[mou-net] Harris's Sparrows and gambelii White-crowned Sparrows
Hi all, Has anyone else noticed a glut of Harris's Sparrows in southeastern Minnesota this spring? In previous years, I've felt lucky to find 1 or 2 in a season. This year, I'm seeing them everywhere. Out of the last 6 days, I've seen small groups of them on 4 days, all in different locations, including this evening right outside my house in south Minneapolis. A friend of mine noted that he'd been seeing a lot of them as well, in areas where he usually doesn't. He also pointed out that there are a lot of white-lored White-crowned Sparrows around (presumably the western subspecies /gambelii/). I don't know the normal frequency of white-lored (mostly /gambelii/) vs. dark-lored (mostly /leucophrys/) White-crowns in Minnesota, but it does make intuitive sense that Harris's would more frequently hang out with the western ones. As one small anecdote, the one flock I got a good look at on Sunday had 3 Harris's and 2 white-lored White-crowns. Good birding, Matt Dufort Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
[mou-net] Harris's Sparrows
At one point this afternoon I counted 12 Harris's all foraging dandelion seed in one small area of the lawn. FOY White-crowed Sparrows showed up today, normal mix of white and tan crown. John Nelson Good Thunder MN Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
[mou-net] Harris's Sparrows Rice and Dakota Co.
Thanks to Linda Whyte and Sue Plankis, I saw two Harris's Sparrows in Carleton College's Upper Arboretum in a large brush pile next to Highway 19. This is in Rice Co. Ten minutes later I photographed one at the Open Hands CSA farm in nearby Dakota Co. This photo is on my blog: http://dantallmansbirdblog.blogspot.com dan -- Dan or Erika Tallman Northfield, Minnesota http://sites.google.com/site/tallmanorum http://dantallmansbirdblog.blogspot.com http://picasaweb.google.com/danerika daner...@gmail.com the best shod travel with wet feet Beware of all enterprises that require new clothes --Thoreau Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
