With thanks to John Gluth, who, after congratulating me on finally
achieving a long sought species, cared enough to inform me of a couple of
"my bads" ! First, the upstate bird (Downsville) I referenced was not
N.Y.State's first Golden-crowned Sparrow, and the correct spelling of it's
finder's is
Forgot to mention that one of the pelicans flew to the group of docks south of
the spit where all the gulls gather a little before dusk.
Andrew
Andrew v. F. Block
Consulting Naturalist
20 Hancock Avenue, Apt. 3
Yonkers, Westchester Co., New York 10705-4629
www.flickr.com/photos/conuropsis/albums
I have not added my digiscoped images as yet to my eBird checklist but in
reviewing them and the videos I took, I am comfortable with a HY (hatch year)
bird as well.
Cheers,
"I prefer to be true to myself, even at the hazard of incurring the ridicule of
others, rather than to be false
I have not seen the bird (Long Island and all) but have seen golden crowned
sparrow in Victoria, BC. My point here is only that I appreciate the shared
knowledge of Steve, Shai, Andrew and their ilk who still post on NYSbirds
regularly (even if often beyond me).
Thanks
L. Trachtenberg
Ossini
Hi Steve and all,
In terms of field-observable appearance, my thought was that it was a
hatching-year bird based on (1) the vagueness and narrowness of the blackish
arc extending from the forecrown back along the lateral crown; and (2) the
relatively large amount of yellow bleeding down below t
I've posted a couple of pictures at my web site
http://stevewalternature.com/ . Not being on top of Golden-crowned Sparrow
plumages, I assumed while I was there that it's a first winter (immature)
bird. It is what you expect in these situations. Now having had a chance to
look at references and pic
Thanks all for sharing the info! I just called, filled in the website
form, and a letter is going in the mail tomorrow.
Here's the address in case anyone is interested -
The Honorable Andrew M. Cuomo
Governor of New York State
NYS State Capitol Building
Albany, NY 12224
Power to the birders!
Alic
Continues at Brookside County Park as of 8:15am. Feeder area north of the
park building
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