Note good birds ( PHVI, HOWA,PUFI,) and arriving ducks
"Summer's lease hath all too short a date" – William Shakespeare
Saturday, September 20, 2025
Good boids around the nabe
Ring-necked Duck (Aythya collaris) (1)
- Reported Sep 20, 2025 06:27 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/S274541074
- Comments: "Bluish bill. Bright eye. Sharp peak at back of head."
Sora (Porzana carolina) (1)
- Reported Sep 20, 2025 11:42 by Maddy P
- Brooklyn Bridge Park--Pier 1, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.7021612,-73.996524&ll=40.7021612,-73.996524
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S274538359
- Comments: "Found by Laura, by other reports it makes brief appearances on the grass/mud boundary of the salt marsh , saw it after a couple hours of waiting (40.7010262, -73.9967575) pretty sure it's a juvenile, very brown. Will add terrible photo for confirmation"
Philadelphia Vireo (Vireo philadelphicus) (1)
- Reported Sep 20, 2025 17:10 by Monica Berger
- 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/S274547885
- Comments: "Vale"
Philadelphia Vireo (Vireo philadelphicus) (1)
- Reported Sep 20, 2025 16:55 by MCHL ____
- 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/S274545047
- Comments: "Vireo with yellow underside, dark lores, dark cap, soft white spectacles. Foraging feet away, below eye level. iPhone image available."
Philadelphia Vireo (Vireo philadelphicus) (3)
- Reported Sep 20, 2025 06:27 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/S274541074
- Comments: "Yellow washed vireo with dark cap"
Hooded Warbler (Setophaga citrina) (1)
- Reported Sep 20, 2025 11:55 by Joe Weisbord
- 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/S274545987
- Comments: "Reported earlier and refound by Ant T; working its way along the slope on the east side of the Vale. Adult male with black hood surrounding yellow face."
- Reported Sep 20, 2025 06:27 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/S274541074
- Comments: "Bluish bill. Bright eye. Sharp peak at back of head."
Sora (Porzana carolina) (1)
- Reported Sep 20, 2025 11:42 by Maddy P
- Brooklyn Bridge Park--Pier 1, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.7021612,-73.996524&ll=40.7021612,-73.996524
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S274538359
- Comments: "Found by Laura, by other reports it makes brief appearances on the grass/mud boundary of the salt marsh , saw it after a couple hours of waiting (40.7010262, -73.9967575) pretty sure it's a juvenile, very brown. Will add terrible photo for confirmation"
Philadelphia Vireo (Vireo philadelphicus) (1)
- Reported Sep 20, 2025 17:10 by Monica Berger
- 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/S274547885
- Comments: "Vale"
Philadelphia Vireo (Vireo philadelphicus) (1)
- Reported Sep 20, 2025 16:55 by MCHL ____
- 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/S274545047
- Comments: "Vireo with yellow underside, dark lores, dark cap, soft white spectacles. Foraging feet away, below eye level. iPhone image available."
Philadelphia Vireo (Vireo philadelphicus) (3)
- Reported Sep 20, 2025 06:27 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/S274541074
- Comments: "Yellow washed vireo with dark cap"
Hooded Warbler (Setophaga citrina) (1)
- Reported Sep 20, 2025 11:55 by Joe Weisbord
- 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/S274545987
- Comments: "Reported earlier and refound by Ant T; working its way along the slope on the east side of the Vale. Adult male with black hood surrounding yellow face."
"Summer's lease hath all too short a date" – William Shakespeare
A short ride to Greenwood
Just looking to get out for a short spell while nursing a muscle hip strain, I wanted to get the Philadelphia Vireo at the Caitland Grave . It turns out something different .
When I arrived unsure where that vireo was, I ran into Dom, a friend from the Linannean Society . It turns out he had spotted a Connecticut Warbler under the tree just behind the Caitland Grave.And he had a great photo of it. Me, I lucked out again and not even the vireo either. But it was a good time talking to Dom and Ryan M who came along.
There was another Connecticut report at the Dellwater but by then it was getting too hot.
Meanwhile a Philadelphia Vireo was reported at Prospects north lull water cove trail, seen eating berries across from the Rustic Arbor..
Oh well there's always next time.
"Summer's lease hath all too short a date" – William Shakespeare
Friday, September 19, 2025
Fwd: [eBird Alert] Kings County Rare Bird Alert
"Summer's lease hath all too short a date" – William Shakespeare
Good stuff in prospect today
Good stuff in prospect today
Philly Vireo, prothonotary warbler and Connecticut warbler
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Date: Fri, Sep 19, 2025, 3:56 PM
Subject: [eBird Alert] Kings County Rare Bird Alert <hourly>
To: <prosbird@gmail.com>
From: <ebird-alert@birds.cornell.edu>
Date: Fri, Sep 19, 2025, 3:56 PM
Subject: [eBird Alert] Kings County Rare Bird Alert <hourly>
To: <prosbird@gmail.com>
*** Species Summary:
- Philadelphia Vireo (1 report)
- Prothonotary Warbler (1 report)
- Connecticut Warbler (1 report)
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Philadelphia Vireo (Vireo philadelphicus) (1)
- Reported Sep 19, 2025 10:21 by Luca Sheldon
- Prospect Park--Vale of Cashmere, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6690561,-73.9683616&ll=40.6690561,-73.9683616
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S274232066
- Media: 5 Photos
- Comments: "in the middle of the vale, bright yellow vireo seen very briefly, extensive yellow throughout underparts. photo"
Prothonotary Warbler (Protonotaria citrea) (1)
- Reported Sep 19, 2025 08:33 by Jeremy Nadel
- 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/S274287816
- Media: 3 Photos
- Comments: "Seen low along the shore of the upper pool. First thought was that it was a prothonotary, but also thought it could have been a blue-winged. Based on photos we now believe it to have been a (female?) prothonotary warbler. Photos to come from Jeremy N."
Connecticut Warbler (Oporornis agilis) (1)
- Reported Sep 19, 2025 08:33 by Jeremy Nadel
- 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/S274287816
- Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "Seen in the Vale of Cashmere near the north stairs. Skulky. Immature with a complete white eyering. Photos to come from Jeremy N."
