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Re: Nelson's Sharp-taileds at Swan Harbor

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Monroe Harden

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Sat, 27 May 2006 05:52:54 -0400

Hi again,

I thought of asking for confirmation before sending these photos out and
embarrassing myself... but I didn't.  As a result I am now embarrassed, and
must correct the info below.

The bird in the photos is a female red wionged blackbird, not the sparrow.
I was thrown by the orange on the neck and the short tail.  Matt Hafner sent
me his photos, and that bird is way more orange than this.

Oh well, I learned something anyway.....

Monroe Harden

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Monroe Harden [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Friday, May 26, 2006 9:36 PM
> To: ; Harford Bird Club (E-mail)
> Subject: RE: [MDOSPREY] Nelson's Sharp-taileds at Swan Harbor
>
>
> Hi everyone,
>
> Matt Hafner wrote:
>
> > I found 2 Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrows at Swan Harbor this
> > afternoon.  The
> > first spent most of its time along the cornfield edge  of the
> > dike grasses on
> > the NE side of the impoundment.  Dave Webb later saw  it in
> > the short grasses
> > inside the impoundment.  I flushed a second bird  along the S
> > dike.  The
> > first bird was very cooperative and I even got a  decent
> > digibino photo.  It was a
> > very bright individual.  The second  bird I saw several times
> > in flight and
> > only once perched.  It was duller  than the first.
> <<snip>>
>
> I went to Swan Harbor after work to see these birds.  I
> lucked out and found
> one, and got some decent photos.  You can see them here:
>
> http://monroe.20m.com/nelsonsparrow.htm
>
> I got a few serviceable photos from last week's Harford
> Atlasing Owl Prowl.
> I'll scan and post them later this weekend.
>
> Monroe Harden
> Havre de Grace, MD
> 
>
>