Prospect Park Bird Sightings & North Brooklyn Nature News

A newsboard for reporting bird sightings, happenings & announcements,miscellany in north Brooklyn and the 3 main central north Brooklyn green regions : historic Prospect Park, Brooklyn Botanic Garden & north half of Kings County, & Greenwood Cemetery.A service for Brooklyn birders and visitors. Also note: Conservation issues & miscellany posts.

Saturday, April 11, 2026

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

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https://ebird.org/hotspot/L109516/bird-list?yr=curM A good day all around in prospect park with nice stuff reported. A bit on ...

Wcsp

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White-crowned Sparrow (Gambel's) (Zonotrichia leucophrys gambelii) (1) - Reported Apr 11, 2026 09:23 by Christine Gu - Green-Wood ...

Prospect Friday totals

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https://ebird.org/hotspot/ L109516/bird-list 73 species reported 
Friday, April 10, 2026

Early parula well Dr bbq area

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Northern Parula (Setophaga americana) (1) - Reported Apr 10, 2026 07:53 by Jeff G - Prospect Park, Kings, New York - Map: http://map...

Glaucous sticks around

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Glaucous Gull (Larus hyperboreus) (1) - Reported Apr 10, 2026 07:37 by Nick Dawson - Bush Terminal Piers Park, Kings, New York - Map...
Wednesday, April 8, 2026

Sylvan pond Western hedges GWC

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White-crowned Sparrow (Gambel's) (Zonotrichia leucophrys gambelii) (1) - Reported Apr 08, 2026 12:15 by Susie Dippel - Green-Wood ...

Forecast Maps – BirdCast

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https://birdcast.org/migration-tools/migration-forecast-maps/ Favorable upcoming two days especially surge Thursday night pet ...

Favorable birding

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 Thursday night surge , potential good birding Friday 

Fw: BBC Talk April 21: THE WARBLER GUIDE: Easy Ways to Identify Some of Our Most Beautiful Migrants

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"Blessed are they who see beautiful things in humble places where other people see nothing. ”   ...
Tuesday, April 7, 2026

two sightings near terrace bridge

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Around 241 to 244, two sightings of note seen by two birders took place. At 241 , I was on my way to the BBgarden when a t...

Fw: Skate park

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Urgent Note from Brooklyn Bird Club regarding Skate Park proposal in Mount Prospect Park ( next to Brooklyn Botanic Garden) ...
Monday, April 6, 2026

Post work list

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An hour of nice birding after work, with Rusty Blackbird ,belted kingfisher and yellow bellied sapsucker seen from the southeast corner...

GWC Brown thrasher

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Brown Thrasher (Toxostoma rufum) (1) - Reported Apr 06, 2026 15:38 by Richard Fleming - Green-Wood Cemetery--Dell Water, Kings, New Yo...

Field sparrows Nethermead south

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2 field sparrows among chippies prospect south Nethermead new fence And from Humming-Bird to Eagle, the d...

Rusty BB upper pool

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Rusty blackbird back shore southeast corner view Prospect Upper Pool And from Humming-Bird to Eagle, the daily existenc...
Sunday, April 5, 2026

Louisiana water thrush Prospect SW lake shore

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Louisiana Waterthrush (Parkesia motacilla) (1) - Reported Apr 05, 2026 10:13 by Johan Alexandersson - Prospect Park--Prospect Lake, Ki...
Saturday, April 4, 2026

GWC American Bittern

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American Bittern (Botaurus lentiginosus) (1) - Reported Apr 04, 2026 09:30 by terry VP - Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, Kings, New Yor...
Thursday, April 2, 2026

Continuing WCSP Gambles at GWC

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White-crowned Sparrow (Gambel's) (Zonotrichia leucophrys gambelii) (1) - Reported Apr 02, 2026 11:50 by David S- - Green-Wood Ceme...

Iceland at BATP4

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Iceland Gull (kumlieni/glaucoides) (Larus glaucoides kumlieni/glaucoides) (1) CONFIRMED - Reported Apr 02, 2026 18:18 by Casey Ferio -...
Tuesday, March 31, 2026

Pine is the prize

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Late last week Kathy T got me on a Pine Warbler..But I wasn't satisfied with the underside quick look at the bird above me at Rocky...

Silber GWC checklist

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https://ebird.org/checklist/S315281639 note confinuing Gambles WCSparrow and Blue gray gnatcatcher “Lines...

Brooklyn Bridge Park spring walks

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Led by Mike Yuan per his request Wednesdays, April 22nd to May 20th. Meet at the Vi...

BTGWarbler continues back Upper pool per FW

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Black-throated Green Warbler (Setophaga virens) (1) - Reported Mar 31, 2026 07:42 by Forrest Wickman - Prospect Park, Kings, New York ...
Monday, March 30, 2026

Lower Pool snipe

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Today's hilight was a Wilson's Snipe on the Lower Pool. This rare visitor offers à delightful look at its marsh qualities for anyone...

very early Black throated Green warbler

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Black-throated Green Warbler (Setophaga virens) (1) - Reported Mar 30, 2026 11:21 by Joshua Multer - Prospect Park, Kings, New York - Map:  ...

Why birds migrate at night

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"Lines Written in Early Spring" (excerpt) I heard a thousand interwoven notes of birdsong while I lay in a grove, where I was enjo...
Sunday, March 29, 2026

A little quiet...

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Notany reports coming in today but those I read are these observations: Common Mergansers still occupied Prospect lake though in small numbe...

Timing of Spring Migration - BSBO

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https://www.bsbo.org/timing-of-spring-migration.html?fbclid=Iwb21leAQ2bFBjbGNrBDZsMGV4dG4DYWVtAjExAHNydGMGYXBwX2lkDDM1MDY4NTUzMTcyOAABHvsktO...
Saturday, March 28, 2026

Gambles WCSPArrow

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Greenwood Cemetery Gambles White crowned Sparrow continues in Sylvan water West hedges, in central area West of midsection "Lines Writt...

Gambles White crowned sparrow GWC

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Greenwood Cemetery Gambles White crowned Sparrow continues in Sylvan water West hedges, in central area West of midsection "Lines Writt...
Friday, March 27, 2026

Gwc

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White-crowned Sparrow (Gambel's) (Zonotrichia leucophrys gambelii) (1) - Reported Mar 27, 2026 12:07 by MCHL ____ - Green-Wood Cemetery,...

Re: Wood Ducks in breeding at Prospect Upper Pool island today

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. On Fri, Mar 27, 2026 at 4:00 PM Peter Dorosh < prosbird@gmail.com > wrote: Video taken by Gus Keri forwarded to me by Erik. Great to...

Wood Ducks in breeding phase at Prospect Upper Pool island today

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Video taken by Gus Keri forwarded to me by Erik. Great to see this despite the box on the ground .( Should be elevated) Note : on Twitter/ X...
Thursday, March 26, 2026

Rare Iceland gull at GWC

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Iceland Gull (Larus glaucoides) (1) - Reported Mar 24, 2026 13:24 by MCHL ____ - Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, Kings, New York - Map: http:...

Reports

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Iceland Gull (kumlieni/glaucoides) (Larus glaucoides kumlieni/glaucoides) (1) - Reported Mar 26, 2026 14:41 by Casey Ferio - Brooklyn Army T...
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