Awesome Tom. I walked my dog there yesterday, but had to avoid the wetter
spots. I had 2 VESPER SPARROWs in the dry area just to the west of the taller
switchgrass.
flyover PURPLE FINCH, PINE SISKIN, BLUEBIRD, as well as calling WINTER WREN and
visual HERMIT THRUSH in my yard this morning. Ah, October!
KEN
Ken Rosenberg
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Cornell Lab of Ornithology
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On Oct 22, 2011, at 11:09 AM, Tom Schulenberg wrote:
This morning while walking the dog I found a Nelson's Sparrow somewhere other
than Hog Hole. I doubt if the bird can be relocated, but then, who knows what
else may be in the same location?
There is a field of tall grass (switchgrass?) along the west side of the
northern portion of Bluegrass Lane (that is, Bluegrass just south of Hanshaw).
I discovered this morning that there is an unpaved track that runs north/south
through the middle of the switchgrass. The northern portion of this track is
more or less dry, but the southern (lower) portion is quite damp. As I was
walking through the switchgrass along this track, I flushed many sparrows,
mostly Song and Savannah, but also the one Nelson's. The Nelson's was, not
surprisingly, at the southern (wetter) end, and not too far from the edge of
the patch of switchgrass. It popped up and perched near the top of the grass
for about a minute, semi-concealed but with a decent view of the breast and
facial pattern, and then dropped down again.
Good birding,
tss
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