RE: [nysbirds-l] Lined Seedeater, Queens

2019-10-09 Thread rcech 
Hey, we had to go to South Africa to see this bird.  
https://rbc-pix.smugmug.com/Nature/Nature-Images/Wydah 

 

It is common, of course, for grassland birds globally to use melodious songs, 
and often dazzly tail feathers, in displays customized to their habitats. And 
this makes them prime targets for the cage bird trade. A couple of years ago, I 
was involved (as a photo contributor) in a Miami Herald article on the wydah’s 
appearance in Florida. 
http://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/environment/article180926506.html#storylink=cpy.
 

 

Somebody may know whether NE strays are likely to be local escapes, versus 
vagrants from newly established US colonies. We’ll see how the incursion 
develops. Wydahs could give a whole new look to the Shawangunk Grasslands one 
of these days!

 

Rick

 

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Sent: 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) song. I 
strongly suspect an escaped cage bird.

  Yrs.,

  Bob Paxton 

 

On Tue, Oct 8, 2019 at 4:41 PM Shaibal Mitra mailto:shaibal.mi...@csi.cuny.edu> > wrote:

We birders are good at distinguishing between the improbable (e.g., seeing a 
Lined Seedeater in New York) and the imponderable (e.g., deliberately driving 
the Belt Parkway on a morning when one had been granted a reprieve from doing 
so). With a chance at the former as an inducement for the enduring the latter, 
I visited the Charles Memorial Park this morning, on the north shore of Jamaica 
Bay, directly north of the parking area where we stage for visits to the north 
end of the East Pond.

The male Lined Seedeater was skulky but still present, continuing from at least 
7 Sep:

https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S60461352

I'm not sure why this bird has not garnered more attention within the birding 
community. Lined Seedeater is a trans-equatorial austral migrant and a 
plausible candidate for natural vagrancy to North America. There is a specimen 
from the Isles of Shoals, New Hampshire, from 8 August 1935 (MCZ), and records 
of vagrants north of the regular northern South American austral winter (our 
summer) range from Costa Rica, and from Guadeloupe--the latter from 6-7 Sep 
2017, perhaps not coincidentally almost exactly the date the present bird was 
found this year.

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RE: [nysbirds-l] Lined Seedeater, Queens

2019-10-09 Thread rcech 
Hey, we had to go to South Africa to see this bird.  
https://rbc-pix.smugmug.com/Nature/Nature-Images/Wydah 

 

It is common, of course, for grassland birds globally to use melodious songs, 
and often dazzly tail feathers, in displays customized to their habitats. And 
this makes them prime targets for the cage bird trade. A couple of years ago, I 
was involved (as a photo contributor) in a Miami Herald article on the wydah’s 
appearance in Florida. 
http://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/environment/article180926506.html#storylink=cpy.
 

 

Somebody may know whether NE strays are likely to be local escapes, versus 
vagrants from newly established US colonies. We’ll see how the incursion 
develops. Wydahs could give a whole new look to the Shawangunk Grasslands one 
of these days!

 

Rick

 

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Sent: 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) song. I 
strongly suspect an escaped cage bird.

  Yrs.,

  Bob Paxton 

 

On Tue, Oct 8, 2019 at 4:41 PM Shaibal Mitra mailto:shaibal.mi...@csi.cuny.edu> > wrote:

We birders are good at distinguishing between the improbable (e.g., seeing a 
Lined Seedeater in New York) and the imponderable (e.g., deliberately driving 
the Belt Parkway on a morning when one had been granted a reprieve from doing 
so). With a chance at the former as an inducement for the enduring the latter, 
I visited the Charles Memorial Park this morning, on the north shore of Jamaica 
Bay, directly north of the parking area where we stage for visits to the north 
end of the East Pond.

The male Lined Seedeater was skulky but still present, continuing from at least 
7 Sep:

https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S60461352

I'm not sure why this bird has not garnered more attention within the birding 
community. Lined Seedeater is a trans-equatorial austral migrant and a 
plausible candidate for natural vagrancy to North America. There is a specimen 
from the Isles of Shoals, New Hampshire, from 8 August 1935 (MCZ), and records 
of vagrants north of the regular northern South American austral winter (our 
summer) range from Costa Rica, and from Guadeloupe--the latter from 6-7 Sep 
2017, perhaps not coincidentally almost exactly the date the present bird was 
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Re: [nysbirds-l] Lined Seedeater, Queens

