Reported in north mid wood along the path before or at the fork
- Reported Apr 28, 2026 09:42 by Cailyn Hansen
- 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/S328952608
- Comments: "First reported by Peter Nauffts. At seeing the post, I ran across the park to where the pin was. The bird had been vocalizing pretty consistently. I saw a group of birders who had just seen the bird and shortly we saw it fly to another tree. Thanks to Forrest for helping me get eyes on it. White throat and belly with black necklace. Backlit, so hard to see color on it. It stayed in the area visible at points for about 10 min after I arrived. I hung around for about an hour trying to find it again, but only heard it once more. Audio to be attached."
Cerulean Warbler (Setophaga cerulea) (1)
- Reported Apr 28, 2026 09:40 by Ed Crowne
- Prospect Park, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S3
- Media: 4 Photos
- Comments: "Found and reported in Midwood of Prospect Park by Peter Nauffts. I heard it sing repeatedly upon arriving. I recorded it on Merlin and subsequently was able to see and photograph it. The Cerulean was part of a small mixed flock moving about in the canopy of a very tall tree. First year male. See photos."
Cerulean Warbler (Setophaga cerulea) (1)
- Reported Apr 28, 2026 07:00 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/S328979635
- Media: 6 Photos
- Comments: "Flagged as rare: A scarce migrant, and one that often seems to go undetected, especially due to the fact that it tends to hang out extremely high in trees, plus this is maybe slightly on the early side for this species. In this case it was indeed extremely high in the trees, but blessedly it was both (1) singing regularly (a rising, buzzy song sorta like a Parula or an alt Black-Throated Blue Warbler song, but with three phases rather than two, and with what I think of as a little telltale “chugga, chugga” at the beginning, telling you you’re aboard the train to Cerulean Town) and (2) singing next to a slope, so that from the top of the hill you could see it somewhere closer to eye level. First heard and reported by Peter N earlier, though I didn’t know that at the time, so by the time I showed up in the Midwood and heard it and then saw it, I called out “Cerulean!” to him and others without realizing they had already had it lol. Photos (all bad I suspect, but identifiable), audio.
Location-wise, we had it in this area, in the Midwood just south of the broken steps, though it seemed like it might be moving with a mixed flock that also included a Black-and-White, several Yellow-Rumpeds, a Parula, and a Scarler Tanager, and by the time I left that flock had seemed to move north and we had lost the Cerulean: https://maps.app.goo.gl/Bsm1nCad8wpzAFQQ9?g_st=ic"
"There is symbolic as well as actual beauty in the migration of the birds, the ebb and flow of the tides, the folded bud ready for spring." — Rachel Carson
