Fwd: [eBird Alert] Kings County Rare Bird Alert Trumpet Swan continues per reports

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From: <ebird-alert@birds.cornell.edu>
Date: Sun, Mar 1, 2026, 7:54 AM
Subject: [eBird Alert] Kings County Rare Bird Alert <hourly>
To: <prosbird@gmail.com>

*** Species Summary:

- Trumpeter Swan (3 reports)

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Trumpeter Swan (Cygnus buccinator) (1)
- Reported Mar 01, 2026 07:00 by Max Epstein
- Austin Nichols House, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.7191302,-73.9652481&ll=40.7191302,-73.9652481
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S304907990
- Comments: "*found yesterday by Caroline Quinn, apparent first for NYC, provenance can be a question but seems to be a pattern in late winter. Very friendly, hanging out with a resident Mute Swan, heard it honk a few times. photos"

Trumpeter Swan (Cygnus buccinator) (1)
- Reported Mar 01, 2026 07:00 by MCHL ____
- Austin Nichols House, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.7191302,-73.9652481&ll=40.7191302,-73.9652481
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S304907991
- Comments: "*found yesterday by Caroline Quinn, apparent first for NYC, provenance can be a question but seems to be a pattern in late winter. Very friendly, hanging out with a resident Mute Swan, heard it honk a few times. photos"

Trumpeter Swan (Cygnus buccinator) (1)
- Reported Mar 01, 2026 06:25 by Peter Paul
- Marsha P. Johnson SP (East River SP), Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.7214782,-73.9620551&ll=40.7214782,-73.9620551
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S304894479
- Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "Notes later

(40.7201596, -73.9644862)"

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