Treves BBG List

https://ebird.org/checklist/S293144946

Note eagle and purple fiinch

Something to think about for the New year:

What is success?
To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children; to earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends; to appreciate the beauty; to find the best in others; to leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch Or a redeemed social condition; to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded!

Ralph Waldo Emerson
















   

Black vulture over GWC

Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus) (1)
- Reported Jan 08, 2026 08:00 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/S293145356
- Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "flyover and perched atop the large chimney on the water front . all black bird with silver wingtips, distinct flight style 'bat like snappy wing beats'  poor photo attached ."

Something to think about for the New year:

What is success?
To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children; to earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends; to appreciate the beauty; to find the best in others; to leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch Or a redeemed social condition; to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded!

Ralph Waldo Emerson
















   

Saturdays walk change update

Dear birders:

Megan Thorton's walk in Greenwood Cemetery has been moved to Sunday January 11th due to rain forecast Saturday.

see the revised date on the Brooklyn Bird Club (BBC) website

https://brooklynbirdclub.org/event/a-finchy-winter-walk-in-green-wood-cemetery/

--

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

                                                                            --Carl Sagan

Overwinter chippie at. GWC

Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina) (1)
- Reported Jan 07, 2026 08:02 by Asher Fusco
- 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/S292928276
- Comments: "Expected overwinterer at Green-Wood. Dell Water feeders

Something to think about for the New year:

What is success?
To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children; to earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends; to appreciate the beauty; to find the best in others; to leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch Or a redeemed social condition; to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded!

Ralph Waldo Emerson
















   

Cobble Hill OCWA

Orange-crowned Warbler (Leiothlypis celata) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jan 07, 2026 08:37 by E R
- Cobble Hill Park, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6882527,-73.9961675&ll=40.6882527,-73.9961675
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S292927286
- Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Back again- this time in the dense raised plantings at Clinton Street side. Thought I might have heard a second one while looking at this one, unless it was just throwing its voice. Will check again later…Cell phone photo"

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Something to think about for the New year:

What is success?
To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children; to earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends; to appreciate the beauty; to find the best in others; to leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch Or a redeemed social condition; to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded!

Ralph Waldo Emerson
















   

Pplake ICGU

Iceland Gull (Larus glaucoides) (1)
- Reported Jan 05, 2026 13:24 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/S292689344
- Comments: "Dark eyes and bill, oatmeal coloring. Immature."

Iceland Gull (Larus glaucoides) (1)
- Reported Jan 05, 2026 13:36 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/S292652802
- Comments: "Juvenile w gull flock on lake. Pale overall, patterned in warm beige/ecru (trying to come up w the most accurate color description here). Larger than surrounding RBGUs, with a dainty dark bill and pink legs. Not a trace of black on wings. Really pretty gull, and much easier to pick out than the Thayer’s!"

Something to think about for the New year:

What is success?
To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children; to earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends; to appreciate the beauty; to find the best in others; to leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch Or a redeemed social condition; to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded!

Ralph Waldo Emerson
















   

[eBird Alert] Kings County Rare Bird

Lesser Black-backed Gull (Larus fuscus) (1)
- Reported Jan 05, 2026 08:46 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/S292611358
- Media: 7 Photos
- Comments: "3rd cycle, it appears.  Photos."

Iceland Gull (Larus glaucoides) (1)
- Reported Jan 05, 2026 13:36 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/S292652802
- Comments: "Juvenile w gull flock on lake. Pale overall, patterned in warm beige/ecru (trying to come up w the most accurate color description here). Larger than surrounding RBGUs, with a dainty dark bill and pink legs. Not a trace of black on wings. Really pretty gull, and much easier to pick out than the Thayer’s!"
 

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

                                                                            --Carl Sagan

Glaucous Gull reported on prospect lake

Glaucous Gull (Larus hyperboreus) (1)
- Reported Jan 04, 2026 14:07 by Brett Graham
- 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/S292462763
- Comments: "Larger than herring gulls, dark gull with pinkish feet huddled on the ice of the lake among hundreds of herring gulls."

