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Bob Powell <[log in to unmask]>
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Sat, 31 Jul 2010 15:38:03 -0400
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Like John Habig, I was out this morning knocking off a previously virgin
atlas block.  I stumbled on a singing Henslow's Sparrow, perhaps two.  The
bird was found in an overgrown pasture dominated by Queen Anne's lace.  I
never got a really good view of the bird(s), but what I did see was
consistent with Henslow's (short tail, bulbous head) and it was constantly
and monotonously singing its simple little song:  "peet-tuck."  I am
familiar with the song from chasing this species at the VOA park near
Cincinnati.

An interactive map and better directions are available
here<http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&msa=0&ll=39.217243,-83.620334&spn=0.013549,0.016437&t=h&z=16&msid=104411027825639848188.00048cb3d90373ea075d6>
.

Only on returning home did I realize that the bird doesn't belong to the
block I was atlasing.  I was aiming for 76C4CW.  The bird was actually just
over into 76C3NW.  As a wise old colonel in intelligence once told me,
"Lieutenant, wars are won and lost on the edges of maps and photographs."

Cheers,

Bob

--
Robert D Powell
Congress Farm Research Institute
Wilmington, OH, USA
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Nulla dies sine aves

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