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Clay colored sparrow Greenwood behind crematory
Clay-colored Sparrow (Spizella pallida) (1)
- Reported Sep 19, 2025 07:12 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/S274213770
- Media: 3 Photos
- Comments: "Small sparrow with pale lores, buffy flanks, and gray nape. Foraging along the side of the road up to the cemetery offices. Overall quite furtive and tough to pin down — even more-so once vehicular traffic picked up. Photos."
- Reported Sep 19, 2025 07:12 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/S274213770
- Media: 3 Photos
- Comments: "Small sparrow with pale lores, buffy flanks, and gray nape. Foraging along the side of the road up to the cemetery offices. Overall quite furtive and tough to pin down — even more-so once vehicular traffic picked up. Photos."
"Summer's lease hath all too short a date" – William Shakespeare
GWC Philly Vireo hangs around Thursday repts
Philadelphia Vireo (Vireo philadelphicus) (1)
- Reported Sep 18, 2025 17:55 by James Byatt
- 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/S274126209
- Comments: "Top of Sylvan"
Philadelphia Vireo (Vireo philadelphicus) (1)
- Reported Sep 18, 2025 16:46 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/S274127011
- Media: 3 Photos
- Comments: "Vireo with lemony yellow underparts: bright yellow throat, yellow-washed midsection, and bright undertail. Broad dark lores and overall high-contrast face pattern. Nice spot by Michael. Dark-but-diagnostic photos."
Philadelphia Vireo (Vireo philadelphicus) (1)
- Reported Sep 18, 2025 15:26 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/S274125179
- Comments: "Vireo with yellow wash on underside. Soft white spectacles. Dark cap. Seen on hilltop between Valley Water and Sylvan Water. Images."
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- Reported Sep 18, 2025 17:55 by James Byatt
- 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/S274126209
- Comments: "Top of Sylvan"
Philadelphia Vireo (Vireo philadelphicus) (1)
- Reported Sep 18, 2025 16:46 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/S274127011
- Media: 3 Photos
- Comments: "Vireo with lemony yellow underparts: bright yellow throat, yellow-washed midsection, and bright undertail. Broad dark lores and overall high-contrast face pattern. Nice spot by Michael. Dark-but-diagnostic photos."
Philadelphia Vireo (Vireo philadelphicus) (1)
- Reported Sep 18, 2025 15:26 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/S274125179
- Comments: "Vireo with yellow wash on underside. Soft white spectacles. Dark cap. Seen on hilltop between Valley Water and Sylvan Water. Images."
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" Preserve and cherish the pale blue dot,the only home we've ever known"
--Carl Sagan
Thursday, September 18, 2025
Fwd: Thursday's walk
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From: Tom Stephenson <12toms@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, Sep 18, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Subject: Thursday's walk
To: Peter Dorosh <prosbird@gmail.com>
Cc: Dennis Hrehowsik
From: Tom Stephenson <12toms@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, Sep 18, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Subject: Thursday's walk
To: Peter Dorosh <prosbird@gmail.com>
Cc: Dennis Hrehowsik
Hi Peter,
Good seeing you in the park today. You may have been the bird-of-the-day for what turned out to be, possibly, another record-breaking slow day!
Actually, that was probably the Blackburnian Warbler, but otherwise fairly quiet. We did get diverted from what would, no doubt, have been a number of more species at the south end when someone reported a Mourning Warbler at the Vale. However, as often happens with chases, it didn't show up....
Here's the list.
Best regards,
Tom
| Great Blue Heron |
| Canada Goose |
| Mute Swan |
| Wood Duck |
| Mallard |
| Red-tailed Hawk |
| Rock Dove |
| Mourning Dove |
| Ruby-throated Hummingbird |
| Red-bellied Woodpecker |
| Downy Woodpecker |
| Hairy Woodpecker |
| Northern Flicker |
| Eastern Phoebe |
| White-eyed Vireo |
| Red-eyed Vireo |
| Blue Jay |
| American Crow |
| Red-breasted Nuthatch |
| Carolina Wren |
| House Wren |
| Ruby-crowned Kinglet |
| Veery |
| Swainson's Thrush |
| American Robin |
| Gray Catbird |
| European Starling |
| Cedar Waxwing |
| Nashville Warbler |
| Northern Parula |
| Black-throated Blue Warbler |
| Black-throated Green Warbler |
| Blackburnian Warbler |
| Black-and-white Warbler |
| American Redstart |
| Ovenbird |
| Common Yellowthroat |
| Scarlet Tanager |
| Northern Cardinal |
| Rose-breasted Grosbeak |
| American Goldfinch |
| House Sparrow |
" Preserve and cherish the pale blue dot,the only home we've ever known"
--Carl Sagan
Willow Prospect Chklist
note Philly Vireo and Mourning Warbler
-- " Preserve and cherish the pale blue dot,the only home we've ever known"
--Carl Sagan
Fwd: Wednesday Migration Morning at BBP report 9-17-2025
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From: Mike Yuan <mjyuan@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, Sep 17, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Subject: Wednesday Migration Morning at BBP report 9-17-2025
To: Peter Dorosh <prosbird@gmail.com>
Cc: Dennis Hrehowsik <deepseagangster@gmail.com>
From: Mike Yuan <mjyuan@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, Sep 17, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Subject: Wednesday Migration Morning at BBP report 9-17-2025
To: Peter Dorosh <prosbird@gmail.com>
Cc: Dennis Hrehowsik <deepseagangster@gmail.com>
Good morning at Brooklyn Bridge Park. Thankfully the rain held off and we enjoyed a fabulously sunny morning.
The most cooperative MARSH WREN gave us all the looks we could hope for on the Pier 1 marsh mudflat, feeding on the flat and posing on the rocks.
The japanese pagoda tree, a late-summer flowerer, continues to be a hotspot off Squibb bridge. Terrific close looks at warblers from above - a pair of BLACKPOLLS, NORTHERN PARULA, and a TENNESSEE WARBLER which seems to have stuck around for a few days.
