[wisb] Re: Spring Green sparrows (Nelson's & Le Conte's)
- From: Aaron Holschbach <aholschbach@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: jjprestby@xxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 8 Oct 2010 08:39:24 -0500
After seeing Tom's post I decided to check Peck Rd. again this morning
hoping for the LeConte's this time. After about 15 minutes of
searching I was happy to get some pretty good looks at a LECONTE'S
SPARROW on the west side of the road.
About 5 minutes later a few NELSON'S SPARROWS put on a nice show. For
about 15 minutes I watched them chasing each other around, with at
least 3 Nelson's visible at one point.
The only other species of note that was not in Tom's email was a
MERLIN that made a couple passes through the area.
Aaron Holschbach
Arena
On 10/7/10, tom prestby <jjprestby@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> Paul Schilke and I birded the Spring Green area this afternoon and evening,
> focusing on the weedy marsh on the west side of Peck Rd just north of Mercer
> Rd. The first Ammodramus we pished in was actually a Le Conte's Sparrow that
> sat in place for a couple minutes but unfortunately always kept some
> vegetation between itself and us. About an hour later, we had an excellent
> look at a Nelson's Sparrow at the same location. Only a few Song, Swamp, and
> Savannas were present so we definitely made up for in quality what we lacked
> in quantity. Other highlights from this spot included a few Brewer's
> Blackbirds, a flyover group of 50-60 Lapland Longspurs and a few flyover
> Pipits.
>
> Bakken's Pond was rather quiet as was Arena Boat Landing where the highlight
> was 2 calling Red-shouldered Hawks. The Sauk City Canoe Launch at Leuders Rd
> had a nice mix of sparrows, a lot of Yellow-rumps, and more flyover
> longspurs which definitely seemed to be on the move today.
>
> Tom Prestby
> Madison
>
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