Seaside Sparrow - Dmitriy Aronov
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Governors Island (N.Y. County)
New York, New York, United States
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Map Coordinates: 40.6885372, -74.0189759
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Observation details

Long wanted lifer! Found by the Brooklyn Birding Club walk this morning and reported on eBird; thanks to Ryan Goldberg for additional details. Very rare in New York County, but second year in a row on Governors (and fairly close to the spot Tracy Plowman found two last May), so perhaps under-detected here. Refound pretty easily thanks to constant singing, mostly from low tree branches. Insect-like buzzy song (a lot less insecty that, say, a GRSP, but way more insecty that a somewhat similar RWBL). Foraging in the leafy undergrowth the rest of the time. Large sparrow, roughly similar in size to WTSP. Pale gray overall, seems to be on the lighter side of Seasides I’ve seen in photos. Yellow supraloral and a white throat. Long bill, somewhat similar to Saltmarsh in shape. Highlight of May migration so far!

Technical information

Model
NIKON D500
Lens
500.0 mm f/5.6
ISO
1600
Focal length
500 mm
Flash
Flash did not fire
f-stop
f/7.1
Shutter speed
1/1000 sec
Dimensions
4366 pixels x 2907 pixels
Original file size
7.51 MB