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Re: Woodcocks, Fox Sparrows
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eric smith
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Mar 26, 2005 10:07 PST
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Fox sparrows are high on my list to try to find this
weekend.
To that end, where at Dunback did you see one? Over
in the fields (were we go for the fall sparrows walks)
or in the fields by the school? Or maybe by the
community gardens?
Eric Smith
Waltham
--- Cooper/LaFontaine <daco-@tiac.net> wrote:
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Yesterday evening Dave and I went to the Brooks
Estate (the "stump
dump") to watch the Woodcock display that Alan
Ankers described. It
was brief but spectacular. From 6:20 to 6:40 there
were at least 3
and probably 4 birds making their peenting sound and
doing their
amazing courtship flights. At times we could watch
two of them on the
ground at the same time. We saw one behavior we'd
never witnessed
before - a bird on the ground walking around with
its wings raised.
In case you don't know, the next couple weeks are
your only chance to
see Fox Sparrows as they migrate through on their
way to breed in
Canada. Yesterday I found one at Dunback Meadows,
and this morning
Alan and I found another at Hayden Woods (off
Valleyfield St. in
Lexington).
Renee LaFontaine
Medford, MA
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