[TN-Bird] Re: Lewis Co.: Henslow's and Grasshopper Sparrows, Dickcissel
- From: "Andrew Salhany" <afsalhany@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 10 Jun 2006 15:33:32 -0500
Today June 10 2006 I went and found the Henslow,s Sparrow it sat for =
about
five minutes on a piece of grass. It called continuously but never sang.
Andrew Salhany
Ethridge TN
Lawrence County=20
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Subject: [TN-Bird] Lewis Co.: Henslow's and Grasshopper Sparrows, =
Dickcissel
While helping Cynthia Rohrbach with her bird surveys at The Farm this =20
morning we located a singing Henslow's Sparrow in one of their large =20
unmowed fields. The Farm is in southeastern Lewis County, near =20
Summertown, and very close to the triple junction point of Lewis, =20
Maury, and Lawrence Counties. The bird was "singing" (hiccuping) =20
from a low perch, with its cute green head and reddish back visible. =20
When we returned to the spot about an hour later with the GPS =20
(N35d29m1.3s, W87d20m5.0s) the bird was still singing, but no longer =20
perched in sight. There was a Dickcissel singing farther from the =20
road in the same general area. The habitat was classic: large field =20
that has not been mowed in at least a year, moderately dense grasses =20
with a standing crop of dead mixed with the live. The standing dead =20
is primarily fescue and broomsedge. There are a few forbs, and =20
virtually no woody vegetation. Johnson grass is only present =20
sparsely. This is in a upland barrens area at about 1000' elevation, =20
by the way. There may well be more Henslow's in the field; we did =20
not search exhaustively and the bird we did locate was close to the =20
main road.
On the way home I stopped at the Lewis County Industrial Park in =20
Hohenwald off highway 20 (almost entirely vacant, mostly large grassy =20
fields), and relocated a Grasshopper Sparrow that Shane Newbold had =20
tipped me off to. I found it interesting that I found no Grasshopper =20
Sparrows in the Henslow's field, and no Henslow's in the Grasshopper =20
field. The flora of the fields and the standing crop of live grass =20
is similar, but the Grasshopper Sparrow spot (N35d31m53s, W87d32m06s) =20
was lacking the standing dead, having been mowed more recently. It =20
also lacked Dickcissels, but had a much higher abundance of Eastern =20
Meadowlarks.
I'm curious if there have ever been any other Henslow's records from =20
Lewis County. I don't believe there have been any county records on =20
the BBA or BBS. Of course it is one of North America's most easily =20
overlooked birds.
Bill Pulliam
Hohenwald TN
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