Awesome morning on the 3rd Rock! 54F, overcast, and No Wind!!! =) So,
at dawn, we were situated where we needed to be, listening to
counter-calling Great Horned Owls and distant shotgun blasts.

I have a sneaking suspicion there are more than one LeConte’s. Long story
short, we first saw one at the precise location Jason had seen his on
Sunday, very shy, busy, just would not sit still, tho Missy got on it pretty
good. She ended the morning with three good visuals, but our last was by
far the best. 100 m down the road toward the trees Jay mentioned, an adult
plumaged bird was perched on a reed, in the open, a few feet away from the
road, south side, about 18″ above the ground, preening for about two
minutes. This was the “money shot” because we could clearly see all the
field marks from about 25 ft away: stubby little bird for a sparrow, clean
white belly, accented by soft yellowish bits with crisp black streaking on
flanks and crown. This bird seemed very calm compared to the first bird we
saw.

For Missy, this was a lifer, year bird, state bird, and county bird. I had
seen several during my big year (2003), in spring migration (April), on TOS
field trips at the coastal bend of Texas. But, I’m thinking that my
long-slow-lazy views this morning were my best ever, eyiyi!!

Our eBird entry: http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S40683171

Good boid’n, eh?

Larry

From: ible@yahoogroups.com [mailto:ible@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Jay
Carlisle carlislejay@yahoo.com [ible]
Sent: Saturday, November 18, 2017 10:53 AM
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Subject: [IBLE] Le Conte’s Sparrow @ Ted Trueblood WMA (Grand View)

Bryce just found on Audubon field trip along dirt road E of pond, ~1/2 way
between wooden fence crossover & 2 trees on either side of road. Seen very
well by many … still trying for a pic.

Jay

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