Yellow-breasted Chat (Icteria virens) (1)
- Reported Nov 12, 2026 08:30 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/S409977134
- Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Late. was following a big flock of sparrows on sycamore ave and in a small dense deciduous tree noticed a very bright shock of yellow, like the kind of yellow that none of the usual birds in this context would have. it shuffled a little and prepared to fly and i got a look at its black mask and stubby, rather than thin or pointy beak, then it took off and i saw its olive back and the fact that it about the same size as the white throated sparrows that had just left the same tree. as i was trying to sketch what i had just seen it made the familiar "aeow!" call that gives the species its name from an ornamental conifer next to the "cabeza de mujer" statue. i might have recorded the sound since i had merlin running. tried to refind but all the birds eventually flew out of the back toward the chapel."
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- Reported Nov 12, 2026 08:30 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/S409977134
- Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Late. was following a big flock of sparrows on sycamore ave and in a small dense deciduous tree noticed a very bright shock of yellow, like the kind of yellow that none of the usual birds in this context would have. it shuffled a little and prepared to fly and i got a look at its black mask and stubby, rather than thin or pointy beak, then it took off and i saw its olive back and the fact that it about the same size as the white throated sparrows that had just left the same tree. as i was trying to sketch what i had just seen it made the familiar "aeow!" call that gives the species its name from an ornamental conifer next to the "cabeza de mujer" statue. i might have recorded the sound since i had merlin running. tried to refind but all the birds eventually flew out of the back toward the chapel."
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