Sunday, February 5, 2017

Fwd: [eBird Alert] Kings County Rare Bird Alert

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Date: Feb 5, 2017 12:28 PM
Subject: [eBird Alert] Kings County Rare Bird Alert <hourly>
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*** Species Summary:

- Spotted Sandpiper (1 report)
- Iceland Gull (2 reports)

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Thank you for subscribing to the <hourly> Kings County Rare Bird Alert.The report below shows observations of rare birds in Kings County.  View or unsubscribe to this alert at http://ebird.org/ebird/alert/summary?sid=SN35645
NOTE: all sightings are UNCONFIRMED unless indicated

Spotted Sandpiper (Actitis macularius) (1)
- Reported Feb 05, 2017 08:58 by Tom Preston
- Bush Terminal Piers Park, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6541609,-74.0204451&ll=40.6541609,-74.0204451
- Checklist: http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S34172627
- Comments: "Continuing, first found in December. Seen from the pier / jetty, o ths shore to the North. Shorebird with stiff-winged flight, bobbing behaviour after landing."

Iceland Gull (Larus glaucoides) (1)
- Reported Feb 05, 2017 08:58 by Tom Preston
- Bush Terminal Piers Park, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6541609,-74.0204451&ll=40.6541609,-74.0204451
- Checklist: http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S34172627
- Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Continuing. A darker backed bird than the one I saw at Prospect an hour or so before, though not obvious from the photo. I tried to get closer - to the S end of the park - for a better photo but the bird had departed by then"

Iceland Gull (Larus glaucoides) (1)
- Reported Feb 05, 2017 06:47 by Tom Preston
- Prospect Park, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6602841,-73.9689534&ll=40.6602841,-73.9689534
- Checklist: http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S34172465
- Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Continuing.. Just one, up to 3 have been seen recently. I did see a different bird at Bush Terminal later"

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