)
- Reported Apr 03, 2025 08:54 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/S222669145
- Comments: "Continuing over-wintering individual, now in full adult plumage (if a bit disheveled from the rain). Red head, glossy black back, pure white on lower wings."

Northern Rough-winged Swallow (Stelgidopteryx serripennis) (1)
- Reported Apr 03, 2025 08:54 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/S222669145
- Comments: "Predictably early (a few have been reported in recent days). Brown swallow w dingy white underparts working Sylvan."

Orange-crowned Warbler (Leiothlypis celata) (1)
- Reported Apr 03, 2025 08:45 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/S222673083
- Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "Continuing in the Vale.  Thank you to Chris for pointing out the general area.  Between the Vale and the Rose Garden on the north side.  Photos.  Drab yellow warbler with grey hood and weak eyeline."

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

                                                                            --Carl Sagan

reported Redhead

Redhead (Aythya americana) (1)
- Reported Apr 02, 2025 16:59 by Howard Walfish
- 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/S222543643
- Comments: "Terrible photo will be added later. Tentative ID but others have confirmed.   Among shovelers and Ruddy ducks on the lake. Seen from the peninsula"

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

                                                                            --Carl Sagan

gwc

Red-headed Woodpecker (Melanerpes erythrocephalus) (1)
- Reported Apr 02, 2025 13:00 by Felipe Pimentel
- 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/S222565331
- Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Continuing bird. Seen in the area of Battle Hill."

Northern Rough-winged Swallow (Stelgidopteryx serripennis) (1)
- Reported Apr 02, 2025 11:55 by Kathleen Toomey
- 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/S222570498
- Comments: "Flying low over Sylvan Water.   Brown backed swallow with a squared of tail, light underparts and no chest band"

negative reports of Cattle Egret yesterday

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

                                                                            --Carl Sagan

Fos brown thrasher bbg

Brown Thrasher (Toxostoma rufum) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Apr 02, 2025 16:23 by Carl Biers
- 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/S222531174
- Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "A little early. Large reddish brown bird with large sdecurved bill. Bold streaking. Yellow iris"

"Sunshine and spring bring out the best in everyone."

  -- Kenny Chesney ,country singer

Vale cashmere woods orange crowned warbler

Orange-crowned Warbler (Leiothlypis celata) (1)
- Reported Apr 02, 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/S222460334
- Comments: "Presumably the same warbler that has been visiting the Vale. I saw it on the same plant hitting the sap wells before a sapsucker chased it off. Due to the sapsucker's patrolling I wasn't able to get a good photo. *Located in the wooded area between the rose garden and lower Vale."

"Sunshine and spring bring out the best in everyone."

  -- Kenny Chesney ,country singer

around the nabe today

Glaucous Gull (Larus hyperboreus) (1)
- Reported Apr 02, 2025 10:49 by Austin Johnson
- 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/S222508914
- Comments: "sweet find by tripper :) twifer for me, though much more distant and brief this time. 1st cycle (i think), only barely larger than nearby ahgu, creamy white overall with white wings, bicolored pink and black bill."

Red-headed Woodpecker (Melanerpes erythrocephalus) (1)
- Reported Apr 02, 2025 12:55 by Ingrid Messbauer
- 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/S222509541
- Comments: "Continuing at Battle & Hemlock. Pics to come."

Northern Rough-winged Swallow (Stelgidopteryx serripennis) (4) CONFIRMED
- Reported Apr 02, 2025 09:45 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/S222496778
- Media: 1 Audio
- Comments: "At Sylvan Water, group of small brown swallows; one seen close up perched on nearby small tree. Calling loudly, ID confirmed by Merlin."

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

                                                                            --Carl Sagan

Continuing glaucous gull at bush terminal park today

Glaucous Gull (Larus hyperboreus) (1)
- Reported Apr 02, 2025 09:14 by Jeff G
- 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/S222471262
- Comments: "Tripper and Michael had this bird here the other day. enormous all-white gull first seen way way out in the harbor near the Statue of Liberty. It later flew into the pier and bathed for a while. Photos"

"Sunshine and spring bring out the best in everyone."

