An Autumn Birding Day at Floyd Bennett Field October 25

Leader Heydi Lopes

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From: Heydi Lopes 
Date: Tue, Oct 27, 2026 at 9:30 PM
Subject: Re: Trip details
To: Peter Dorosh 



Hi Peter,

It was a beautiful day for sure!  And as always, and I really mean it, it was great group.  Lots and lots of Pine Siskin flyovers.  Below is the checklist.  Lots of folks were happy to see Black-capped Chickadee🙂.

Some folks did take photos; do you want me to e-mail them?  Only decent photo I took is of the VESP, see attached. Thanks again for thinking of me, you know I love FBF!

Floyd Bennett Field, Kings, New York, US
Oct 25, 2026 8:04 AM - 2:43 PM
Protocol: Traveling
4.369 mile(s)
60 species (+3 other taxa)

Brant (Branta bernicla)  200
Canada Goose (Branta canadensis)  3
Mute Swan (Cygnus olor)  2
American Black Duck (Anas rubripes)  1
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) (Columba livia (Feral Pigeon))  50
Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura)  6
Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus)  1
Laughing Gull (Leucophaeus atricilla)  4
Ring-billed Gull (Larus delawarensis)  1
American Herring Gull (Larus smithsonianus)  50
Great Black-backed Gull (Larus marinus)  2
gull sp. (Larinae sp.)  300     All over the bay but too distant to identify
Royal Tern (Thalasseus maximus)  3
Red-throated Loon (Gavia stellata)  1
Common Loon (Gavia immer)  2
Double-crested Cormorant (Nannopterum auritum)  115
Great Egret (Ardea alba)  1
Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias)  1
Osprey (Pandion haliaetus)  1
Sharp-shinned Hawk (Accipiter striatus)  3
Northern Harrier (Circus hudsonius)  2
Red-shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus)  1     Continuing by beach grass nursery.
Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis)  2
Red-bellied Woodpecker (Melanerpes carolinus)  3
Downy Woodpecker (Dryobates pubescens)  1
Hairy Woodpecker (Leuconotopicus villosus)  1
Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus)  9
American Kestrel (Falco sparverius)  2
Merlin (Falco columbarius)  1
Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus)  1
Monk Parakeet (Myiopsitta monachus)  4
Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe)  1
Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata)  5
crow sp. (Corvus sp. (crow sp.))  7
Common Raven (Corvus corax)  3     Flagged for count. Seen simultaneously soaring together and croaking on multiple occasions.
Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus)  1     In the campgrounds. The first of the year in Brooklyn for many of us 🙂
Ruby-crowned Kinglet (Corthylio calendula)  7
Golden-crowned Kinglet (Regulus satrapa)  8
White-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta carolinensis)  1
Brown Creeper (Certhia americana)  1
European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)  50
Gray Catbird (Dumetella carolinensis)  2
Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos)  12
Hermit Thrush (Catharus guttatus)  12
American Robin (Turdus migratorius)  90
Cedar Waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum)  2
House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)  6
American Pipit (Anthus rubescens)  13     Flyovers, heard and sometimes seen
House Finch (Haemorhous mexicanus)  5
Purple Finch (Haemorhous purpureus)  6
Pine Siskin (Spinus pinus)  208     Flagged for count. An irruption is clearly underway. Counted by 1s and 5s as we went, over several hours all over Floyd, and allowing for some duplicates. Mostly flyovers in flocks of two to many but a couple of times we had some larger flocks briefly perch for views.
American Goldfinch (Spinus tristis)  6
Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina)  10
Dark-eyed Junco (Junco hyemalis)  20
White-throated Sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis)  20
Vesper Sparrow (Pooecetes gramineus)  1     Flagged as rare: Flushed from the NE end of the beach grass nursery and perched in a small tree near there. Sparrow with blurry streaks and very prominent white eyering. Many of us got photos.
Savannah Sparrow (Passerculus sandwichensis)  13
Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia)  15
Swamp Sparrow (Melospiza georgiana)  2
blackbird sp. (Icteridae sp.)  30
Pine Warbler (Setophaga pinus)  1
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Setophaga coronata)  164
Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis)  6

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S405435167

Vesper sparrow

Fwd: Thursday Fall Migration BBC Walk 10/22/26

"Delicious autumn! My very soul is wedded to it, and if I were a bird I would fly about the earth seeking the successive autumns."

