Thursday, January 12, 2017

Fwd: [eBird Alert] Kings County Rare Bird Alert

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From: <ebird-alert@cornell.edu>
Date: Jan 12, 2017 12:42 PM
Subject: [eBird Alert] Kings County Rare Bird Alert <hourly>
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*** Species Summary:

- Spotted Sandpiper (1 report)
- Glaucous Gull (1 report)
- Common Raven (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 http://ebird.org/ebird/alert/summary?sid=SN35645
NOTE: all sightings are UNCONFIRMED unless indicated

Spotted Sandpiper (Actitis macularius) (1)
- Reported Jan 11, 2017 09:18 by Richard Payne
- Bush Terminal Piers Park, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6541609,-74.0204451&ll=40.6541609,-74.0204451
- Checklist: http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S33619059
- Comments: "Rare but possibly continuing (last eBird report from this location was 12/23). Small compact sandpiper, dark above and white below, but with straight bill (ruling out Dunlin), with characteristic white swoosh coming up between wing and neck. Bobbed tail. Was in the far north of the park (technically outside of the park) on the blacktop that extends into the water."

Glaucous Gull (Larus hyperboreus) (1)
- Reported Jan 11, 2017 09:18 by Richard Payne
- Bush Terminal Piers Park, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6541609,-74.0204451&ll=40.6541609,-74.0204451
- Checklist: http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S33619059
- Comments: "Rare, but apparently regular here. Large white gull, all white primaries, black and wings faintly speckled with black, bill noticeably bicolored w/ black tip. Swimming in the water at the end of the first broken pier, it soon swam out of sight."

Common Raven (Corvus corax) (1)
- Reported Jan 12, 2017 11:30 by Roberta Manian
- Bush Terminal Piers Park, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6541609,-74.0204451&ll=40.6541609,-74.0204451
- Checklist: http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S33619596
- Comments: "Southbound flyover.  Vocalized. "

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