Tuesday, February 3, 2026

[eBird Alert] Kings County Rare Bird Alert stuff at GWC

Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Feb 03, 2026 12:14 by Marleny Rafferty
- 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/S297923628
- Comments: "Fully mature bald eagle sitting in a tree.  I hurried over thru the iced-over snow.  I may have made too much noise because as I raised my camera to shoot, it flew off low towards the catacombs.  😞"

Purple Finch (Haemorhous purpureus) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Feb 03, 2026 09:10 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/S297919785
- Comments: "Female in group of juncos at sweet gum near barney rubble's* tomb. Seen well. Bold white eyebrow. Pik calling. RJ might have a photo. *(duncan fyfe became barney fife which turned into barney rubble) that hollow btwn vista hill and weeping beeches." 
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