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














   

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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.

Here's our eBird list: https://ebird.org/checklist/S276524153.

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

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

https://ebird.org/checklist/S275258243

-Mike

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

                                                                            --Carl Sagan

Fwd: 9/23 Tuesday BBC walk recap

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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 BBC walk

Dennis Hrehowsik leading 

Hi light Philly Vireo

https://ebird.org/checklist/S274548890

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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

--

" 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)

https://ebird.org/checklist/S273968169

Mike

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

                                                                            --Carl Sagan

Fwd: Tuesday walk BBC recap

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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

Sept 14 G-W walk report

Leader Matthew Wills

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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

September 13th Searching For American Golden Plovers On Jersey Sods: Golden Target Bird #5 In A Celebratory Year

Coleaders Larry Zirlin ,Peter Dorosh

Chklist courtesy of Larry

https://ebird.org/checklist/S273231919

https://ebird.org/checklist/S273231857

https://ebird.org/checklist/S273231744

Coreopsis field

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Fwd: Thursday bbc Walk

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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

Fwd: Brooklyn Bridge Park Wednesday Migration Morning Report

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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

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

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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

   

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










   

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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

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










   

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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