The Clay-colored Sparrow still persists in Trumansburg in a field back behind Salon Esperanza at 2290 Trumansburg Rd. (Rt.96). (location described in Saturday's email)
If you walk in to drive way and go straight back behind a garage/shed there is a large wooden table. The sparrow continues to sing on the same scrubby bushes that it was on Friday and Saturday when I found it. However today it was doing a different version of it's song. Instead of the two notes it was doing one much longer drawn out insect like sound. It is the same tone/voice as the 2 note version. I was able to get a recording and had both the recording and a digiscoped photo I took around 2:45pm confirmed as Clay-colored Sparrow by Kevin (McGowan). I have been told that Dr. Orzeck the local Veterinarian was able to get very good photos of it on Saturday but I haven't seen his photos yet. David Diaz also got a digiscoped photo that was confirmed as well on Saturday. I watched him for 1/2 hour today and he did disappear low down in to grass in front of bushes for about 10 minutes. I haven't seen him associating with any other birds yet. The owner of the land where the table in gave permission for birders to view from there but the field where bird is itself belongs to Mr. Auble and I don't think anyone has reached him yet so best not to go in to field. Lee Ann Lee Ann van Leer Support Staff Online Courses Be a Better Birder Webinars & Tutorials la...@cornell.edu (607) 254-8312 Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Room 237 159 Sapsucker Woods Rd. Ithaca, NY 14850 for more information on our webinars: http://birds.cornell.edu/courses/home/webinars for more information on our tutorials http://www.birds.cornell.edu/courses/home/tutorial/ -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
