[birding] no henslow's

[rich armstrong]

1. a group that started at 1 at dawn and got to 6 people by 9 searched for the sparrow to about 11 this morning with ZERO success.
2. i don't think any of us even saw a possible candidate, absolutely nothing from the original field, which was a neat looking white icy tundra early, but with almost no fog today.
3. in surrounding fields we flushed lincoln's and song sparrows, but nothing else.
4. based on a couple we have seen in texas i agree with posts that henslow's can stay in same small area all winter, but unless this bird has figured out how to use vole holes or how to be under bramble patches, it was not in the field - and this field is probably 100/100 meters. we walked through every grass patch multiple times.
5. other birds seen include a snow goose, a shrike, multiple cooper's hawks, and a few varied thrushes as well as all the normals.
Rich Armstrong
541-753-1978
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