Hi Juan and all, Check out these two photos of an exceptionally fresh and bright Seaside Sparrow from Moriches Inlet, Suffolk, LI, last Saturday. Our local seaside Sparrows vary a lot in terms of the degree of buffy color on the face and breast and in terms of the distinctness of their streaking, but this individual stood out. It strongly recalls the Gulf Coast subspecies fisheri, right down to the white dorsal markings, but I suspect it is just a variant of our local population. In terms of size, structure and other plumage features I don't see any reason to invoke hybridization.
https://flic.kr/p/UBjdht Shai Mitra Bay Shore ________________________________________ From: bounce-121479414-3714...@list.cornell.edu [bounce-121479414-3714...@list.cornell.edu] on behalf of Juan Salas [juansalasprieto1...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, April 28, 2017 5:21 PM To: NYSBIRDS_L; ebirds NYC Subject: [nysbirds-l] Question about hybridization between Seaside Sparrow and Saltmarsh Sparrow. I apologize for the cross-posting. I have photographed a Seaside Sparrow this morning at the Salt Marsh Nature Center in Marine Park, Brooklyn that seems to have some features that match Saltmarsh Sparrow. I have read that these two species hybridize regularly. https://www.flickr.com/photos/23604521@N00/34194070461/in/datetaken-public/ What would be your opinion about this bird? Thank you, Juan Salas -- NYSbirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basics<http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm> Rules and Information<http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm> 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> ABA<http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01> Please submit your observations to eBird<http://ebird.org/content/ebird/>! -- -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm 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://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
