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0pt; mso-fareast-language: en-us; mso-fareast-font-f --_2211a08c-8ec9-463a-bc7b-cd5b308e6f96_ Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable No one seems to have risen to your challenge so... =20 Many species that come to feeders are essentially ground feeders. After hig= h winds which cast out feed from the feeders=2C you will notice that birds= prefer to feed on the ground rather than at the feeders. It's natural for = them. Song Sparrows will tend to feed on the ground until one discovers th= e feeder(s). If you have a ground feeder=2C Song Sparrows will feed there = whereas Fox Sparrows will continue to scratch in the leaves. Probably becau= se of this Fox Sparrows do not tend to winter in NS. All these common sparr= ow species are hardy enough to winter here if food is available. =20 From: dschlosb-g@ns.sympatico.ca To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca Subject: [NatureNS] fox sparrow vs. song sparrow? Date: Sat=2C 21 Mar 2015 12:49:31 -0300 =0A= =0A= =0A= =0A= Derek=92s recent post from our neighborhood has prompted us to look more = =0A= closely at our little (c. 6 this winter) flock of song sparrows=2C to see i= f there =0A= might be a fox sparrow among them. We went to the Cornell website=2C where= =0A= we looked at the comparison: http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Fox_Sparrow= /id. =0A= Now=2C we are mystified by their statement that =93Song =0A= Sparrows do not habitually scratch in the leaf litter to find food=2C as Fo= x =0A= Sparrows do.=94 The song sparrows in our yard are ground-feeding =0A= birds. They are always hunting in among the leaves and weeds at the edge = =0A= of our garden. Even with all the snow cover=2C they prefer to peck at the = =0A= seed that=92s fallen rather than go to the feeder perches. =0A= Can someone please =0A= explain?=0A= Cheers.=0A= Jane and =0A= Dave = --_2211a08c-8ec9-463a-bc7b-cd5b308e6f96_ Content-Type: text/html; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html> <head> <style><!-- .hmmessage P { margin:0px=3B padding:0px } body.hmmessage { font-size: 12pt=3B font-family:Calibri } --></style></head> <body class=3D'hmmessage'><div dir=3D'ltr'>No one seems to have risen to yo= ur challenge so...<BR> =3B<BR>Many species =3Bthat come to feeders&= nbsp=3Bare essentially ground feeders. After high winds which cast out feed= from  =3Bthe feeders=2C you will notice that birds prefer to feed on t= he ground rather than at the feeders. It's natural for them. Song =3B S= parrows will tend to feed on the ground until =3Bone discovers the feed= er(s). If you have a ground =3Bfeeder=2C Song Sparrows will feed = =3B there whereas Fox Sparrows will continue to scratch in the leaves. Prob= ably because of this Fox Sparrows do not tend to winter in NS. All these co= mmon sparrow species are hardy enough to winter here if food is available.<= br> =3B<BR><div><hr id=3D"stopSpelling">From: dschlosb-g@ns.sympatico.c= a<br>To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca<br>Subject: [NatureNS] fox sparrow vs. son= g sparrow?<br>Date: Sat=2C 21 Mar 2015 12:49:31 -0300<br><br>=0A= =0A= <div dir=3D"ltr">=0A= <div style=3D'color: rgb(0=2C 0=2C 0)=3B font-family: "Calibri"=3B font-siz= e: 12pt=3B'>=0A= <div>Derek=92s recent post from our neighborhood has prompted us to look mo= re =0A= closely at our little (c. 6 this winter) flock of song sparrows=2C to see i= f there =0A= might be a fox sparrow among them. =3B We went to the Cornell website= =2C where =0A= we looked at the comparison: <a title=3D"http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide= /Fox_Sparrow/id" href=3D"http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Fox_Sparrow/id"= target=3D"_blank">http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Fox_Sparrow/id</a>.&n= bsp=3B =0A= Now=2C we are mystified by their statement that =93<span style=3D"text-alig= n: left=3B text-transform: none=3B line-height: 19px=3B text-indent: 0px=3B= letter-spacing: normal=3B font-family:=3B word-spacing: 0px=3B float: none= =3B display: inline !important=3B white-space: normal=3B widows: 1=3B"><fon= t color=3D"#333333"><span style=3D"line-height: normal=3B text-indent: 0pt= =3B font-family:=3B word-spacing: normal=3B background-image: none=3B backg= round-attachment: scroll=3B background-repeat: repeat=3B">Song =0A= Sparrows do not habitually scratch in the leaf litter to find food=2C as Fo= x =0A= Sparrows do.=94 =3B The song sparrows in our yard are ground-feeding = =0A= birds. =3B They are always hunting in among the leaves and weeds at the= edge =0A= of our garden. =3B Even with all the snow cover=2C they prefer to peck = at the =0A= seed that=92s fallen rather than go to the feeder perches.<span class=3D"ec= xapple-converted-space"> =3B</span></span></font></span></div>=0A= <div><span style=3D"text-align: left=3B text-transform: none=3B line-height= : 19px=3B text-indent: 0px=3B letter-spacing: normal=3B font-family:=3B wor= d-spacing: 0px=3B float: none=3B display: inline !important=3B white-space:= normal=3B widows: 1=3B"><font color=3D"#333333"><span style=3D"line-height= : normal=3B text-indent: 0pt=3B font-family:=3B word-spacing: normal=3B bac= kground-image: none=3B background-attachment: scroll=3B background-repeat: = repeat=3B"><span class=3D"ecxapple-converted-space">Can someone please =0A= explain?</span></span></font></span></div>=0A= <div><span style=3D"text-align: left=3B text-transform: none=3B line-height= : 19px=3B text-indent: 0px=3B letter-spacing: normal=3B font-family:=3B wor= d-spacing: 0px=3B float: none=3B display: inline !important=3B white-space:= normal=3B widows: 1=3B"><font color=3D"#333333"><span style=3D"line-height= : normal=3B text-indent: 0pt=3B font-family:=3B word-spacing: normal=3B bac= kground-image: none=3B background-attachment: scroll=3B background-repeat: = repeat=3B"><span class=3D"ecxapple-converted-space">Cheers.</span></span></= font></span></div>=0A= <div><span style=3D"text-align: left=3B text-transform: none=3B line-height= : 19px=3B text-indent: 0px=3B letter-spacing: normal=3B font-family:=3B wor= d-spacing: 0px=3B float: none=3B display: inline !important=3B white-space:= normal=3B widows: 1=3B"><font color=3D"#333333"><span style=3D"line-height= : normal=3B text-indent: 0pt=3B font-family:=3B word-spacing: normal=3B bac= kground-image: none=3B background-attachment: scroll=3B background-repeat: = repeat=3B"><span class=3D"ecxapple-converted-space">Jane and =0A= Dave</span></span></font></span></div></div></div></div> </div><= /body> </html>= --_2211a08c-8ec9-463a-bc7b-cd5b308e6f96_--