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Index of Subjects In relation to Song Sparrows singing before spring, I'm recycling this message from a few weeks ago, on Feb. 16th...: Song Sparrow's gusto <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca> Date: Feb 16 2007 - 8:52am Though Song Sparrows are sighted in these months, I can't recall hearing and seeing a livelier, more animated one in winter than a visitor to Edinbrugh St. in Halifax a couple of days ago. Despite its somewhat bedraggled appearance and the wintry fluffing of its feathers, it let out a prolonged, ongoing song with great loudness and gusto, as if this were May rather than February. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard Stern" <sternrichard@gmail.com> To: <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca> Sent: Friday, March 09, 2007 12:03 PM Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Song sparrows and overwintering > Hi, > > Small numbers of Song Sparrows do stay over winter in NS. We have had > 2-3 daily all winter at the feeder. The Great Backyard Bird Count on > Feb. 16-19 reports 112 Song Sparrows divided amongst 54 checklists in > NS. Some have now started to sing, and that's definitely a sign of > impending Spring. But what do you mean by a "young" Song Sparrow? - > after the initial juvenile plumage in early Fall, all ages look pretty > much the same. Could this bird be a different species? > > Cheers, > > Richard > > On 3/9/07, David&Jane Schlosberg <dschlosb-g@ns.sympatico.ca> wrote: >> >> >> After a good, long look, I'm quite sure that I have a young song sparrow >> at >> my feeder. >> >> I haven't remembered any reports of song sparrows this winter; so is this >> an >> early spring arrival? >> >> My bird book is over fifty years old so it's not a good reference on >> current >> migration patterns. >> >> Dave Schlosberg >> downtown Dartmouth > > > -- > ################# > Richard Stern, > 70 Exhibition St. > Kentville, NS > B4N 4K9 > > rbstern@ns.sympatico.ca > rbstern@xcountry.tv > sternrichard@gmail.com > ###################
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