Fwd: Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, May 3rd Walk

Leader Matthew Wills

"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











   

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From: Matthew Wills <matthewwills@earthlink.net>
Date: Sun, May 3, 2026, 5:26 PM
Subject: Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, May 3rd Walk
To: Peter Dorosh <prosbird@gmail.com>

Hey, Peter

Twenty birders joined me this chilly morning for today's Green-Wood Cemetery Walk. No fallout, I think all the birds are in Ohio, but we still found a few.

Matthew

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Subject: eBird Report - Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, May 3, 2026

Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, Kings, New York, US
May 3, 2026 7:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Protocol: Traveling
3.0 mile(s)
Checklist Comments: Brooklyn Bird Club walk.
51 species

Canada Goose X Including two broods on Sylvan Water, about ten goslings all together.
Mallard 4
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) X
Mourning Dove X
Chimney Swift 8
Laughing Gull X Small flock fly-over
American Herring Gull 1 Fly-over
Double-crested Cormorant 1 Fly-over
Osprey 1 High fly-over
Red-tailed Hawk 2 Minimum number.
Red-bellied Woodpecker 2
Northern Flicker 1
American Kestrel 1
Monk Parakeet X
Great Crested Flycatcher 2
Blue-headed Vireo 1
Eastern Warbling Vireo 1
Blue Jay 1
American Crow 1 IDed by voice
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 1
Barn Swallow 10 Low over Valley and Sylvan Waters
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 2
Northern House Wren 1
European Starling X
Gray Catbird 4
Brown Thrasher 1
Northern Mockingbird 8
Wood Thrush 1
American Robin X
House Sparrow X
House Finch 1
American Goldfinch 1
Chipping Sparrow 6
White-throated Sparrow 7
Savannah Sparrow 1
Swamp Sparrow 1
Orchard Oriole 1
Baltimore Oriole 3 Minimum of two males and one female
Red-winged Blackbird 3
Brown-headed Cowbird 1
Common Grackle X
Ovenbird 1
Northern Waterthrush 1
Black-and-white Warbler 1
Common Yellowthroat 1
American Redstart 1
Northern Yellow Warbler 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler 6
Scarlet Tanager 1
Northern Cardinal 2
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 1

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S331990553

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

A mixed bag of warblers

Sort of a mixed bagged today in Prospect and Greenwood as most activity happened in the early morning but quieted down quickly in the afternoon.

For starters,Hooded Warbler seems "numerous"with one at Greenwood Cemetery Pierrepont Mausoleum,one West of Valley Water and another in Prospects Ravine.

Perhaps two Worm eating Warblers are reported : one atop Lookout Hill on the south upper slope bordering Butterfly Meadow and maybe another at the northeast Quaker Cemetery perimeter along the trail.

Continuing  with warblers, a Louisiana Waterthush was seen in the Ravine.

Also in the Ravine at the margin were three male Scarlet Tanagers.

Notable in Prospect , a flyover Greater Yellow legs over Prospect Lake and White Eyed Vireo West of the Well house behind the picnic tables bought quality sightings.

And lastly, the Gambles White crowned Sparrow sticks around at Sylvan Water West hedgerows, observed coming to the water edge.

My timing wasn't right in afternoon birding.🤗

"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











   

Look up !!

Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus) (2)
- Reported May 01, 2026 15:36 by Sean Sime
- 7 Av, New York US-NY 40.66685, -73.98171, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.66685,-73.981709&ll=40.66685,-73.981709
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S330650312
- Comments: "Photos TBA"

Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus) (2)
- Reported May 01, 2026 13:27 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/S330661349
- Comments: "photos, soaring black birds with white wing patches"

Sharp-shinned Hawk (Accipiter striatus) (2)
- Reported May 01, 2026 13:27 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/S330661349
- Comments: "together. flappy, high flying accipitrine hawks, small heads and very square looking tails"

Rough-legged Hawk (Buteo lagopus) (1)
- Reported May 01, 2026 17:49 by Emily Clark
- Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6902052,-73.9650187&ll=40.6902052,-73.9650187
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S330659205
- Comments: "Soaring NE over building next to Pratt. Overall paler than Red-tailed Hawk, with a clean whitish underside and a bold dark belly patch (not a diffuse belly band). Underwings had distinct dark patches near wrist; tail pale with dark band, not rufous. Seen while leaving the campus."

"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











   

Amer Bittern near Binnen bridge

American Bittern (Botaurus lentiginosus) (1)
- Reported May 01, 2026 12:39 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/S330568861
- Comments: "Large brown heron with long striped neck. Appeared to be foraging on the edge of the pond water before being flushed by an off leash dog. Seen near Binnen Bridge here:
(40.6622681, -73.9664375) *photos to come"

"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











   

Continuing ICGU at BTPP

Iceland Gull (Larus glaucoides) (1)
- Reported May 01, 2026 11:10 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/S330496480
- Comments: "On broken pier. Photo."

"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











   

Maryland monument SUTA

Summer Tanager (Piranga rubra) (1)
- Reported May 01, 2026 08:14 by Matt Beck
- 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/S330416603
- Comments: "Very visible bird feeding on bees. Seen by many other birders."

"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