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From: Chris Miller <>
Date: Thu, Oct 22, 2026, 5:52 PM
Subject: Thursday Fall Migration Walk 10/22/26
To

Hi Peter,

We had excellent weather today for our final walk of the season, and, as always, a wonderful group of people joined us! 

Highlights included a Pied-billed Grebe, Green-winged Teal, a flock of Pine Siskins, nine sparrow species (including Vesper Sparrow), five raptor species, and six warbler species.

In all, we recorded 56 species to wrap up the season. Thanks to everyone who came out and helped make today and the entire season so enjoyable!

Here's the list,

Canada Goose

Mute Swan 
Wood Duck 
Northern Shoveler 
Mallard 
American Black Duck 
Green-winged Teal 
Ruddy Duck 
Rock Pigeon 
Mourning Dove
American Coot 
Ring-billed Gull 
American Herring Gull 
Pied-billed Grebe
Double-crested Cormorant 
Great Blue Heron 
Cooper's Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk 
Red-bellied Woodpecker 
Downy Woodpecker 
Northern Flicker 
American Kestrel
Merlin 
Peregrine Falcon 
Eastern Phoebe
Blue-headed Vireo
Blue Jay
American Crow 
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 
Golden-crowned Kinglet
White-breasted Nuthatch 
European Starling 
Northern Mockingbird
Hermit Thrush 
American Robin
House Sparrow 
Pine Siskin
American Goldfinch 
Chipping Sparrow 
Field Sparrow 
Dark-eyed Junco 
White-throated Sparrow
Vesper Sparrow 
Savannah Sparrow 
Song Sparrow 
Swamp Sparrow 
Eastern Towhee 
Red-winged Blackbird 
Common Grackle 
Common Yellowthroat 
Blackpoll Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler 
Palm Warbler 
Yellow-rumped Warbler 
Black-throated Green Warbler 

Northern Cardinal 

https://ebird.org/checklist/email?subID=S404564710

Best,

Chris Miller

Fwd: Tuesday BBC walk recap

Ryan G leading.

"Delicious autumn! My very soul is wedded to it, and if I were a bird I would fly about the earth seeking the successive autumns."
— George Eliot

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From: Ryan Goldberg <ryan.goldberg@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, Oct 21, 2026, 10:28 AM
Subject: Tuesday walk recap
To: Peter Dorosh <prosbird@gmail.com>

Hi Peter,

Yesterday's Tuesday walk was the last of the season, and it was a fun one. For the second week in a row we saw a Vesper Sparrow on the ballfields; in general, there was a good variety of sparrows and hawks. An adult Rose-breasted Grosbeak by Lefrak was a surprise; that one should be in the tropics already!

We observed 58 species. Here's our list: https://ebird.org/checklist/S404061506.

Thank you to Angie for co-leading. I'm also thankful to all those who joined this season, whether for one week or seven, that helped make the Tuesday walk a fun place to learn and spend time together. I think it's a special group and I'm happy to be part of it.

Ryan

Fwd: BBC field trip to Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge (10/18/26)

Leader Chris Miller

"Delicious autumn! My very soul is wedded to it, and if I were a bird I would fly about the earth seeking the successive autumns.")
— George Eliot

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From: Chris Miller 
Date: Sun, Oct 18, 2026, 8:14 PM
Subject: BBC field trip to Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge (10/18/26)

Hi Peter,

What a fantastic day of birding with a great group of people! We kicked things off at the East Pond, where the high water levels didn’t stop us from getting great looks at a variety of ducks, herons, geese, and shorebirds.

