List, I apologize just looked at Kim's post and realized that my email from the Baird's location must not have gone through. I arrived around 4:30 yesterday June 15th. A few people had been there all day and had not seen or heard it. I setup my equipment and thankfully was rewarded about a hour later. The sparrow flew in from the north over the hill and landed on the hay bales for a few seconds. It was quickly chased away by the verry territorial Savannah Sparrows. I was not comfortable just calling it based on sight so stuck around a little bit more and it gave a clear call from the tall grass and flew up to the farthest hay bale in the field. About a hundred yards from the road looking north. It was then chased off by a Dicksissel.
What I got from the interaction was that it probably has a bigger range than what we have been thinking. Also the breeding birds were actively pushing it out of the area. The majority of the field is pretty far out and may not be accessible. I saw it both fly from the north and leave to the north. So perhaps some searching north of this location could give a better spot. Once again apologies for all the people that wanted the update. Nate Schirmacher Maple Grove, MN Hennepin County Sent via the Samsung Galaxy S7, an AT&T 4G LTE smartphone ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
