Le Conte's Sparrow continues skulking in the grass exactly where Doug described. Refound by Michael Feder. On Nov 30, 2014 1:14 PM, "Doug Gochfeld" <fresha2...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Heydi Lopes just found a Le Conte's Sparrow at Floyd Bennett Field in > Brooklyn. The bird is in a brushy just east of the Polytechnic baseball > field. > Coordinates are roughly 40.58399, -73.878069. > Enter at the south entrance to Floyd Bennett, drive straight along that > road until it bends to the left and at that bend take the dead end road to > the right that runs alongside an old building. Park there. Looking towards > the bay, there are a couple of low overgrown cement structures ahead of > you, and an orange plastic fence that says "keep out" to the left. Access > the field by walking around the right side of the cement structures, > through the yellow jersey barrier. It was between the cement structure > closest to the shore and the water. > > The bird is very cooperative at times, eating well, and seems to prefer > running around on the ground in view rather than flushing. > > The Cassin's Kingbird continues in the Community Garden as well. > > Good Birding, > -Doug Gochfeld. Brooklyn, NY. > -- > *NYSbirds-L List Info:* > Welcome and Basics <http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME> > Rules and Information <http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES> > Subscribe, Configuration and Leave > <http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm> > *Archives:* > The Mail Archive > <http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html> > Surfbirds <http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L> > BirdingOnThe.Net <http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html> > *Please submit your observations to **eBird* > <http://ebird.org/content/ebird/>*!* > -- > -- 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/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/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/ --
