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Posted by Bill Boeringer on 20:21:37 03/28/10
In Reply to: C-357 3/28, sparrows are still there posted by Rock Jetty
So sorry for no post, but was tied up yesterday and out of town today. I figured Toe would get word out...
There was indeed a sparrowpalooza Saturday morning. A Song Sparrow was where you related, along with a single Grasshopper Sparrow in the same area. I had 1 definitive Clay-colored and 2 probables. I also had the Lincoln's, also in a brief glimpse.
The Chipping Sparrow was on the right side just before you reach the spillway--it was in nice spring plumage so no real mystery about it. The Dickcissel was almost right where Toe had previously marked the Song Sparrow, along with 2 of the Clay-coloreds. That was my bird-of-the-day: probably only the third one I've ever seen!
Oddly, I couldn't turn up any of the White-crowneds! I think that most of the birds will range throughout the area--they seemed to move in close to the berm, then withdraw--and it may be why certain birds are seen one day, not the next. It might be fun to get a bunch of people to bushwhack across the fields-I wonder how many things would turn up? There's gotta be a Vesper in there somewhere!
I was really thinking about a Blue Grosbeak-perfect habitat-but couldn't come up with one. I had at least 6 Towhees, and scores of Savannah Sparrows and Palm Warblers. When I first arrived before dark, I also had a Barn Owl fly overhead and over 168th Street. Near the initial Chekika gate on 168th there were 1, maybe 2, Chuck-will's-widows calling. A Limpkin called far-off slightly after dawn.
After the sparrow area, I headed into Chekika where I had another Chucks flush up, plus Brown Thrasher, along the nature trail. In the open area I had 3 lingering Western Kingbirds.
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