Thursday, October 2, 2025

Fwd: Thursday's BBC Walk

Led by Tom S.

"I hope I can be the autumn leaf, who looked at the sky and lived. And when it was time to leave, gracefully it knew life was a gift." — Dodinsky














   

---------- Forwarded message ---------
From: Tom Stephenson <12toms@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, Oct 2, 2025, 5:27 PM
Subject: Thursday's Walk
To: Peter Dorosh <prosbird@gmail.com>
Cc: Dennis Hrehowsik <DeepSeaGangster@gmail.com>, Roberta Manian <roberta.manian@gmail.com>, Ryan Goldberg <ryangoldberg@gmail.com>, Angie Co <Angie.co@gmail.com>, Megan Thornton <megankthornton@gmail.com>, Valerie Masten <valerie.masten@gmail.com>, Marisa Hernandez <shishi47@gmail.com>, brian d foy <briandfoy@pobox.com>, Amy Cook <brklynamy@gmail.com>, Marleny R <marleny@rafferty.net>, Chris Miller <cmnyc79@gmail.com>, radka osickova <Radkadesign@yahoo.com>


Hi Peter,
It was a really beautiful Fall day with a very large, enthusiastic group and, although very spotty, a good number of birds. We saw 74 species including 14 species of warblers. Highlights were ducks including a Ring-necked and a Green-winged Teal spotted by mystery birder M; raptors including a Kestrel, and migrating sharpie and cooper's; and a very cooperative Prairie Warbler.

Here's the list.

Best regards,
Tom

Double-crested Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Green Heron
Black-crowned Night-Heron
Canada Goose
Mute Swan
Wood Duck
Gadwall
American Black Duck
Mallard
Green-winged Teal
Ring-necked Duck
Ruddy Duck
Osprey
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Cooper's Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
American Kestrel
Laughing Gull
Rock Dove
Mourning Dove
Chimney Swift
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Eastern Phoebe
Great Crested Flycatcher
Blue-headed Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
Blue Jay
American Crow
Common Raven
Red-breasted Nuthatch
House Wren
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Gray-cheeked Thrush
Swainson's Thrush
American Robin
Gray Catbird
Northern Mockingbird
European Starling
Cedar Waxwing
Northern Parula
Cape May Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Pine Warbler
Prairie Warbler
Palm Warbler
Blackpoll Warbler
Black-and-white Warbler
American Redstart
Ovenbird
Northern Waterthrush
Common Yellowthroat
Scarlet Tanager
Chipping Sparrow
Savannah Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Northern Cardinal
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Red-winged Blackbird
Common Grackle
Brown-headed Cowbird
American Goldfinch
House Sparrow

Tuesday, September 30, 2025

Fwd: Tuesday BBC walk recap



"I hope I can be the autumn leaf, who looked at the sky and lived. And when it was time to leave, gracefully it knew life was a gift." — Dodinsky














   

---------- Forwarded message ---------
From: Ryan Goldberg <ryan.goldberg@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, Sep 30, 2025, 4:18 PM
Subject: Tuesday walk recap
To: Peter Dorosh <prosbird@gmail.com>


Hi Peter,

We've been lucky with the Tuesday walks this season, getting good weather and some good pulses of migration on multiple occasions. Today was no exception. We had 69 species. It grew so warm that there were a few insect hatch-outs around the park, including one along the Lullwater, by Music Island, that drew in a bunch of warblers, vireos, kinglets, nuthatches, and a Yellow-billed Cuckoo. At the start of the walk, a huge swarm of Chimney Swifts fed over the lake and Parkside Avenue. There were also a bunch of Scarlet Tanagers around.


Thanks to Angie and Sheila for co-leading and all the participants (including one birder from Colorado!) who made it such an enjoyable outing.

Ryan

Wednesday, September 24, 2025

Fwd: Wednesday Migration Morning at Brooklyn Bridge Park 9-24-2025

Wednesday regular BBP walk

Led by Mike 

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From: Mike Yuan <mjyuan@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, Sep 24, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Subject: Wednesday Migration Morning at Brooklyn Bridge Park 9-24-2025
To: Peter Dorosh <prosbird@gmail.com>, Dennis Hrehowsik <deepseagangster@gmail.com>


Good group of 17, and an excellent start to the walk as we found a LARK SPARROW on our first stop at the Bridge Lawn on Pier 1. Associating with a HOUSE SPARROW flock, it kindly gave everyone great looks but apparently did not return when the flock was spooked after we had moved on.

Warblers were scarce on a slow migration day, but we studied a few BLACKPOLL WARBLERS before getting word of a DICKCISSEL with the same Bridge Lawn flock. We had more luck than the Lark Sparrow chasers and fortunately had ample time to spend with the grassland bird.

