[birding] Albany Grasshopper Sparrow

[bouchdon at peak.org]

I heard a Grasshopper Sparrow near Bryant Park in Albany this morning. It
was in a field along Bryant Dr. From Albany, take 3rd Ave. west to Vine
St. (water treatment facility) and go right over the Calapooia River
bridge to Bryant Park. Stay on Bryant Drive and pass by the park. Just as
you're leaving the park there is a house on the left with a sign "Hopeman
Farm" and a yellow warehouse on the right. Soon thereafter you get to some
fields. I heard the sparrow on right side (north) of Bryant Dr. On Friday,
I heard the sparrow sing briefly as a rode by but wasn't sure what it was.
Today there's no doubt as I stopped to listen to several songs.

Google map:
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=albany,+oregon&sll=37.509726,-95.712891&sspn=44.385753,79.101563&ie=UTF8&ll=44.636109,-123.119874&spn=0.009833,0.019312&z=16

Don Boucher
Corvallis