Thursday, January 2, 2025

Fwd: [eBird Alert] Kings County Rare Bird Alert

Note Common Merganser on Prospect Lake

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Date: Thu, Jan 2, 2025 at 6:56 AM
Subject: [eBird Alert] Kings County Rare Bird Alert <hourly>
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*** Species Summary:

- Common Merganser (1 report)
- Red-headed Woodpecker (1 report)
- Chipping Sparrow (1 report)
- Baltimore Oriole (1 report)

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Common Merganser (Mergus merganser) (1)
- Reported Jan 01, 2025 08:33 by John Huggard
- 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/S207515975
- Comments: "On lake.  Photo taken by fellow birder"

Red-headed Woodpecker (Melanerpes erythrocephalus) (1)
- Reported Jan 01, 2025 08:00 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/S207619849
- Comments: "contuning"

Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina) (1)
- Reported Jan 01, 2025 08:00 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/S207619849
- Comments: "on the ground at the feeders at dell water"

Baltimore Oriole (Icterus galbula) (2)
- Reported Jan 01, 2025 08:00 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/S207619849
- Comments: "at the feeders around Dell Water and at Crescent water"

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