10 participants, 31.5 species (one brief look at a Catharus thrush)
Mike
" Preserve and cherish the pale blue dot,the only home we've ever known"
--Carl Sagan
Tuesday, September 16, 2025
Fwd: Tuesday walk BBC recap
"Summer's lease hath all too short a date" – William Shakespeare
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From: Ryan Goldberg <ryan.goldberg@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, Sep 16, 2025, 9:14 PM
Subject: Tuesday walk recap
To: Peter Dorosh <prosbird@gmail.com>
Cc: Sheila Friedman <waxwing100@verizon.net>, Angie Co <angieco@gmail.com>, Megan Thornton <megankthornton@gmail.com>
From: Ryan Goldberg <ryan.goldberg@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, Sep 16, 2025, 9:14 PM
Subject: Tuesday walk recap
To: Peter Dorosh <prosbird@gmail.com>
Cc: Sheila Friedman <waxwing100@verizon.net>, Angie Co <angieco@gmail.com>, Megan Thornton <megankthornton@gmail.com>
Hi Peter,
Our Tuesday walk wasn't as active as last week's, but it was still interesting to notice some changes in migration over the last week. We had our first migrating raptors of the season, three Sharp-shinned and two Cooper's Hawks, heading SW over Lookout and the lake in the morning. The side-by-side comparisons were instructive. Our warbler count was 11 species, and a female Hooded Warbler in the sumac grove was the major highlight. And there was also a Gadwall on the lake.
We saw or heard 48 species. Here's our list: https://ebird.org/checklist/S273754002.
We'll be back next Tuesday. Thank you to Megan, Angie, and Sheila for co-leading and all the folks who joined us.
Ryan
Hooded warb peninsula sumacs
Hooded Warbler (Setophaga citrina) (1)
- Reported Sep 16, 2025 07:30 by Ryan Goldberg
- 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/S273754002
- Comments: "Continuing female in the Sumac Grove. Faint outline of a hood, constantly flicking its tail and showing white outer tail feathers. Photos."
- Reported Sep 16, 2025 07:30 by Ryan Goldberg
- 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/S273754002
- Comments: "Continuing female in the Sumac Grove. Faint outline of a hood, constantly flicking its tail and showing white outer tail feathers. Photos."
"Summer's lease hath all too short a date" – William Shakespeare
Monday, September 15, 2025
Prospect Philly and Louie,
Philadelphia Vireo (Vireo philadelphicus) (1)
- Reported Sep 15, 2025 08:17 by Jeff G
- Prospect Park--Vale of Cashmere, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6690561,-73.9683616&ll=40.6690561,-73.9683616
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S273610809
- Comments: "Very small, lemony yellow vireo with dark cap. Had several looks at this bird in the trees high above the Vale. It's been a good year for this species (or I have been lucky). I did some spraying and praying with my camera but I doubt I got a passable photo."
Louisiana Waterthrush (Parkesia motacilla) (1)
- Reported Sep 15, 2025 15:10 by MCHL ____
- 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/S273609908
- Comments: "Late! Bright and large supercilium. Creamy underside with sparse striping. Clean throat."
- Reported Sep 15, 2025 08:17 by Jeff G
- Prospect Park--Vale of Cashmere, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6690561,-73.9683616&ll=40.6690561,-73.9683616
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S273610809
- Comments: "Very small, lemony yellow vireo with dark cap. Had several looks at this bird in the trees high above the Vale. It's been a good year for this species (or I have been lucky). I did some spraying and praying with my camera but I doubt I got a passable photo."
Louisiana Waterthrush (Parkesia motacilla) (1)
- Reported Sep 15, 2025 15:10 by MCHL ____
- 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/S273609908
- Comments: "Late! Bright and large supercilium. Creamy underside with sparse striping. Clean throat."
"Summer's lease hath all too short a date" – William Shakespeare
Clay colored sparrow in Greenpoint
Clay-colored Sparrow (Spizella pallida) (1)
- Reported Sep 15, 2025 06:34 by Nate L-S
- Newtown Creek Nature Walk, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.7362901,-73.9488846&ll=40.7362901,-73.9488846
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S273529107
- Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Small sparrow, pale pink bill, gray neck, clean breast"
- Reported Sep 15, 2025 06:34 by Nate L-S
- Newtown Creek Nature Walk, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.7362901,-73.9488846&ll=40.7362901,-73.9488846
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S273529107
- Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Small sparrow, pale pink bill, gray neck, clean breast"
"Summer's lease hath all too short a date" – William Shakespeare
Sunday, September 14, 2025
GWC chklist
Note continuing Philly vireo and Connecticut warbler near the East Gate entrance.
"Summer's lease hath all too short a date" – William Shakespeare
Quick summary around the nabe
Outstanding today is a Blue Grosbeak that was cooperative along the northwestern section fence enclosures according to the birders coordinates border of Prospects Nethermead.
In Greenwood the Dellwood was the scene of a continuing Hooded Warbler male
A females Hooded was found at Prospects sumacs on the Peninsula.
Back in Greenwood the continuing Lark Sparrow resurfaced but no location given where seen .
A slow day but quality birds remedy that
"Summer's lease hath all too short a date" – William Shakespeare
Sept 14 G-W walk report
Leader Matthew Wills
"Summer's lease hath all too short a date" – William Shakespeare
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From: Matthew Wills <matthewwills@earthlink.net>
Date: Sun, Sep 14, 2025, 7:00 PM
Subject: G-W walk report
To: Peter Dorosh <prosbird@gmail.com>
From: Matthew Wills <matthewwills@earthlink.net>
Date: Sun, Sep 14, 2025, 7:00 PM
Subject: G-W walk report
To: Peter Dorosh <prosbird@gmail.com>
Hi, Peter
A dozen for the Green-Wood walk and brownies today. Highlight: the two Ruby-throated Hummingbirds nestlings, practically too big for their nest!
Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, Kings, New York, US Sep 14, 2025 7:00 AM - 9:00 AM Protocol: Traveling 2.0 mile(s) Checklist Comments: Brooklyn Bird Club walk 25 species (+2 other taxa) Canada Goose 10 Mallard 4 Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 20 Mourning Dove 10 Chimney Swift 15 Ruby-throated Hummingbird 3 Two nestlings, one adult. Double-crested Cormorant 1 Red-tailed Hawk 2 Northern Flicker 3 American Kestrel 1 diurnal raptor sp. 1 Possible Peregrine Monk Parakeet 8 Eastern Wood-Pewee 1 Great Crested Flycatcher 1 Blue Jay 4 American Crow 1 nuthatch sp. 2 European Starling 6 Gray Catbird 2 Northern Mockingbird 5 American Robin 8 House Sparrow 3 Baltimore Oriole 1 Harrying American Kestrel Common Yellowthroat 2 Northern Parula 1 Wilson's Warbler 1 Northern Cardinal 2 View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S273462437
GWC Hooded warnlb + blue grosbeak
Hooded Warbler (Setophaga citrina) (1)
- Reported Sep 14, 2025 09:38 by Louise Bodt
- 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/S273381520
- Comments: "By dell water"
Hooded Warbler (Setophaga citrina) (1)
- Reported Sep 14, 2025 09:08 by Andrea Trigueros
- 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/S273398793
- Comments: "Distinct black hood- continuing at Dell"
Hooded Warbler (Setophaga citrina) (1)
- Reported Sep 14, 2025 07:58 by Jennifer Kalb
- 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/S273388020
- Comments: "yellow warbler with black hood, hopping around at low levels and making chip calls in the Dell"
Hooded Warbler (Setophaga citrina) (1)
- Reported Sep 14, 2025 06:37 by James Byatt
- 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/S273384704
- Comments: "At Dell, confiding, what a treat"
Hooded Warbler (Setophaga citrina) (1)
- Reported Sep 13, 2025 17:00 by Benjamin King
- 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/S273386276
- Comments: "female :) cutie perfect angel"
Blue Grosbeak (Passerina caerulea) (1)
- Reported Sep 14, 2025 12:19 by Ant Tab
- 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/S273397914
- Comments: "Found by Toby K earlier, was still at the exact same pin at the SW end of the Nethermead in one of the fenced enclosures. Very cooperative, calling frequently. Photos, audio."
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- Reported Sep 14, 2025 09:38 by Louise Bodt
- 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/S273381520
- Comments: "By dell water"
Hooded Warbler (Setophaga citrina) (1)
- Reported Sep 14, 2025 09:08 by Andrea Trigueros
- 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/S273398793
- Comments: "Distinct black hood- continuing at Dell"
Hooded Warbler (Setophaga citrina) (1)
- Reported Sep 14, 2025 07:58 by Jennifer Kalb
- 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/S273388020
- Comments: "yellow warbler with black hood, hopping around at low levels and making chip calls in the Dell"
Hooded Warbler (Setophaga citrina) (1)
- Reported Sep 14, 2025 06:37 by James Byatt
- 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/S273384704
- Comments: "At Dell, confiding, what a treat"
Hooded Warbler (Setophaga citrina) (1)
- Reported Sep 13, 2025 17:00 by Benjamin King
- 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/S273386276
- Comments: "female :) cutie perfect angel"
Blue Grosbeak (Passerina caerulea) (1)
- Reported Sep 14, 2025 12:19 by Ant Tab
- 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/S273397914
- Comments: "Found by Toby K earlier, was still at the exact same pin at the SW end of the Nethermead in one of the fenced enclosures. Very cooperative, calling frequently. Photos, audio."
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"Summer's lease hath all too short a date" – William Shakespeare
Friday, September 12, 2025
Flyover pintails
Northern Pintail (Anas acuta) (10)
- Reported Sep 12, 2025 06:20 by E R
- Congress Street, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6891943,-73.9969754&ll=40.6891943,-73.9969754
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S272893096
- Media: 3 Photos
- Comments: "High count! /flagged for date. Unexpected. Flock of ten southbound. Distant photos. Temporary back-of-camera"
- Reported Sep 12, 2025 06:20 by E R
- Congress Street, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6891943,-73.9969754&ll=40.6891943,-73.9969754
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S272893096
- Media: 3 Photos
- Comments: "High count! /flagged for date. Unexpected. Flock of ten southbound. Distant photos. Temporary back-of-camera"
"Summer's lease hath all too short a date" – William Shakespeare
Cimorelli GWC chklist
Note Philly Vireo, Connecticut warbler and worm eating warbler
"Summer's lease hath all too short a date" – William Shakespeare
Philly vireos
Philadelphia Vireo (Vireo philadelphicus) (1)
- Reported Sep 11, 2025 08:51 by Adelia Honeywood
- 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/S272773510
- Comments: "Yellow on the throat and breast was very pronounced. Looked like a warbling vireo with a yellow throat and breast. I only caught a brief glimpse. Jeanne Cimorelli has photos. It was at the Hill of Graves close to Border Avenue near the 20th Street entrance"
Philadelphia Vireo (Vireo philadelphicus) (1)
- Reported Sep 11, 2025 17:33 by Maddy P
- 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/S272832408
- Comments: "Grey-backed Vireo with white eyebrow and bright yellow belly chest and chin, flycatching east side of long meadow"
- Reported Sep 11, 2025 08:51 by Adelia Honeywood
- 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/S272773510
- Comments: "Yellow on the throat and breast was very pronounced. Looked like a warbling vireo with a yellow throat and breast. I only caught a brief glimpse. Jeanne Cimorelli has photos. It was at the Hill of Graves close to Border Avenue near the 20th Street entrance"
Philadelphia Vireo (Vireo philadelphicus) (1)
- Reported Sep 11, 2025 17:33 by Maddy P
- 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/S272832408
- Comments: "Grey-backed Vireo with white eyebrow and bright yellow belly chest and chin, flycatching east side of long meadow"
"Summer's lease hath all too short a date" – William Shakespeare
Thursday, September 11, 2025
Fwd: [eBird Alert] Kings County Rare Bird Alert Sept 11
"Summer's lease hath all too short a date" – William Shakespeare
---------- Forwarded message ---------
From: <ebird-alert@birds.cornell.edu>
Date: Thu, Sep 11, 2025, 3:56 PM
Subject: [eBird Alert] Kings County Rare Bird Alert <hourly>
To: <prosbird@gmail.com>
From: <ebird-alert@birds.cornell.edu>
Date: Thu, Sep 11, 2025, 3:56 PM
Subject: [eBird Alert] Kings County Rare Bird Alert <hourly>
To: <prosbird@gmail.com>
*** Species Summary:
- Yellow-bellied Flycatcher (3 reports)
- Blue-headed Vireo (1 report)
- Philadelphia Vireo (1 report)
- Saltmarsh Sparrow (1 report)
- Lincoln's Sparrow (1 report)
- Connecticut Warbler (1 report)
- Dickcissel (1 report)
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Yellow-bellied Flycatcher (Empidonax flaviventris) (1)
- Reported Sep 11, 2025 08:41 by D K
- 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/S272792962
- Comments: "Flycatcher with yellow wash all the way down belly and bold eye ring. Not the brightest yellow throat, but low contrast compared to breast - not the clear white of a least. Unfortunately a bit too skulky for photos. Seen looking up ravine from nethermead arches bridge, spotted by Valerie"
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher (Empidonax flaviventris) (1)
- Reported Sep 11, 2025 07:54 by Paul Merle
- 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/S272794433
- Comments: "Big eye ring. Light yellow on the chest"
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher (Empidonax flaviventris) (1)
- Reported Sep 11, 2025 07:41 by Corey Farwell
- 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/S272795503
- Comments: "North west of the nethermead"
Blue-headed Vireo (Vireo solitarius) (1)
- Reported Sep 11, 2025 13:54 by Linda Ewing
- 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/S272796287
- Comments: "Flagged for date. Thick, white spectacles; wing bars; grayish head, olive back, yellow on flanks. By valley water."
