[Maine-birds] Interior Nelson's Sparrow, Ipswich Sparrow, Cape Elizabeth

At Two Lights State Park in Cape Elizabeth Thursday afternoon the first bird I saw upon leaving the parking lot was an interior-type Nelson's Sparrow, in typical sharp-tailed sparrow habitat: a dry shrubby hillside by a small wooded ravine. I also found a banded Ipswich Sparrow (metal USFWS-type band on right leg), often foraging alongside a "regular" Savannah Sparrow, just to make the point how big it was. Highlight, though, was a non-avian reptile, a cooperative Ring-necked Snake. Photos of all are here:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/trevorpersons/


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Trevor Persons, Herpetology
USGS Southwest Biological Science Center
Colorado Plateau Research Station, Flagstaff, AZ

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Trevor Persons
206 Bigelow Hill Road
Norridgewock, Maine 04957
(207) 634-2280

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