Fwd: [eBird Alert] Kings County Rare Bird Alert

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From: <ebird-alert@birds.cornell.edu>
Date: Mon, May 19, 2025, 3:57 PM
Subject: [eBird Alert] Kings County Rare Bird Alert <hourly>
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*** Species Summary:

- Black Vulture (1 report)
- Mississippi Kite (1 report)
- Yellow-bellied Flycatcher (1 report)
- Cliff Swallow (1 report)
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet (1 report)
- Mourning Warbler (1 report)

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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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Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus) (1)
- Reported May 19, 2025 07:29 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/S240326716
- Comments: "Vulture with short tail and silver/gray wingtips."

Mississippi Kite (Ictinia mississippiensis) (1)
- Reported May 19, 2025 07:29 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/S240326716
- Comments: "Whoop! Eleanor put word out that the kite was heading south from Prospect Park. Case and I stepped onto vista hill and the kite flew directly over us. All gray kite. Will add images."

Yellow-bellied Flycatcher (Empidonax flaviventris) (1)
- Reported May 19, 2025 12:43 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/S240318116
- Media: 1 Audio
- Comments: "Calling from bottom of switchback trail (Lookout), where it was reported this morning. Recording  (crappy) to be added."

Cliff Swallow (Petrochelidon pyrrhonota) (1)
- Reported May 19, 2025 07:29 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/S240326716
- Comments: "Dark head light underside, white rump, boxy tail. Seen with Case!"

Ruby-crowned Kinglet (Corthylio calendula) (1)
- Reported May 19, 2025 07:29 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/S240326716
- Comments: "Flagged for date. Kinglet with eye ring."

Mourning Warbler (Geothlypis philadelphia) (1)
- Reported May 19, 2025 07:29 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/S240326716
- Comments: "Reported earlier by Paige A. Thanks to Maureen for tracking it down. Gray hooded warbler with black bib, yellow-green underside, and olive back."

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