Monday, December 21, 2020

Fwd: [eBird Alert] Kings County Rare Bird Alert **KING EIDER reports


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Date: Mon, Dec 21, 2020, 4:20 PM
Subject: [eBird Alert] Kings County Rare Bird Alert <hourly>
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*** Species Summary:

- King Eider (2 reports)
- Iceland Gull (2 reports)
- Orange-crowned Warbler (1 report)

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NOTE: all sightings are UNCONFIRMED unless indicated.

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King Eider (Somateria spectabilis) (1)
- Reported Dec 21, 2020 13:45 by Peter Dorosh
- 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/S77804756
- Comments: "Imm Drake bird continuing ,seen by several other birders,duck was working the south cove near BAT building to NYPD boats and back to pier. Nice eye ring,yellow bill,mottled white breast low neck ,brown bodied. County bird 1st for me &#x1f917;"

King Eider (Somateria spectabilis) (1)
- Reported Dec 21, 2020 11:00 by Kathleen Toomey
- 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/S77805619
- Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Continuing. Brown sea duck with dense white speckles on its chest, a white eyering and a partly orange bill. Photos"

Iceland Gull (Larus glaucoides) (1)
- Reported Dec 21, 2020 11:00 by Kathleen Toomey
- 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/S77805619
- Comments: "All white gull with dark bill, about the size of nearby Herring Gulls"

Iceland Gull (Larus glaucoides) (1)
- Reported Dec 21, 2020 14:26 by Aimee Lusty
- 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: https://ebird.org/checklist/S77804849
- Comments: "All white gull with some light gray flecking, pink legs. Preening on the jetty with the BRAN."

Orange-crowned Warbler (Leiothlypis celata) (1)
- Reported Dec 21, 2020 11:13 by Paul Sweet
- 702 Monroe Street, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6877209,-73.9285886&ll=40.6877209,-73.9285886
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S77805541
- Comments: "Quick non binocular view of a drab warbler probing in potted hens and chicks plant about 3 meters away. Grayish with greenish mantle. Broken white eye ring. NOT Ruby crowned Kinglet or Pine Warbler"

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