After about an hour, we headed to the west side, where the birding continued with several sparrow species, a few raptors, and an almost unbelievable number of Yellow-rumped Warblers! There were plenty of other birds to keep us busy along the way, too. Our final tally 59 species.

Some highlights were Northern Pintail, Marsh Wren, Northern Harrier, White-crowned sparrow and American Wigeon.

Here's the list:

Brant 
Canada Goose
Mute Swan 
Northern Shoveler 
Gadwall
American Wigeon 
Mallard 
American Black Duck
Northern Pintail 
Green-winged Teal 
Greater Scaup 
Hooded Merganser
Ruddy Duck
Rock Pigeon 
Mourning Dove 
Lesser Yellowlegs 
Greater Yellowlegs
Laughing Gull 
Ring-billed Gull 
American Herring Gull
Forster's Tern 
Pied-billed Grebe 
Double-crested Cormorant
Black-crowned Night Heron
Snowy Egret 
Great Egret 
Great Blue Heron
Cooper's Hawk 
Northern Harrier 

Red-tailed Hawk
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker 
Merlin 
Blue-headed Vireo
Blue Jay
American Crow 
Tree Swallow 
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 
Golden-crowned Kinglet 
Marsh Wren 
Gray Catbird 
Northern Mockingbird 
Swainson's Thrush 
Hermit Thrush
American Robin 
House Sparrow 
Field Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco 
White-crowned Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow 
Eastern Towhee 
Red-winged Blackbird 
Common Grackle 
Blackpoll Warbler
Palm Warbler 
Yellow-rumped Warbler 
Northern Cardinal

https://ebird.org/checklist/email?subID=S403529195

*Group photo by HY

Best,

Chris Miller

Fwd: Thursday Fall Migration BBC Walk 10/15/26

"Delicious autumn! My very soul is wedded to it, and if I were a bird I would fly about the earth seeking the successive autumns."
— George Eliot

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From: Chris Miller <cmnyc79@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, Oct 15, 2026, 8:43 PM
Subject: Thursday Fall Migration Walk 10/15/26
To: prosbird@gmail.com <Prosbird@gmail.com>, Tom Stephenson <12toms@gmail.com>, Dennis Hrehowsik <deepseagangster@gmail.com>

Hi Peter,
We had beautiful fall weather and a lovely group of participants on
today's walk. The park was very birdy and we had great looks at many
of the birds.
Highlights for the day were 2 Vesper sparrows, White-crowned sparrow,
6 American Pipits, Rusty Blackbird, Bald Eagle and 12 warbler species.
We had 65 species total.

Here's the list:

Canada Goose
Mute Swan
Wood Duck
Northern Shoveler
Mallard
American Black Duck
Ruddy Duck
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Ring-billed Gull
Pied-billed Grebe
Great Blue Heron
Osprey
Cooper's Hawk
Bald Eagle
Red-tailed Hawk
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
American Kestrel
Merlin
Eastern Phoebe
Blue-headed Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
Blue Jay
American Crow
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Golden-crowned Kinglet
White-breasted Nuthatch
Brown Creeper
Winter Wren
Carolina Wren
European Starling
Gray Catbird
Swainson's Thrush
Hermit Thrush
American Robin
House Sparrow
American Pipit
House Finch
Chipping Sparrow
Field Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
White-crowned Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Vesper Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
Eastern Towhee
Eastern Meadowlark
Rusty Blackbird
Northern Waterthrush
Black-and-white Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Northern Parula
Magnolia Warbler
Blackburnian Warbler
Blackpoll Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Palm Warbler
Pine Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Northern Cardinal

https://ebird.org/checklist/email?subID=S402598419

Best,
Chris Miller

Fwd: Thursday Fall Migration Bbc Walk 10/8/26

"Delicious autumn! My very soul is wedded to it, and if I were a bird I would fly about the earth seeking the successive autumns."
— George Eliot

