[NatureNS] More Fox Sparrows

Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2007 06:57:51 -0300
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We had two Fox Sparrows arrive 2 April here in White's Lake, HRM, and 
they've been present through at least yesterday (10 April).   Only 
one sings, and they rarely forage for food at the same time.

In previous years Fox Sparrows only seemed to appear if their passage 
coincided with snow cover, but this year the ground was bare when 
they appeared.   Just when you think you know the habits of a 
species, they surprise you.   And this year the length of their visit 
exceeds that of other years, though I'm sure the snowfall of the past 
weekend convinced them to delay heading further north.

Fox Sparrow songs have regional variation, and to my ears the singer 
outside does not sound like the ones that sing near Prospect, nor the 
ones on the Cape Breton Highlands.   I'm guessing it is not a Nova 
Scotia breeder, but one heading to Newfoundland or northern Quebec.


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Blake Maybank
Editor, "Nova Scotia Birds"

author, "Birding Sites of Nova Scotia"
http://maybank.tripod.com/BSNS.htm

144 Bayview Drive
White's Lake, Nova Scotia,
B3T 1Z1, Canada

maybank@ns.sympatico.ca
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