[wisb] Brooklyn SWA ,Nelson's Sparrow
- From: "Steve Thiessen" <stevethiessen@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "wisbirdn" <wisbirdn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 16 Oct 2014 13:09:51 -0500
After Tom's LeConte's report , I had to get out and give the fields another
try.
I walked some of Lerner Park ,in Oregon. Lots of sparrows, but mostly Song and
Swamp with a few others. No ammodramus sparrows.
Then I went to Brooklyn SWA. I walked part of a field where Henslow's nested.
May have seen one ,but I didn't pursue it.
Then further east on Bellbrook Road, there's a planted partial sunflower and
foxtail (?) field. It's in 2 parts and I walked both. After the rains it's very
wet. I didn't get any LeConte's. but had 1 possibly 2 Nelson's Sparrows. The
first one flew and landed on a tiny willow. It was backlit and I had a hard
time getting color. I really tried to make it into a LeConte's, but I could
finally see that it didn't have a white median crown stripe. It turns and I
could see white streaks on the back and the tail coming down to 2 points. It
flew further down. In the same general direction, but over a bit, I got good
looks at a Nelson's.
This was at the southend of the field near the creek bridge.
They were planting pheasants in the area today, so hunting will open this
Saturday.
Then further east, I had to stop and check out a farm field with some low
foxtail. It's open to public use. As I was walking towards the weeds ,I saw a
bird that I took as a Vesper Sparrow. Bright white outer tail feathers. But
when I got in that area, a longspur took off. I flew up and up and circled
around, but never came back. I sure was hoping, because the tail looked more
smithy to me.
Steve Thiessen Stoughton Dane co.
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