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Re: boa lick wood Metro Park
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Janet Forrest <[log in to unmask]>
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Janet Forrest <[log in to unmask]>
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Wed, 4 Feb 2015 22:51:51 -0500
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Today, Feb 4,  from the nature center, we observed song sparrow, white throated sparrows and tree sparrow


> On Feb 4, 2015, at 9:00 PM, Femme Metal <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> 
> I have seen a drop in the number of sparrows at my house in Oberlin (Lorain
> County).  Usually I see many American Tree Sparrows, the occasional Song
> Sparrow and now and then a handful of White Throated Sparrows.  This year,
> I've had six American Tree Sparrows - last weekend when it was snowing - at
> my feeders and no Song or White Throated.  Only a couple of Juncos have
> been around and I usually see a larger number than that.
> 
> That being said, this is the first winter I've noticed a drop.  Numbers the
> past few winters seemed 'normal'.
> 
> Kristen
> 
> 
> 
> On Sun, Feb 1, 2015 at 12:00 PM, John Herman <[log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
> 
>>     Have other Ohio feeder watchers observed a significant lack or absence
>> of song, tree, white-throated and white-crowned sparrows at their feeders
>> this winter? Sure, a person can go to Killdeer Plains, Big Island, etc. and
>> see decent numbers, I'm guessing, of these relatively common feeder
>> species. Did the subzero temperatures of late November push sparrows south
>> of where they would normally winter in Ohio? Towhees are basically unknown
>> in Richland County this winter. A few can normally be found at the
>> southeast areas of the county.
>>     When is the DOW going to introduce a raptor that preys on starlings &
>> house sparrows?
>>     Stay safe, stay warm,
>>     John P. Herman
>> 
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