This evening a nonbreeding Clay-colored Sparrow quite literally replaced the female Dickcissel (from Friday) on the West End lot 2 "island." At one point the small sparrow flock frequenting the island took off for the shelter of the shrubs immediately around the West End 2 pavillion. Again, for those unfamiliar with the location, throwing the following stream of numbers into Google's map feature will reveal the exact location: 40.585172,-73.560607
Despite strong onshore winds, no notable pelagics were seen except one Royal Tern. A young White-crowned Sparrow continued in the Coast Guard Station hedgerow, and a male Hooded Warbler briefly joined the sparrows on the West End parking lot 2 island. Photos of this week's Dickcissel and Clay-colored Sparrow can be found here: http://picasaweb.google.com/pipingplover27/Fall2009# Good birding, Brendan Fogarty Hempstead, NY -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES Archives: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
