Date: 4/20/24 5:29 am From: Sid Stivland <norlastiv...> Subject: [mou-net] another good birding day
Another good birding day with the 3rd graders. Several kids who missed birding outdoors last week due to holidays and time constraints wanted to bird yesterday, even though it was 35 degrees outside. Couldn't talk them out of it so, out we went, iPads in hand and Mr.Merlin listening. In spite of a cold, 25 MPH NW wind we logged several species including White-throated Sparrows, Chipping Sparrows, and a fly-over Wood Duck besides the regulars. I didn't think they would last 10 minutes but they hung in there for almost a half hour.
So it was back to birding inside through the classroom window. We had some very cooperative White-throated Sparrows less than 10 feet away - birds very smartly dressed in their finest attire. The kids birding at the other classroom window came and fetched me for an ID. They had spotted an Eastern Towhee (I suppose you could call it a "spotted" Towhee), a first for our location in 5 years.
