Date sent:      Thu, 24 Apr 2003 18:25:11 -0700 (PDT)
From:           Jacco Gelderloos <jjgelderloos@yahoo.com>
Subject:        Lincoln's Sparrow, Redbud Nature Area, 4/24
To:             birders@umich.edu

Folks,

During a brief evening walk at the Redbud Nature Area, I found a 
LINCOLN'S SPARROW feeding in the brush near the east entrance of 
the park, as well as many regular early migrants. This bird beat 
the earliest spring date listed in "The Birds of Washtenaw 
County" (May 11) by close to 3 weeks! 

Redbud Nature Area is on the east side of Ann Arbor, and can be 
reached by taking Washtenaw to Pittsfield (the light near 
Arborland); take Pittsfield south to Parkwood, turn right and 
follow Parkwood to the intersection with Jeanne St. The grassy 
area on the west side of the street is the entrance to Redbud, 
and it is where the sparrow was. 

Good birding,
Jacco

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Redbud Nature Area is small; I did a thorough survey of the place 
in about 40 minutes yesterday, but 25 minutes could easily do the 
trick. Basically it consists of a stretch of brush and shrubs 
along Mallett's Creek, with a small section of moist woodland. 

There are three access spots:

- the main entrance is off Parkwood at Jeanne St 

- the north entrance is behind the Filippis-Wright building on 
Washtenaw (cryptic and hard to find) 

- the south entrance is from the north end of Scheffler Park 
which is at the NE corner of Platt & Edgewood. 

Jacco