[mou] Henslow's Sparrow--Stearns County

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Sat, 11 Jun 2005 01:22:29 EDT


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After birding Stearns County periodically since 1962, I finally managed a 
singing Henslow's Sparrow late Wed evening, a species only recorded a few times 
before in that greatest of inland birding counties.  The bird was seen south of 
Rice Lake in Eden Lake Township (DeLorme p.39, A7) on the north side of the 
more northerly route 34 1.4 miles west of its junction with CR 162--or just 
above the 2nd "E" in Eden Lake Township.  The bird was in a grassy field in a 
short bush a couple of hundred yards east of a tan-coloured metal building and 
had Sedge Wren and Bobolink as associates.  There is no good shoulder here so 
early morning might be the best time to observe the bird from the road.  Bob 
Russell, Dakota County

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le of hundred yards east of a tan-coloured metal building and had Sedge Wren=
 and Bobolink as associates.&nbsp; There is no good shoulder here so early m=
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