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Nelson's Sparrow - Great Miami Mitigation Bank - Montgomery County
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Rick Asamoto <[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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Sun, 11 Oct 2015 21:46:35 -0400
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There was a Nelson’s Sparrow at the mitigation bank this morning. Seen at close range (less than 10 feet), the orange face, gray cheek and plain gray nape were seen along with the plain dark crown stripe. Though seen well, the look was brief and I and several other birders tried unsuccessfully to relocate the bird.

Rick Asamoto
Miamisburg

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