: Wednesday, October 9, 2019 8:41 AM
To: Shaibal Mitra
Cc: NYSBIRDS (NYSBIRDS-L@cornell.edu)
Subject: Re: [nysbirds-l] Lined Seedeater, Queens
Hi Shai et al.,
So I googled Sporophila lineola and up popped an image of a caged bird with
an impressively long and varied (though not terribly melodious
Hi Shai et al.,
So I googled Sporophila lineola and up popped an image of a caged bird
with an impressively long and varied (though not terribly melodious) song.
I strongly suspect an escaped cage bird.
Yrs.,
Bob Paxton
On Tue, Oct 8, 2019 at 4:41 PM Shaibal Mitra
wrote:
> We birders are
nathan o'reilly
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Sent: Tuesday, October 8, 2019 6:22 PM
To: Robert Lewis; Long Island Birding .
Cc: birds
Subject: Re: [nysbirds-l] Lined Seedeater, Queens
On the eBird report from Sept 7 you can see a band on the leg.
https://ebird.o
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Sent: Tuesday, October 8, 2019 5:27 PM
To: Robert Lewis
Cc: birds
Subject: Re: [nysbirds-l] Lined Seedeater, Queens
Hello
Hello Bob,
Just of note these birds are widely available for purchase online and maybe
even in local pet stores. I think many feel that it was probably an escapee
rather than the more unlikely scenario of a vagrant, but who knows?
https://leesexoticbirds.com/prices/
http://www.mdexoticbirds.net/B
HUH?? This has been present since September 7?? And not a single post of that
fact to this server before? Or did I miss it?
Thank you Shai.
Bob Lewis
Sleepy Hollow NY
On Tuesday, October 8, 2019, 4:41:42 PM EDT, Shaibal Mitra
wrote:
We birders are good at distinguishing between the
