[bcbirdclub] Re: Great Egret and Vesper Sparrows
- From: "David & Susan Raines" <rainbrk@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <rmayhorn@xxxxxxxxxx>, "BCBC Listserve" <bcbirdclub@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 3 Apr 2011 08:26:37 -0400
Hey Roger, you never know what you'll find until you get ou there! Who would
have thought a Great Egret in that setting? Great find on the Vesper Sparrows.
I'll be on the look-out for some here. DaveR
----- Original Message -----
From: Roger Mayhorn
To: BCBC Listserve
Sent: Saturday, April 02, 2011 10:27 PM
Subject: [bcbirdclub] Great Egret and Vesper Sparrows
This afternoon Lynda and I drove to the top of Keen Mountain to check the
last 10 nest boxes of the Early White Bluebird Trail. Marie Miller checked the
first 10 yesterday at Keen Mt Park and found 4 complete nests but no eggs yet.
These last 10 boxes are on the property of Kenneth Horn. While I was checking a
box he came out of his house and told me that there was a large white bird down
in the hollow that had been there all day. We drove down there and found a
Great Egret perched high in a tree. Threre was no water around, so my
assumption is that the bird was migrating and dropped down to rest.
While checking the rest of the nest boxes I flushed 5 birds from a field. As
they flew up I saw they had white outer tail feathers. They landed in a nearby
tree and I got good looks at them. They were all Vesper Sparrows.
Only one of the 10 bluebird nest boxes had a nest, and it was only partial.
Yesterday I checked the bluebird trail here on Compton Mountain with its 25
nest boxes and found 4 with complete nests but no eggs yet. With the warm
weather the next few days the birds should start laying.
Roger Mayhorn
Compton Mt
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