I should have thought of proposing this friendly competition months ago, but it
just occurred to me while reading Frank Lyne's post awhile ago ...
In the spirit of Derby week and our long, storied tradition of wagering on
animals at this time of year here in Kentucky ... I'd like to put out a
friendly wager as to *WHEN* Jeeves will actually be seen for the last time on
his winter territory in Logan County.
At this late date, I suppose it doesn't make sense to try to compile guesses,
but perhaps we can just all follow the progress of our own individual guesses
relative to the following dates:
Our KY late spring dates from the two dozen or so previous reports of Harris's
Sparrow are:
1st place - 6 May 2006 ... the adult some of us saw in southern Daviess Co.
2nd place - 5 May 2004 ... the first-year bird that a few of us saw in Ballard
Co.
3rd place - 4 May 1958 ... an adult at Louisville
4th place - 28 April 2015 ... JEEVES
5th place - 26 April 2001 ... the adult some of us saw in Fulton Co.
So Jeeves is knocking on the door of "being in the money" ... he's coming down
the stretch ... can Frank keep him happy enough with cracked corn and
sunflowers to make it to the wire? ... I'm pretty sure Jeeves has been "on
site" longer than any previous Harris's Sparrow reported in Kentucky and he's
been seen by more people than any other ... now can he achieve the *TRIPLE
CROWN* of becoming the latest to ever be seen in spring ... what suspense!!!
BPB, Louisville
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