Fwd: [eBird Alert] Kings County Rare Bird Alert

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From: <ebird-alert@birds.cornell.edu>
Date: Fri, Feb 16, 2024 at 10:25 AM
Subject: [eBird Alert] Kings County Rare Bird Alert <hourly>
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*** Species Summary:

- Common Merganser (1 report)
- Rufous Hummingbird (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 https://ebird.org/alert/summary?sid=SN35645
NOTE: all sightings are UNCONFIRMED unless indicated.

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Common Merganser (Mergus merganser) (1)
- Reported Feb 16, 2024 07:32 by Forrest Wickman
- 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: https://ebird.org/checklist/S161654541
- Comments: "Continuing female around Three Sisters. Photo."

Rufous Hummingbird (Selasphorus rufus) (1)
- Reported Feb 16, 2024 07:34 by Nate L-S
- 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: https://ebird.org/checklist/S161657486
- Comments: "Continuing in the honeysuckle down from the feeder. Rufous sides, green back"

Rufous Hummingbird (Selasphorus rufus) (1)
- Reported Feb 16, 2024 07:32 by Forrest Wickman
- 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: https://ebird.org/checklist/S161654541
- Comments: "Continuing, first spotted around 8:20 at the same location we first had it yesterday, just up the path from the hummingbird feeder, approximately here (40.6583473, -73.9673729). Then in the usual clump of honeysuckle just downhill from the feeder, then at the feeder. Photos."

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