[birdky] 7 sparrow day and missed Woodcock photo-op

This morning, after seeing a  Lincoln's Sparrow in a weedy field just barely 
out of the yard I decided to see how many other sparrow species I could see 
today. My list was Swamp, Song, White-crowned, White-throated,  Savannah and 
Field Sparrows.
   In a brushy 2nd growth woods I waited for about 10 minutes with my scope 
trained on some fallen hedge balls hoping a chickadee would return for more 
food and a photo-op. When I finally gave up and moved on I hadn't taken but 3 
or 4 steps when a Woodcock flushed right at my feet. I stopped and thought 
"Dang! Why couldn't I have seen that bird only a few steps from where I've been 
standing the last ten minutes?" Then I took just one more step and flushed a 
second Woodcock, also right at my feet.
Frank Lyne frank@xxxxxxxxxxx near Dot in Logan County

  
  

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