Philadelphia Vireo (Vireo philadelphicus) (1)
- Reported Sep 11, 2025 08:10 by mark alan iantosca
- 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/S272789154
- Comments: "Towards tops of trees near prospect gate. Edge of tall grass. In mixed flock of warbs. Stockyish bird, obvious yellow belly and throat, white eyebrow, grey crown. Another birder got photos."
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Connecticut Warbler (Oporornis agilis) (1)
- Reported Sep 11, 2025 08:10 by mark alan iantosca
- 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/S272789154
- Comments: "Continuing bird. Skulky, in underbrush, bold eye ring, greyish hood yellow belly, olive back."
Dickcissel (Spiza americana) (1)
- Reported Sep 11, 2025 08:10 by mark alan iantosca
- 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/S272789154
- Comments: "Edge of tall grace near prospect gate. Female or immature, sparrow sized, yellow on breast, white patch on throat, yellowish brow. Heard zeet type flight call a couple times. Popped up for a second then flew towards prospect."
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Prospect Philly vireo
Philadelphia Vireo (Vireo philadelphicus) (1)
- Reported Sep 11, 2025 08:40 by Tianying Lei
- 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/S272779318
- Comments: "Bright individual. Brightest on the throat and a yellow under part overall. Eye lines. Viewed from the dog beach. Flew towards the Ravine."
Philadelphia Vireo (Vireo philadelphicus) (1)
- Reported Sep 11, 2025 08:40 by Christine Gu
- 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/S272779319
- Comments: "Bright individual. Brightest on the throat and a yellow under part overall. Eye lines. Viewed from the dog beach. Flew towards the Ravine."
- Reported Sep 11, 2025 08:40 by Tianying Lei
- 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/S272779318
- Comments: "Bright individual. Brightest on the throat and a yellow under part overall. Eye lines. Viewed from the dog beach. Flew towards the Ravine."
Philadelphia Vireo (Vireo philadelphicus) (1)
- Reported Sep 11, 2025 08:40 by Christine Gu
- 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/S272779319
- Comments: "Bright individual. Brightest on the throat and a yellow under part overall. Eye lines. Viewed from the dog beach. Flew towards the Ravine."
"Summer's lease hath all too short a date" – William Shakespeare
Fwd: Thursday bbc Walk
"Summer's lease hath all too short a date" – William Shakespeare
---------- Forwarded message ---------
From: Tom Stephenson <12toms@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, Sep 11, 2025, 4:10 PM
Subject: Thursday Walk
To: Peter Dorosh <prosbird@gmail.com>
Cc: Dennis Hrehowsik <DeepSeaGangster@gmail.com>, Roberta Manian <roberta.manian@gmail.com>, Ryan Goldberg <ryan.goldberg@gmail.com>, Valerie Masten <valerie.masten@gmail.com>, Marisa Hernandez <shishi47@gmail.com>, Megan Thornton <megankthornton@gmail.com>, Bob Curtis <bobolink@nyct.net>, Carol Page <carolpagebu@yahoo.com>
From: Tom Stephenson <12toms@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, Sep 11, 2025, 4:10 PM
Subject: Thursday Walk
To: Peter Dorosh <prosbird@gmail.com>
Cc: Dennis Hrehowsik <DeepSeaGangster@gmail.com>, Roberta Manian <roberta.manian@gmail.com>, Ryan Goldberg <ryan.goldberg@gmail.com>, Valerie Masten <valerie.masten@gmail.com>, Marisa Hernandez <shishi47@gmail.com>, Megan Thornton <megankthornton@gmail.com>, Bob Curtis <bobolink@nyct.net>, Carol Page <carolpagebu@yahoo.com>
Hi Peter,
It was another beautiful day, this time a bit birdier than last week!
Athough there was a lot of activity, there still weren't an abundance of species, although 58 species with 14 species of warblers isn't too bad. Unlike last week, when the bird-of-the-day was either a fungus or a hornet, this week we had more to choose from including Yellow-bellied Flycatcher, Sharp-shinned Hawk hunting, and several Red-breasted Nuthatches.
Here's the list.