  -- Kenny Chesney ,country singer

Fos yellow warbler gwc

Yellow Warbler (Setophaga petechia) (1)
- Reported Apr 01, 2025 17:26 by Brit 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/S222361359
- Comments: "Seen at Sylvan Water"

Cattle Egret continues and other stuff

Greenwood cemetery's loyal Cattle Egret after a morning close call with a red tailed hawk returned to its roots at the 4th Ave/ 34th St entrance.

Look for the bird on the lawn slope past the security check in booth. It was reported this afternoon 

Meanwhile in Prospect, a Pine warbler gathering took place on the Peninsula " thumb" as this species peaks. Also reported for water lovers are Louisiana Waterthrush at the Rock Arch bridge in the Ravine and a calling Rusty Blackbird near the Upper Pool dog beach  

"Sunshine and spring bring out the best in everyone."

  -- Kenny Chesney ,country singer

Cattle egret update

There was a report that the Cattle egret left about 9, chased out by a Red tailed Hawk.  fortunately for some ( like the attached checklist) it was there ayt 4th ave entrance.

https://ebird.org/checklist/S222288778

however i just opened another email and that chklist says its back in GWC at 1246 pm.

https://ebird.org/checklist/S222301106

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

                                                                            --Carl Sagan

LOWA still around in Prospect from Yesterday

LOWA in various spots see below reports

Louisiana Waterthrush (Parkesia motacilla) (1)
- Reported Mar 31, 2025 14:46 by E R
- Prospect Park, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6602841,-73.9689534&ll=40.6602841,-73.9689534
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S222144997
- Comments: "Continuing along ambergill, working its way up and down- singing some! Sometimes sounded like two, or just one individual alternating whisper song with louder song in a disorienting way"

Louisiana Waterthrush (Parkesia motacilla) (1)
- Reported Mar 31, 2025 14:46 by E R
- Prospect Park, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6602841,-73.9689534&ll=40.6602841,-73.9689534
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S222144997
- Comments: "Continuing along ambergill, working its way up and down- singing some! Sometimes sounded like two, or just one individual alternating whisper song with louder song in a disorienting way"

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

                                                                            --Carl Sagan

Glaucous gull bush term park

Glaucous Gull (Larus hyperboreus) (1)
- Reported Mar 31, 2025 13:45 by MCHL ____
- 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/S222130775
- Comments: "Great spot by Tripper. Large all cream colored gull with two-toned bill. Image."

"Sunshine and spring bring out the best in everyone."

  -- Kenny Chesney ,country singer

Greenwood cemetery specialties yesterday

The Western cattle Egret spending time at 4th Avenue entrance,flew to Sylvan water and feasted on insects around an animal carcass

The now beautiful Red Headed woodpecker still sticks around at Battle hill area , specifically on hemlock Ave between mulberry and Battle aves

Blue gray gnatcatcher appeared for the first of season. More will come

A Vesper Sparrow was spotted first at South Wood and Union Avenue, likely the same one reappeared at Dell Water brush area.

"Sunshine and spring bring out the best in everyone."

  -- Kenny Chesney ,country singer

Lowa in ravine

Louisiana Waterthrush (Parkesia motacilla) (1)
- Reported Mar 31, 2025 07:09 by Julian Elman
- Prospect Park, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6602841,-73.9689534&ll=40.6602841,-73.9689534
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S222055164
- Comments: "Continuing in the ravine, singing. Bright white supercilium."

"Sunshine and spring bring out the best in everyone."

  -- Kenny Chesney ,country singer

Isabel Conte

For birders who knew her from the prospect walks, I'm passing word along that Isabel Conte passed away last Thursday , from complications of cancer.

She was a quiet type yet called the Brooklyn Bird Club her family. And that is a great honor for the club to have made someone's life...better and relevant 

Rest in Peace , Isabel.  🌹🐦

-KB

"Sunshine and spring bring out the best in everyone."

  -- Kenny Chesney ,country singer

Fwd: [eBird Alert] Kings County Rare Bird Alert

Details on gwc cattle Egret 

"Sunshine and spring bring out the best in everyone."

  -- Kenny Chesney ,country singer

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- Western Cattle-Egret (5 reports)
- Red-headed Woodpecker (2 reports)

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Western Cattle-Egret (Ardea ibis) (1)
- Reported Mar 30, 2025 10:00 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/S221850158
- Comments: "Amazing find by Daisy! Thanks for reporting! Small hunched white egret with lovely peach colored hue."

