Note two common mergansers in nearby locations.
"
The way a crow
Shook down on me
The dust of snow
From a hemlock tree
Has given my heart
A change of mood
And saved some part
Of a day I had rued."
"Dust of Snow",-Robert Frost
The way a crow
Shook down on me
The dust of snow
From a hemlock tree
Has given my heart
A change of mood
And saved some part
Of a day I had rued."
"Dust of Snow",-Robert Frost
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Date: Thu, Feb 6, 2025, 5:31 PM
Subject: [eBird Alert] Kings County Rare Bird Alert <hourly>
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From: <ebird-alert@birds.cornell.edu>
Date: Thu, Feb 6, 2025, 5:31 PM
Subject: [eBird Alert] Kings County Rare Bird Alert <hourly>
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*** Species Summary:
- Common Merganser (North American) (1 report)
- Common Merganser (1 report)
- Red-headed Woodpecker (1 report)
- Chipping Sparrow (1 report)
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Common Merganser (North American) (Mergus merganser americanus) (1)
- Reported Feb 06, 2025 15:21 by KZ F
- 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/S212226523
- Media: 3 Photos
- Comments: "*hen with scaup and bufflehead off the north end, distant photos"
Common Merganser (Mergus merganser) (2)
- Reported Feb 06, 2025 14:53 by MCHL ____
- 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/S212228171
- Comments: "Pair of males flying over crescent water. Circled briefly, flying roughly west to east. Images acquired. Female absent or hidden when I visited Sylvan."
Red-headed Woodpecker (Melanerpes erythrocephalus) (1)
- Reported Feb 06, 2025 14:53 by MCHL ____
- 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/S212228171
- Comments: "Continuing. Chattering."
Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina) (3)
- Reported Feb 06, 2025 14:53 by MCHL ____
- 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/S212228171
- Comments: "Highest single count. Continuing."
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