Date: 10/14/12 4:56 pm
From: Bonnie Ott <Bonnieott...>
Subject: [MDBirding] Sparrow "Big Day" in Howard County


A dozen sparrow lovers set out today for 10 hours of sparrowing....sparrow numbers were awesome with 10 species found and 782 individual birds.....

Songs- 382...amazing numbers!
Lincoln�s- 8...holding steady....
Swamps- 177...way up!
Savannahs- 79...slowing down
Grasshoppers-2...almost gone
Fields- 25....tapering
Chipping- 30....peaking
White-throats- 52...arriving!
White-crowns- 25 ...way up!
Nelson�s- 1 (yeah!)

Bonnie Ott

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