Marine Nature Study Area, Oceanside 5 September Of interest this morning was a CLAPPER RAIL that flew onto the marsh edge and disappeared into the spartina. Just happened to be in the right place at the right time,
The other Marsh denizen was an adult SALTMARSH SPARROW. This bird is unbanded and has been around for a few days. It's probably is a migrant, since as part of the ongoing field study, all the marsh sparrows and their young on the property have (hopefully) been banded, tested.and measured. The residents sparrows as well as the breeding WILLETS should all be mostly gone by now. Only a single adult Willet was seen this morning. 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/ --