Western Cattle-Egret (Ardea ibis) (1)
- Reported Mar 30, 2025 09:45 by Anonymous eBirder
- 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/S221838645
- Comments: "On the grounds of Niblos monument by Crescent"

Western Cattle-Egret (Ardea ibis) (1)
- Reported Mar 30, 2025 08:15 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/S221842675
- Comments: "Increasingly rare in Kings. Small, bright white egret with orange highlights and yellowy-orange bill. Grazing around Crescent Water."

Western Cattle-Egret (Ardea ibis) (1)
- Reported Mar 30, 2025 08:15 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/S221842676
- Comments: "Increasingly rare in Kings. Small, bright white egret with orange highlights and yellowy-orange bill. Grazing around Crescent Water."

Western Cattle-Egret (Ardea ibis) (1)
- Reported Mar 30, 2025 07:07 by Angela Panetta
- 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/S221849594
- Comments: "Foraging on grass."

Red-headed Woodpecker (Melanerpes erythrocephalus) (1)
- Reported Mar 30, 2025 09:45 by Anonymous eBirder
- 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/S221838645
- Comments: "Usual spot"

Red-headed Woodpecker (Melanerpes erythrocephalus) (1)
- Reported Mar 30, 2025 07:07 by Angela Panetta
- 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/S221849594
- Comments: "Continuing"

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Big deal Cattle Egret at Greenwood Cemetery

Western Cattle-Egret (Ardea ibis) (1)
- Reported Mar 30, 2025 10:49 by Russ Alderson
- 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/S221833540
- Comments: "Working the Crescent water area. Small egret, mostly white with yellow legs and yellow wash around the head. Reported earlier by Daisy. Observed by many."

Western Cattle-Egret (Ardea ibis) (1)
- Reported Mar 30, 2025 10:07 by E R
- 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/S221817247
- Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Awesome find by Daisy! Walking along the hillsides around Crescent Water- made a few short flights but was sticking to the area. Some pale orange sherbet coloring on it."

"Sunshine and spring bring out the best in everyone."

  -- Kenny Chesney ,country singer

Lowa continuing binnen creek

Prospect Louisiana Waterthrush continuing on binnen creek feeding at weir 100' south of Nethermead 3 arches bridge. Caught up with bird I missed yesterday 🤗

"Sunshine and spring bring out the best in everyone."

  -- Kenny Chesney ,country singer

A good Saturday birding opening season

Today felt like opening season in prospect park. I'm not talking baseball but rather the first good wave of anticipated birds.

During my walk celebrating my 50th, we succeeded finding the target species Golden crowned kinglet. They were in lots of places but concentrated along the back path of upper Pool. Here is where we found also Pine and Palm warbler, carolina wren and brown creepers. But the top bird was a reported Wilsons snipe that flushed from the back gate before we arrived. However it resurfaced at LilyPool at Binnen Bridge .

Enroute to the snipe, a suprise first; we were diverted by a quick flyby early Louisiana water thrush! But it was elusive and desiring getting the snipe we quicken the pace. However the water thrust spent later along the creek south of nethermead three arches bridge.

The snipe was a tough act but after closer search it was found hunkered under a limb. Some patience rewarded us when the snipe emerged ,feeding along the pool south side. A lifer for many in my group is satisfying. Also in lily pool were two gorgeous Rusty Blackbirds.

Kill deer among 100s of robins on the baseball fields could be classified a top hi light as well. Add yellow bellied sapsucker,Ring necked Duck and perched adult Cooper's Hawk  among 51 species we all saw makes it a terrific Start to opening season for migration.

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Two roads diverged in a wood and I – I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference."

— Robert Frost

Hot day Saturday, first early push of migrants see Ryan , Angie's walk chklist below

Red-headed Woodpecker (Melanerpes erythrocephalus) (1)
- Reported Mar 29, 2025 10:58 by Dominic Ricci
- 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/S221614229
- Comments: "Red head, black back with broad white patch."

Louisiana Waterthrush (Parkesia motacilla) (1)
- Reported Mar 29, 2025 12:08 by Joe Weisbord
- 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/S221618248
- Comments: "Calling downstream from Nethermead arch; strong white supercilium contrasting with buffy flanks; pink legs. Photos."

