Fwd: [eBird Alert] Kings County Rare Bird Alert

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From: <ebird-alert@birds.cornell.edu>
Date: Sat, Oct 17, 2026, 5:49 PM
Subject: [eBird Alert] Kings County Rare Bird Alert <hourly>
To: <prosbird@gmail.com>

*** Species Summary:

- Eastern Wood-Pewee (1 report)
- Vesper Sparrow (3 reports)
- Northern Waterthrush (1 report)
- Wilson's Warbler (2 reports)

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Eastern Wood-Pewee (Contopus virens) (1)
- Reported Oct 17, 2026 14:21 by Al A.
- 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/S403180991
- Comments: "Heard the pewee call very clearly but no visual"

Vesper Sparrow (Pooecetes gramineus) (1)
- Reported Oct 17, 2026 09:40 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/S403170049
- Comments: "Flagged as rare. Only listing one out of an abundance of caution but really probably two. First heard one calling between ballfields 2 and 3 where they’ve been in recent days and eventually saw and photographed it up in a tree: Large sparrow with blurry streaks and prominent white eyering. Then later I was down picking through sparrows down in the fenced-off wildflowers just NW of the dog beach when I saw a larger sparrow with white outer-tail feathers fly up that soon revealed itself to be a Vesper as well—though theoretically it could have just been one large sparrow flock moving around the ballfields area. Photos of each encounter available, and maybe I’ll up it to two if they look like different individuals."

Vesper Sparrow (Pooecetes gramineus) (1)
- Reported Oct 17, 2026 08:39 by Radka Osickova
- 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/S403184942
- Comments: "White under chin, streaky sparrow, flashed white on tail in flight. Baseball field"

Vesper Sparrow (Pooecetes gramineus) (1)
- Reported Oct 17, 2026 12:51 by Joe Trezza
- Shirley Chisholm SP (Pennsylvania Ave. Landfill), Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6392421,-73.8730258&ll=40.6392421,-73.8730258
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S403175186
- Comments: "Sharp-looking individual with crisp, full, white eye ring, cream-colored belly and white outer tail feathers. Hopped up into a tree at near eye level on the west side of the creek, loosely associating with a few song sparrows."

Northern Waterthrush (Parkesia noveboracensis) (1)
- Reported Oct 17, 2026 09:40 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/S403170049
- Comments: "Flagged for date: getting late, though this species wasn’t flagged a few days ago. On the SW corner of the lake just S of West Island. Streaky, twerking, and chipping loudly. Photos available."

Wilson's Warbler (Cardellina pusilla) (1)
- Reported Oct 17, 2026 09:40 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/S403170049
- Comments: "Flagged for date: getting late, though they have sometimes tried to overwinter in the park. This one was found by the BBC migration walk on Hammerhead, where it was flitting around low in the brush. Diminutive yellow warbler with a dark undertail and a hint of black on its head. Photos available."

Wilson's Warbler (Cardellina pusilla) (1)
- Reported Oct 17, 2026 08:39 by Radka Osickova
- 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/S403184942
- Comments: "Yellow warbler with grayish cap, not too dark."

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