Best regards,
Tom
| Great Blue Heron |
| Green Heron |
| Canada Goose |
| Mute Swan |
| Wood Duck |
| American Black Duck |
| Mallard |
| Osprey |
| Sharp-shinned Hawk |
| Cooper's Hawk |
| Red-tailed Hawk |
| Spotted Sandpiper |
| Rock Dove |
| Mourning Dove |
| Chimney Swift |
| Ruby-throated Hummingbird |
| Belted Kingfisher |
| Red-bellied Woodpecker |
| Downy Woodpecker |
| Hairy Woodpecker |
| Northern Flicker |
| Eastern Wood-Pewee |
| Yellow-bellied Flycatcher |
| Eastern Phoebe |
| Warbling Vireo |
| Red-eyed Vireo |
| Blue Jay |
| Red-breasted Nuthatch |
| White-breasted Nuthatch |
| Blue-gray Gnatcatcher |
| Veery |
| Swainson's Thrush |
| American Robin |
| Gray Catbird |
| European Starling |
| Cedar Waxwing |
| Northern Parula |
| Yellow Warbler |
| Chestnut-sided Warbler |
| Magnolia Warbler |
| Black-throated Blue Warbler |
| Black-throated Green Warbler |
| Blackburnian Warbler |
| Pine Warbler |
| Blackpoll Warbler |
| Black-and-white Warbler |
| American Redstart |
| Ovenbird |
| Northern Waterthrush |
| Common Yellowthroat |
| Scarlet Tanager |
| Eastern Towhee |
| Northern Cardinal |
| Rose-breasted Grosbeak |
| Common Grackle |
| Brown-headed Cowbird |
| American Goldfinch |
| House Sparrow |
Good birds continue...
Philadelphia Vireo (Vireo philadelphicus) (1)
- Reported Sep 11, 2025 06:44 by Joshua Berman
- 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/S272722087
- Comments: "Found just as I was leaving in one of the trees in the meadow by Crescent Water. Fairly bright individual, with strong yellow on throat and breast less bright below, stouter beak, stronger eye-line than TEWA; short tailed and bright compared to WAVI; dark lores. Flew as I attempted to photograph."
- Reported Sep 11, 2025 06:44 by Joshua Berman
- 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/S272722087
- Comments: "Found just as I was leaving in one of the trees in the meadow by Crescent Water. Fairly bright individual, with strong yellow on throat and breast less bright below, stouter beak, stronger eye-line than TEWA; short tailed and bright compared to WAVI; dark lores. Flew as I attempted to photograph."
Philadelphia Vireo (Vireo philadelphicus) (1)
- Reported Sep 11, 2025 06:37 by Forrest Wickman
- 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/S272741682
- Media: 10 Photos
- Comments: "Flagged: A low-density migrant, almost exclusively in fall, and not always an easy ID, especially when photos are this bad. But! This happens to be a pretty bright individual, with yellow all the way underneath and brightest on the throat, where it runs all the way through the middle. Dark lores, dark cap, and maybe even shorter, more hooked bill also visible. In the Butterly Meadow, moving through the oaks along the west side, for a couple of minutes, before Peter D showed up and I failed to refind the bird."
Connecticut Warbler (Oporornis agilis) (1)
- Reported Sep 11, 2025 09:57 by Logan Williams
- 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/S272744829
- Comments: "Continuing bird. Briefly seen out of ivy, chunky warbler with grey head, yellow belly and clear prominent eye ring."
Connecticut Warbler (Oporornis agilis) (1)
- Reported Sep 11, 2025 07:30 by Ryan McGrady
- 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/S272741962
- Comments: "Skulky dull warbler walking around yesterday's pin, bold eye ring. Photos"
- Reported Sep 11, 2025 06:37 by Forrest Wickman
- 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/S272741682
- Media: 10 Photos
- Comments: "Flagged: A low-density migrant, almost exclusively in fall, and not always an easy ID, especially when photos are this bad. But! This happens to be a pretty bright individual, with yellow all the way underneath and brightest on the throat, where it runs all the way through the middle. Dark lores, dark cap, and maybe even shorter, more hooked bill also visible. In the Butterly Meadow, moving through the oaks along the west side, for a couple of minutes, before Peter D showed up and I failed to refind the bird."
Connecticut Warbler (Oporornis agilis) (1)
- Reported Sep 11, 2025 09:57 by Logan Williams
- 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/S272744829
- Comments: "Continuing bird. Briefly seen out of ivy, chunky warbler with grey head, yellow belly and clear prominent eye ring."
Connecticut Warbler (Oporornis agilis) (1)
- Reported Sep 11, 2025 07:30 by Ryan McGrady
- 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/S272741962
- Comments: "Skulky dull warbler walking around yesterday's pin, bold eye ring. Photos"
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher (Empidonax flaviventris) (1)
- Reported Sep 11, 2025 12:18 by Jennifer Leng
- 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/S272762061
- Comments: "Yellowish color seen over 3 bridges perched on tree with Tom Stevenson's group"
Connecticut Warbler (Oporornis agilis) (1)
- Reported Sep 11, 2025 08:12 by Scott Goldberg
- 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/S272755207
- Comments: "Continuing at hill of graves south. Seen with others. Chunky warbler on branch a few feet off the ground. Complete white eye ring, yellow underside, olive/brown hood."
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-- - Reported Sep 11, 2025 12:18 by Jennifer Leng
- 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/S272762061
- Comments: "Yellowish color seen over 3 bridges perched on tree with Tom Stevenson's group"
Connecticut Warbler (Oporornis agilis) (1)
- Reported Sep 11, 2025 08:12 by Scott Goldberg
- 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/S272755207
- Comments: "Continuing at hill of graves south. Seen with others. Chunky warbler on branch a few feet off the ground. Complete white eye ring, yellow underside, olive/brown hood."
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" Preserve and cherish the pale blue dot,the only home we've ever known"
--Carl Sagan
Ft Greene lincolns
Lincoln's Sparrow (Melospiza lincolnii) (1)
- Reported Sep 11, 2025 06:28 by Zade Pacetti
- Fort Greene Park, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.691923,-73.9754964&ll=40.691923,-73.9754964
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S272703565
- Comments: "Small sulky sparrow with crisp patterning in the bushes by the west entrance and coming up to the larger bushes briefly."
