Thanks Lou,
Somehow, I didn't associate songbirds with nesting on the ground.
:-( But I should have done so. Now you remind me, I remember, many years
ago, finding (in New Zealand) the nest of the (introduced) Skylark in/under
a tuft of grass.
BTW, I do appreciate in principle the wonders of Google and the 'net
generally. But a slow dial-up modem connection, plus octogenarian computer
incompetence, severely limits my ability to take advantage of them. I do
have a simple solution for Amazon: email my computer expert son and ask him
to organise the book I want. But I try to limit my calls on his time.
Cheers
Syd
> From: Lou Judson <>
> Reply-To:
> Date: Wed, 24 Sep 2008 06:57:00 -0700
> To:
> Subject: Re: [Nature Recordists] Query re Song Sparrow
>
> Google search "Song Sparrow nests" tells us this:
>
> "Reproduction
>
> Nest Type
>
> Nest an open cup of grass, weed stems, leaves, and strips of plant
> bark. Lined with fine grass, rootlets, and hair. Usually placed low
> in grass or shrub, often on ground under tuft of grass.
>
> Egg Description
>
> Bluish green with brown spots.
>
> Clutch Size
>
> Usually 3-5 eggs. Range: 1-6.
>
> from <http://www.birds.cornell.edu/AllAboutBirds/BirdGuide/
> Song_Sparrow_dtl.html>
>
> You have more to learn about the wonders of the internet! Easy search.
>
> There you go!
>
> Lou
>
> On Sep 24, 2008, at 6:39 AM, Syd Curtis wrote:
>
> In Brisbane, Australia, I have just acquired (thanks to the wonders
> of the
> Internet and Amazon), a copy of the book Ford - The Men and the
> Machine by
> Robert Lacey (Little, Brown & Co., 1986).
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