Fwd: [eBird Alert] Kings County Rare Bird Alert

Note first E.Phoebe of the season . Spring on its way.

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From: <ebird-alert@birds.cornell.edu>
Date: Thu, Mar 6, 2025, 4:11 PM
Subject: [eBird Alert] Kings County Rare Bird Alert <hourly>
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*** Species Summary:

- Common Merganser (1 report)
- Lesser Black-backed Gull (1 report)
- Red-headed Woodpecker (1 report)
- Eastern Phoebe (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 https://ebird.org/alert/summary?sid=SN35645
NOTE: all sightings are UNCONFIRMED unless indicated.

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Common Merganser (Mergus merganser) (4)
- Reported Mar 06, 2025 11:41 by Susie Dippel
- 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/S216928734
- Comments: "2m Peninsula thumb, 1m 1f Lower Pool"

Lesser Black-backed Gull (Larus fuscus) (1)
- Reported Mar 06, 2025 11:41 by Susie Dippel
- 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/S216928734
- Comments: "Dark back, streaks around head"

Red-headed Woodpecker (Melanerpes erythrocephalus) (1)
- Reported Mar 06, 2025 11:25 by Z .
- 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: https://ebird.org/checklist/S216922996
- Comments: "Continuing"

Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) (1)
- Reported Mar 06, 2025 11:41 by Susie Dippel
- 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/S216928734
- Comments: "By wellhouse containers."

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