Thank you to everyone who responded confirming Song Sparrow id. I would like to re-word my previous email to state that I watched a song sparrow doing constant wing flicking behavior which I hadn't observed in one before. But maybe a lot of ground foraging birds are wing-flickers when they think no one is watching. From: Susanna [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: Sunday, January 29, 2017 12:18 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Song? Sparrow question Today and two weeks ago I watched what I deduce is a Song Sparrow on our patio, but it looks smaller and is constantly flicking its wings. It's so active I had trouble getting a photo of it. Is the wing flicking a normal behavior for a Song Sparrow? It's not a Lincoln's as far as I can tell. Pics at checklist http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S34012391 Other notes: Yesterday a Red-bellied Woodpecker grabbed black oilseed from the cling-a-wing feeder even though we have creepy crawly suet. Just saw our Red-breasted Nuthatch drink from a birdbath for the first time. Earlier today a Cooper's Hawk perched on patio post just four feet from the door. Unfortunately our hawks appear to catch juncos more often than house sparrows. Susanna Heideman SW Columbus / Galloway, Franklin County OH ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Please consider joining our Society, at www.ohiobirds.org/site/membership.php. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: listserv.miamioh.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask]