Hi all, Yesterday, I and Brian Padden got on our bicycles and rode out to Randall's Island. It was a great day for a bike ride, but the main reason was of course to see the Nelson's Sparrows that Alan Drogin found, and reported on Sunday afternoon.
It was quite windy and that made the Sparrows stay down for most of the time. We had a few very short views of birds popping up in different locations, but just as quickly did they drop down again. Finally after about 1 1/2 hour one sparrow flew out and landed on a rock near where we were standing. I got a few good photos of it and have posted one photo to Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/landp/8097060758/ If you haven't gone out to Randall's to look for these birds you ought to do it. Here is a map with directions from the website of Randall's Island Park Alliance: http://randallsisland.org/maps-directions/ (The location of the sparrows is the Wetlands at the top-right on the map) I am so glad that Alan Drogin put in the leg work in searching for birds, and coming up with this great find of a new location for Nelson's Sparrows. Anders Peltomaa Manhattan PS. Andrew Farnsworth reported early this morning that the NESP are still there. -- 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/ --
