Tuesday, November 29, 2022

Fwd: [eBird Alert] Kings County Rare Bird Alert

LBBG at Bush Terminal Pier Park

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Date: Tue, Nov 29, 2022 at 9:46 AM
Subject: [eBird Alert] Kings County Rare Bird Alert <hourly>
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*** Species Summary:

- Lesser Black-backed Gull (1 report)
- Red Crossbill (Northeastern or type 12) (1 report)

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Lesser Black-backed Gull (Larus fuscus) (1)
- Reported Nov 29, 2022 07:40 by Adelia Honeywood
- 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/S123201972
- Comments: "Dark back, yellow legs, streaked head and nape. Nearby great black-backed gulls were clearly larger in size, with darker backs. Photo."

Red Crossbill (Northeastern or type 12) (Loxia curvirostra (type 12)) (5)
- Reported Nov 29, 2022 07:56 by R M
- my house, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6643584,-73.9849559&ll=40.6643584,-73.9849559
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S123202792
- Media: 1 Audio
- Comments: "rare and irruptive but expected - at least, expected enough that i've been on the roof every day for two weeks hoping for it to happen. westbound birds saying "kip kip kip." number is an estimate, i have a recording. spectrogram shows hallmark short up, long down shape of our northeastern type 12 birds"

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