Wednesday, July 19, 2017

Fwd: [eBird Alert] Kings County Rare Bird Alert

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Date: Jul 19, 2017 4:50 PM
Subject: [eBird Alert] Kings County Rare Bird Alert <hourly>
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- Least Bittern (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

Least Bittern (Ixobrychus exilis) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jul 19, 2017 11:30 by Richard Payne
- 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: http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S38220390
- Comments: "Continuing bird,  seen from the peninsula bench, flyby from the right towards the peninsula thumb. Pint-sized, cinnamon colored heron, smaller than a green heron, two-toned wings, though as I think others have mentioned the primaries were not as dark as illustrated in most field guides."

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