This morning at 10:55 Gus Keri briefly saw and photographed what appeared to be a raptor with a long, forked-tail over Canarsie Beach Park in Brooklyn. View and photo were heavily backlit, into the sun, so coloration could not be perceived:
https://twitter.com/BirdBrklyn/status/989519637820952584 Swallow-tailed Kite is one possibility and the photo may suggest some other ones. The bird was flying east toward Jamaica Bay. David Barrett www.bigmanhattanyear.com -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
