Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrows/Little Gull-Berrien County 9/27/08

[Caleb Putnam]

All-

I have posted photos of one of Tim Baerwald's Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrows from this afternoon to my blog:

http://aviantendencies.blogspot.com/

Thanks to Tim for his tenacity in searching out unusual and inhospitable habitats, and for sharing these birds with us.

Lastly, I and 4 others including Tim waited at Tiscornia beach from dawn until 1PM today with no Frigatebird, only to learn that one was seen at 1:15PM ET at Michigan City Harbor, IN heading northeast.  See Indiana birds for updates:

http://www.birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/INDB.html

Sounds like folks should continue to be on the lookout along the Lake Michigan shoreline for this bird.

Good Birding,
Caleb Putnam

Caleb G Putnam 
Sparta, MI
larus10 at hotmail.com

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> Date: Sat, 27 Sep 2008 15:44:23 -0400
> From: digiscopingtim at gmail.com
> To: Mich-listers at envirolink.org; bbclist at andrews.edu
> Subject: BBCLIST: Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrows/Little Gull-Berrien County 9/27/08
> 
> Hi,
>  Early this afternoon I found several Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrows in a flooded field near Berrien Springs. Due to the location of these birds and possible access issues, I am not publicly posting the location of these birds, however.
> 
>  For those that are interested, I am willing to take a small group in tomorrow morning too look for them, please email me off list for more information. Be forewarned that this habitait is dense, waist to chest high vegitation and knee deep mud and water.
> 
> Photos of the Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrows will be up in my web gallery later today.
> 
> Also, I had 1 Little Gull at Tiscornia Park, in St. Joe this morning.
> 
> Good Birding,
>   Tim Baerwald
> 
> --
> Tim Baerwald,
> Meadowbrook Rd.
> Eau Claire, MI
> Phone:
> Home:269-944-1867
> Cell:269-240-4533
> http://picasaweb.google.com/DigiscopingTim

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