Brilliant photos of the Henslow's Sparrow at Shawangunk posted by Felipe Pimentel to New York Birders Facebook page. The photo album is public so it should be viewable on the web, without Facebook account.
https://www.facebook.com/felipe.pimentel1 good birding, Anders Peltomaa Manhattan On Wed, May 24, 2017 at 4:59 PM, syschiff <[email protected]> wrote: > Henslow's Sparrow update > > This species was long a resident on the grass lands of the Saratoga > Battlefields. The staff found that the birds needed to have the grass > burned or cut for the habitat to be maintained and for them to continue to > breed in the area. So they cut the grass at the proper time of year all > over. And the sparrows disappeared. What subsequent research discovered > was, the Henslow's Sparrows breed in second and third year growth. You > can't cut the grass every year. You have to rotate your cutting. > > Attempts to reintroduce this species anywhere has been mostly a total > failure. Hence, the sighting of a singing bird in the Shawangunk Grassland > is an *extraordinary event.* They are doing every thing right. It's a > great place to visit and it's a paradise for birders looking for grassland > birds. They have parking, viewing platforms and blinds. > > The bird song is unique. They sing loudly from a clump top but are can be > hard to see. Lets not go playing songs and chasing the bird. Be patient and > look. This is a new breeding area and we need them to be successful now and > for the future. > > Sy Schiff > > -- > *NYSbirds-L List Info:* > Welcome and Basics <http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm> > Rules and Information <http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm> > Subscribe, Configuration and Leave > <http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm> > *Archives:* > The Mail Archive > <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html> > Surfbirds <http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L> > ABA <http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01> > *Please submit your observations to **eBird* > <http://ebird.org/content/ebird/>*!* > -- > -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm 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://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