2019-10-09 Thread Robert Paxton 
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 good at distinguishing between the improbable (e.g., seeing
> a Lined Seedeater in New York) and the imponderable (e.g., deliberately
> driving the Belt Parkway on a morning when one had been granted a reprieve
> from doing so). With a chance at the former as an inducement for the
> enduring the latter, I visited the Charles Memorial Park this morning, on
> the north shore of Jamaica Bay, directly north of the parking area where we
> stage for visits to the north end of the East Pond.
>
> The male Lined Seedeater was skulky but still present, continuing from at
> least 7 Sep:
>
> https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S60461352
>
> I'm not sure why this bird has not garnered more attention within the
> birding community. Lined Seedeater is a trans-equatorial austral migrant
> and a plausible candidate for natural vagrancy to North America. There is a
> specimen from the Isles of Shoals, New Hampshire, from 8 August 1935 (MCZ),
> and records of vagrants north of the regular northern South American
> austral winter (our summer) range from Costa Rica, and from Guadeloupe--the
> latter from 6-7 Sep 2017, perhaps not coincidentally almost exactly the
> date the present bird was found this year.
>
> Shai Mitra
> Bay Shore
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Re: [nysbirds-l] Lined Seedeater, Queens

2019-10-09 Thread Robert Paxton 
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 good at distinguishing between the improbable (e.g., seeing
> a Lined Seedeater in New York) and the imponderable (e.g., deliberately
> driving the Belt Parkway on a morning when one had been granted a reprieve
> from doing so). With a chance at the former as an inducement for the
> enduring the latter, I visited the Charles Memorial Park this morning, on
> the north shore of Jamaica Bay, directly north of the parking area where we
> stage for visits to the north end of the East Pond.
>
> The male Lined Seedeater was skulky but still present, continuing from at
> least 7 Sep:
>
> https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S60461352
>
> I'm not sure why this bird has not garnered more attention within the
> birding community. Lined Seedeater is a trans-equatorial austral migrant
> and a plausible candidate for natural vagrancy to North America. There is a
> specimen from the Isles of Shoals, New Hampshire, from 8 August 1935 (MCZ),
> and records of vagrants north of the regular northern South American
> austral winter (our summer) range from Costa Rica, and from Guadeloupe--the
> latter from 6-7 Sep 2017, perhaps not coincidentally almost exactly the
> date the present bird was found this year.
>
> Shai Mitra
> Bay Shore
> --
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Re: [nysbirds-l] Lined Seedeater, Queens

2019-10-08 Thread Felipe Pimentel 
Prof. Mitra,

We had a Pin-tailed Whydah today in Central Park (Compost area, around 106 
Street). I don’t think it is a “vagrant” (there are small colonies of these 
birds in California and Florida) but probably an escapee. We did not see any 
band or tag in the legs of the bird.

I did report the bird in my e-Bird report for Central Park (today).

https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S60469413

FP



On Oct 8, 2019, at 7:13 PM, Shaibal Mitra 
mailto:shaibal.mi...@csi.cuny.edu>> wrote:

Thanks, Nathan.

I had only heard via word of mouth about the sighting on 7 Sep and then seen 
the photo from a few days ago.

The lack of excitement makes sense in retrospect, given that some of the people 
in the know were aware of the band.

The rest of us had to wonder whether anybody had done due diligence (as turned 
out to be true) or whether it was another case of not very well informed 
indifference toward a species with genuine potential for vagrancy. To me this 
highlights the importance of the listserv for cases like this that require 
analysis and explanation.

I'm gonna let it hang out there on the Hot 100 for a while, as my latest 
lifebird on eBird, to amuse the guilty and punish the innocent!

Shai

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Subject: Re: [nysbirds-l] Lined Seedeater, Queens

On the eBird report from Sept 7 you can see a band on the leg.

https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S59576345
[https://download.ams.birds.cornell.edu/api/v1/asset/175971541/1200]<https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S59576345>

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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 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/Birds.html?1015.PCI=100262

Mike Z.

On Tue, Oct 8, 2019, 5:18 PM Robert Lewis 
mailto:rfer...@yahoo.com>> wrote:
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 
mailto:shaibal.mi...@csi.cuny.edu>> wrote:


We birders are good at distinguishing between the improbable (e.g., seeing a 
Lined Seedeater in New York) and the imponderable (e.g., deliberately driving 
the Belt Parkway on a morning when one had been granted a reprieve from doing 
so). With a chance at the former as an inducement for the enduring the latter, 
I visited the Charles Memorial Park this morning, on the north shore of Jamaica 
Bay, directly north of the parking area where we stage for visits to the north 
end of the East Pond.

