I have depressingly little experience with Brewer’s Sparrow over the last couple of decades, but doesn’t the bright gray, unstreaked nape rule that species out and clinch Clay-colored Sparrow?
Kevin From: bounce-120005161-3714...@list.cornell.edu [mailto:bounce-120005161-3714...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Corey Finger Sent: Monday, December 21, 2015 5:45 PM To: Rick Cc: NYSBIRDS-L; Nyc ebirds Subject: Re:[nysbirds-l] [ebirdsnyc] Potential (Probable?) Brewer's Sparrow in Flushing Meadows Corona Park Original shot is here: http://10000birds.com/good-birds-on-the-queens-county-christmas-bird-count.htm Will add the others as quickly as I can get them on the site. Corey On Mon, Dec 21, 2015 at 5:17 PM, Rick <rc...@nyc.rr.com<mailto:rc...@nyc.rr.com>> wrote: Hi, those Luddites among us who don’t use Facebook can’t access this posting (at least I can’t). Any chance of a posting to a publicly accessible site? Thanks, Rick From: ebirds...@yahoogroups.com<mailto:ebirds...@yahoogroups.com> [mailto:ebirds...@yahoogroups.com<mailto:ebirds...@yahoogroups.com>] On Behalf Of Corey Finger 10000birdsblog...@gmail.com<mailto:10000birdsblog...@gmail.com> [ebirdsnyc] Sent: Monday, December 21, 2015 5:02 PM To: New York <nysbirds-l@cornell.edu<mailto:nysbirds-l@cornell.edu>>; Nyc ebirds <ebirds...@yahoogroups.com<mailto:ebirds...@yahoogroups.com>> Subject: [ebirdsnyc] Potential (Probable?) Brewer's Sparrow in Flushing Meadows Corona Park The Clay-colored Sparrow found by Cesar Castillo during the Queens County CBC yesterday might actually be a Brewer's Sparrow. When I got home from seeing the bird this morning I posted an image on Facebook. This afternoon, a very short time ago, I got texts from Tom Johnson and Doug Gochfeld asking for more photos as they think it's a possible Brewer's Sparrow. I've since added more photos to the original image on Facebook. Photos can be seen on the New York Birders Facebook page here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/NYBirders/ In the field the bird did seem a bit pale but I never would have thought to check if it was a Brewer's Sparrow or not. I chalked the paleness up to my rarely seeing Clay-colored Sparrows and not being as familiar with them as I could be. For those who want to go after this bird, the pin on this map is the location of the "Meditation Garden," a pine grove that serves as ground zero for the junco flock with which this sparrow, the Lark Sparrow, and the Pine Warblers travel, though the flock does range widely: https://www.google.com/maps/dir//40.743895,-73.840194/@40.7438245,-73.8398589,350m/data=!3m1!1e3<https://www.google.com/maps/dir/40.743895,-73.840194/@40.7438245,-73.8398589,350m/data=!3m1!1e3> Easiest car access is from College Point Blvd and closest legal parking is under the Van Wyck, a bit north of where you enter from College Point Blvd. Hopefully, this is a Brewer's Sparrow. 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