Quick clarification: I should have written that there's been an influx into "New York County and elsewhere in the region." (There's been only one in the actual county thus far.) Thanks--
On Tue, Aug 31, 2021 at 4:50 PM Joseph Wallace <joew...@gmail.com> wrote: > This isn't specifically a sighting report, so apologies if it's too > off-topic. > > As a lifelong New Yorker who's felt disconnected from the city this past > year-plus, I'm grateful for Tom Fiore's vivid reports on the ebb and flow > of bird- (and other) life through the city. I was especially interested to > read the recent news of a brief influx of Lark Sparrows into New York > County. > > A month ago, my wife and I came upon a Lark Sparrow in the marvelous > restored grasslands at Croton Point Park in Westchester. It was, I learned, > the first July record for the county, and only about the twelfth ever. > Unsurprisingly, we thought it was a typical one-off...but this subsequent > influx has made me wonder if something else might be going on. > > This was, after all, the Summer of the Spoonbill, with discussions of why > the species' range appears to be expanding. And one of the joys of Croton > Point Park has been witnessing the breeding success of Dickcissels, a bird > that seems to be reclaiming long-lost turf every year. So I wonder if the > Lark Sparrows we've been seeing aren't actually "lost souls" (like > Westchester's Tropical Kingbird of a few months back), but early scouts for > an eventual range expansion as well. > Thanks for listening-- > Joseph Wallace > -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm 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://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
