Of late our Junco numbers have begun dwindling. Sorry to see them go,
but at this time of year the call of nature compels them to start
dispersing/migrating to their "nesting grounds". The bright side of
this is that often they are replaced, at least temporarily, with new
birds. This was the case this morning when I looked out the window and
saw some different looking sparrows. With binocs I was pleasantly
surprised to see two very attractive FIELD SPARROWS foraging side by
side. They had apparently just "dropped in" (literally??) to see what
all the bird activity was about. Interestingly, I seem to recall that
whenever we've had this species in our yard, it has only been a single
individual.
Larry
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W. Larry Hymes
120 Vine Street, Ithaca, NY 14850
(H) 607-277-0759, w...@cornell.edu
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