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| Song Sparrow, Arcadia, Oct 5, 2013 |
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| Swamp Sparrow, Arcadia, Oct 5, 2013 |
I spent about an hour and a half in the Arcadia meadows this
morning and although I didn’t get any really unusual birds I did manage some
decent stuff. Sparrows were the name of
the game this morning as I found half a dozen species including the following
totals: Savannah Sparrow-33, Song Sparrow-97, Lincoln’s Sparrow-4, Swamp
Sparrow-26, White throated Sparrow-15 and White crowned Sparrow-3. The numbers are an absolute minimum of the
areas around the Ibis Pool and half the trolley line only. I can imagine the total number of sparrows
throughout the meadows must number several hundred at least. I also had a Great Horned Owl hooting before
dawn, a Winter Wren, five House Wrens, a Northern Harrier and four species of
warbler including at least ten Common Yellowthroats and a Nashville
Warbler. There were also five Double
crested Cormorants in the nearby oxbow.
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