July 26, Oceanside Since "Sandy", full moon high tides at the Marine Nature Study Area, Oceanside have inundated the marshes. Consequently, nests in the marsh have on more than one occasion been washed away. As a result, nesting success has been poor. Today, turned out to be a notable surprise, Joining Mike Farina (staff biologist) for his daily survey, we encountered 3, 2 and 3 OR A TOTAL OF 8 SALTMARSH SPARROWS. No Seaside Sparrows in evidence for a few weeks now.
A hasty photo of one cooperative bird showed a silver band on one leg and a black band on the other.This combination indicates the bird was banded in the nest this year by the group surveying breeding marsh sparrows on east coast marshes this summer. (If both bands were on one leg it indicates an adult). If you encounter any SALTMARSH SPARROWS, try to look for bands and report the info to the Oceanside staff. Sy Schiff -- 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/ --
