Saltmarsh Sparrow Tutorial at Beaufort, NC

[Tom Krakauer <tkrakauer@mindspring.com>]

         Janet and I attended the CBC winter meeting at Moorhead 
City.  Saturday morning started seriously blusterous, but we persisted on 
the walk that included the causway between Moorhead City and Beaufort where 
we stopped to look for saltmarsh sparrows.

We chased a bunch of birds around until we were tired, and they must also 
have gotten bored.

At the base of one of the bushes near the highway in good light, in good 
view, sitting and feeding at the same time were:

         Both subspecies of Nelson's Sharptailed Sparrow
         Saltmarsh Sharptailed Sparrow
         Seaside Sparrow.

Mike Tove provided an excellent tutorial.

What an esoteric treat.

Tom

Tom Krakauer
Bahama, NC
tkrakauer@mindspring.com