With the extremely warm weather and strong South/Southwest winds this past week, some early migrants showed up. On 4/12, a Henslow’s Sparrow was found, along the east side of the lagoon. It was a sneaky little bird and very tough to get good full looks at. This is quite common with this species. Then on 4/14, a LeConte’s Sparrow was found, about 50 yards away from where the Henslow’s was seen. It flushed into a nearby evergreen and moved about in there for a few minutes, before going back down to the grassy area. It didn’t stay there long though, as a Red-winged Blackbird chased it away and I never relocated it. Apparently, it was threatened by a little grass sparrow! As far as I know, they were each only seen one day. Photos below are from their respective days. Enjoy!
Henslow’s Sparrow
LeConte’s Sparrow
These are great! Such timely detailed and helpful photos while I’m focusing on sparrow IDs.
Thank you very much! I’m glad they are able to help you.
Very Nice shots Jeremy!
Thank you Joseph!