The Clay-colored Sparrow (CCSP), at Pelham Bay Orchard Beach was seen today by Mike Russo, Glenn Davis and I. The bird was in the general location it was previously reported (near the toll booths ) but on the strip close to the lagoon. The bird was quite secretive at times and PATIENCE, is required in waiting for it to venture out into the open.
In the same area we saw 2 Great Egrets. I believe one was seen on Sunday's Bronx CBC, so it was not missed on count day. I checked the Canada Geese flock but did not find any Cackling although there were a couple of LESSER candidates. Later at Van Cortlandt Park, I had the Barnacle Goose (BRNG) on the Parade Grounds. No Cackling on the field, but the flock was noticeably smaller today, so it could be in the area with other Canada's. Sent from somewhere in the field using my mobile device! Andrew Baksh www.birdingdude.blogspot.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/[email protected]/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/ --