Something to think about for the New year:

What is success?
To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children; to earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends; to appreciate the beauty; to find the best in others; to leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch Or a redeemed social condition; to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded!

Ralph Waldo Emerson
















   

Orange-crowned Warbler Overview, All About Birds, Cornell Lab of Ornithology

Orange-crowned Warbler Overview, All About Birds, Cornell Lab of Ornithology https://share.google/TBzNFIBQIFBHexVfc

I highly favor this bird species not only for its subtle tones of gray,green and yellow but also its winter survival instincts,its hardiness and its ability to improvise. Such is the case of the one currently seen at Greenwood Cemetery.

Having seen reports of one at the cemetery,I ventured over there yesterday in the south region and  thanks to a friend's direction info over the phone that within a minute of receiving the text, I saw the bird. What was it doing? It was sipping from sapsucker holes newly made by the woodpecker created upon an exotic fir tree. It was quite a exhilarating sight seeing my favorite ( or top 5) warbler.

 Yesterday along with the warbler, I also saw the yellow bellied sapsucker, a Ruby crowned kinglet duplicating the feeding behavior of the warbler and both nuthatch species in the same spot. Oh add a Merlin perched behind me, being harassed by blue jays ( yes that's favorite too along with the Merlin)

So a winter day well accomplished and satisfying for me with the scarce bird sightings typical of the winter woodlands.

Oh ,the orange crowned warbler was spotted again late this morning on my revisit .

Good Boiding!

Something to think about for the New year:

What is success?
To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children; to earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends; to appreciate the beauty; to find the best in others; to leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch Or a redeemed social condition; to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded!

Ralph Waldo Emerson
















   

ICGU at BATP4

Iceland Gull (kumlieni) (Larus glaucoides kumlieni) (1)
- Reported Jan 03, 2026 09:00 by Michael Auda
- Brooklyn Army Terminal Pier 4, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.646519,-74.026074&ll=40.646519,-74.026074
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S292230988
- Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "Feeding w ring bills close in on close S side of pier. Was gone when I circled back 5 mins later"

Something to think about for the New year:

What is success?
To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children; to earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends; to appreciate the beauty; to find the best in others; to leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch Or a redeemed social condition; to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded!

Ralph Waldo Emerson
















   

GWC OCWA

Orange-crowned Warbler (Leiothlypis celata) (1)
- Reported Jan 03, 2026 13:06 by John Huggard
- 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/S292205710
- Comments: "Dull yellow bird with split eye ring .  Brightest yellow on under tail coverts.  Continuing at silver fir near vine and sassafras."

Something to think about for the New year:

What is success?
To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children; to earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends; to appreciate the beauty; to find the best in others; to leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch Or a redeemed social condition; to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded!

Ralph Waldo Emerson
















   

Palm warbler BTPP

Palm Warbler (Western) (Setophaga palmarum palmarum) (1)
- Reported Jan 03, 2026 12:12 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/S292183591
- Comments: "Continuing bird, incredibly secretive. Finally got a photo. Noticeably paler than the Western we saw best a few weeks prior."

Something to think about for the New year:

What is success?
To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children; to earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends; to appreciate the beauty; to find the best in others; to leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch Or a redeemed social condition; to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded!

Ralph Waldo Emerson
















   

Rusty BB in Prospect ambergill

Rusty Blackbird (Euphagus carolinus) (1)
- Reported Jan 03, 2026 08:07 by John Huggard
- 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/S292156697
- Comments: "Rusty flotation with whitish facial pattern.  Pale eye.

Something to think about for the New year:

What is success?
To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children; to earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends; to appreciate the beauty; to find the best in others; to leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch Or a redeemed social condition; to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded!

Ralph Waldo Emerson
















   

[eBird Alert] Kings County Rare Bird Glaucous Gull* at BTPP

Glaucous Gull (Larus hyperboreus) (1)
- Reported Jan 02, 2026 14:15 by Amy and Toby
- 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/S292029936
- Comments: "Continuing. Thanks to Ryan for posting its location. Large gull with entirely off-white plumage and a black-tipped bill. Distant photos before my camera battery gave up in the cold; seen at much closer range a little later, from where Maureen and Nick both got photos" 

Ryan M. Reported earlier this Gull on the jetty seen from the pier.