The male Lined Seedeater was skulky but still present, continuing from at least 
7 Sep:

https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S60461352

I'm not sure why this bird has not garnered more attention within the birding 
community. Lined Seedeater is a trans-equatorial austral migrant and a 
plausible candidate for natural vagrancy to North America. There is a specimen 
from the Isles of Shoals, New Hampshire, from 8 August 1935 (MCZ), and records 
of vagrants north of the regular northern South American austral winter (our 
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2017, perhaps not coincidentally almost exactly the date the present bird was 
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Re: [nysbirds-l] Lined Seedeater, Queens

2019-10-08 Thread nathan o'reilly 
On the eBird report from Sept 7 you can see a band on the leg.

https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S59576345
[https://download.ams.birds.cornell.edu/api/v1/asset/175971541/1200]<https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S59576345>
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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 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/Birds.html?1015.PCI=100262

Mike Z.

On Tue, Oct 8, 2019, 5:18 PM Robert Lewis 
mailto:rfer...@yahoo.com>> wrote:
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 
mailto:shaibal.mi...@csi.cuny.edu>> wrote:


We birders are good at distinguishing between the improbable (e.g., seeing a 
Lined Seedeater in New York) and the imponderable (e.g., deliberately driving 
the Belt Parkway on a morning when one had been granted a reprieve from doing 
so). With a chance at the former as an inducement for the enduring the latter, 
I visited the Charles Memorial Park this morning, on the north shore of Jamaica 
Bay, directly north of the parking area where we stage for visits to the north 
end of the East Pond.

The male Lined Seedeater was skulky but still present, continuing from at least 
7 Sep:

https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S60461352

I'm not sure why this bird has not garnered more attention within the birding 
community. Lined Seedeater is a trans-equatorial austral migrant and a 
plausible candidate for natural vagrancy to North America. There is a specimen 
from the Isles of Shoals, New Hampshire, from 8 August 1935 (MCZ), and records 
of vagrants north of the regular northern South American austral winter (our 
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Re: [nysbirds-l] Lined Seedeater, Queens

2019-10-08 Thread nathan o'reilly 
On the eBird report from Sept 7 you can see a band on the leg.

https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S59576345
[https://download.ams.birds.cornell.edu/api/v1/asset/175971541/1200]<https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S59576345>
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To: Robert Lewis 
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Subject: Re: [nysbirds-l] Lined Seedeater, Queens

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/Birds.html?1015.PCI=100262

Mike Z.

On Tue, Oct 8, 2019, 5:18 PM Robert Lewis 
mailto:rfer...@yahoo.com>> wrote:
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 
mailto:shaibal.mi...@csi.cuny.edu>> wrote:


We birders are good at distinguishing between the improbable (e.g., seeing a 
Lined Seedeater in New York) and the imponderable (e.g., deliberately driving 
the Belt Parkway on a morning when one had been granted a reprieve from doing 
so). With a chance at the former as an inducement for the enduring the latter, 
I visited the Charles Memorial Park this morning, on the north shore of Jamaica 
Bay, directly north of the parking area where we stage for visits to the north 
end of the East Pond.

The male Lined Seedeater was skulky but still present, continuing from at least 
7 Sep:

https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S60461352

I'm not sure why this bird has not garnered more attention within the birding 
community. Lined Seedeater is a trans-equatorial austral migrant and a 
plausible candidate for natural vagrancy to North America. There is a specimen 
from the Isles of Shoals, New Hampshire, from 8 August 1935 (MCZ), and records 
of vagrants north of the regular northern South American austral winter (our 
summer) range from Costa Rica, and from Guadeloupe--the latter from 6-7 Sep 
2017, perhaps not coincidentally almost exactly the date the present bird was 
found this year.

Shai Mitra
Bay Shore
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Re: [nysbirds-l] Lined Seedeater, Queens

2019-10-08 Thread Long Island Birding . 
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/Birds.html?1015.PCI=100262

Mike Z.

On Tue, Oct 8, 2019, 5:18 PM Robert Lewis  wrote:

> 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 <
> shaibal.mi...@csi.cuny.edu> wrote:
>
>
> We birders are good at distinguishing between the improbable (e.g., seeing
> a Lined Seedeater in New York) and the imponderable (e.g., deliberately
> driving the Belt Parkway on a morning when one had been granted a reprieve
> from doing so). With a chance at the former as an inducement for the
> enduring the latter, I visited the Charles Memorial Park this morning, on
> the north shore of Jamaica Bay, directly north of the parking area where we
> stage for visits to the north end of the East Pond.
>
> The male Lined Seedeater was skulky but still present, continuing from at
> least 7 Sep:
>
> https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S60461352
>
> I'm not sure why this bird has not garnered more attention within the
> birding community. Lined Seedeater is a trans-equatorial austral migrant
> and a plausible candidate for natural vagrancy to North America. There is a
> specimen from the Isles of Shoals, New Hampshire, from 8 August 1935 (MCZ),
> and records of vagrants north of the regular northern South American
> austral winter (our summer) range from Costa Rica, and from Guadeloupe--the
> latter from 6-7 Sep 2017, perhaps not coincidentally almost exactly the
> date the present bird was found this year.
>
> Shai Mitra
> Bay Shore
> --
>
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> 3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01
>
> Please submit your observations to eBird:
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Re: [nysbirds-l] Lined Seedeater, Queens

2019-10-08 Thread Long Island Birding . 
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/Birds.html?1015.PCI=100262

Mike Z.

On Tue, Oct 8, 2019, 5:18 PM Robert Lewis  wrote:

> 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 <
> shaibal.mi...@csi.cuny.edu> wrote:
>
>
> We birders are good at distinguishing between the improbable (e.g., seeing
> a Lined Seedeater in New York) and the imponderable (e.g., deliberately
> driving the Belt Parkway on a morning when one had been granted a reprieve
> from doing so). With a chance at the former as an inducement for the
> enduring the latter, I visited the Charles Memorial Park this morning, on
> the north shore of Jamaica Bay, directly north of the parking area where we
> stage for visits to the north end of the East Pond.
>
> The male Lined Seedeater was skulky but still present, continuing from at
> least 7 Sep:
>
> https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S60461352
>
> I'm not sure why this bird has not garnered more attention within the
> birding community. Lined Seedeater is a trans-equatorial austral migrant
> and a plausible candidate for natural vagrancy to North America. There is a
> specimen from the Isles of Shoals, New Hampshire, from 8 August 1935 (MCZ),
> and records of vagrants north of the regular northern South American
> austral winter (our summer) range from Costa Rica, and from Guadeloupe--the
> latter from 6-7 Sep 2017, perhaps not coincidentally almost exactly the
> date the present bird was found this year.
>
> Shai Mitra
> Bay Shore
> --
>
> NYSbirds-L List Info:
> http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm
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>
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> 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/
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Re: [nysbirds-l] Lined Seedeater, Queens

2019-10-08 Thread Robert Lewis 
 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 improbable (e.g., seeing a 
Lined Seedeater in New York) and the imponderable (e.g., deliberately driving 
the Belt Parkway on a morning when one had been granted a reprieve from doing 
so). With a chance at the former as an inducement for the enduring the latter, 
I visited the Charles Memorial Park this morning, on the north shore of Jamaica 
Bay, directly north of the parking area where we stage for visits to the north 
end of the East Pond.

The male Lined Seedeater was skulky but still present, continuing from at least 
7 Sep:

https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S60461352

I'm not sure why this bird has not garnered more attention within the birding 
community. Lined Seedeater is a trans-equatorial austral migrant and a 
plausible candidate for natural vagrancy to North America. There is a specimen 
from the Isles of Shoals, New Hampshire, from 8 August 1935 (MCZ), and records 
of vagrants north of the regular northern South American austral winter (our 
summer) range from Costa Rica, and from Guadeloupe--the latter from 6-7 Sep 
2017, perhaps not coincidentally almost exactly the date the present bird was 
found this year.

Shai Mitra
Bay Shore
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Re: [nysbirds-l] Lined Seedeater, Queens

2019-10-08 Thread Robert Lewis 
 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 improbable (e.g., seeing a 
Lined Seedeater in New York) and the imponderable (e.g., deliberately driving 
the Belt Parkway on a morning when one had been granted a reprieve from doing 
so). With a chance at the former as an inducement for the enduring the latter, 
I visited the Charles Memorial Park this morning, on the north shore of Jamaica 
Bay, directly north of the parking area where we stage for visits to the north 
end of the East Pond.

The male Lined Seedeater was skulky but still present, continuing from at least 
7 Sep:

https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S60461352

I'm not sure why this bird has not garnered more attention within the birding 
community. Lined Seedeater is a trans-equatorial austral migrant and a 
plausible candidate for natural vagrancy to North America. There is a specimen 
from the Isles of Shoals, New Hampshire, from 8 August 1935 (MCZ), and records 
of vagrants north of the regular northern South American austral winter (our 
summer) range from Costa Rica, and from Guadeloupe--the latter from 6-7 Sep 
2017, perhaps not coincidentally almost exactly the date the present bird was 
found this year.

Shai Mitra
Bay Shore
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