Great birds in the nabe

Common Merganser (Mergus merganser) (1)
- Reported Jan 03, 2025 08:05 by Ant Tab
- 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/S207820876
- Comments: "Hen with red head and white chin patch, presumably continuing since the other day."

Glaucous Gull (Larus hyperboreus) (1)
- Reported Jan 03, 2025 09:55 by E R
- 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/S207826513
- Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "Returning bird- pink bill with black tip, beautifully patterned plumage"

Lesser Black-backed Gull (Larus fuscus) (1)
- Reported Jan 03, 2025 08:05 by Ant Tab
- 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/S207820876
- Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "First-winter bird intermediate in size compared to RBGU/AHGU with relatively slim black bill, rounded head, dusky eye, and dark wings contrasting with lighter underside."

Red-headed Woodpecker (Melanerpes erythrocephalus) (1)
- Reported Jan 03, 2025 09:25 by Clayton Raithel
- 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/S207820654
- Comments: "Continuing at Hemlock"

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