Sunday, March 12, 2017

Fwd: [eBird Alert] Kings County Rare Bird Alert

Note six pm appearance by Gos
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From: <ebird-alert@cornell.edu>
Date: Mar 12, 2017 8:08 PM
Subject: [eBird Alert] Kings County Rare Bird Alert <hourly>
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*** Species Summary:

- Northern Goshawk (1 report)
- Orange-crowned Warbler (1 report)
- Pine Warbler (1 report)

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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

Northern Goshawk (Accipiter gentilis) (1)
- Reported Mar 12, 2017 16:50 by Richard Payne
- 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/S35140169
- Comments: "Continuing juv., first seen 6pm on other side of green containers from the feeders. Large accipiter, speckled on back and large spots on wings, thick bold vertical streaking on the breast and belly, long banded tail. Looks stronger and heavier than a coop in flight. It hunted in Breeze Hill from 6 to 6:10 pm and then disappeared. Awesome bird."

Orange-crowned Warbler (Oreothlypis celata) (1)
- Reported Mar 12, 2017 12:48 by Richard Payne
- Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6523083,-73.9904281&ll=40.6523083,-73.9904281
- Checklist: http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S35140744
- Comments: "Rare; gray head, indistinct eye-ring, dull olive back, faint streaking on the breast, bright yellow undertail feathers. In the low conifers atop the hill on west side of Sylvan Water."

Pine Warbler (Setophaga pinus) (1)
- Reported Mar 12, 2017 13:40 by Kathleen Toomey
- 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/S35140935
- Comments: "Seen behind the bathroom by Lincoln Playground, photo"

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