Hello all, A fellow grad student and I went to Blazing Star prairie today to do some early season insect collecting. We flushed a Le Conte's sparrow and quietly crept up to where it landed. It hopped up onto some matted grass and sat there in the sun watching us at a distance of about 15 feet! Probably the best look at a Le Conte's I'll ever have. By the time I ran back to the vehicle to get my camera, it had crept away and we couldn't relocate it. Lesson: ALWAYS carry your camera!
Other birds at or near the Felton prairies: Chestnut-collared longspurs along the "longspur road" Loggerhead shrike Grasshopper sparrows (heard, not seen) Brewer's blackbirds (numerous) Bonaparte's gull - a flock of 20 on a WPA just south of the wind towers Northern harrier - presumed nesting pair at Blazing Star Marbled godwit - longspur road Lesser yellowlegs - in flooded pasture near Bluestem SNA Yellow-rumped and orange-crowned warblers here in Fargo in good numbers. Good Birding! Pat Patrick Beauzay Department of Entomology 217 Hultz Hall, Bolley Drive North Dakota State University Fargo, ND 58105 701-231-9491 [email protected] http://www.ndsu.nodak.edu/entomology/ http://www.ndsu.nodak.edu/ndsu/beauzay/tigerbeetles/index.htm http://www.ndsu.nodak.edu/ndsu/beauzay/Mounting_Chalcidoidea/Chalcmount.htm
