[TN-Bird] Re: Lewis Couny: Lincoln's Sparrows

Bill,

Lincoln's Sparrows, to me anyway, have in the past had a little tougher 
reputation than they deserve. Usually any time spent working sparrows in 
appropriate habitat from late-September through October will yield multiple 
Lincoln's, at least in my stomping grounds over here in west TN. A couple of 
weeks ago I had 6 in view in one thicket, though granted this was in some 
prime habitat. They can be a little tougher in the spring, but they have a 
real soft spot for Vetch; where they can once again be numerous.

Lincoln's often take a little more time and patience than their Melospiza 
relatives, and generally aren't the 1st birds to pop up in response to 
pishing. With a little patience though, they can be added to any day list 
this time of year. Robinson's book (Annotated Checklist of the Birds of 
Tennessee) lists 8 as the daily high count as of 1990, but this is a low 
number. As you mentioned, the lack of records from Memphis eastwards on 
eBird is strictly because records haven't been submitted by observers to 
eBird. Granted, once you get away from Memphis, birders are spread pretty 
thin in TN until you get east to Nashville!

Good Birding!!

Mike Todd
McKenzie, TN
birder1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
www.pbase.com/mctodd


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bill Pulliam" <bb551@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "TN-Bird" <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, October 18, 2006 9:26 AM
Subject: [TN-Bird] Lewis Couny: Lincoln's Sparrows


> Two more Lincoln's Sparrows this morning (Oct 18 2006) at my place in
> western Lewis County.  I've been surprised by how common this species
> has proven to be here in the fall.  I have seen at least one on most
> days since late September, which seems to be considerably more than
> other people on the list have been reporting.  I've always been a
> spizophile and I might look a little bit harder for them than the
> average birder does, but that still doesn't seem to be enough to
> explain it.  They were the first Melospiza to arrive this autumn.
>>
> This map shows a sharp boundary across the Southeastern US, westwards
> of which the species is common, eastwards it is scarce or absent.
> The line runs roughly from east Texas to NW Mississippi and east of
> the Mississippi River northeastwards to NW Indiana.  From what I have
> seen here, my location in the western Highland Rim appears to be just
> barely far enough west to catch these birds regularly.  The map shows
> no records in between me and Memphis; but there just haven't been
> very many observations submitted to eBird from those areas yet, or
> from anywhere else in the western Highland Rim.
>
> Bill Pulliam
> Hohenwald TN
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