So the second thing I did was to go birding on Saturday and I took this grainy little Swamp Sparrow photo while out. I drove to Crosswinds Marsh in southwest Wayne County and I achieved two things with this outing. I did find a few sparrows, Song, Chipping, Swamp and ... possibly a Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrow. There was not much else of note but the possible Nelson's was a big distraction. In the end, since I've never seen a Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrow, I decided not to do anything with my sighting. I saw the bird very briefly, but pretty well, three times - twice on the ground and once in profile perched on a branch in the middle of a bush. A Swamp Sparrow tusseled with it and it tusseled back, but then the Swamp flew off and the possible Nelson's remained for my three brief sightings. Then it was gone and despite twenty minutes of extra searching for a better view and possible photo, I gave up. I won't count the bird. I only count birds that I see well and when their identification is certain.
Tuesday, September 30, 2008
Starting a blog ...
So the second thing I did was to go birding on Saturday and I took this grainy little Swamp Sparrow photo while out. I drove to Crosswinds Marsh in southwest Wayne County and I achieved two things with this outing. I did find a few sparrows, Song, Chipping, Swamp and ... possibly a Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrow. There was not much else of note but the possible Nelson's was a big distraction. In the end, since I've never seen a Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrow, I decided not to do anything with my sighting. I saw the bird very briefly, but pretty well, three times - twice on the ground and once in profile perched on a branch in the middle of a bush. A Swamp Sparrow tusseled with it and it tusseled back, but then the Swamp flew off and the possible Nelson's remained for my three brief sightings. Then it was gone and despite twenty minutes of extra searching for a better view and possible photo, I gave up. I won't count the bird. I only count birds that I see well and when their identification is certain.
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