[obol] grasshopper sparrow benton

[rich armstrong]

doug robinson found a singing GRASSHOPPER SPARROW at finley (benton county) 
on hq road this morning - see notes below if interested in details. i forgot 
to post it to obol when i posted it to our listserve - sorry.
Rich Armstrong
541-753-1978
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "rich armstrong" <richarmstrong at comcast.net>
To: "corvbird" <list at midvalleybirding.org>
Sent: Monday, June 04, 2007 12:36 PM
Subject: grasshopper sparrow


> 1. nanette & i rushed out to finley arriving about 915, and tom snetzinger 
> was there, and he said joe fontaine had just left.
> 2. we saw a singing GRASSHOPPER SPARROW (i really only know it was singing 
> because it leaned back and opened it's mouth like singing although we 
> could barely hear anything). thanks to doug 
> robinson!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
> 3. it perched on the bright green bushy looking things. it was up 3-4 
> times between 915 and 10.
> 4. if you park at the prairie overlook and look across the street to the 
> northwest there is 1 dead looking tree in that field. the bird was most of 
> the way to the tree. the closest viewing was to walk back to the north 100 
> yards maybe to where you are looking straight out into the field and left 
> of the tree.
> 5. since apparently there has not been a bird here in 5 years, we wondered 
> how a female would find the male, or if maybe a female traveled with the 
> male, or what the male would do if he didn't find a female?
> Rich Armstrong
> 541-753-1978
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Joel Geier" <clearwater at peak.org>
> To: "rich armstrong" <richarmstrong at comcast.net>
> Cc: "corvbird" <list at midvalleybirding.org>
> Sent: Monday, June 04, 2007 9:57 AM
> Subject: Re: [birding] grasshopper sparrow
>
>
>> Good to hear! That's exactly the same spot where Karen Sparkman found
>> one singing on territory a few years ago.
>>
>> Joel
>>
>> On Mon, 2007-06-04 at 08:12 -0700, rich armstrong wrote:
>>> doug robinson just called to report a GRASSHOPPER SPARROW at finley.
>>> he says park at the prairie overlook on hq road. look across the
>>> street to the northwest and 1 was singing a few minutes ago (8 am). he
>>> said it may be on territory.
>>> Rich Armstrong
>>> 541-753-1978
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