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Date: Sat, Jun 1, 2024, 12:32 PM
Subject: [eBird Alert] Kings County Rare Bird Alert <hourly>
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*** Species Summary:

- Hooded Merganser (1 report)
- Black Vulture (1 report)
- Olive-sided Flycatcher (2 reports)
- Acadian Flycatcher (1 report)
- Cliff Swallow (1 report)
- Eastern Bluebird (1 report)
- Mourning Warbler (2 reports)
- Wilson's Warbler (2 reports)

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Hooded Merganser (Lophodytes cucullatus) (1)
- Reported Jun 01, 2024 07:54 by Julian Elman
- 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/S178633038
- Comments: "Female continuing at lower pool"

Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus) (1)
- Reported Jun 01, 2024 09:57 by Heather Wolf
- Brooklyn Botanic Garden, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6680222,-73.96367&ll=40.6680222,-73.96367
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S178625637
- Comments: "Soaring high, whitish patches on edges of wings, have photos."

Olive-sided Flycatcher (Contopus cooperi) (1)
- Reported Jun 01, 2024 07:30 by matt bourke
- 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/S178639434

Olive-sided Flycatcher (Contopus cooperi) (1)
- Reported May 31, 2024 16:43 by Peter Paul
- 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/S178625351
- Comments: "MD monument bird - not usually there in the afternoon. Flycatcher with strong vest, wide bill, sitting on the highest perch available and one famous for hosting this species."

Acadian Flycatcher (Empidonax virescens) (1)
- Reported Jun 01, 2024 08:10 by Linda Ewing
- 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/S178639050
- Comments: "Heard it sing its explosive song 4x(w long intervals of silence) in the vicinity of Rick's Place. No recording obtained, was distracted by the inordinate # of off-leash dogs tearing through the underbrush. Nice to have it (them?) back (the bird, not the dogs)."

Cliff Swallow (Petrochelidon pyrrhonota) (2)
- Reported Jun 01, 2024 10:30 by Maureen Matthews
- Canarsie Beach Park, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6279488,-73.8949125&ll=40.6279488,-73.8949125
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S178627058
- Comments: "Observed nest under highway bridge at low tide. One remaining on the nest, one traveling back and forth. Squared off tail, white patch on forehead."

Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis) (1)
- Reported Jun 01, 2024 09:53 by Tara Craig
- 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/S178633134
- Comments: "Bright blue wings & back, reddish orange belly"

Mourning Warbler (Geothlypis philadelphia) (1)
- Reported Jun 01, 2024 08:10 by Linda Ewing
- 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/S178639050
- Comments: "One of several in the park this morning, this one in the Butterfly Meadow. Silent but perched uncharacteristically visibly when I arrived: yellow below, gray head, darker bib. Disappeared into the grasses and stayed silent for a long time, doing a circuit that took it back to base of original tree. Stayed in deep cover, but started singing persistently. Recording to be added."

Mourning Warbler (Geothlypis philadelphia) (2)
- Reported Jun 01, 2024 07:54 by Julian Elman
- 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/S178633038
- Comments: "One singing from high up near vale, another at bfly meadow - will add photos/audio"

Wilson's Warbler (Cardellina pusilla) (1)
- Reported Jun 01, 2024 08:10 by Linda Ewing
- 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/S178639050
- Comments: "Flagged for date. Reported by Forrest, respotted by Radka. Yellow below w dark tail, black cap. Singing but hard to see."

Wilson's Warbler (Cardellina pusilla) (1)
- Reported Jun 01, 2024 07:54 by Julian Elman
- 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/S178633038
- Comments: "late, singing along path behind well house green containers - will add audio"

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