[mou] Felton Le Conte's Sparrow, CC Longspurs

[patrick.beauzay@ndsu.edu]

Hello all,

A fellow grad student and I went to Blazing Star prairie today to do some
early season insect collecting.  We flushed a Le Conte's sparrow and
quietly crept up to where it landed.  It hopped up onto some matted grass
and sat there in the sun watching us at a distance of about 15 feet! 
Probably the best look at a Le Conte's I'll ever have.  By the time I ran
back to the vehicle to get my camera, it had crept away and we couldn't
relocate it.  Lesson: ALWAYS carry your camera!

Other birds at or near the Felton prairies:

Chestnut-collared longspurs along the "longspur road"
Loggerhead shrike
Grasshopper sparrows (heard, not seen)
Brewer's blackbirds (numerous)
Bonaparte's gull - a flock of 20 on a WPA just south of the wind towers
Northern harrier - presumed nesting pair at Blazing Star
Marbled godwit - longspur road
Lesser yellowlegs - in flooded pasture near Bluestem SNA

Yellow-rumped and orange-crowned warblers here in Fargo in good numbers.

Good Birding!

Pat



Patrick Beauzay
Department of Entomology
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North Dakota State University
Fargo, ND 58105
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