Date: 11/5/24 11:06 am From: Hugh Ranson via groups.io <zonetail1...> Subject: [sbcobirding] Grasshopper Sparrow
At Elings Park there's a Grasshopper Sparrow ranging widely over the grassland. It took three of us to finally get good enough views to confirm the identity. It has quite a bit of retained juvenile streaking on the sides of the breast which had us going for a while. It was even more furtive than the Green-tailed Towhee (which appears to have gone). We'd see it land, wait patiently for it to creep out, then after 15 minutes find it had scurried away.
Also at the park there are still quite a few Horned Larks, a couple of American Pipits, and a Peregrine flew over.
