Muskegon Co., Lark Sparrow, YES, 9/3/07

[Caleb Putnam]

Erich Peterson and I had Dave Slager's Lark Sparrow along Callie Dr in 
Muskegon County, today 9/3/07 at approx. 1220-1225 hrs.  It was associating 
tightly with a group of 20+ Chipping Sparrows about 20 feet west of Callie 
Rd at the north end of a row of White Pines, on the ground and in the 
surrounding trees.  It required over 2 hours of patiently looking over the 
flocks to see this bird.  I obtained several decent photos which will be 
posted to my blog later today, along with hints on finding it once you're 
there:

http://aviantendencies.blogspot.com/

We also took part in Chip and Kip's Lakeshore Count which resulted in 
today's multiple jaeger sightings (already posted to Mich Listers).  We 
counted from Little Sable Point, Oceana Co., and had 650+ Common-type Terns, 
1 Black Tern, and no jaegers.

Good Birding,
Caleb Putnam

Caleb G Putnam
Grand Rapids, MI
larus10 at hotmail.com

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