[nysbirds-l] Seaside Sparrow, Randall's Island, New York County
The saltmarsh on the northeast shore of Randall's Island, just north of baseball field #42, is known to attract *Ammodramus* sparrows such as Nelson's Sparrow at this time of year. I did not have any of those today, but I had a brief glimpse of my first SEASIDE SPARROW there, which responded to pishing by climbing atop a reed and then promptly disappeared and was not seen again in nearly an hour of further searching. To reach this bird I had to climb down onto the rocks that line the shore and proceed west to near the middle of the marsh, which is possible only when the tide is relatively low. David Barrett www.bigmanhattanyear.com -- 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] Seaside Sparrow, Randall's Island, New York County
The saltmarsh on the northeast shore of Randall's Island, just north of baseball field #42, is known to attract *Ammodramus* sparrows such as Nelson's Sparrow at this time of year. I did not have any of those today, but I had a brief glimpse of my first SEASIDE SPARROW there, which responded to pishing by climbing atop a reed and then promptly disappeared and was not seen again in nearly an hour of further searching. To reach this bird I had to climb down onto the rocks that line the shore and proceed west to near the middle of the marsh, which is possible only when the tide is relatively low. David Barrett www.bigmanhattanyear.com -- 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/ --
