Greenwood Cemetery BBC walk August 29th

Leader Matthew Wills

   

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From: Matthew Wills
Date: Mon, Aug 31, 2026, 2:16 PM
Subject: Re: Gwc
To: Peter Dorosh <prosbird@gmail.com>

Hi, Peter

Big group: 35 people. List of boids below, a modest amount considering we were also looking at plants and other life forms: skippers, dragonflies, cicadas, numerous other insects; turtles (two species); American Bullfrog (heard); Groundhog, Grey Squirrel. 

No redcoats (above ground).

Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, Kings, New York, US
Aug 29, 2026 7:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Protocol: Traveling
3.0 mile(s)
Checklist Comments:     Brooklyn Bird Club Late Summer Bounty Walk
29 species

Canada Goose  8
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  6
Mourning Dove  6
Chimney Swift  2
Spotted Sandpiper  2     Could have been the same bird following us from Valley Water to Sylvan Water
Laughing Gull  1
Osprey  1
Red-tailed Hawk  3     Minimum number. Two vocal juveniles at Crescent Water; one silent juvenile above Valley Water.
Belted Kingfisher  1     Female around Sylvan, seen and heard.
Red-bellied Woodpecker  1
Northern Flicker  1
American Kestrel  2
Monk Parakeet  25     Leaving cemetery at 7 am like commuters.
Great Crested Flycatcher  1     Maybe two.
Eastern Warbling Vireo  1
Red-eyed Vireo  1
Blue Jay  3
European Starling  X
Gray Catbird  5
Brown Thrasher  2     Together in Dell Water's waterless depths.
Northern Mockingbird  6
American Robin  X
Cedar Waxwing  15
House Sparrow  X
House Finch  1
Black-and-white Warbler  2
Common Yellowthroat  1
American Redstart  10
Northern Cardinal  

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