Hi,

I have good numbers of Tree Sparrows at my feeders here on Gildersleeve
Mtn.  The usual numbers.  Songs are onesy twosy, which is also usual.   The
zonotrichias are unusual here in mid winter as we get them mostly as
migrants

Haans

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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