Fwd: [eBird Alert] Kings County Rare Bird Alert

King Eider reported at Two locations before skedaddling a longer way south towards the Verranzano Bridge... Too bad... hope it comes back or stick to Brooklyn coast

First usual original BAT Pier 4 before it flew south to the Veterans Pier ( 65th street terminus and sewage treatment station)

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Date: Fri, Dec 18, 2020, 6:16 PM
Subject: [eBird Alert] Kings County Rare Bird Alert <hourly>
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- King Eider (2 reports)
- Bald Eagle (1 report)

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King Eider (Somateria spectabilis) (1)
- Reported Dec 18, 2020 09:25 by MI YU
- Brooklyn Army Terminal Pier 4, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.646519,-74.026074&ll=40.646519,-74.026074
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S77644059
- Comments: "1st winter, continuing and spotted by B. Manian as it headed west up the north side of the pier. Banked south and continued on, apparently, as it was later spotted at Veterans Memorial Pier, just south of this location. Orange atop bill, pale axillaries."

King Eider (Somateria spectabilis) (1)
- Reported Dec 18, 2020 12:53 by MI YU
- Veterans Memorial Pier, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6391393,-74.0369531&ll=40.6391393,-74.0369531
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S77644175
- Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "Immature male on the water north of the pier, with the black ducks. Took off and headed south towards the Verrazzano Bridge."

Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) (1)
- Reported Dec 18, 2020 09:25 by MI YU
- Brooklyn Army Terminal Pier 4, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.646519,-74.026074&ll=40.646519,-74.026074
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S77644059
- Comments: "Immature with not much white underneath, over the western end of the pier."

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