Saturday, September 20, 2025

Saturday BBC walk

Dennis Hrehowsik leading 

Hi light Philly Vireo


"Summer's lease hath all too short a date" – William Shakespeare 












   

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 

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


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" 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>


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>


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

Sunday, September 14, 2025

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>


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

Thursday, September 11, 2025

Fwd: Thursday bbc Walk



"Summer's lease hath all too short a date" – William Shakespeare 












   

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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

Wednesday, September 10, 2025

Fwd: Brooklyn Bridge Park Wednesday Migration Morning Report



"Summer's lease hath all too short a date" – William Shakespeare 












   

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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

Fwd: Tuesday walk recap

Tuesday BBC walk led by Ryan with coleaders angie, megan and sheila

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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

Sunday, September 7, 2025

September 7th Pop-Up Nighthawks Watch Party Prospect Park


Hosted by Karen O'Hearn

https://prospectsightings.blogspot.com/2025/09/record-breaking-nighthawk-night-in.html


 

Photo by Howard Walfish

Of all the years we -the Brooklyn Bird club hosting this annual event ( and special thanks to our hostess Karen O'Hearn) tonight was the best nighthawk numbers we've seen.

Before we set up at 6 pm on the western Nethermead, Karen beckons me to come quickly. She had already 10 nighthawks in one flock over Center drive. But within 30 minutes ,we comfortably observed 40 birds. Reports came in on the discord  alert of 20 or more birds observed from Greenwood to the Jett Roof and north Long Meadow to Prospect Lake. Its a big night.After a week with no north wind the nighthawks were itching to go!

And it turned out to be an early bird special as most of the flock appeared 545 to 630 pm and dispersed by 7. None appeared afterwards with the airspace taken over by chimney swifts . A great evening it was for a record breaker.

In years past we held our watches in the last week of August. But because the last north wind was on a busy labor day weekend, we Skipped to tonight. A fortuitous decision it was .

Thanks to Karen who also made great little pamphlets about the Common Nighthawk and it's life history. The watch party --ever popular--  peaked at 55 birders tonight ..





Photo by Howard Walfish


"Summer's lease hath all too short a date" – William Shakespeare