Thursday, December 11, 2025

Lincoln at BBP

Lincoln's Sparrow (Melospiza lincolnii) (1)
- Reported Dec 10, 2025 16:10 by Doug Gochfeld
- Brooklyn Bridge Park, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6996104,-73.9973745&ll=40.6996104,-73.9973745
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S288133282
- Comments: "**rare for the date. One perched up in a tree on the P2 uplands at 16:54, fluffing and drying off, either from the earlier rain, or from taking a bath. Poor but diagnostic digibinned video (and a photo)."


"If we had not had a Christmas Bird Count in those early years, we would not have as strong an understanding of long term bird trends. Many of these changes take place gradually." - Chan Robbins, legendary biologist, retired USFWS employee, and creator of the North American Breeding Bird Survey
Robbins bio:
https://www.pwrc.usgs.gov/robbins/index.cfm