It is also worth noting, for those planning on searching for this western interloper, that there is also a group of 3 Red Fox Sparrows hanging out at the western end of the pier. The Sooty is not at all associating with them - it is hanging out mostly on its own in the shade of junipers.
-Doug On Thu, Mar 23, 2023 at 15:38 Doug Gochfeld <fresha2...@gmail.com> wrote: > There is currently a western Fox Sparrow hanging around the SW corner of > the Pier 3 meadow at Brooklyn Bridge Park, Kings County. > > The uniform brown back and head makes it line up nicely with pure Sooty > Fox Sparrow in my eyes. It is being exceptionally skulky and shy, but > seeming to stay in the same general vicinity. > > Good Birding > -Doug Gochfeld. Brooklyn, NY. > -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm 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://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
