At my favorite local fall sparrow-watching site, just past the main parking lot at McCoy Wildlife Area near Boone, in 10 minutes yesterday I found both adult and juvenile Eastern Towhees, Song Sparrows, Lincoln’s Sparrows, Chipping Sparrows, Field Sparrows and one adult Henslow’s Sparrow (along with several female and juvenile Indigo Buntings pretending to be sparrows). No Zonotrichias with them yet, but within the next couple of weeks I’d expect to also find a couple of those species plus Fox Sparrows joining here in this great flock site. There are a couple of nice brush piles and thickets on the west (right) side as you walk in the entrance road, with a re-created prairie on the east side, so about a 50-yard stretch is always loaded with sparrows in late September-October.
DOUG HARR Ogden --- Please contribute your sightings to our list; it is only as good as members make it! --- Birding channel recommendation for FRS/GMRS radio use: Primary selection; channel 5/0 , alternate selection; channel 6/0 --- This mailing list is sponsored by the Iowa Ornithologists' Union. Membership available on-line at http://www.iowabirds.org/iou/PayDues.aspx. ----- You are currently subscribed to ia-bird as: [email protected]