28 species

-Mike


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

                                                                            --Carl Sagan

Tuesday, September 23, 2025

Fwd: 9/23 Tuesday BBC walk recap



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












   

---------- Forwarded message ---------
From: Ryan Goldberg <ryan.goldberg@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, Sep 23, 2025, 4:29 PM
Subject: Tuesday walk recap
To: Peter Dorosh <prosbird@gmail.com>


Hi Peter,

With Rosh Hashanah today, the Tuesday walk drew the largest crowd I've ever seen for it—more than 40 people, including at least a few teachers/DOE employees. So it was a lot of fun. According to Birdcast there was almost no migration overnight, but the park still had a good diversity of species, probably leftovers from last weekend's big influx.

We found 59 species, including 17 warbler species, most of which were on the south side of the lake between the Hammerhead and Three Sisters. There was also a Green-winged Teal and Gadwall on the lake. And the Picnic House "creek" drew in birds to bathe on the unseasonably warm day: a Scarlet Tanager, Baltimore Oriole, Black-throated Blue Warbler, Wood Thrush, and Yellow-bellied Sapsucker were seen bathing or perched in those woods.

Here is our eBird list: https://ebird.org/checklist/S275100602. Thanks to all who joined and Sheila and Angie for co-leading.

Ryan

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



---------- Forwarded message ---------
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

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 












   

---------- Forwarded message ---------
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 












   

---------- Forwarded message ---------
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 












   

---------- 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>


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 












   

---------- 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>


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

---------- 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>


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 












   









   

Saturday, September 6, 2025

Friends remembering Isabel Conte memorial walk Prospect Park Sept 6th



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


Thanks to Dennis for leading and compiling the checklist.


Great seeing you Peter and a great group to remember Isabel 35 sp. we added a few warblers after you left.

D

Prospect Park
Sep 6, 2025
11:46 AM
Traveling
0.73 miles
32 Minutes
All birds reported? Yes
Comments: Submitted from eBird for iOS, version 3.4.0 Build 3.4.11

8 Canada Goose
5 Mute Swan
5 Wood Duck
5 Mallard
1 American Black Duck
10 Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)
12 Mourning Dove
3 Chimney Swift
2 American Herring Gull
1 Great Blue Heron
2 Osprey
1 Red-tailed Hawk
2 Red-bellied Woodpecker
3 Downy Woodpecker
4 Northern Flicker
1 Empidonax sp.
1 Great Crested Flycatcher
3 Warbling Vireo
3 Red-eyed Vireo
12 Blue Jay
1 Carolina Wren
25 European Starling
4 Gray Catbird
25 American Robin
2 House Sparrow
3 American Goldfinch
3 Baltimore Oriole
2 Ovenbird
1 Northern Waterthrush
2 Black-and-white Warbler
1 Common Yellowthroat
6 American Redstart
2 Northern Parula
2 Yellow Warbler
1 Wilson's Warbler
1 Northern Cardinal

Number of Taxa: 36

Dennis W Hrehowsik
President Brooklyn Bird Club












   

Thursday, September 4, 2025

Fwd: The First Thursday Walk

  A quiet Thursday..

"The crickets felt it was their duty to warn everybody that summertime cannot last for ever. Even on the most beautiful days in the whole year - the days when summer is changing into autumn - the crickets spread the rumour of sadness and change."

E.B. White, Charlotte's Web










   

---------- Forwarded message ---------
From: Tom Stephenson <12toms@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, Sep 4, 2025, 12:35 PM
Subject: The First Thursday Walk
To: Peter Dorosh <prosbird@gmail.com>
Cc: Dennis Hrehowsik <DeepSeaGangster@gmail.com>, Ryan Goldberg <ryangoldberg@gmail.com>, Roberta Manian <roberta.manian@gmail.com>, Bob Curtis <bobolink@nyct.net>, Valerie Masten <valerie.masten@gmail.com>, Marisa Hernandez <shishi47@gmail.com>, Megan Thornton <megankthornton@gmail.com>


Hi Peter,
It was a beautiful day today. And before I tell you what record we broke, I'll tell you about the bird of the day:  A Bald-faced Hornet looking out of its nest.... or maybe the Summer Azure butterfly.... or a perfectly shaped spider web....  

You may have guessed that the record broken was "quietest park ever"....  But still fun. And we did have 32 (thirty two) species...!

Here's the list.

Best regards,
Tom

Double-crested Cormorant
Canada Goose
Mute Swan
Wood Duck
American Black Duck
Mallard
American Kestrel
Ring-billed Gull
Rock Dove
Mourning Dove
Chimney Swift
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Warbling Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
Blue Jay
Carolina Wren
American Robin
Gray Catbird
European Starling
Cedar Waxwing
Black-and-white Warbler
American Redstart
Ovenbird
Northern Waterthrush
Song Sparrow
Northern Cardinal
American Goldfinch
House Sparrow

Tuesday, September 2, 2025

Fwd: Tuesday walk BBC recap



"The crickets felt it was their duty to warn everybody that summertime cannot last for ever. Even on the most beautiful days in the whole year - the days when summer is changing into autumn - the crickets spread the rumour of sadness and change."

