Nature Done Wright

  This just in:  Ace birder Rob Fanning saw a rare sharp-tailed sparrow this morning at the Green Way at the north end of the Celery Farm.

  He and ace birder John Workman were unsure whether it was a Nelson’s Sharp-tailed Sparrow or a Saltmarsh Sharp-tailed Sparrow.

   I zipped over and, along with photographer Kumar Patel, got a few shots. Then crackerjack birder Fred Weber arrived and got a better look, and we took a couple other shots.

  The thinking is that it is likely a Saltmarsh Sharp-tailed Sparrow.

   I make no claim to the photos’ quality. The bird was small and secretive and stayed in the shadows.

  More in the bird:

http://www.audubon2.org/watchlist/viewSpecies.jsp?id=196

  I am posting the few decent shots I have in hopes they help with the ID …