I retract my Grasshopper Sparrow sighting ☹ Upon a conversation with Chris at the Audubon Center this morning and re-listening (and not being super excited at a “lifer” and blinded by excitement) I agree with him, they were Savannahs. They sound super similar (to me), and Chris shared a helpful mnemonic with me that I hadn’t learned before, for the SAVS: sa-sa-sa-sa VAN-NAH. The difference that I could pick out with GRSP is that they do not have that last syllable, the “NAH”. Still, very buzzy and insect-like.
Critical thinking, Alyssa! I am working on uploading a video to eBird, but have to convert from iMovie to mp4. Just goes to show, even birders who work for Audubon, get things wrong sometimes 😊 -- Alyssa Johnson Environmental Educator 315.365.3588 Montezuma Audubon Center PO Box 187 2295 State Route 89 Savannah, NY 13146 Montezuma.audubon.org Pronouns: She, Her, Hers From: Johnson, Alyssa Sent: Wednesday, June 9, 2021 7:44 PM To: Cayugabirds-L@cornell.edu Subject: Armitage rd by the big barn Grasshopper sparrows galore! Bobolinks singing! 13-15 Sandhill Cranes. Very cool spot- in the middle of the fields by the big wooden barn. Alyssa Johnson Environmental Educator Montezuma Audubon Center -- 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/ --
