Making sure my quiet approach was from field 3` s second base,I asked the ladies- Linda,Toni and Ellen if they had the VESPER. Yep and even better there's two! In front of field 2 third base,both chunky birds with the bright eye rings were feeding deep in the short grass along with a Savannah Sparrow. I'm glad the Vesper sparrows stuck around and they did throughout the morning between the dugouts and once seen on the right dugout bench.
It appeared active today with birds and sparrows. On my various work trips I noted several Hermit thrushes along Lookout Hill north paths;Sparrow flocks flushed upward into trees as I drovedby noisily.Chippings and juncos I presume were those birds
Meanwhile over at Greenwood cemetery Sylvan Water the GRASSHOPPER SPARROW emerged along the west slope according to Karen O'hearn in mid-afternoon.It disappeared shortly after.
