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From: <ebird-alert@birds.cornell.edu>
Date: Wed, Dec 4, 2024, 12:16 PM
Subject: [eBird Alert] Kings County Rare Bird Alert <hourly>
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*** Species Summary:

- Eurasian Wigeon (1 report)
- Bald Eagle (1 report)
- Orange-crowned Warbler (2 reports)
- Wilson's Warbler (2 reports)

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Thank you for subscribing to the <hourly> Kings County Rare Bird Alert.  The report below shows observations of rare birds in Kings County.  View or unsubscribe to this alert at https://ebird.org/alert/summary?sid=SN35645
NOTE: all sightings are UNCONFIRMED unless indicated.

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Eurasian Wigeon (Mareca penelope) (1)
- Reported Dec 04, 2024 09:18 by Richard Fleming
- 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/S204451994
- Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "Continuing bird found by yesterday by Tom P.  Very warm-headed, so much so that head tones approach that of a male bird. Photos below."

Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) (2)
- Reported Dec 03, 2024 15:40 by Russ Alderson
- 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/S204456749
- Comments: "Pair of adults flying low together. Landed briefly in a tree near Battle hill. Calling. Have video with calls. Took off South, never refound."

Orange-crowned Warbler (Leiothlypis celata) (1)
- Reported Dec 04, 2024 09:17 by A W
- 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/S204454600
- Comments: "At the SE corner of the lake, drab warbler with faint plain yellow breast and eye ring"

Orange-crowned Warbler (Leiothlypis celata) (2)
- Reported Dec 04, 2024 08:40 by B F
- 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/S204453301
- Comments: "Continuing with Wilson's.  I had suspected there were 2 yesterday when I thought I heard chipping from 2 different directions.  Seen simultaneously today in the same tree.  Drab yellow warblers with grayish head and olive back giving its distinctive chip note repeatedly."

Wilson's Warbler (Cardellina pusilla) (1)
- Reported Dec 04, 2024 08:40 by B F
- 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/S204453301
- Comments: "Continuing.  Warbler with black cap, petite bill, bright yellow underneath all the way through the vent and UTCs, dark tail."

Wilson's Warbler (Cardellina pusilla) (1)
- Reported Dec 04, 2024 07:35 by Forrest Wickman
- 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/S204454545
- Comments: "Continuing, seemingly for several weeks now. Today near the old Rufous Hummingbird spot, calling repeatedly and moving around a lot, sometimes high in the spruce/fir. Photos."

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