I stopped by the Ames site where Henslow's Sparrow had been reported.
Although likely an element of my timing (roughly 11 AM to noon), I did not see the sparrow; What I did see disturbed me. Is it here we go again? I saw numerous trails that suggested that people were walking into the grassy field from the roadside. There were at least six separate lines of trampled grass plus one that was heavily beaten down - suggesting that a group of people followed "single file" into the field (as if to reduce the potential of stepping on a nest of fledgling). Maybe that's why I didn't see/hear the sparrows? Rich Guthrie New Baltimore The Greene County [email protected] -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
