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Henslow's Sparrow (1 Viewer)

Hamhed

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Of interest to those birding in Georgia, my wife and I found that Paulk's Pasture in southeast Georgia still produces a Henslow's Sparrow in the winter months. We flushed one in December, following Giff Beaton's directions in his Falcon Guide, "Birding Georgia".
We didn't have to go far either. As we walked through the boggy grass under the power lines, the bird came up and perched low in a dense cluster of small trees and shrubs. A second bird came up into the same area and for a moment we thought we had a LeConte's Sparrow but reviewing photos changed our i.d. to Grasshopper Sparrow. That was still a good species to see sitting in a viewable position.
We stopped there again on our way back from our Florida trip but without our previous success, instead finding three other species of Sparrows - Song, Swamp and Savannah.
There were many small birds (LBJ's) flushing and dropping after low flight of 6-20 feet so LeConte's or multiple Henslow's Sparrows may have been there but Grasshopper is likely the more common of these LBJ's that we were almost seeing.

Steve
 

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