Inspired by others' posts about migrant LeConte's Sparrows, I decided to try and find one at Prairie Island in Winona. At about 10AM Tuesday, I found one. Directions: If you are heading west on Prairie Island Road, 50 yds. before McNally Landing, there is a small pulloff on your LEFT. There is a low chain with yellow reflectors. Step over the chain, and you are in a small grassland/wetland complex. You will notice a small path. Follow this path until it forks. Where it forks, you will notice the right path stays high on a levy, whereas the left path goes down towards a small pond. The bird was inbetween the territory created by these two paths. More specifically it was in a low (but mostly dry) area dominated by a tall grass with a white whispy top (pampas grass??). I think this whole grassland/wetland complex could be good for finding LeConte's, but this is where I saw one. Dedrick Benz Winona, MN Winona County ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
