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    Sparrow Heaven

    Chipping Sparrows have a clear breast and Swamp Sparrow have light streaks and what I refer to as a bib. (A bib is the dark spot on their breast.) I don't have a Swamp Sparrow on my list yet! Sparrows are a little tricky-so many details to note. I usually have to take numerous looks. I am...
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    Sparrow Heaven

    Added a Henslow's and a Grasshopper Sparrow to my list. I went to the Tall Grass Prairie where the Grasshopper Sparrows were singing and visible and the Henslow's were hiding. They were "singing" too (if you call that swallowed hickup a song) from underneath the fallen tall grasses. You could...
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    Sparrow Heaven

    Maybe he'll be a birder in the making!
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    Sparrow Heaven

    I am getting the day off so I am driving up to the Tall Grass Prairie. They have been reporting grasshopper and henslows up there as well as a lek of prairie chickens. Some of the others are in the midst of departing for more northern reaches for the summer so I may have to wait until November...
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    Sparrow Heaven

    Overgrown fence rows with blackberry thickets and tall grass pastures with tall trees together with a good water source and plenty of bugs, must be the necessary for lots of sparrows. I have just started listing this year in March and am surprised at my list of sparrows: Sparrows: 77. 3/05...
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