I have small sparrows under the feeders. The are heavily streaked on the face and body, with a prominent spot on the breast. My first impression is that they are song sparrows but then they do the backward hop to scrape at the decaying leaves. My questions to anyone who can offer some advice on id: Do song sparrows dig like that? Are fox sparrows always reddish? (These birds are not)
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