Also reported morning above lookout hill prospect..
- Reported May 22, 2026 13:10 by Gabriel Willow
- 475 41st Apt, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.650361,-74.005257&ll=40.650361,-74.005257
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S344083381
- Media: 4 Photos
- Comments: "Northbound over Gowanus or perhaps Downtown Brooklyn (hard to tell from my vantage point on my roof in Sunset Park). There has been a remarkable influx of this species in recent days, and I've had a somewhat frustrating vigil from my roof, sometimes seeing reports of birds southbound or northbound from Greenwood, which must have flown nearly directly over my apartment (I can see the entire southern edge of Greenwood from my roof). Finally I spotted one, much more distant than I would have liked, circling to the north. It had dark, pointed wings, a long fan-shaped tail, and apparent pale head. I couldn't determine plumage/ age at this distance. Buoyant flight, appeared to be carrying something (a dragonfly perhaps?) in its talons that it occasionally ducked down to nibble on. Disappeared in the heat shimmer towards Manhattan."
Mississippi Kite (Ictinia mississippiensis) (1)
- Reported May 22, 2026 13:27 by E R
- PS 321 William Penn School, New York US-NY 40.67131, -73.97843, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.671312,-73.978426&ll=40.671312,-73.978426
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S344070503
- Comments: "quick flyby fairly high up before it was behind a building west of 7th. Pointy wings, flying in a stoop like a nighthawk or falcon, mottled grayish with fanned out long tail. Scrambled for camera and it would not grab the bird before it was out of view. Shape very recognizable from earlier this week. One reported earlier today by Forrest over lookout and later on by Doug from GWC"
Mississippi Kite (Ictinia mississippiensis) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported May 22, 2026 17:01 by Maddy P
- Prospect Park, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S3
- Media: 3 Photos
- Comments: "Different from all the other black specks seen today. Biggest indicators: gray in a way that was more obvious irl than grainy photos indicate, short separate outermost primary that Forrest helpfully mentioned to me yesterday, absence of dark mustache that would indicate peregrine falcon. BOC photos tba in short term, location over ballfields and will flesh out description later. Checklist not indicative of effort to see this bird, these guys are really hours of staring at the sky and dumb luck."
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100 years old May 8th
"Everyone likes birds. What wild creature is more accessible to our eyes and ears, as close to us and everyone in the world, as universal as a bird?"
David Attenborough
100 years old May 8th