- Reported Sep 11, 2025 06:28 by Zade Pacetti
- Fort Greene Park, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.691923,-73.9754964&ll=40.691923,-73.9754964
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S272703565
- Comments: "Small sulky sparrow with crisp patterning in the bushes by the west entrance and coming up to the larger bushes briefly."
"Summer's lease hath all too short a date" – William Shakespeare
Wednesday, September 10, 2025
MOWA in bbp
Mourning Warbler (Geothlypis philadelphia) (1)
- Reported Sep 10, 2025 17:58 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/S272664662
- Comments: "Brief views a couple of times in the veg on the southwestern and western border of the P3 lawn. The drabbest they get, but with noticeable white eye crescents above and below the eye. Underparts were dull dirty yellow throughout, apparently through the throat. Gave some faint contact calls that were difficult for me to make hide nor hair of, given the loud ambient noise."
- Reported Sep 10, 2025 17:58 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/S272664662
- Comments: "Brief views a couple of times in the veg on the southwestern and western border of the P3 lawn. The drabbest they get, but with noticeable white eye crescents above and below the eye. Underparts were dull dirty yellow throughout, apparently through the throat. Gave some faint contact calls that were difficult for me to make hide nor hair of, given the loud ambient noise."
"Summer's lease hath all too short a date" – William Shakespeare
Photos of Connecticut warbler
Connecticut Warbler (Oporornis agilis) (1)
- Reported Sep 10, 2025 14:54 by Richard Fleming
- 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/S272651365
- Media: 3 Photos
- Comments: "Awesome find by MCHL that was even less cooperative than others I have seen. Lots of people on the scene trying to locate this one. I spent a good hour in front of basically three adjacent trees and had nothing to report except for a brief darting silhouette. My approach in these unpleasant situations is to walk away and take a breather. I went over and had my fill of the Saltmarsh Sparrow and then walked slowly back to the scene. The near crowd that had been there when I left had dissipated, but I had the good luck to find Jonny with his long lens focussed on the bird. We got great looks in the lower branches of two different trees before the bird scooted down into dense high grass made itself invisible. The lateness of the hour made for long exposures and blurry pics, but they aren't my worst."
- Reported Sep 10, 2025 14:54 by Richard Fleming
- 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/S272651365
- Media: 3 Photos
- Comments: "Awesome find by MCHL that was even less cooperative than others I have seen. Lots of people on the scene trying to locate this one. I spent a good hour in front of basically three adjacent trees and had nothing to report except for a brief darting silhouette. My approach in these unpleasant situations is to walk away and take a breather. I went over and had my fill of the Saltmarsh Sparrow and then walked slowly back to the scene. The near crowd that had been there when I left had dissipated, but I had the good luck to find Jonny with his long lens focussed on the bird. We got great looks in the lower branches of two different trees before the bird scooted down into dense high grass made itself invisible. The lateness of the hour made for long exposures and blurry pics, but they aren't my worst."
"Summer's lease hath all too short a date" – William Shakespeare
Photo salt marsh sparrow
Saltmarsh Sparrow (Ammospiza caudacuta) (1)
- Reported Sep 10, 2025 18:03 by Julian Elman
- 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/S272655196
- Media: 3 Photos
- Comments: "Nice find by Rob, still hanging out by the weeping beeches at 6:30. Photos."
- Reported Sep 10, 2025 18:03 by Julian Elman
- 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/S272655196
- Media: 3 Photos
- Comments: "Nice find by Rob, still hanging out by the weeping beeches at 6:30. Photos."
Saltmarsh Sparrow (Ammospiza caudacuta) (1)
- Reported Sep 10, 2025 14:54 by Richard Fleming
- Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S2
- Media: 5 Photos
- Comments: "Initially identified as a Nelson's, and I can easily see why: more orange below than the usual and, perhaps not coincidentally, much less contrast between orange of facial triangle and orange suffusing breast and sides--these were almost but not quite the same color on this bird. Foraging, or sitting, in the grass being quite cooperative and looking very lost, something like those Henslow's that pick a couple square feet of baseball field to sit down in for a couple of hours or more, as if everything is fine."
Saltmarsh Sparrow (Ammospiza caudacuta) (1)
- Reported Sep 10, 2025 06:37 by Susie Dippel
- Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S2
- Comments: "(Originally misidentified as a Nelson’s Sparrow) Orange with black streaking, big beak, short-tailed. With Rob Jett when he found it, refound by Michael Silber who has photos. It was raining so the bird hide in leaves on the ground and darted in and out of trees.
- Reported Sep 10, 2025 14:54 by Richard Fleming
- Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S2
- Media: 5 Photos
- Comments: "Initially identified as a Nelson's, and I can easily see why: more orange below than the usual and, perhaps not coincidentally, much less contrast between orange of facial triangle and orange suffusing breast and sides--these were almost but not quite the same color on this bird. Foraging, or sitting, in the grass being quite cooperative and looking very lost, something like those Henslow's that pick a couple square feet of baseball field to sit down in for a couple of hours or more, as if everything is fine."
Saltmarsh Sparrow (Ammospiza caudacuta) (1)
- Reported Sep 10, 2025 06:37 by Susie Dippel
- Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S2
- Comments: "(Originally misidentified as a Nelson’s Sparrow) Orange with black streaking, big beak, short-tailed. With Rob Jett when he found it, refound by Michael Silber who has photos. It was raining so the bird hide in leaves on the ground and darted in and out of trees.
"Summer's lease hath all too short a date" – William Shakespeare
Gramm GWC chklist
Philadelphia Vireo (Vireo philadelphicus) (1)
- Reported Sep 10, 2025 07:48 by Jeff G
- 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/S272643960
- Comments: "Bad photos! Lemony yellow vireo with dark cap and lores
- Reported Sep 10, 2025 07:48 by Jeff G
- 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/S272643960
- Comments: "Bad photos! Lemony yellow vireo with dark cap and lores
"Summer's lease hath all too short a date" – William Shakespeare
Fwd: Brooklyn Bridge Park Wednesday Migration Morning Report
"Summer's lease hath all too short a date" – William Shakespeare
---------- Forwarded message ---------
From: Mike Yuan <mjyuan@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, Sep 10, 2025, 8:59 PM
Subject: Brooklyn Bridge Park Wednesday Migration Morning Report
To: Peter Dorosh <prosbird@gmail.com>
Cc: Dennis Hrehowsik <deepseagangster@gmail.com>
From: Mike Yuan <mjyuan@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, Sep 10, 2025, 8:59 PM
Subject: Brooklyn Bridge Park Wednesday Migration Morning Report
To: Peter Dorosh <prosbird@gmail.com>
Cc: Dennis Hrehowsik <deepseagangster@gmail.com>
Date: September 10, 2025
Time: 7:16–9:20 AM
Thirteen participants joined today's Brooklyn Bird Club Wednesday migration walk in Brooklyn Bridge Park. Although steady rain arrived about 20 minutes into the outing, the group persevered and was rewarded with a good mix of waterbirds, raptors, and early fall migrants.
