I went out looking for the Clay-colored sparrow I saw yesterday in the Compost Area of Central Park and turned up empty. I tracked a Chipping Sparrow for about 45 min. or so to the Green Bench, with another Birder in tow hoping she might get a lifer out of this cat and mouse game, only to realize that it was in fact an immature Chipping Sparrow. I tried the Compost Area a second time which did produced a Lincoln's Sparrow but no CCSP. After all that I figured I should just go and check the area of the Loch where it was last seen- in the the vicinity of the first Rustic Bridge that overlooks a short waterfall. Not a few minutes upon arriving did I hear an unfamiliar chip note and contact/flight call as a fairly small brownish blur flashed into a tree above me, and then another just a few seconds later. It turned out that there were at least two Clay-colored Sparrows in Central Park this evening. They both gave me long close views, always staying close to the first Rustic Bridge, from about 6 to 7 P.M. A birder named Martin Carney came through and was able to get some good views of at least one of the sparrows who were constantly being flushed by a phalanx of joggers and the occasional un-leased dog. Also of interest, is the presence of a male Eastern Red Bat in the Loch. I, along with one other observer that I know of, have seen him drinking and feeding up and down the stream.
Keep'em up! Nadir Souirgi -- 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/ --
