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From: <ebird-alert@birds.cornell.edu>
Date: Tue, Oct 13, 2026, 11:24 AM
Subject: [eBird Alert] Kings County Rare Bird Alert <hourly>
To: <prosbird@gmail.com>
From: <ebird-alert@birds.cornell.edu>
Date: Tue, Oct 13, 2026, 11:24 AM
Subject: [eBird Alert] Kings County Rare Bird Alert <hourly>
To: <prosbird@gmail.com>
*** Species Summary:
- Eastern Wood-Pewee (2 reports)
- Eastern Kingbird (1 report)
- Northern Yellow Warbler (1 report)
- Scarlet Tanager (1 report)
- Dickcissel (1 report)
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Eastern Wood-Pewee (Contopus virens) (1)
- Reported Oct 13, 2026 07:15 by brandon mysicka
- McGolrick Park, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.7245046,-73.9433616&ll=40.7245046,-73.9433616
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S401994853
- Comments: "flycatching solo"
Eastern Wood-Pewee (Contopus virens) (1)
- Reported Oct 13, 2026 07:43 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/S402004720
- Comments: "Flagged for date: starting to get a little late, and now vastly outnumbered by phoebes, though they’ve only been flagged for a few days I think. This one briefly perched above the new wildflower meadow near the dog beach, and I was a little surprised to see it was a pewee: a clear crest, just a little bit of eyering (more than on phoebes), more upright posture, generally more slender, and with a distinct vest (though not the darker sides of an OSFL) and color on the bill. I saw it long enough to at least start looking for any sign of Western Wood-pewee, because I do have those brainworms this time of year, and saw none. (There really was a lot of color in the bill, and the vest didn’t seem especially dark.) It then disappeared when I raised my camera."
Eastern Kingbird (Tyrannus tyrannus) (1)
- Reported Oct 13, 2026 07:15 by brandon mysicka
- McGolrick Park, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.7245046,-73.9433616&ll=40.7245046,-73.9433616
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S401994853
- Comments: "perched atop a london planes, distinct black head and back, flycatcher but clearly medium sized nearby some phoebes and clearly larger"
Northern Yellow Warbler (Setophaga aestiva) (1)
- Reported Oct 13, 2026 08:18 by Pete Brush
- Brooklyn Bridge Park, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6996104,-73.9973745&ll=40.6996104,-73.9973745
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S401995770
- Comments: "far sw corner p6 near water"
Scarlet Tanager (Piranga olivacea) (1)
- Reported Oct 13, 2026 07:15 by brandon mysicka
- McGolrick Park, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.7245046,-73.9433616&ll=40.7245046,-73.9433616
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S401994853
- Comments: "continuing"
Dickcissel (Spiza americana) (1)
- Reported Oct 13, 2026 07:30 by Michael Sand
- 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/S401999239
- Comments: "Call heard once - likely flyover"
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