Date: 4/21/25 4:00 am From: Kendall Zook <kendallzook98...> Subject: various birds, Crawford Co.
Although they are considered unreliable and unusual in Crawford County, I have a few regular spots to find Vesper Sparrow by now. At our school along Rt. 408 east of Cambridge Springs, I get them singing almost every year and they did not disappoint this year either. I heard the first one singing April 3, then about a week of cold weather past, and now the past week or so one has been singing regularly. Last year one stayed late enough that it made it into the possible breeding window for the atlas, but then I could no longer find it after that so I don't know for sure if they breed. This past Saturday (4/19), Daryl Nolt and I had one Vesper Sparrow at another of my regular spots just down the road from my house just west of Cambridge Springs.
A few other noteworthy observations recently. at least 8 Fox Sparrows on April 6 at the same place we saw the Vesper Sparrow near my house. Also FOY Pine Warbler singing near the same spot on April 19. Then at home in the afternoon of April 19, as the cold front moved through, four almost microscopic Broad-winged Hawks moved through pushed ahead of the storm. I have only seen them on my property once before, but that's probably because I don't sky watch enough.