Highlights included six Black-crowned Night Herons roosting over Long Pond, a Cooper's Hawk watching from atop the Pier 1 condo, a drab Cape May Warbler and a nice showing of warblers despite the weather. The group recorded 26 species in total.
The locusts and pagoda trees around the River Cafe and Luke's Lobster, a hotspot of recent days, was cold, but the group saw notable warblers by the other hotspot around the Squibb Bridge.
Back at it next Wednesday, hopefully in sunnier weather.
Mike
great stuff in Greenwood Cemetery today
In vicinity of Landscape Avenue overlooking Sylvan Water
Lark Sparrow (Chondestes grammacus) (1)
- Reported Sep 10, 2025 10:53 by Benjamin Olsen
- 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/S272593522
- Comments: "Will upload photo shortly"
- Reported Sep 10, 2025 10:53 by Benjamin Olsen
- 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/S272593522
- Comments: "Will upload photo shortly"
LARCH AVENUE Beeches ( off central avenue
Nelson's Sparrow (Ammospiza nelsoni) (1)
- Reported Sep 10, 2025 10:32 by Casey Michel
- 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/S272594578
- Comments: "Bright orange streaking, stubby tail, skulking under weeping willow where multiple others observed"
Nelson's Sparrow (Ammospiza nelsoni) (1)
- Reported Sep 10, 2025 06:37 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/S272605548
- Comments: "Chunky with large head, big beak, stripey back, short-tailed, rufous wings. Found by Rob Jett, refound by Michael Silber."
Nelson's Sparrow (Ammospiza nelsoni) (1)
- Reported Sep 10, 2025 10:32 by Casey Michel
- 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/S272594578
- Comments: "Bright orange streaking, stubby tail, skulking under weeping willow where multiple others observed"
Nelson's Sparrow (Ammospiza nelsoni) (1)
- Reported Sep 10, 2025 06:37 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/S272605548
- Comments: "Chunky with large head, big beak, stripey back, short-tailed, rufous wings. Found by Rob Jett, refound by Michael Silber."
Below reported at southeast section of the Hill of Graves ( west of the 20th street cemetery entrance, near Elm and Grove Avenue
Connecticut Warbler (Oporornis agilis) (1)
- Reported Sep 10, 2025 10:32 by Casey Michel
- 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/S272594578
- Comments: "Flushed from overgrown grass in location other observers spotted - lengthy tail, olive back, clearly more substantial than the nearby Yellowthroat"
Connecticut Warbler (Oporornis agilis) (1)
- Reported Sep 10, 2025 06:37 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/S272605548
- Comments: "Large warbler, big eye ring, Grey hood, brown back, yellow belly."
Connecticut Warbler (Oporornis agilis) (1)
- Reported Sep 10, 2025 10:32 by Casey Michel
- 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/S272594578
- Comments: "Flushed from overgrown grass in location other observers spotted - lengthy tail, olive back, clearly more substantial than the nearby Yellowthroat"
Connecticut Warbler (Oporornis agilis) (1)
- Reported Sep 10, 2025 06:37 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/S272605548
- Comments: "Large warbler, big eye ring, Grey hood, brown back, yellow belly."
" Preserve and cherish the pale blue dot,the only home we've ever known"
--Carl Sagan
Fwd: Tuesday walk recap
Tuesday BBC walk led by Ryan with coleaders angie, megan and sheila
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---------- Forwarded message ---------
From: Ryan Goldberg <ryan.goldberg@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, Sep 9, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Subject: Tuesday walk recap
To: Peter Dorosh <prosbird@gmail.com>
Cc: Megan Thornton <megankthornton@gmail.com>, Angie Co <angieco@gmail.com>, Sheila Friedman <waxwing100@verizon.net>
From: Ryan Goldberg <ryan.goldberg@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, Sep 9, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Subject: Tuesday walk recap
To: Peter Dorosh <prosbird@gmail.com>
Cc: Megan Thornton <megankthornton@gmail.com>, Angie Co <angieco@gmail.com>, Sheila Friedman <waxwing100@verizon.net>
Hi Peter,
It was great running into you on the Hammerhead today. That was a good spot. I think we spent at least an hour there before moving on. Our group stuck to the south side of the park, taking our time with a series of mixed flocks of warblers around the lake to the Peninsula. We didn't even make it up to Lookout before we decided to end around 1. It was a beautiful day with good variety: we had 17 warbler species, including Tennessee, Bay-breasted, Cape May and double-digits of Northern Parula, Magnolia, and American Redstarts. Six Least Sandpipers on the Lefrak splash pad was another highlight.
Our total count was 60 species. Here's our eBird list: https://ebird.org/checklist/S272460121. Thanks to Megan, Angie, and Sheila for co-leading this great group.
Ryan
" Preserve and cherish the pale blue dot,the only home we've ever known"
--Carl Sagan
Tuesday, September 9, 2025
GWC LISP
Lincoln's Sparrow (Melospiza lincolnii) (1)
- Reported Sep 09, 2025 11:46 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/S272487033
- Comments: "Flagged for date. Expected. Handsome gray and brown sparrow with fine streaking. Image."
- Reported Sep 09, 2025 11:46 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/S272487033
- Comments: "Flagged for date. Expected. Handsome gray and brown sparrow with fine streaking. Image."
"Summer's lease hath all too short a date" – William Shakespeare
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