This morning Sandy Paci and Kathy Toomey spotted a Clay-colored Sparrow in Brooklyn's Green-Wood Cemetery. Joshua Malbin and I were able to eventually track it down again at about 2pm. The bird came down to drink and bathe inside the mostly drained Dell Water pond. There is a trickle of water at the southeast corner of the pond and, if one is patient, there is a nice mix of birds coming down to that spot. In addition to the clay-colored we had several resident species, 13 species of warbler, phoebe, Blue-headed Vireo, Red-eyed Vireo, Swainson's Thrush, Scarlet Tanager, Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Indigo Bunting, Baltimore Oriole and Chipping Sparrow … all coming to the "waterfall"!
Good birding, Rob PS - You can get a high-res cemetery map here: http://tinyurl.com/nz7ewbx http://citybirder.blogspot.com @thecitybirder -- 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/ --
