A newsboard for reporting bird sightings, happenings & announcements,miscellany in north Brooklyn and the 3 main central north Brooklyn green regions : historic Prospect Park, Brooklyn Botanic Garden & north half of Kings County, & Greenwood Cemetery.A service for Brooklyn birders and visitors. Also note: Conservation issues & miscellany posts.
Wednesday, May 18, 2016
Gray cheeked/Bicknell's Thrush continues on Peninsula
Joshua Malbin very early this morning reports the species on the Prospect Peninsula, close to the concrete paths that meet in the middle of the Peninsula.
It's best distinguishing both by voice as their field marks are almost exactly the same .The trained expert eye more likely would tell one from the other.
Here's prominent artist birder David Sibley's take on the species:
http://www.sibleyguides.com/bird-info/bicknells-thrush/