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

                                                                            --Carl Sagan

[eBird Alert] Kings County Rare Bird Alert

Iceland Gull (Thayer's) (Larus glaucoides thayeri) (1)
- Reported Jan 02, 2026 14:28 by Austin Johnson
- 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/S291958314
- Comments: "continuing bird - dark eye, small rounded head, pale bill, pink legs - photos"

Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina) (2)
- Reported Jan 02, 2026 13:22 by chel sea
- 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/S291950453
- Comments: "Dell Water, where they've been observed the last few days. Two in tree."

Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina) (2)
- Reported Jan 02, 2026 13:22 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/S291950455
- Comments: "Dell Water, where they've been observed the last few days. Two in tree." 

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

                                                                            --Carl Sagan

Two local rarities today

Glaucous Gull (Larus hyperboreus) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jan 02, 2026 13:02 by Ryan Mandelbaum
- 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/S291921002
- Comments: "photos, big white winged gull with black tipped pink beak"

Orange-crowned Warbler (Leiothlypis celata) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jan 02, 2026 08:05 by Z .
- 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/S291904961
- Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "same spot on the flats as seen on 28th. Feeding from exact same sapsucker hole. Presumedly same sapsucker butler in residence as well. Pic"

Something to think about for the New year:

What is success?
To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children; to earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends; to appreciate the beauty; to find the best in others; to leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch Or a redeemed social condition; to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded!

Ralph Waldo Emerson
















   

Chippie at feeders in GWC

Now the only feeders locally with Prospects ended.

Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina) (1)
- Reported Jan 01, 2026 14:18 by Caroline Quinn
- 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/S291743590
- Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "At the feeders by Dell Water. Small sparrow with chestnut cap, grey face and and underparts, pink bill and dark eyeline. Terrible ID shots tba."

Something to think about for the New year:

What is success?
To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children; to earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends; to appreciate the beauty; to find the best in others; to leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch Or a redeemed social condition; to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded!

Ralph Waldo Emerson
















   

LBBG Roost at BBP Pier 1 pilings

Lesser Black-backed Gull (Larus fuscus) (1)
- Reported Jan 01, 2026 16:40 by Doug Gochfeld
- Brooklyn Bridge Park, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6996104,-73.9973745&ll=40.6996104,-73.9973745
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S291744098
- Comments: "Continuing 2nd winter, o the P1 pilings."

Something to think about for the New year:

What is success?
To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children; to earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends; to appreciate the beauty; to find the best in others; to leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch Or a redeemed social condition; to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded!

Ralph Waldo Emerson
















   

1st day Huggard prospect chklist

https://ebird.org/checklist/S291656390

Note hen Common merganser, Rusty bb, ring necked neck ducks, Carolina Wren,fox sparrow

A good first day for Mr.Huggard...

Something to think about for the New year:

What is success?
To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children; to earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends; to appreciate the beauty; to find the best in others; to leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch Or a redeemed social condition; to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded!

Ralph Waldo Emerson
















   

Cobble Hill patch patchy OCWA..

New spot for blog

Orange-crowned Warbler (Leiothlypis celata) (1)
- Reported Jan 01, 2026 11:20 by E R
- Cobble Hill Park, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6882527,-73.9961675&ll=40.6882527,-73.9961675
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S291644046
- Comments: "Flagged for date. Seen naked eye a few feet away, in a low bush, vocalizing. Olive/gray-backed warbler with yellowish underside and brighter yellow under tail. After watching it for a minute I decided to get out my camera but then it vanished in plain sight, argh. Nice New Year's Day bird though"

Something to think about for the New year:

What is success?
To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children; to earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends; to appreciate the beauty; to find the best in others; to leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch Or a redeemed social condition; to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded!

Ralph Waldo Emerson
















   

Common merganser on Prospect lake

Common Merganser (Mergus merganser) (1)
- Reported Jan 01, 2026 08:10 by Sean Sime
- 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/S291587998
- Comments: "Continuing hen. Photos"

Something to think about for the New year:

What is success?
To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children; to earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends; to appreciate the beauty; to find the best in others; to leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch Or a redeemed social condition; to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded!

