Even though I figured it was silly and a day late, I headed up to this spot as I'd never seen a grey partridge. So was surprised when I pulled up near the manure spread and there was a partridge sized bird in the middle of it. I looked at it with my binoculars and wondered why it was called a gray partridge and it wasn't gray. Turned out it was a Northern Bob White! Hadn't seen one of those before either so worked out well all the same. Jeff Trapp Madison WI www.jefftrappwindsors.com http://wisconsin.airheads.org www.northwoodsairheads.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "john romano" <cajunbirder@xxxxxxxxx> To: <wisbirdn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Sunday, December 20, 2009 9:49 PM Subject: [wisb] Gray Patridge - Columbia County > Early afternoon on Sunday I observerd 2 Gray Patridge feeding in a fresh > manure spread on Salisbury Rd where it dead ends at Schliesmann Rd. This > area is just north of Rio. Also saw a large group of Snowbunting (approx > 350) around Larson and Vaughn Rds west of Cambria and heard a Screech owl > on Raddatz Rd just north of the Jenning Creek Wildlife area. Did not find > any Shrikes. > > John Romano > Madison Wis > > > #################### > You received this email because you are subscribed to the Wisconsin > Birding Network (Wisbirdn). > To UNSUBSCRIBE or SUBSCRIBE, use the Wisbirdn web interface at: > //www.freelists.org/list/wisbirdn. > To set DIGEST or VACATION modes, use the Wisbirdn web interface at: > //www.freelists.org/list/wisbirdn. > Visit Wisbirdn ARCHIVES at: //www.freelists.org/archives/wisbirdn. > > #################### You received this email because you are subscribed to the Wisconsin Birding Network (Wisbirdn). To UNSUBSCRIBE or SUBSCRIBE, use the Wisbirdn web interface at: //www.freelists.org/list/wisbirdn. To set DIGEST or VACATION modes, use the Wisbirdn web interface at: //www.freelists.org/list/wisbirdn. Visit Wisbirdn ARCHIVES at: //www.freelists.org/archives/wisbirdn.