Just as I figured.
Yesterday's sighting was the eleventh record the first RLHA seen in 22 years! The last sighting was April 25 1999 ( https://ebird.org/checklist/S4111167 ) and the observer then was none other than...me! A bird I remembered well on a BBC walk as we don't get this very rare bird ; my sighting was a flyover over Lookout Hill heading northwest.
To the observer of yesterday's bird over the ball fields I say congrats for a fantastic sighting. It was apparently a low flyer that terrific photos were had.
Prospect Park
Kings, US-NY
DATE # OBSERVER
1999-04-25 1 NYC Bird Report Data
1970-04-14 1 NYC Bird Report Data
1969-12-28 1 NYC Bird Report Data
1945-12-15 1 NYC Bird Report Data
1945-12-02 1 NYC Bird Report Data
1945-10-26 1 NYC Bird Report Data
1937-12-09 1 NYC Bird Report Data
1936-05-01 1 NYC Bird Report Data
1917-11-07 1 NYC Bird Report Data
1915-05-26 1 NYC Bird Report Data
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" Preserve and cherish the pale blue dot,the only home we've ever known"
--Carl Sagan