FreeLists / tn-bird / [TN-Bird] Henslow's sparrow breeding; Marshall Cty

[Daniel Moss <dmoss5@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Sunday June 3, 2007  
Marshall County, TN
3.5 miles north of Caney Springs

Yesterday I observed breeding behavior in a pair of Henslow's sparrows on our 
family farm near Chapel Hill, TN. A singing male alerted me to the territory in 
one of our fields and then another adult bird was spotted nearby. After 
watching these birds for a while I then saw the non-singing bird perched with 
dried grass in its beak. It disappeared into a clump of grass and re-appeared 
without anything in its beak. I watched it repeat this pattern several times 
each time dropping into the same spot. A sketch was made of the spot so that I 
could relocate the nest at a later time.

The field where these Henslow's sparrows are nesting is a Big Bluestem (native 
grass) field with Sericea lespedeza mixed in. I did hear at least one other 
male singing in the field. If anyone is interested in seeing the birds or the 
habitat, just contact me off-line. These birds were fairly cooperative and the 
male even perched briefly on a barbed wire fence, which I've never seen before. 

Daniel Moss
Clarksville, TN
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