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From: <ebird-alert@birds.cornell.edu>
Date: Sat, Sep 20, 2025, 3:46 PM
Subject: [eBird Alert] Kings County Rare Bird Alert <hourly>
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*** Species Summary:

- American White Pelican (3 reports)
- Philadelphia Vireo (7 reports)
- Connecticut Warbler (3 reports)
- Hooded Warbler (5 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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American White Pelican (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos) (1)
- Reported Sep 20, 2025 08:29 by MCHL ____
- Floyd Bennett Field, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.5923453,-73.8914328&ll=40.5923453,-73.8914328
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S274513068
- Comments: "flying high and W over Flatbush ave as seen from community gardens, continued way W out of sight. Likely the bird that's been around Jamaica Bay all summer taking a wider loop, or departing (?), but not so certain. photos"

American White Pelican (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos) (1)
- Reported Sep 20, 2025 08:29 by MI YU
- Floyd Bennett Field, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.5923453,-73.8914328&ll=40.5923453,-73.8914328
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S274513069
- Comments: "flying high and W over Flatbush ave as seen from community gardens, continued way W out of sight. Likely the bird that's been around Jamaica Bay all summer taking a wider loop, or departing (?), but not so certain. photos"

American White Pelican (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos) (1)
- Reported Sep 20, 2025 08:29 by Max Epstein
- Floyd Bennett Field, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.5923453,-73.8914328&ll=40.5923453,-73.8914328
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S274513067
- Comments: "flying high and W over Flatbush ave as seen from community gardens, continued way W out of sight. Likely the bird that's been around Jamaica Bay all summer taking a wider loop, or departing (?), but not so certain. photos"

Philadelphia Vireo (Vireo philadelphicus) (1)
- Reported Sep 20, 2025 13:01 by Nelson Pascuzzi
- 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/S274508001
- Comments: "Seen alongside Dominic Ricci who got a photo. This was at a pin it was seen at earlier, east side of Sylvan Water. Squat yellow chested vireo with dark lores, and a duller back than red eyed vireo. No wingbars. More plainfaced than RedEyed, and the lores exclude Warbling."

Philadelphia Vireo (Vireo philadelphicus) (1)
- Reported Sep 20, 2025 09:19 by Dominic Ricci
- 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/S274514213
- Comments: "Yellow throat with lighter belly wash, dark line through eye."

Philadelphia Vireo (Vireo philadelphicus) (1)
- Reported Sep 20, 2025 07:05 by Annie T
- 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/S274504665
- Comments: "Low-density migrant. Seen extremely close up in a white pine on east side of Sylvan. Smallish vireo with high-contrast face, dark crown and short bill, suffused with yellow underneath and brightest in the throat."

Philadelphia Vireo (Vireo philadelphicus) (1)
- Reported Sep 20, 2025 09:41 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/S274513224
- Comments: "Lemon yellow throat and underparts, light yellow midsection, bright undertail."

Philadelphia Vireo (Vireo philadelphicus) (2)
- Reported Sep 20, 2025 07:50 by Kenny Barone
- 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/S274504990
- Comments: "One down on the south end of the lake, one by the parking lot by the boathouse. Was with a group, multiple positive ID's. Distinctly yellow throat, white eyeliner"

Philadelphia Vireo (Vireo philadelphicus) (1)
- Reported Sep 20, 2025 07:44 by Amy Cook
- 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/S274505875
- Comments: "bright yellow throat, eye line"

Philadelphia Vireo (Vireo philadelphicus) (2)
- Reported Sep 20, 2025 07:41 by Marcela Bucci
- 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/S274510928
- Comments: "Yellow chest, black eyeliner 40°39′9″ N  73°58′13″ W"

Connecticut Warbler (Oporornis agilis) (1)
- Reported Sep 20, 2025 13:01 by Nelson Pascuzzi
- 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/S274508001
- Comments: "Continuing close to pin, less than 100 yards from where i saw my lifer. Photographed. Large skulking ground warbler with a lot of junk in its trunk if you know what i mean. Dirty pyrite yellow throat, dijon mustard colored above, and vibrant greenish yellow belly/vent. Complete white eyering."

Connecticut Warbler (Oporornis agilis) (1)
- Reported Sep 20, 2025 11:15 by Ryan Mandelbaum
- 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/S274506983
- Comments: "fat all-olive ground bird with notable eye ring"

Connecticut Warbler (Oporornis agilis) (1)
- Reported Sep 20, 2025 09:19 by Dominic Ricci
- 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/S274514213
- Comments: "Chunky warbler with complete eye ring, short tail/long undertail coverts, grayish top, yellowish underside. Photo"

Hooded Warbler (Setophaga citrina) (1)
- Reported Sep 20, 2025 14:09 by Eleanor Kagan
- 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/S274511897
- Comments: "Did not get photos but extremely distinctive male (black hood and yellow face) and confirmed by several other birders in the Vale"

Hooded Warbler (Setophaga citrina) (1)
- Reported Sep 20, 2025 11:25 by Gab C
- 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/S274505661
- Comments: "Male with full hood in the Vale. Photos."

Hooded Warbler (Setophaga citrina) (1)
- Reported Sep 20, 2025 11:25 by Ant Tab
- 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/S274505660
- Comments: "Male with full hood in the Vale. Photos."

Hooded Warbler (Setophaga citrina) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Sep 16, 2025 07:30 by Annie T
- 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/S274504673
- Comments: "Continuing female in the Sumac Grove. Faint outline of a hood, constantly flicking its tail and showing white outer tail feathers. Photos."

Hooded Warbler (Setophaga citrina) (1)
- Reported Sep 20, 2025 14:15 by Rusty H
- Prospect Park--Vale of Cashmere, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6690561,-73.9683616&ll=40.6690561,-73.9683616
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S274508354
- Comments: "Photo"

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