Florida Wash Sparrows

Florida Wash, just below Madera Canyon, is one of the classic sites for Rufous-winged Sparrow, and several were singing up a storm there this morning. Two Botteri’s Sparrows, one of them perched uncharacteristically high in a dead mesquite, added to the chorus. And a little ways down the wash, where the sides were steep and rocky, Denis and I heard a Rufous-crowned Sparrow giving its little jingle. Aimophila heaven! And Cassin’s Sparrow will start to sing there in the next 6 weeks or so, too, making for 4 species of Aimophila sparrows from one spot.