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Index of Subjects The sparrow has strong stripes on its breast; a blunt, brown tail;it's about the size of a house sparrow; beige-yellow stripes on its head (one of them over its eye), but NO large central spot on its breast. According to my book (Peterson's Field Guide last copyright 1947!), it should be a song sparrow except for lack of spot on breast. Maybe my book is too old; or maybe my eyes are too old. Years, Dave S. P.S. any suggestions for a new book? Sorry I missed most of those dicussions. -----Original Message----- From: naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca [mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca]On Behalf Of Richard Stern Sent: Friday, March 09, 2007 12:03 PM To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca 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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