Monday, September 29, 2025

BBP rarities

Clay-colored Sparrow (Spizella pallida) (1)
- Reported Sep 28, 2025 16:18 by Lane Theander
- Brooklyn Bridge Park--Pier 6, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6932681,-74.0011658&ll=40.6932681,-74.0011658
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S276195801
- Comments: "Continuing with the house sparrows on the lawn, spizella with pale unstreaked gray nape, plain lores lacking eye line of chipping"

Dickcissel (Spiza americana) (1)
- Reported Sep 28, 2025 16:18 by Lane Theander
- Brooklyn Bridge Park--Pier 6, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6932681,-74.0011658&ll=40.6932681,-74.0011658
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S276195801
- Comments: "Total surprise, was sitting with a group of house sparrows at the lawn in close proximity to people, reappeared in feeding groups of house sparrows multiple times