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From: Chris Miller <cmnyc79@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, Oct 8, 2026, 5:04 PM
Subject: Thursday Fall Migration Walk 10/8/26
To: prosbird@gmail.com <Prosbird@gmail.com>, Tom Stephenson <12toms@gmail.com>, Dennis Hrehowsik <deepseagangster@gmail.com>, Ryan Goldberg <ryangoldberg@gmail.com>

Hi Peter,
We had beautiful weather today and a group of approximately 30 people.
The park was fairly birdy and we ended up with 53 species.
Highlights were 2 yellow-billed cuckoos, green-winged teal,
blue-headed vireo, Lincoln's sparrow and 8 warbler species.

Here's the list:

Canada Goose
Mute Swan
Wood Duck
Northern Shoveler
Mallard
American Black Duck
Green-winged Teal
Ruddy Duck
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Laughing Gull
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Cooper's Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
American Kestrel
Eastern Phoebe
Blue-headed Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
Blue Jay
American Crow
Common Raven
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Northern House Wren
European Starling
Gray Catbird
Northern Mockingbird
Swainson's Thrush
American Robin
American Goldfinch
White-throated Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Lincoln's Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
Eastern Towhee
Red-winged Blackbird
Black-and-white Warbler
Northern Parula
Magnolia Warbler
Blackpoll Warbler
Palm Warbler
Pine Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Northern Cardinal
Rose-breasted Grosbeak

https://ebird.org/checklist/email?subID=S400362287

Best,
Chris Miller

Fwd: Tuesday BBC walk recap

Led by Ryan and co...

"Delicious autumn! My very soul is wedded to it, and if I were a bird I would fly about the earth seeking the successive autumns."
— George Eliot

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From: Ryan Goldberg <ryan.goldberg@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, Oct 6, 2026, 4:48 PM
Subject: Tuesday walk recap
To: Peter Dorosh <prosbird@gmail.com>

Hi Peter,

Another good Tuesday walk with a great group of people; the species diversity has dropped a little since last week, with 56 in total, but it was enjoyable seeing all the newly-arrived kinglets, White-throated Sparrows, and Ruddy Ducks since last week. We still saw 11 species of warblers, plus a Yellow-billed Cuckoo, Lincoln's Sparrow, and growing numbers of Blue Jays. They appear to be on the move now.

Here's our list: https://ebird.org/checklist/S399834510.

We have two more weeks in the season. Hopefully we'll get to see some hawk migration next week.

Ryan

Fwd: BBC field trip to Arverne on Oct. 3

"Delicious autumn! My very soul is wedded to it, and if I were a bird I would fly about the earth seeking the successive autumns."
— George Eliot

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From: Ryan Goldberg <ryan.goldberg@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 12:04 PM
Subject: BBC field trip to Arverne on Oct. 3
To: Peter Dorosh <prosbird@gmail.com>

Hi Peter,

Here's a report from the trip I led to Arverne East Nature Preserve on Saturday, with afternoon stops at Sunset Cove Park and Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge.

It was a long day but we were carried forward by the excellent birds and the beautiful fall weather. It was a good night of migration, with newly-arrived sparrows at Arverne and waterfowl at Jamaica Bay. 

A few highlights at Arverne were two Yellow-billed Cuckoos, a group of about 125 American Oystercatchers loafing on the beach, presumably staging for migration, and large numbers of Savannah Sparrows, Eastern Phoebes, and Yellow-rumped Warblers and Common Yellowthroats. We had a nice variety of shorebirds on the beach and raptors passing overhead. 

We recorded 55 species, a good total for a small but well-located preserve: https://ebird.org/checklist/S398830463.

At Sunset Cove Park and JBWR the highlights were a Western Sandpiper, an Eared Grebe, our second White-crowned Sparrow of the day, and a large flock of Snowy Egrets in the West Pond's trees also getting ready to head south.