Ralph Waldo Emerson
















   

eBird Checklist - 1 Jan 2026 - Prospect Park - 29 species. BBC walk led by Karen Ohearn

https://ebird.org/checklist/S291608713

Something to think about for the New year:

What is success?
To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children; to earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends; to appreciate the beauty; to find the best in others; to leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch Or a redeemed social condition; to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded!

Ralph Waldo Emerson
















   

Prospect Park, Kings, New York, United States - eBird Hotspot

https://ebird.org/hotspot/L109516

First Birds * 

Something to think about for the New year:

What is success?
To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children; to earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends; to appreciate the beauty; to find the best in others; to leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch Or a redeemed social condition; to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded!

Ralph Waldo Emerson
















   

New Years Greetings!

 May your New Year be a special one, healthy and prosperous, with dreams and hopes fulfilled.

The Kingsboider wishes you a Happy New Year!

New Year Greetings!

Something to think about for the New year:

What is success?
To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children; to earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends; to appreciate the beauty; to find the best in others; to leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch Or a redeemed social condition; to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded!

Ralph Waldo Emerson





May your New Year be a special one , healthy and prosperous , with dreams fulfilled!

The Kingsboider wishes you Happy New Year!










   

Last day gulls

On this last last of the year,it's all gulls.

Bush Terminal Pier Park hosted both Glaucous and Black headed Gulls, with the latter also visiting Brooklyn Army Terminal Pier 4.

BATPier 4  had the Lesser black back gill today, continuing at this location.Itd a good time visiting both renown gull spots. A late report also placed this species in Brooklyn bridge park.( See the report below)

Meanwhile the Iceland gull hangs around Prospect Park ,an observer believing it's the Thayer's subspecies, this bird continuing since pre CBC .

A hen Common Merganser also stuck around on the lake,loving the place

Happy New Year!...

Lesser Black-backed Gull (Larus fuscus) (1)
- Reported Dec 30, 2025 16:29 by MI YU
- Brooklyn Bridge Park, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6996104,-73.9973745&ll=40.6996104,-73.9973745
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S291474590
- Comments: "2cy @marina"

Iceland Gull (Thayer's) (Larus glaucoides thayeri) (1)
- Reported Dec 31, 2025 13:58 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/S291489407
- Media: 9 Photos
- Comments: "Dark eye, small greenish bill, rounded head, very pink legs. Pale underwing. Appeared only a bit larger than nearby RBGUs. Seen with mchl from hammerhead but eventually lost in flight over the lake. I still need to dig into the finer ID details but the spread wings look consistent with recent photos."

Something to think about for the New year:

What is success?
To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children; to earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends; to appreciate the beauty; to find the best in others; to leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch Or a redeemed social condition; to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded!

Ralph Waldo Emerson
















   

Rare gulls trifecta at Bush Terminal Pier #4 and waste treatments plant

Reports today of Glaucous Gull at Owls Head waste treatments plant , a Black headed Gull there as well but reported flying afterwards  towards BATPIER4 plus the gull below.. good stuff if you like gulls...

Lesser Black-backed Gull (Larus fuscus) (1)
- Reported Dec 30, 2025 13:06 by Joseph Trezza
- Brooklyn Army Terminal Pier 4, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.646519,-74.026074&ll=40.646519,-74.026074
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S291232674
- Media: 3 Photos
- Comments: "Subadult with dark back, straight black bill, punched-in-the-eye look, dark rump + white uppertail coverts and one donut."

Something to think about for the New year:

What is success?
To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children; to earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends; to appreciate the beauty; to find the best in others; to leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch Or a redeemed social condition; to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded!

Ralph Waldo Emerson
















   

Possible slaty backed gull prospect lake

A strong possibility with an immature seen from the Hammerhead or southwest mainland of prospect lake, up close.

Something to think about for the New year:

What is success?
To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children; to earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends; to appreciate the beauty; to find the best in others; to leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch Or a redeemed social condition; to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded!

