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[va-bird] Re: Manassas NBP: Grasshopper Sparrows
- From: Paula Sullivan <paula.sullivan2@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: VA-Bird <va-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2006 20:37:12 -0400
Dorothy and all,
This area of the battlefield you visited, formerly referred to by
birders as the "defunct shopping center" and known to the NPS folks
out there as Brownsville, is a great place to see and photograph
Grasshopper Sparrows. Glad they gave you some good looks. For those
interested in the grassland habitat there and some digiscoped photos
of these wonderful, little birds, check out the link to "Grasshopper
Sparrows @ MNBP" on the Welcome page of Paul Kane's BIRDING NORTHERN
VIRGINIA web site. http://homepage.mac.com/pmkane/ To learn a little
about how the restoration of this area came about, you can also visit
http://homepage.mac.com/pmkane/weblog/ I have a few photos of my own
on my site as well. http://www.pbase.com/paulasullivan/
manassas_national_battlefield_park
Paula Sullivan
Alexandria
On Jul 11, 2006, at 2:59 PM, Dorothy M. Tella wrote:
Hello VA-Birders:
Yesterday in the midafternoon I spent about 45 minutes in the
parking lot at the Groveton Road entrance to the Stuart's Hill
restoration area in the southwest section of Manassas National
Battlefield Park. I had hoped to see GRASSHOPPER SPARROWS and was
delighted when two of them, braving the blazing sun and heat , flew
up from the grass on the north side of the parking lot and perched
for several minutes on tall weeds ......
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