Louisiana Waterthrush (Parkesia motacilla) (1)
- Reported Mar 29, 2025 09:50 by Ryan Goldberg
- 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/S221614590
- Comments: "*Early migrant, seen walking on the rocks in the water below the Nethermead Bridge. Unstreaked throat, flared white supercilium, sashaying its whole rear."

Louisiana Waterthrush (Parkesia motacilla) (1)
- Reported Mar 29, 2025 09:50 by Angie Co
- 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/S221614687
- Comments: "*Early migrant, seen walking on the rocks in the water below the Nethermead Bridge. Unstreaked throat, flared white supercilium, sashaying its whole rear."

"Sunshine and spring bring out the best in everyone."

  -- Kenny Chesney ,country singer

Brooklyn Bird Club Field Trip Reports: March 31 A Golden crowned Kinglet or Bust walk in Prospect Park A celebratory year

http://bbcprevioustripreports.blogspot.com/2025/03/march-31-golden-crowned-kinglet-or-busy.html

A really good successful walk today especially getting my theme bird GCKI and 15 birders coming to celebrate! 👍👏

-kingsboider

"Sunshine and spring bring out the best in everyone."

  -- Kenny Chesney ,country singer

Louisiana wt shows up.. prospect ravine

Louisiana Waterthrush (Parkesia motacilla) (1)
- Reported Mar 29, 2025 07:44 by Tanvi Dinesh
- 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/S221527571
- Comments: "Saw on the rocks by the water for just a couple seconds"

"Sunshine and spring bring out the best in everyone."

  -- Kenny Chesney ,country singer

around the nabe

Common Merganser (Mergus merganser) (1)
- Reported Mar 28, 2025 10:07 by Matthew Mottern
- Prospect Park--Feeders Only, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6580479,-73.9676857&ll=40.6580479,-73.9676857
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S221314984
- Comments: "Red head with white nape"

Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Mar 27, 2025 13:30 by Matthew Wills
- 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/S221166897
- Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Good view of pale primaries and short tail as it winged southeasterly."

Red-headed Woodpecker (Melanerpes erythrocephalus) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Mar 28, 2025 11:39 by Cheyenne Everhart
- 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/S221317983
- Comments: "Continuing on Hemlock between Mulberry and Battle"

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

                                                                            --Carl Sagan

rare Redhead Duck on Prospect Lake +OCWA

WE dont get t6hem too often

Redhead (Aythya americana) (1)
- Reported Mar 28, 2025 08:51 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/S221271435
- Comments: "Nice find by Stevie P. Handsome drake associating with a pair of Mallards. Took off heading west after getting spooked by commotion caused by an injured goose rescue attempt. Patch bird!"

Redhead (Aythya americana) (1)
- Reported Mar 28, 2025 07:19 by Linda Ewing
- 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/S221269573
- Comments: "Found by Stevie P, viewed from peninsula. Handsome drake w red head, black fore & aft, grayish body."

Redhead (Aythya americana) (1)
- Reported Mar 28, 2025 08:03 by Doug McNamara
- 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/S221271722
- Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "Swimming close to shore of the Peninsula"

Plus

Orange-crowned Warbler (Leiothlypis celata) (1)
- Reported Mar 28, 2025 09:42 by Mat Smart
- 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/S221277438
- Comments: "Drab warbler with yellowish underside and brightest yellow on under tail coverts.  Faint broken eye ring.  South end of Vale of Cashmere."

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

                                                                            --Carl Sagan

around the nabe

Hemlock Ave between Battle and MUlberry

Red-headed Woodpecker (Melanerpes erythrocephalus) (1)
- Reported Mar 25, 2025 14:00 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/S220784362
- Comments: "in cache tree , very busy and vocal"

Boathouse pond

Northern Rough-winged Swallow (Stelgidopteryx serripennis) (1)
- Reported Mar 27, 2025 13:45 by Asaf Calderon
- 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/S221149096
- Comments: "Grey, highly acrobatic and constant flying above the water in contrast to the pheobes' short swipes. Would not have noticed if not for the reports here, thanks all!"

In the Sky!

Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus) (5)
- Reported Mar 27, 2025 13:18 by B F
- Windsor Terrace Tree, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6506874,-73.9778054&ll=40.6506874,-73.9778054
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S221134228
- Media: 3 Photos
- Comments: "Vultures with small tails, silver jazz hands, flapping more frequently than Turkey Vultures and not holding wings in significant dihedral.  Photos (Could mostly only get 4 in the same frame, but there were 5).  There is one RTHA in one of the shots.  Flying north over Green Wood Cemetery, seen from my kitchen window.  Yard bird."

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

                                                                            --Carl Sagan

Still Sticking around...

Red-headed Woodpecker (Melanerpes erythrocephalus) (1)
- Reported Mar 26, 2025 09:30 by Keith Michael
- 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/S220959393
- Comments: "Continuing west of Battle and Hemlock Avenues."

"Sunshine and spring bring out the best in everyone."

  -- Kenny Chesney ,country singer

FOY rough winged swallow

Northern Rough-winged Swallow (Stelgidopteryx serripennis) (1)
- Reported Mar 26, 2025 08:00 by Leo Traub
- Prospect Park, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6602841,-73.9689534&ll=40.6602841,-73.9689534
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S220888690
- Comments: "Swallow with grayish body and throat, white belly. Foraging in front of the Prospect Park lake house. IDed with the help of Forrest.

"Sunshine and spring bring out the best in everyone."

  -- Kenny Chesney ,country singer

Vale OCWA

Orange-crowned Warbler (Leiothlypis celata) (1)
- Reported Mar 25, 2025 09:49 by Mat Smart
- 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/S220695060
- Comments: "Continuing bird at Vale.  Very active drab warbler with sharp bill.  Dull yellow underside with distinctly brightest yellow at undertail coverts.  Did not get clear view of broken eye ring but another birder saw it minutes later at another spot in the Vale."

"Sunshine and spring bring out the best in everyone."

  -- Kenny Chesney ,country singer

Photo of prospect ycnh in Chklist link

Yellow-crowned Night Heron (Nyctanassa violacea) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Mar 25, 2025 14:57 by Joshua Multer
- 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/S220752741
- Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Thanks to Forrest for the find. Odd for the park and time of year. Gray body, black and white head, longer legs and thicker bill than the black. Will add pic"

Yellow-crowned Night Heron (Nyctanassa violacea) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Mar 25, 2025 11:30 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/S220766475
- Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Originally found by Forrest W. Adult perched high in a tree in Midwood, across from zoo."

"Sunshine and spring bring out the best in everyone."

  -- Kenny Chesney ,country singer

YCNH details

Yellow-crowned Night Heron (Nyctanassa violacea) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Mar 25, 2025 14:57 by Joshua Multer
- 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/S220752741
- Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Thanks to Forrest for the find. Odd for the park and time of year. Gray body, black and white head, longer legs and thicker bill than the black. Will add pic"

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

                                                                            --Carl Sagan

Prospect Tuesday great for rarities

Hilight today is rare yellow crowned night heron ,usually a saltier species..found by Forrest W.

Common Merganser (Mergus merganser) (1)
- Reported Mar 25, 2025 08:39 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/S220693586
- Comments: "Continuing hen on lake"

Yellow-crowned Night Heron (Nyctanassa violacea) (1)
- Reported Mar 25, 2025 10:18 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/S220697443
- Comments: "Great find by Forrest. In the midwood, high up in a tree across from the zoo. Squat heron with white/yellow crown and face stripe."

Yellow-crowned Night Heron (Nyctanassa violacea) (1)
- Reported Mar 25, 2025 07:24 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/S220685737
- Comments: "Flagged for date (early), and somewhat unusual in the park. The location was also unexpected: This adult was perched extremely high in the treetops in the Midwood, across from the zoo. That said, I've seen American Bitterns in the same context, so maybe it was the same deal: migrating through, and deciding to spend the day in the top of a tree? Photos. 40.6643892, -73.9667241"

Orange-crowned Warbler (Leiothlypis celata) (1)
- Reported Mar 25, 2025 07:24 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/S220685737
- Comments: "Flagged for date. Continuing in the Vale, where this bird was pretty silent, unlike in other reports, and only popped out once. Maybe it's been more vocal in the afternoon? Photos."

"Sunshine and spring bring out the best in everyone."

  -- Kenny Chesney ,country singer