Hi all, The article that Shai referred is available online. http://www.bioone.org/doi/10.1642/AUK-14-299.1
To me it's kind of a relief to know that there is ground for our difficulty to id every Saltmarsh/Nelson sparrow. The authors studied 290 individual sparrows from 34 marshes and find that a whopping 52% of the birds showed mixed ancestry. Anders Peltomaa Manhattan ‘Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.' – Martin Luther King, Jr. On Oct 27, 2015 8:39 AM, "Shaibal Mitra" <shaibal.mi...@csi.cuny.edu> wrote: > Thanks for sharing this, Klemens. > > Based on appearance alone, I wouldn't have taken this bird for pure > Saltmarsh. The supercilium shows only a hint of black flecking > (characteristic of Saltmarsh) and rather more of a grayish wash > (characteristic of Acadian Nelson's), the back is rather washed out and > grayish, and the ventral streaks are less prominent than I think of as > typical for Saltmarsh. Dr. Kovatch and others have a paper in the July > issue of The Auk describing plumage variation in Saltmarsh and Acadian > Nelson's Sparrows in the Northeast (Volume 132: 704-716), in which they > document hybridization and intermediate plumage scores in southwestern > Maine and New Hampshire. > > Shai Mitra > Bay Shore > ________________________________________ > From: bounce-119825422-11143...@list.cornell.edu [ > bounce-119825422-11143...@list.cornell.edu] on behalf of Klemens Gasser [ > klemensgas...@yahoo.com] > Sent: Tuesday, October 27, 2015 7:38 AM > To: NYSBIRDS-L-for Posts Posts > Subject: [nysbirds-l] Saltmarsh Sparrow 2311-78750 > > https://flic.kr/s/aHsknpVrLj This is a link to photos of 2311-78750, > a male Saltmarsh Sparrow banded in Chapman’s Landing, the New Hampshire > study site of SHARP (The Saltmarsh Habitat and Avian Research Program) > about 230 Miles away from Brooklyn, where I observed the bird feeding in > the sand along the pilings underneath Coney Island’s Steeplechase Pier on > Saturday 10/17. The SALS was first banded 6/10/2013 and captured again on > 8/3/2013 but hasn't been captured or re-sighted since. > > The SHARP Program runs along the costal area of the North-East and was > founded by a group of academic, governmental and non-profit collaborators > to provide critical information for the conservation of tidal-marsh birds. > Very interesting work! Check out their web site www.tidalmarshbirds.org< > http://www.tidalmarshbirds.org/> and Facebook page > https://www.facebook.com/TidalMarshBirds > The bird was banded by members of Adrienne Kovach’s lab at the University > of New Hampshire; a thank you to Chris Elphick (University of Connecticut) > for making the connection and to Bri Benvenuti (with Kovach’s lab) for > finding the bird record with the fragmentary information available. > Good Birding, > > Klemens Gasser, Brooklyn > > > > -- > NYSbirds-L List Info: > Welcome and Basics<http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME> > Rules and Information<http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES> > Subscribe, Configuration and Leave< > http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm> > Archives: > The Mail Archive< > http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html> > Surfbirds<http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L> > BirdingOnThe.Net<http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html> > Please submit your observations to eBird<http://ebird.org/content/ebird/>! > -- > > ________________________________ > Project: Global Email Signature > > Now-Nov. 14; and Nov. 23-Dec. 11, 2015 > > Sixth Annual Celestial Ball Honors Community Leaders and Raises Funds for > the College’s Greatest Needs. Join Us!< > http://www.csi.cuny.edu/celestialball/> > > ________________________________ > Nov. 15-22 > > It’s International Education Week… Celebrate at CSI< > http://www.csi.cuny.edu/international/events/education_week.html> > > > -- > > 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/ > > -- > > -- 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/ --