Here are those checklists: https://ebird.org/checklist/S398830805 (Sunset Cove) and https://ebird.org/checklist/S398831117 (JBWR's West Pond).

We had 16 people to start the day at 8am, and almost half that many finished around 4:30pm at JB! Thanks to all those who joined and especially to Don Riepe who met us at Arverne and shared a lot of great information on the habitat management he and the Littoral Society are doing there.

Ryan

Fwd: Today's BBC Walk

Leader Tom Stephenson

"Delicious autumn! My very soul is wedded to it, and if I were a bird I would fly about the earth seeking the successive autumns."
— George Eliot

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From: Tom Stephenson <12toms@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 4:02 PM
Subject: Today's Walk
To: Peter Dorosh <prosbird@gmail.com>
Cc: Dennis Hrehowsik <DeepSeaGangster@gmail.com>, Ryan Goldberg <ryangoldberg@gmail.com>, Marisa Hernandez <shishi47@gmail.com>, Valerie Masten <valerie.masten@gmail.com>, Bob Curtis <bobolink@nyct.net>, Lisa Curtiss <lccurtiss@gmail.com>, Chris Miller <cmnyc79@gmail.com>

Hi Peter,

We had a beautiful and quite birdy day today. A good group of 40-50 people, and birds in various pockets, especially in the south end of the park. We ended up with 58 species including 14 species of warblers.

Highlights were probably the 5 common nighthawks migrating, and many black-and-white and northern parulas.

Here's the list.

Best regards,

Tom

Double-crested Cormorant

Great Blue Heron

Canada Goose

Mute Swan

Wood Duck

American Black Duck

Mallard

Northern Shoveler

Sharp-shinned Hawk

Red-tailed Hawk

Laughing Gull

Ring-billed Gull

Rock Dove

Common Nighthawk

Chimney Swift

Belted Kingfisher

Red-bellied Woodpecker

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker

Downy Woodpecker

Northern Flicker

Olive-sided Flycatcher

Eastern Phoebe

White-eyed Vireo

Red-eyed Vireo

Blue Jay

Common Raven

Brown Creeper

Carolina Wren

Golden-crowned Kinglet

Ruby-crowned Kinglet

Gray-cheeked Thrush

Swainson's Thrush

American Robin

Gray Catbird

Brown Thrasher

European Starling

Cedar Waxwing

Northern Parula

Yellow Warbler

Magnolia Warbler

Cape May Warbler

Black-throated Blue Warbler

Yellow-rumped Warbler

Black-throated Green Warbler

Palm Warbler

Blackpoll Warbler

Black-and-white Warbler

American Redstart

Ovenbird

Northern Waterthrush

Common Yellowthroat

Scarlet Tanager

Song Sparrow

Northern Cardinal

Rose-breasted Grosbeak

Common Grackle

American Goldfinch

House Sparrow

Fwd: Wednesday Migration Morning in BBP 9-30-2026

Wed Walk in BBP

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From: Mike Yuan <mjyuan@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, Sep 30, 2026 at 8:25 PM
Subject: Wednesday Migration Morning in BBP 9-30-2026
To: Peter Dorosh <prosbird@gmail.com>, Dennis Hrehowsik <deepseagangster@gmail.com>

Post-nor’easter gates still open on a lovely morning in the park. A few flocks of migrating Blue Jays, and an uncommon for the park Red-bellied Woodpecker on pier 1. The best spot was the rocks by the pier 1 marsh, where a Yellow-breasted Chat showed well along with a Lincoln’s sparrow and assorted warblers. 

We nearly walked into a Red-tailed Hawk on Pier, who didn’t mind our presence, and caught up with a few more sparrows. After I left, the group picked up more warblers and Rose-breasted Grosbeaks. More to come as we get into fall. 

20 attendees, 35 species. 

https://ebird.org/checklist/S397884617

Mike

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Snoopy, "Peanuts"