Fwd: Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, May 3rd Walk

Leader Matthew Wills

"There is symbolic as well as actual beauty in the migration of the birds, the ebb and flow of the tides, the folded bud ready for spring." — Rachel Carson











   

---------- Forwarded message ---------
From: Matthew Wills <matthewwills@earthlink.net>
Date: Sun, May 3, 2026, 5:26 PM
Subject: Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, May 3rd Walk
To: Peter Dorosh <prosbird@gmail.com>

Hey, Peter

Twenty birders joined me this chilly morning for today's Green-Wood Cemetery Walk. No fallout, I think all the birds are in Ohio, but we still found a few.

Matthew

-----Forwarded Message-----
From: <do-not-reply@ebird.org>
Sent: May 3, 2026 2:19 PM
To: <matthewwills@earthlink.net>
Subject: eBird Report - Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, May 3, 2026

Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, Kings, New York, US
May 3, 2026 7:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Protocol: Traveling
3.0 mile(s)
Checklist Comments: Brooklyn Bird Club walk.
51 species

Canada Goose X Including two broods on Sylvan Water, about ten goslings all together.
Mallard 4
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) X
Mourning Dove X
Chimney Swift 8
Laughing Gull X Small flock fly-over
American Herring Gull 1 Fly-over
Double-crested Cormorant 1 Fly-over
Osprey 1 High fly-over
Red-tailed Hawk 2 Minimum number.
Red-bellied Woodpecker 2
Northern Flicker 1
American Kestrel 1
Monk Parakeet X
Great Crested Flycatcher 2
Blue-headed Vireo 1
Eastern Warbling Vireo 1
Blue Jay 1
American Crow 1 IDed by voice
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 1
Barn Swallow 10 Low over Valley and Sylvan Waters
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 2
Northern House Wren 1
European Starling X
Gray Catbird 4
Brown Thrasher 1
Northern Mockingbird 8
Wood Thrush 1
American Robin X
House Sparrow X
House Finch 1
American Goldfinch 1
Chipping Sparrow 6
White-throated Sparrow 7
Savannah Sparrow 1
Swamp Sparrow 1
Orchard Oriole 1
Baltimore Oriole 3 Minimum of two males and one female
Red-winged Blackbird 3
Brown-headed Cowbird 1
Common Grackle X
Ovenbird 1
Northern Waterthrush 1
Black-and-white Warbler 1
Common Yellowthroat 1
American Redstart 1
Northern Yellow Warbler 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler 6
Scarlet Tanager 1
Northern Cardinal 2
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 1

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S331990553

This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (https://ebird.org/home)