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From: <ebird-alert@birds.cornell.edu>
Date: Sat, Sep 19, 2026, 12:21 PM
Subject: [eBird Alert] Kings County Rare Bird Alert <hourly>
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*** Species Summary:

- American Golden-Plover (1 report)
- Great Cormorant (1 report)
- Philadelphia Vireo (3 reports)
- Hermit Thrush (1 report)
- Boat-tailed Grackle (1 report)
- Connecticut Warbler (1 report)

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Great Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo) (1)
- Reported Sep 19, 2026 06:37 by Nick Dawson
- 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/S394255890
- Comments: "Still a little early. Photo."

Philadelphia Vireo (Vireo philadelphicus) (1)
- Reported Sep 19, 2026 09:15 by Brita Ahmann
- Parade Ground - Field 8, New York US-NY 40.65307, -73.96645, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.653074,-73.966451&ll=40.653074,-73.966451
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S394269353
- Comments: "Noticeable by the white eyebrow, pale yellow belly, and smaller size than red eye vireo."

Philadelphia Vireo (Vireo philadelphicus)
- Reported Sep 19, 2026 07:41 by Conor Costelloe
- Prospect Park, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.65717,-73.965269&ll=40.65717,-73.965269
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S394257335
- Comments: "Yellowest at the breast, multiple other birders concurred"

Philadelphia Vireo (Vireo philadelphicus) (1)
- Reported Sep 19, 2026 08:00 by Carolyn Monastra
- Prospect Park--Prospect Lake, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6553787,-73.9686421&ll=40.6553787,-73.9686421
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S394250533
- Comments: "Was with the Brooklyn Bird club and there were several “expert” birders helping ID it: noting it’s more yellow (than REVI) chest"

Hermit Thrush (Catharus guttatus) (1)
- Reported Sep 19, 2026 08:26 by Gab C
- 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/S394263323
- Comments: "Early — seen in a bush near dell water, it had a faint eyeing but lacked the prominent spectacles of a Swainson’s, had darker and more diffuse breast spots than Veery, and it appeared to have a rufous tail, though its location in the dark bush made it difficult to see clearly"


Connecticut Warbler (Oporornis agilis) (1)
- Reported Sep 19, 2026 09:29 by Tara Craig
- 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/S394268602
- Comments: "Chunky warbler with a white eye ring, yellow below, olive-brown above. Foraging on the ground under dawn redwood at Valley Water"

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