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Le Conte's Sparrow, Darby Wetlands
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Marcia Brehmer <[log in to unmask]>
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[log in to unmask][log in to unmask], 9 Oct 2015 09:57:51 -0400630_UTF-8 I arrived 3:00 to 3:30 pm. Found the objective cover for my scope
jacket. Good diversity but no Western Sandpiper. Black-bellied Plover 1,
Stilt Sandpiper 5, Least Sandpiper 10, Semipalmated Sandpiper 1, Pectoral
Sandpiper 10, White-rumped Sandpiper 30, Long-billed Dowitcher 1 (heard
peep or keek call), 1 Wilson's Snipe, Lesser Yellowlegs 20, lots of
Killdeer. Birds were hard to count. Lots of movement and flying around.
At about 5:30 pm a Peregrine Falcon came in and flushed most of the birds
but some came back. Looked hard at the Semipalmated Sandpiper to assure
the ID and it was not a [...][log in to unmask]
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Mon, 19 Oct 2015 18:23:12 +0000
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I went to the Battelle Darby Creek Metro Park wetlands this morning to see if a Le Conte’s Sparrow was still there.  I found it around 8:35 a.m. not too far from the far southeast pond in a low growth area, where it has been seen in recent days.  It perched for me so that I could clearly see its field marks, including the buffy yellow face and buffy breast and sides with some streaking, the white crown stripe, and the purplish streaks on the nape.  A lot of Savannah Sparrows in the area, too.





Marcia Brehmer



Columbus, Franklin County













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