Saturday, February 20, 2021

Fwd: [eBird Alert] Kings County Rare Bird Alert Gulls galore


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Date: Sat, Feb 20, 2021, 6:50 PM
Subject: [eBird Alert] Kings County Rare Bird Alert <hourly>
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*** Species Summary:

- Black-headed Gull (2 reports)
- Iceland Gull (6 reports)
- Bald Eagle (1 report)

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Black-headed Gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus) (1)
- Reported Feb 20, 2021 16:07 by Mike Elfassy
- 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/S82038807
- Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Red/Orange Bill and Legs, Bill with black tip. White head with black spot behind eye and faint black stripe above eye. Brown in wings."

Black-headed Gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus) (1)
- Reported Feb 20, 2021 16:07 by Katie Cox
- 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/S82038808
- Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Red/Orange Bill and Legs, Bill with black tip. White head with black spot behind eye and faint black stripe above eye. Brown in wings."

Iceland Gull (Larus glaucoides) (1)
- Reported Feb 20, 2021 18:08 by Kathy Willens
- 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/S82038121
- Comments: "Observed with other experienced birders, as large as Herring Gull, creamy-colored (off-white) bird, standing on ice, middle of Prospect Lake. Possibly second year Kumliens."

Iceland Gull (Larus glaucoides) (1)
- Reported Feb 20, 2021 12:30 by Mariana Winnik
- 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/S82037523
- Comments: "Preening in the middle of Prospect Lake closer to hammerhead side. Seen through scope."

Iceland Gull (Larus glaucoides) (1)
- Reported Feb 20, 2021 11:20 by Ryan Mandelbaum
- 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/S82038283
- Media: 4 Photos
- Comments: "photos"

Iceland Gull (Larus glaucoides) (1)
- Reported Feb 20, 2021 11:20 by Jim McNamee
- 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/S82038284
- Media: 4 Photos
- Comments: "photos"

Iceland Gull (Larus glaucoides) (1)
- Reported Feb 20, 2021 09:55 by DT Bowen
- Prospect Park--Prospect Lake, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6553787,-73.9686421&ll=40.6553787,-73.9686421
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S82031596
- Media: 3 Photos
- Comments: "2nd Cycle"

Iceland Gull (Larus glaucoides) (1)
- Reported Feb 20, 2021 09:27 by Erin  Bowen
- Prospect Park--Prospect Lake, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6553787,-73.9686421&ll=40.6553787,-73.9686421
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S82031595
- Comments: "2nd cycle. Photos tba"

Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) (1)
- Reported Feb 20, 2021 14:45 by Vipassana Vijayarangan
- Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6523083,-73.9904281&ll=40.6523083,-73.9904281
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S82037039
- Comments: "Adult. Black wings. White head"

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