Fwd: [eBird Alert] Kings County Rare Bird Alert

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From: <ebird-alert@birds.cornell.edu>
Date: Thu, Oct 15, 2026, 6:04 PM
Subject: [eBird Alert] Kings County Rare Bird Alert <hourly>
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*** Species Summary:

- American Bittern (2 reports)
- Eastern Wood-Pewee (1 report)
- Wood Thrush (1 report)
- Vesper Sparrow (2 reports)
- Mourning Warbler (1 report)

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American Bittern (Botaurus lentiginosus) (1)
- Reported Oct 15, 2026 07:59 by Z .
- 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/S402608460
- Comments: "!Whoop! Flyby. Z. spotted it near Sylvan Water flying West and descending. Moments later it picked up again, heading back East. No idea where it went. Image. - mchl got photo- me:no - large brown pointy fronted, legs out behind, like overgrown green heron. white with brown streaked chest seen in peripheral on the flyby."

American Bittern (Botaurus lentiginosus) (1)
- Reported Oct 15, 2026 07:50 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/S402607005
- Comments: "!Whoop! Flyby. Z. spotted it near Sylvan Water flying West and descending. Moments later it picked up again, heading back East. No idea where it went. Image."

Eastern Wood-Pewee (Contopus virens) (1)
- Reported Oct 15, 2026 08:36 by Richard Fleming
- Owls Head Park, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6403687,-74.0322153&ll=40.6403687,-74.0322153
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S402610956
- Comments: "Nice spot by Ferino, with whom I got to spend some quality time. Long-winged, prominently vested brown and white flycatcher sticking to bare branches in the canopy."

Wood Thrush (Hylocichla mustelina) (1)
- Reported Oct 15, 2026 08:36 by Richard Fleming
- Owls Head Park, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6403687,-74.0322153&ll=40.6403687,-74.0322153
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S402610956
- Comments: "Late large thrush; warm brown above with brighter rufous cap. Bright white below, with larger cleaner dark spots than our other thrushes."

Vesper Sparrow (Pooecetes gramineus) (2)
- Reported Oct 15, 2026 15:11 by Drew B
- 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/S402610926
- Comments: "one at the ballfields one over by the dog beach. both bold white white eye rings, streaky breast. photos of each"

Vesper Sparrow (Pooecetes gramineus) (2)
- Reported Oct 15, 2026 06:59 by Forrest Wickman
- 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/S402611396
- Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "Flagged as rare, though we seem to get a handful each fall. First seen on the ballfields between Nos. 2 and 3 and then followed as offleash dogs flushed them far west along the fence line and then all the way back toward the dugouts again. Big, chunky sparrows with big, complete white eyerings—I always think they look as surprised to see me as I am to see them-/made prominent by the fact that the rest of the bird is a little blurry in its plumage, not as sharply streaked as a Savannah Sparrow. Immediately it seemed like there might be more than one around and soon enough there were two foraging together. Photos."

Mourning Warbler (Geothlypis philadelphia) (1)
- Reported Oct 15, 2026 14:46 by Jack Bechtel
- Brooklyn Botanic Garden, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6680222,-73.96367&ll=40.6680222,-73.96367
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S402611066
- Comments: "Low skulky warbler in low brush along water at Alfred Jenkins bridge. Imm. Bird. Large fairly heavy bodied warbler, olive gray over back with yellow belly coming up into throat. Very difficult to see after initial sighting flying low over the bridge and briefly perching in dogwood fairly exposed. Distinguished from COYE initially by size, but repeatedly called which assisted in ID confirmation separation from Connecticut warbler. Also responded to mourning warbler chip-call playback. Seems late."

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