Can anyone offer insight into the very large number of Henslow's=20 Sparrows being reported in Minnesota this summer? More birds? Why? What=20=
changed? Or, more birders? Do we simply find more once we begin=20 looking? Jim Williams Wayzata On Jul 4, 2005, at 11:28 AM, Williams, Bob wrote: I braved the bugs this morning to walk the Pet Trails at=20 Murphy-Hanrehan and counted 18 singing Henslow's Sparrows, by far the=20 highest count I've had out there.=A0 Most all were heard in locations=20 where they have been heard before.=A0 I counted 10 in the primary area=20= and the rest were scattered in other areas.=A0 That does not include the=20= one reported by Jesse Ellis.=A0 I sure hope this is a good indicator for=20= future years.=A0 The only other birds of interest were Sandhill Crane(s)=20= calling from the SW part of the Pet Trails where the larger of the two=20= wetlands is located(just north of the intersection of 175th St.and=20 Natchez=A0Ave.)=A0 Bob Williams, Bloomington
