With spring having finally arrived, Sharon and I took advantage of the gorgeous weather and went looking for a bird we needed for our "Year-list". The bird is the Grasshopper sparrow, a somewhat ellusive bird with a penchant for secrecy. We found the bird as promised last year along a hilly road running through the farm country of Minisink. Naturally, we assumed the bird would be in exactly the same location this year, so off we went. Why birders believe that the birds don't move around from year to year is beyond me, but we do believe and this time, it paid to believe. Right in the same location as we found the Grasshopper sparrows last year, we relocated them for our latest addition to the year-list....now at 262 species. Along with the sparrows, we were treated to the spectacle of the beautiful Bobolinks working the field. One came right up alongside the road to grant us an unusually nice photo-op. What a great way to start off the month of June.
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