RE: [nysbirds-l] Status of Henslow's Sparrow in NYS

2011-07-16 Thread Bill Ostrander
Hi, Angus, The first breeding bird atlas showed quite a few areas in Steuben County. On the second, I only found one colony which was on Wade Hill Road, near Jasper. I couldn't see any of the birds, but thought that I could hear about nine singing males. Some time after the second Breeding

RE: [nysbirds-l] Status of Henslow's Sparrow in NYS

2011-07-16 Thread Bill Ostrander
Hi, Angus, The first breeding bird atlas showed quite a few areas in Steuben County. On the second, I only found one colony which was on Wade Hill Road, near Jasper. I couldn't see any of the birds, but thought that I could hear about nine singing males. Some time after the second Breeding

RE: [nysbirds-l] Status of Henslow's Sparrow in NYS

2011-07-15 Thread Joan E. Collins
Hi Angus/All, I am planning to do a "highlights" of my late spring/early summer sightings - late due to grieving over a close loss in June - this report will include Henslow's Sparrows sightings. I took clients from California to see Henslow's Sparrows in St. Lawrence County - in Hammond

RE: [nysbirds-l] Status of Henslow's Sparrow in NYS

2011-07-15 Thread Will Raup
Henslow's Sparrow is also very picky when it comes to where it will and won't nest, even slight changes in the plant make up of a particular field will cause Henslow's Sparrows to move on. This is why sites such as the one in Sharon Springs, were abandonded after 2 or 3 years, the field

Re: [nysbirds-l] Status of Henslow's Sparrow in NYS

2011-07-15 Thread Arie Gilbert
I led a trip to Sharon Springs in 2010 for the Queens County Bird Club Inc., and we were unsuccessful in finding Henslow's [ though I had seen the bird there in 2007.]  I spoke with some of the home-owners to satisfy their curiosity about the group present in their

Re: [nysbirds-l] Status of Henslow's Sparrow in NYS

2011-07-15 Thread Arie Gilbert
I led a trip to Sharon Springs in 2010 for the Queens County Bird Club Inc., and we were unsuccessful in finding Henslow's [ though I had seen the bird there in 2007.] I spoke with some of the home-owners to satisfy their curiosity about the group present in their

RE: [nysbirds-l] Status of Henslow's Sparrow in NYS

2011-07-15 Thread Joan E. Collins
Hi Angus/All, I am planning to do a highlights of my late spring/early summer sightings - late due to grieving over a close loss in June - this report will include Henslow's Sparrows sightings. I took clients from California to see Henslow's Sparrows in St. Lawrence County - in Hammond on