Fwd: [eBird Alert] Kings County Rare Bird Alert: good birds in the brooklyn nabe

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From: <ebird-alert@birds.cornell.edu>
Date: Fri, Oct 9, 2026, 1:00 PM
Subject: [eBird Alert] Kings County Rare Bird Alert <hourly>
To: <prosbird@gmail.com>

*** Species Summary:

- Olive-sided Flycatcher (1 report)
- Bay-breasted Warbler (1 report)
- Dickcissel (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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Olive-sided Flycatcher (Contopus cooperi) (1)
- Reported Oct 09, 2026 09:40 by David Perry
- 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/S400558303
- Comments: "Seen in topmost dead twig over lookout monument. Flycatcher dark above, light below with dark side markings. Heard call note"

Bay-breasted Warbler (Setophaga castanea) (1)
- Reported Oct 09, 2026 09:05 by Laura Whitaker
- 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/S400558100
- Comments: "Viewed with NYC Bird Alliance walk. Gray feet."

Dickcissel (Spiza americana) (1)
- Reported Oct 06, 2026 09:19 by landry birds
- Bushwick Inlet Park (btwn Quay St.-N 9th St.), Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.7239903,-73.9602041&ll=40.7239903,-73.9602041
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S399757735
- Media: 1 Video
- Comments: "Fart noise"

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