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*** Species Summary:

- Mississippi Kite (2 reports)
- Mourning Warbler (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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Mississippi Kite (Ictinia mississippiensis) (1)
- Reported Jun 05, 2026 17:06 by MCHL ____
- Hello MODO, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6598028,-73.9808692&ll=40.6598028,-73.9808692
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S353012743
- Comments: "!The madness continues. Increasingly familiar gray raptor with long pointed wings, dark flight feathers, dark tail with white banding. Came into view near 16th St. and Prospect Park West, circled a few times, vanished while sending out the alert (6:42pm). Image."

Mississippi Kite (Ictinia mississippiensis) (1)
- Reported Jun 05, 2026 17:06 by chel sea
- Hello MODO, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6598028,-73.9808692&ll=40.6598028,-73.9808692
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S353012745
- Comments: "!The madness continues. Increasingly familiar gray raptor with long pointed wings, dark flight feathers, dark tail with white banding. Came into view near 16th St. and Prospect Park West, circled a few times, vanished while sending out the alert (6:42pm). Image."

Mourning Warbler (Geothlypis philadelphia) (1)
- Reported Jun 05, 2026 16:07 by Susie Dippel
- 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/S353016745
- Comments: "Color indicates immature female. Flitting around a headstone and spent lots of time on the ground"
 

" Preserve and cherish the pale blue dot,the only home we've ever known"

                                                                            --Carl Sagan

Acadian flycatcher

Acadian Flycatcher (Empidonax virescens) (1)
- Reported Jun 04, 2026 15:50 by David Dyte
- 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/S352449900
- Media: 3 Photos
- Comments: "Descended from the canopy to a bare perch and put on a sallying show for a few minutes. Downslope of the Butterfly Meadow on the Center Drive side, as described by others, very visible from the long (non stairway) path up to the meadow.

Acadian Flycatcher (Empidonax virescens) (1)
- Reported Jun 04, 2026 09:34 by Birgitta RUBIN
- 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/S352331646
- Comments: "Small flycatcher, olive-ish back, clear white wingbars, no smudges on undertail coverts.  I watched it vocalize a number of time, sounds like a dogs squeaky toy. Merlin identified it repeatedly as Acadian flycatcher. Found in lower Midwood area. It came down low a couple of times so I got very good look

"The poetry of the earth is never dead"

--John Keats










   

Rough winged swallow gwc

Northern Rough-winged Swallow (Stelgidopteryx serripennis) (2)
- Reported Jun 03, 2026 10:47 by Susie Dippel
- 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/S351907618
- Comments: "Brown swallow , white belly, short square tail"

"The poetry of the earth is never dead"

--John Keats










   

mourning on west island

Mourning Warbler (Geothlypis philadelphia) (1)
- Reported Jun 03, 2026 08:53 by B F
- 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/S351811447
- Comments: "Reported by Forrest. Sung repeatedly on West Island and eventually flew and perched on the fence adjacent to the path. Warbler with slate gray hood and black bib on chest.  After perching for approximately 10 seconds it flew across the path into the tall grass and went silent.  No photos but have recording"

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" Preserve and cherish the pale blue dot,the only home we've ever known"

                                                                            --Carl Sagan

Mourning at Tunnel Arch closed stairs

Mourning Warbler (Geothlypis philadelphia) (1)
- Reported Jun 02, 2026 07:11 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/S351334983
- Comments: "Flagged for rare/date, though this is right around the time of year I’ve had them most often before, so I don’t want to say “late.” Singing in the dense undergrowth just south of the broken-down steps in the east end of the Midwood across from the zoo, though not singing one of the more obvious, rising, “churr-EEE, chur-EEE, chur-EEE, choo-choo” songs that are better known. I don’t know regiolects, but this was much more like the penultimate, Nova Scotia song in Merlin. It roamed the area singing every few minutes or so, only briefly chipping, and popped out very occasionally for brief looks and, once, photos. Audio also available."


Mourning Warbler (Geothlypis philadelphia) (1)
- Reported Jun 02, 2026 09:00 by Chris Miller
- 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/S351367912
- Comments: "Reported earlier by Forest. Medium-sized warbler with gray hood, black bib, yellow underside and olive back skulking around and occasionally singing here: (40.6652328, -73.9669957) *No camera today&#x1fae4;"

"The poetry of the earth is never dead"

--John Keats










   

Mourning in Greenwood Cemetery

Mourning Warbler (Geothlypis philadelphia) (1)
- Reported Jun 01, 2026 09:52 by Chris Miller
- Green-Wood Cemetery--Sylvan Water, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6537472,-73.9986235&ll=40.6537472,-73.9986235
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S350943839
- Comments: "Drab warbler with yellow belly, blue-gray head and olive back.(40.6535380, -73.9997887)
 *photos to come"

--Mourning Warbler (Geothlypis philadelphia) (1)
- Reported Jun 01, 2026 13:21 by Christopher Engel
- 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/S350987838
- Comments: "By sylvan. Photo"

Mourning Warbler (Geothlypis philadelphia) (1)
- Reported Jun 01, 2026 13:20 by Casey Ferio
- 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/S351002016
- Media: 5 Photos
- Comments: "*continuing at Sylvan water, seen at almost every part of the yew tunnel area - warbler with an olive back, bright yellow underparts to vent, and a rich blue-gray hood bolstered by a crescent-shaped bib. Nice views and almost got a great photo up close but someone jumped right in front of me at the last second, leaving me with a nice blurry hat photo. Lesson learned: don’t call out the bird, just look at it quietly. Doc photos"

" Preserve and cherish the pale blue dot,the only home we've ever known"

                                                                            --Carl Sagan