Grasshopper Sparrow at Marl Bed Flats 12/11/2012

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Grasshopper Sparrow
This morning I spent a little time at Marl Bed Flats again hoping to find some interesting sparrows.  There were many Savannah Sparrows there, and I also found four Grasshopper Sparrows, but those were the only sparrows I found.  The photos here are of the first Grasshopper Sparrow I found this morning. It flushed as I approached but did not fly far away.  It stayed hidden not far from me, and I was able to focus on it through a hole in the grasses just in front of me.  This is easily the closest I've been to this species.  If by any chance you're interested in visiting Marl Bed Flats I wrote a guide for the area in another post.

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