We usually have many Tree Sparrows along with other species. I think the big attraction is the white millet I use for ground feeding and also the brush piles we make each fall. Today's sparrow count: American Tree Sparrow 63 Dark-eyed Junco 43 White-throated Sparrow 6 White-crowned Sparrow 5 Song Sparrow 6 Of coarse the brushy weedy field we maintain helps. Most winters we also host Swamp and Field Sparrows and once had a Savannah Sparrow spend the winter. In migration we usually also have Fox and Lincoln's Sparrows and Towhees always return for the summer along with the Chipping Sparrows. From my observations, it seems like they all choose white millet first. This strategy really works for me, a huge sparrow fan, and has many dividends such as hearing their wonderful songs in the dead of winter which become increasingly more frequent as spring nears. Shari Jackson Marlboro Township Stark County -----Original Message----- From: Sean Artman <[log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask] Sent: Wed, Jan 6, 2010 4:28 pm Subject: Re: [Ohio-birds] Am. tree sparrows Last winter the most at one time was 2 or 3 tree sparrows. This year here have been a lot more, and lately are 15 to 20 under the feeders ll day long. They like the thistle seeds the goldfinches drop. By contrast, there are only about 2 juncos at a time in the yard this ear. But I see a lot of them in groups along the roadways. Good birding, ean Artman ndover, Ohio shtabula Co n 1/6/10, Kathy Mc <[log in to unmask]> wrote: Hi All, I had 3 Am. tree sparrows here today in my yard. First just saw one in the ush,then saw two others by the platform feeder. They picked a good day to come ere, I hadn't been able to get out to fill the feeders much lately, with the now and the cold. Kathy McKibben Bedford ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. ur thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. dditional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: ttp://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS end questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask] ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask]