Nelson's Sparrow reported in Broome County by Bob Grosek. Must be a pretty big flight of these guys!
Dave Nicosia ----- Forwarded Message ----- From: "bluew...@stny.rr.com" <bluew...@stny.rr.com> To: Bluewing-group <bluewing-gr...@googlegroups.com> Sent: Tuesday, October 2, 2012 3:53 PM Subject: [bluewing-group] Nelson’s Sparrow at Tri-Cities Airport At the Tri-Cities Airport this afternoon there was at least one Nelson’s Sparrow. The bird was located in brush along the road across from the tarmac “ponds”. The Nelson’s Sparrow had prominent orange supercillium and malar stripes. The throat and upper breast were orange and striped, and this orange area ended abruptly, like the breast of a Pectoral Sandpiper does. The head appeared to be “flat-ish”, but that may be just how he perched, with his head thrust forward. A second bird was present that had an orange malar stripe but the supercillium was less orange – I never saw it’s chest. There were other birds around, including Chipping Sparrows that kept to themselves and Song Sparrows This is a new bird for Broome County for me. Nelson’s Sparrows prefer wetter habitats and this one(s) may be just passing through. However, I notice that the Nelson’s Sparrows in Ithaca may linger in one area for a few days or longer. - Bob Grosek Binghamton, New York Every species you meet is a gold medal finalist in the evolutionary race of life -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
