Mark Dedea and I found a Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrow this morning
at Southlands Horse Farm, just south of Rhinebeck, Duchess Co. We had
no camera so we called Gene McGarry who came all the way out to get
photos of the bird. I've posted one on my Flickr site.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/peterschoenberger/
Southlands is located just south of Rhinebeck on Rt. 9. It is on the
west side of Rt.9. It is open to the public. The bird seems to be
pretty faithful to the drainage ditch that runs perpendicular to the
main farm road that is behind the barn. You can find the drainage
ditch by locating the line of cattails that grow along the ditch. We
also found 4 Vesper Sparrows, well over 30 Pipits, and a few Fox
Sparrows.
Good luck if you go looking!
Peter Schoenberger, Woodstock
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