Ralph Waldo Emerson
















   

Come flock prosLake

13 Common Mergansers just circled over Prospect Park Lake.l

Something to think about for the New year:

What is success?
To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children; to earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends; to appreciate the beauty; to find the best in others; to leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch Or a redeemed social condition; to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded!

Ralph Waldo Emerson
















   

COME prospect lake

Common Merganser (Mergus merganser) (2)
- Reported Dec 29, 2025 15:10 by Joseph Trezza
- 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/S291071787
- Comments: "M, f, many observers

Something to think about for the New year:

What is success?
To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children; to earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends; to appreciate the beauty; to find the best in others; to leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch Or a redeemed social condition; to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded!

Ralph Waldo Emerson
















   

Good gulls at prospect lake

Lesser Black-backed Gull (Larus fuscus) (1)
- Reported Dec 29, 2025 11:45 by Jeanne Cimorelli
- 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/S291060140
- Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Continuing adult and possible immature. Photo."

Iceland Gull (Thayer's) (Larus glaucoides thayeri) (1)
- Reported Dec 29, 2025 11:45 by Jeanne Cimorelli
- 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/S291060140
- Media: 3 Photos
- Comments: "Continuing bird with dark eye, small rounded head and small bill. Photos."

Something to think about for the New year:

What is success?
To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children; to earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends; to appreciate the beauty; to find the best in others; to leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch Or a redeemed social condition; to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded!

Ralph Waldo Emerson
















   

Glaucous gull*at BATPier4

Glaucous Gull (Larus hyperboreus) (1)
- Reported Dec 29, 2025 11:16 by Casey Ferio
- Brooklyn Army Terminal Pier 4, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.646519,-74.026074&ll=40.646519,-74.026074
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S291043145
- Comments: "*continuing second year bird that haunted the army terminal last winter as a juvenile and has now returned. Flew in (from the east?) and landed on the pier at 12:21 as gull numbers started to rise. After a while it was flushed by a car and flew high downriver towards the owls head water treatment plant. I headed south to try and get this species for my all-important bay ridge list (the only list that matters) but failed to relocate it from the bay ridge pier or by looking down into the water treatment plant from the hill at owls head. The only non-first cycle glaucous gull I've ever seen. Photos"

Something to think about for the New year:

What is success?
To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children; to earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends; to appreciate the beauty; to find the best in others; to leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch Or a redeemed social condition; to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded!

Ralph Waldo Emerson
















   

OCWA in GWC ( unknown specific location) one of 3 reports

Orange-crowned Warbler (Leiothlypis celata) (1)
- Reported Dec 28, 2025 07:14 by Susie Dippel
- 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/S290837475
- Comments: "Continuing, feeding at Sapsucker drilled hole, Sapsucker chased the warbler away"

Something to think about for the New year:

What is success?
To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children; to earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends; to appreciate the beauty; to find the best in others; to leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch Or a redeemed social condition; to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded!

Ralph Waldo Emerson
















   

LBBG juvenile on prospect lake

Lesser Black-backed Gull (Larus fuscus) (2)
- Reported Dec 28, 2025 13:07 by Austin Johnson
- 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/S290874815
- Comments: "one adult with a slate gray back and yellow legs and one juv"

Something to think about for the New year:

What is success?
To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children; to earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends; to appreciate the beauty; to find the best in others; to leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch Or a redeemed social condition; to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded!

Ralph Waldo Emerson
















   

Glaucous Gull continuing at BTPP

Glaucous Gull (Larus hyperboreus) (1)
- Reported Dec 28, 2025 12:16 by Asher Fusco
- Brooklyn Army Terminal Pier 4, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.646519,-74.026074&ll=40.646519,-74.026074
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S290832861
- Media: 3 Photos
- Comments: "Continuing second-cycle individual, initially reported 12/23 by Joshua Malbin. Bulky gull with pink legs, marbled wing pattern, thick bicolor bill, and yellow eye. Loafing with Ring-billed and American Herring gulls, intermittently picking at a corn cob. Photos."

Something to think about for the New year:

What is success?
To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children; to earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends; to appreciate the beauty; to find the best in others; to leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch Or a redeemed social condition; to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded!

Ralph Waldo Emerson