More local Rarities including Swainsons hawk

Iceland Gull (Larus glaucoides) (1)
- Reported Feb 21, 2026 11:11 by Corey Finger
- 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/S302743096

- Comments: "Poor photos."

Canvasback (Aythya valisineria) (1)
- Reported Feb 21, 2026 09:45 by Al Duvall
- Penny Bridge, Newtown Creek, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.7281443,-73.9322459&ll=40.7281443,-73.9322459
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S302771596
- Media: 6 Photos
- Comments: "Male, continuing alongside Greater Scaup. Photos. Rusty head with sloping forehead. White wings and back."

Red-necked Grebe (Podiceps grisegena) (1)
- Reported Feb 21, 2026 11:11 by Corey Finger
- 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/S302743096
- Comments: "Poor photos."

Swainson's Hawk (Buteo swainsoni) (1)
- Reported Feb 21, 2026 12:24 by Will D
- Sims Municipal Recycling (restricted access), Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6624882,-74.0090782&ll=40.6624882,-74.0090782
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S302755873
- Comments: "Perched on conduit beneath row of pigeons that are on the roof of the recycling plant"

Swainson's Hawk (Buteo swainsoni) (1)
- Reported Feb 21, 2026 12:20 by Sameer Ajmani
- Sims Municipal Recycling (restricted access), Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6624882,-74.0090782&ll=40.6624882,-74.0090782
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S302764812
- Comments: "Continuing. Perched inside the opening of the building. Dark brown mantle, head, and neck down to the upper chest. Orange lower breast and belly, white throat and undertail."

Swainson's Hawk (Buteo swainsoni) (1)
- Reported Feb 21, 2026 12:04 by Angela Panetta
- Sims Municipal Recycling (restricted access), Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6624882,-74.0090782&ll=40.6624882,-74.0090782
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S302750990
- Comments: "Continuing"

Swainson's Hawk (Buteo swainsoni) (1)
- Reported Feb 21, 2026 12:00 by Slim Jim McManus
- Sims Municipal Recycling (restricted access), Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6624882,-74.0090782&ll=40.6624882,-74.0090782
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S302754396
- Comments: "Dark bib, white face"

Swainson's Hawk (Buteo swainsoni) (1)
- Reported Feb 21, 2026 11:57 by Nate L-S
- Sims Municipal Recycling (restricted access), Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6624882,-74.0090782&ll=40.6624882,-74.0090782
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S302758725
- Comments: "Back again! Photos"

Swainson's Hawk (Buteo swainsoni) (1)
- Reported Feb 21, 2026 11:27 by Hazel Court
- Sims Municipal Recycling (restricted access), Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6624882,-74.0090782&ll=40.6624882,-74.0090782
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S302768580
- Comments: "Bad photo. Continuing red and black-bibbed long tailed hawk. Saw with a crowd of other birders. Perched just under the large building opening on some kind of conduit between two industrial light fixtures."

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