[EBB Sightings] Lincoln's Sparrows

Here's a little to add to the Lincoln Sparrow discussion.

As a wintering bird in the Oakland area, it isn't always easily seen.  The
Oakland Christmas Counts over the last 31 years have always recorded the
species, but the maximum count was 22 birds in 1979.  Last year about 200
counters found 7 Lincoln's Sparrows.  

However, there seems to be a lot of them right now, perhaps many moving
further south.  This week I was in Richmond at a small watershed called
Rheem Creek, where we saw two, and later at Point Pinole there were two
more.

Bob Lewis
Berkeley, CA

-----Original Message-----
From: sightings-admin at diabloaudubon.com
[mailto:sightings-admin at diabloaudubon.com] On Behalf Of John Harris
Sent: Thursday, September 29, 2005 7:26 PM
To: Sylvia Sykora
Cc: EBB
Subject: Re: [EBB Sightings] Lincoln's Sparrows

Hi Sylvia,
I've been watching birds in my yard/feeders for at least 15 years.  I've 
only had Lincoln's in my yard one winter. Based on reports on this list, I 
think they might be somewhat more frequent in Berkeley. I'll go out on a 
limb here and suggest that maybe they like the cooler, foggier locations 
in the East Bay.
My house is near the intersection of Lincoln and Monterey in Oakland. Our 
usual winter sparrow crowd is a pair of Song Sparrows, perhaps with 
juveniles of the year, up to 10-12 Dark-eyed Juncos, 2 or more Cal. 
Towhees, ditto for Spotted Towhees, and in the last few years, 3-6 
Golden-crowned Sparrows. We have White crowned Sparrows occasionally, but 
not regularly through the winter.
Cheers.


John H. Harris
Professor of Biology
Mills College
5000 MacArthur Blvd.
Oakland, CA 94613
(510) 430-2027
johnh at mills.edu


On Thu, 29 Sep 2005, Sylvia Sykora wrote:

> Have I been missing these birds in the general crowd all these years?
Have they been found in any of the Oakland hills locations?  I'm now
scrutinizing my Song Sparrows but would like to know if Lincoln's are a
possibility here.
> Thank you for any input you can provide.
> Sylvia Sykora
> Oakland
> Montclair near Castle/Skyline
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