Pete Morris and I found a Clay-colored Sparrow along the southeast corner of the northeast lot at Captree SP, Suffolk, LI.
The bird struck me as not quite typical in a couple of ways and the date is slightly early for a southbound bird on LI, but it clearly showed a nice auricular patch edge in black below, completely pale lores, a brown rump, and nice buffy breast and flanks. Some photos can be seen at the end of this album: https://picasaweb.google.com/109808209543611018404/LongIslandMiscellany2015 Shai Mitra Bay Shore ________________________________ CSI Tops MONEY magazine’s Best Colleges list for 2015-2016><http://csitoday.com/2015/07/csi-tops-money-magazines-best-colleges-list-for-2015-2016/> -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
