I had a relatively short look at a Sora in the same muddy area in the reeds along the south shoreline of the Penninsula Meadow in Brooklyn's Prospect Park where a Sora gave many of us good and extended views up to a week ago.
I'm going to guess that this is a different bird. The bird was farther back in the reeds and gave good binocular looks but I was unable to get my camera on it for a record shot. This bird's bill was all yellow unlike the previous Sora which has a darker bill tip. Also, today's bird had extensive gray on its throat and breast - sorry, I wasn't able to recall if there was black on its face near its bill. I assumed the bird would give better looks like the original Sora but this one seemed to just melt into the reeds and wouldn't reappear in the 30-40 minutes I waited. Rob Bate Brooklyn, NY -- 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/ --