E.B. White, Charlotte's Web










   

---------- Forwarded message ---------
From: Ryan Goldberg <ryan.goldberg@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, Sep 2, 2025, 5:26 PM
Subject: Tuesday walk recap
To: Peter Dorosh <prosbird@gmail.com>


Hi Peter,

Today was our first Tuesday walk of the season and we got off to a good start. The south side of the lake from the Hammerhead to Three Sisters was the most active, with a nice variety of warblers down there. The best sightings, though, were two Least Sandpipers on the Lefrak splash pad, momentarily joined by a pair of Greater Yellowlegs calling loudly; the yellowlegs didn't stay put, taking off as quickly as they appeared. Who needs Plumb Beach when you have flooded concrete?

Here is our list for the day: https://ebird.org/checklist/S271122335. We saw or heard 44 species. Thanks to Megan Thornton for co-leading and all the other experienced regulars in the group.

Ryan

Sunday, August 24, 2025

August 24th GWC BBC tour



"The crickets felt it was their duty to warn everybody that summertime cannot last for ever. Even on the most beautiful days in the whole year - the days when summer is changing into autumn - the crickets spread the rumour of sadness and change."

E.B. White, Charlotte's Web










   

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From: Rob Jett <rob.e.jett@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, Aug 24, 2025, 4:54 PM
Subject: GWC tour
To: Peter Dorosh <prosbird@gmail.com>


Peter,

Overnight south winds made for a pretty slow day for migrants, although we did tally 4 species of warbler.

Attached is the group pic.

Cheers,

Rob

Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, Kings, New York
Aug 24, 2025 8:10 AM - 12:10 PM
Protocol: Traveling
5.1 mile(s)
Checklist Comments:     Brooklyn Bird Club walk.
32 species

Canada Goose  8
Mallard  5
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  10
Mourning Dove  6
Chimney Swift  5
Ruby-throated Hummingbird  1
Spotted Sandpiper  1
Laughing Gull  5
American Herring Gull  2
Turkey Vulture  2     Seen at the same time.
Red-tailed Hawk  3
Red-bellied Woodpecker  1
Downy Woodpecker  1
Northern Flicker  2
American Kestrel  2
Monk Parakeet  8
Great Crested Flycatcher  1
Eastern Kingbird  1
Blue Jay  3
European Starling  12
Gray Catbird  4
Northern Mockingbird  6
American Robin  20
House Sparrow  5
American Goldfinch  1
Chipping Sparrow  1
Baltimore Oriole  1
Ovenbird  1
Blue-winged Warbler  1
American Redstart  2
Yellow Warbler  1
Northern Cardinal  6

Saturday, August 9, 2025

Jamaica Bay Refuge August 9


Leader Tom Stephenson



Hi Peter,
It was a very beautiful, and mostly bugless day, yesterday. The East Pond is starting to clear up, although we were restricted by the poison ivy to the very southern end..  It's an early date for migration but we still had good looks at most of the shorebirds on the list.

The West Pond had very large shorebird flocks but the viewing options are basically none...  sometime we could think of trying to improve maybe with some bushwhacking...  

Sameer may have sent you the list, but just in case, here's what we saw for your site.

Best regards,
Tom

Double-crested Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Snowy Egret
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron
Glossy Ibis
Canada Goose
Mute Swan
American Black Duck
Mallard
Ruddy Duck
Osprey
Peregrine Falcon
Semipalmated Plover
Killdeer
Greater Yellowlegs
Lesser Yellowlegs
Willet
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
White-rumped Sandpiper
Stilt Sandpiper
Short-billed Dowitcher
Laughing Gull
Herring Gull
Forster's Tern
Black Skimmer
Chimney Swift
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Willow Flycatcher
Eastern Kingbird
Common Raven
Purple Martin
Tree Swallow
Bank Swallow
Barn Swallow
Carolina Wren
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
American Robin
Gray Catbird
Northern Mockingbird
European Starling
Cedar Waxwing
Yellow Warbler
American Redstart
Common Yellowthroat
Song Sparrow
Northern Cardinal
Red-winged Blackbird
Boat-tailed Grackle
Baltimore Oriole
House Finch
American Goldfinch

"Summer was our best season: it was sleeping on the back screened porch in cots, or trying to sleep in the treehouse; summer was everything good to eat; it was a thousand colors in a parched landscape; but most of all, summer was Dill."

Harper Lee,author To Kill a Mockingbird