It is also worth noting, for those planning on searching for this western
interloper, that there is also a group of 3 Red Fox Sparrows hanging out at
the western end of the pier. The Sooty is not at all associating with them
- it is hanging out mostly on its own in the shade of junipers.
-Doug
On Thu, Mar 23, 2023 at 15:38 Doug Gochfeld wrote:
> There is currently a western Fox Sparrow hanging around the SW corner of
> the Pier 3 meadow at Brooklyn Bridge Park, Kings County.
>
> The uniform brown back and head makes it line up nicely with pure Sooty
> Fox Sparrow in my eyes. It is being exceptionally skulky and shy, but
> seeming to stay in the same general vicinity.
>
> Good Birding
> -Doug Gochfeld. Brooklyn, NY.
>
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